# Trying to remember the name of a game show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-the-name-of-a-game-show/131039 "2002-10-06T06:24:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-the-name-of-a-game-show/131039/1 "2002-10-06T06:24:39Z")
The main thing that I remember about this show is that behind the players was a bunch of steps and on the steps were about 100 large boxes. The boxes were made to look like they were gift wrapped. They were labled from 1 to 100(?). If you won you got to select a box. In each box was a card with the name of a prize written on it. The show aired in the U.S. in the late 70’s. It’s been driving Mrs. H and I crazy. What was the name of the show? What were the rules? TIA, Haj ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-the-name-of-a-game-show/131039/2 "2002-10-06T08:15:39Z")
If it’s the same one I’m thinking of, it may have been “Pitfall”. I have a vague memory of the boxes and the steps, and a young looking Alex Trebek. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-the-name-of-a-game-show/131039/3 "2002-10-06T09:19:32Z")
I looked up Pitfall at IMDB it didn’t sound quite right. [This search](http://us.imdb.com/SearchPlots?for=boxes) yields a promising premise. “The New Treasure Hunt.” But still not perfect. Check it out. It’s a remake of [this show](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0283806). ---
**Author:** ![the\_O-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9f8e36/32.png) [@the\_O-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O-man)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-the-name-of-a-game-show/131039/4 "2002-10-06T14:20:53Z")
That certainly sounds like “Treasure Hunt” to me. The contestant would pick a number, and the beautiful assistant would hunt down the box and bring it to the host (Geoff Edwards?). Then there would be a series of discoveries as the host pulled out various objects until the final prize for that box was revealed. However, if the box contained the $50,000 check, he would just pull out the prize and the celebration would begin (I think balloons and confetti would drop from the ceiling). I enjoyed watching the show when I was younger, and the above is from the best of my memory. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-the-name-of-a-game-show/131039/5 "2002-10-06T16:54:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osiris \* > \*\*I looked up Pitfall at IMDB it didn’t sound quite right. > > [This search](http://us.imdb.com/SearchPlots?for=boxes) yields a promising premise. “The New Treasure Hunt.” But still not perfect. Check it out. > > It’s a remake of [this show](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0283806). \*\* That’s it!! Well done. Many thanks. What I described was a 30 year old recolection from childhood. It’s funny how I pictured 100 boxes in my mind but there were only 30. I had totally forgotton about the pop-up flowers in the beginning and the skits. Haj