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Game Show Moments Gone Bananas is a television series on VH1. The first of five hour-long episodes aired on May 21, 2005, with the last first-run episode airing on June 18. Each episode aired for the first time on Saturday mornings at 11:30 ET, but "officially" premiered at 10 p.m. ET that night.

Basic Idea

Ben Stein shows a studio audience classically hilarious game show moments ranging from the 1950s through the present.

"Characters" and Themes

  • Ben Stein- host
  • Mr. Game Show- A puppet tribute to Don Pardo, who introduces the lousy prizes won by audience members. The puppet Mr. Game Show is part of an electronic toy game from the late 1980s. Randy West provides the voice for Mr. Game Show.
  • Top 5- a countdown of the Top 5 of something in game shows, presented by a television personality that is somehow related to the countdown
  • Bananas- seen throughout the show
  • Moment Re-enactments- Members of the studio audience reenact the classic moments featured on shows such as Family Feud and Beat the Clock to win a low-quality prize (a grocery product) such as a bottle of Phillips' Milk of Magnesia or a box of Little Debbie Honey Buns.

Shows Featured

Since FremantleMedia produces the show, all clips are from programs that they produce or own the rights to, including all Mark Goodson-Bill Todman and Reg Grundy productions. Thus, programs like The Newlywed Game and Hollywood Squares, which have been featured on similar game show retrospectives, are not featured. The Price Is Right, which has been absent from other shows, is featured.

Episode List/ Top 5

  1. Game Show Moments Gone Bananas 1 (Top 5 Host Screw-ups, 05/21/05, presented by Chuck Woolery) The number one host screw-up was in 1974 when Match Game emcee Gene Rayburn told a contestant she has pretty nipples, meaning to say "pretty dimples."
  2. Game Show Moments Gone Bananas 2 (Top 5 Blonde Moments, 05/28/05, presented by Kato Kaelin) The number one blonde moment appeared on Family Feud, when a woman was confused as to why she couldn't use an answer that had already been used.
  3. Game Show Moments Gone Bananas 3 (Top 5 Wardrobe Malfunctions, 06/04/05, presented by Jay Manuel) The number one moment in this countdown: Rip Taylor tears off his toupee during an episode of Super Password.
  4. Game Show Moments Gone Bananas 4 (Top 5 Celebrity Moments, 06/11/05, presented by Ed McMahon) The number one celebrity moment was Johnny Carson's appearance as a celebrity on Password in 1962. Other celebrity moments involved David Letterman on Password Plus, Kirstie Alley as a contestant on Match Game, Ronald Reagan as a mystery guest on What's My Line?, and Meg Ryan on Tattletales.
  5. Game Show Moments Gone Bananas 5 (Top 5 Brain Freeze Moments, 06/18/05, presented by Cindy Margolis) The number one moment was when a Family Feud contestant gave three questionable answers in a row during the Fast Money bonus round.

Trivia

  • "Game show Moments Gone Bananas" has also aired on GSN, and ran in the same 5-day one-hour shows fashion as VH1. It was the exact same program as the one VH1 aired. It ran in 2006 from April 17, 2006 - April 21, 2006 at 10 p.m. EST each night.
  • Like most US game show blooper specials, clips of dumb answers given by US and UK game show contestants have aired, but no clip of a dumb answer given by an Australian game show contestant (or any other country besides the US and UK) has.

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Born November 25 1944 (1944--) (age 64)
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