# Help me remember this 70s TV game show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-tv-game-show/949579 "2021-08-26T20:00:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-tv-game-show/949579/1 "2021-08-26T20:00:55Z")
It would have been on the air probably early to mid 70s, but I don’t remember which network. (I watched _a lot_ of TV game shows when I was out of school for summer vacation.) This one, I think, was hosted by Tom Kennedy. And about the only thing I remember about it was at the end of each show, that day’s champion picked one of five cars on stage (Chevys, IIRC) and if the car started, they won it. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-tv-game-show/949579/2 "2021-08-26T20:02:21Z")
_ **Split Second.** _ When asked by her audience one night which game shows she liked, Carol Burnett named _ **Split Second** _ and _ **Jeopardy!** _ as her favorites. They both thanked her on-air in the next few days. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-tv-game-show/949579/3 "2021-08-26T20:04:09Z")
> **[Split Second (2)](https://gameshows.fandom.com/wiki/Split_Second_(2))** > > This version of Split Second was the show where the questions had three answers, and it was up to three contestants to answer them for money and possibly even a brand-new car (an exotic vacation in the 1990 pilot). The host would ask a series of... ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-tv-game-show/949579/4 "2021-08-26T20:07:53Z")
I believe this is the reboot hosted by Monty Hall (I’m pretty sure it was taped in Toronto). It’s still shown in Canada on the Game channel. It’s okay, but nowhere near as fast-paced as Tom Kennedy’s show. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-tv-game-show/949579/5 "2021-08-26T20:08:32Z")
Damn you guys are fast! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-tv-game-show/949579/6 "2021-08-26T20:19:45Z")
> **[Split Second (game show)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_Second_(game_show))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Split Second is an American game show that aired from 1975 to 1987. It was created by Monty Hall and Stefan Hatos and produced by their production company, Stefan Hatos-Monty Hall Productions. > There were two editions of Split Second produced by Hatos and Hall. The first was a daytime series produced for ABC that premiered on March 20, 1972, and ran until June 27, 1975, and was recorded at ABC Television Center in Hollywood. Tom Kennedy was the ho... I loved this show! I remember watching one episode in the summer of 1972, right after I started learning Russian. The score was tied going into the final round, and one of the contestants was a graduate student majoring in Russian at USC. She rang in immediately when the board flashed _ **Government paper** _ _ **Party paper** _ _ **Press service** _ and nailed it. It was her fifth show, and she won a car. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a tenser final round than that one! (She had to name all of those for the Soviet Union. The answers are, respectively, _ **Izvestiya** _, _ **Pravda** _, and _ **TASS** _.) Episodes are available on YouTube.