The Lost 1983 Game Show Pilot ‘Malcolm’ Was Surprisingly Innovative With Its Puppet Sidekick
OnThough it didn’t get picked up, the NBC-commissioned game show pilot Malcolm put Alex Trebek onstage with his announcer — an animated puppet.
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‘Whew!’ Shows Why You Probably Shouldn’t Give Your Game Show an Unpronounceable Name
OnThe 1979 game show ‘Whew!’ is a failed experiment, from its tenuous connection to the premise to its unprounceable name, but it’s an interesting one.
A Proposed Variation on ‘The Dating Game,’ Based on ‘The Prisoner’s Dilemma’
OnThe Prisoner’s Dilemma re-imagined as a Dating Game type TV Show, bringing game theory to a quasi-romantic television program