PRESS YOUR LUCK IS BACK AS.....
WHAMMY!: THE ALL NEW PRESS YOUR LUCK!
STARRING TODD NEWTON!
UPDATED 4/19/2002
EPISODE GUIDE PAGE IS NOW UPLOADED!
WHAMMY!: THE ALL NEW PRESS YOUR LUCK EPISODE GUIDE
"After seeing the first episode of Whammy!, I gave the show two thumbs up! Game Show Network and Fremantle Media made this revival of Press Your Luck a success! Thanks for bringing back one of my childhood favorites!"
--Joe Madigan
(COMING SOON, PICTURES! A LOT OF PICTURES!)
Here is some information if you would like to become a contestant or view a taping of Whammy! The All new Press Your Luck!
Tickets to the taping - 818-295-2700
Contestants Hotline - 323-960-2972
--- Information courtesy of Game Show Network
WHAMMY WILL AIR EVERYDAY ON GAME SHOW NETWORK
Monday - Friday: 3:30PM/10:00PM/1:00AM (The same episode will air 3 times a day)
Weekends: 12:00PM/ 9:30PM/12:30AM
(ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN)
It was announced in February that two pilots were taped of "Whammy!: The All New Press Your Luck." One pilot was hosted by the original Press Your Luck host Peter Tomarken and another pilot was hosted by Hollywood Showdown's Todd Newton. Newton was chosen as the host of the show. It was announced on Feb. 21 by Allison Romano Broadcasting & Cable that Game Show Network has bought 65 episodes of "Whammy!: The All New Press Your Luck" and it will air daily on the network's schedule starting April 15, 2002.
New host, new name, but the game remains the same. Oh yeah, the Whammies are still there too.
Here are pictures from the original Press Your Luck!
It was television's most competitive game show from 1983-1986 on CBS daytime. Contestants answered questions to earn spins. The contestant who buzzed in with the correct answer earned three spins, and a correct multiple choice answer was worth one spin. After four questions, contestants would face the big board with prizes, surprizes, and some whammies. Contestant wanted to advoid stopping the board on the whammy because, if landed on, he would pop up and take away all the cash and prizes a contestant earned. The person with the least amount of spins earned in round one played first. The person with the least amount of money going into the second round played first, giving the contestant with the most money the strategic advantage. If a person landed on four whammies, the contestant would be out of the game. There were prizes, cash, cash and extra spins, and trips on the board that contestants had a chance to win. Contestants could also pass their spins to another player and he or she would have to use all of the spins. If a contestant hit a whammy while playing with the passed spins, the passed spins would automatically go into the earn column and the contestant can then decide what to do with the spins.The contestant who earned the most money at the end of the game was the winner and came back on the next show if he/she did not exceed the $25,000 limit. The limit changed to $50,000 in the fall of 1984. In June 1984, one contestant named Michael Larson exceeded the $25,000 limit in one amazing episode when he won over $110,000! The most money ever won on daytime TV. The show ran successfully in reruns on the USA network from 1988-1994. After a 7 year hiatus, reruns of Press Your Luck can now be seen everyday on Game Show Network.
WHAMMY!: THE ALL NEW PRESS YOUR LUCK EPISODE GUIDE
MORE PICTURES FROM THE ORIGINAL PRESS YOUR LUCK: COMING SOON
PICTURES FROM WHAMMY: THE ALL NEW PRESS YOUR LUCK: COMING SOON
Note: My name is Joe Madigan and I am a game show fan. All the information used comes from personal experiences or reliable sources. The information used in my brief discription of the history of Press Your Luck comes from "The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows" and years of viewing the show. The information used on this page WILL ONLY BE FROM RELIABLE SOURCES. This is not the official Press Your Luck page. Press Your Luck logo at the top of this page was downloaded from Mike Klauss' famous web site TV-GAMESHOWS.COM This page is used only to inform.
THIS PAGE WAS CREATED FEBRUARY 23, 2002
