Bob Barker in "Simon Says..."
In 1971, an obscure production company called DUNDAS (Not obscure, but very likely the predecessor to the revived Barry & Enright duo in the 1970s!) with an elsewhere unheard-of producer named Wesley J. Cox filmed the pilot episode of a game known as Simon Says...
In this show, a giant talking computer would dish out facts about members of the audience, and audience members were paid $100 or given prizes if they could make correct assumptions about other members of the audience, or about the audience as a whole. The whole setup reeks of Let's Make A Deal, and although the whole computer aspect is somewhat believable, they start using the computing power for totally silly and purposeless things.
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Here is the introduction of Simon, the talking computer... |
And this is the show's graphic. |
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At first, Bob has the computer tell facts about various audience members. |
Here is the first deal of the day in which a lady can win a dishwasher if she can guess how many dishes she's done in her life. (300,000) |
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Mr. Dominic gets $10 for keeping secret! |
Why is the man on the left classified as a housewife? I guess you'll have to click here to find out! |
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COMING SOON |
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How many men in this audience like girl-watching? |
Both of these people will win prizes if the gentleman can guess the lady's "vital statistics." |
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In this last deal, notice the computer's font looks nothing like in the previous deals! |
Simon Says... is a DUNDAS production, but I'll be hearing Simon's theme "The Savers" again on The Joker's Wild next year! |
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