# What game show is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 19, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-show-is-this/196220 "2003-08-19T15:49:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-show-is-this/196220/1 "2003-08-19T15:49:25Z")
I remebered this after Bob Hope died. In the episode I rememeber, you see a gameboard with a bunch of movie titles that you believe to be “On the road to…” movies, but some are fake, you must pick the real ones. I KNOW my description SUCKS, but please indulge me. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-show-is-this/196220/2 "2003-08-19T16:54:16Z")
I’m just guessing here, but… …is it “GREED” hosted by Chuck Woolery? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-show-is-this/196220/3 "2003-08-19T16:55:43Z")
How old was the game show, and who was the host? (There are several programs that this could be.) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-show-is-this/196220/4 "2003-08-19T19:11:39Z")
DEFINITELY not Greed! It must be about 25 years old by now. I would guess somebody like Bill Cullen or Wink hosted. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-show-is-this/196220/5 "2003-08-19T19:13:21Z")
BTW, the gameboard was TV monitor-type screens, if it helps. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-show-is-this/196220/6 "2003-08-19T20:28:34Z")
Were there teams? It sounds like it might be “Hot Potato” hosted by Bill Cullen. Teams of people with a common profession (say, firemen against chiropractors) competed against each other naming items from a list (i.e. John Travolta movies, Confederate states). The bonus round involved being presented with two choices in a category and having to select the real one of the two. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-show-is-this/196220/7 "2003-08-19T20:31:44Z")
Nope, wasn’t “Hot Potato”, Was 1-on-1 IIRC, MAAAYBE the Cullen reference is throwing you. I merely mentioned it because he would’ve been hosting shows at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Merseybeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Merseybeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merseybeat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-show-is-this/196220/8 "2003-08-19T21:35:57Z")
Was it [“Wipeout”](http://www.chris-lambert.com/RULES/Wipeout.html)? We had a version over in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-show-is-this/196220/9 "2003-08-19T21:52:05Z")
Does Geoff Edwards come to mind, by any chance? ---
**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 19, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-show-is-this/196220/10 "2003-08-19T22:00:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Merseybeat \* > \*\*Was it [“Wipeout”](http://www.chris-lambert.com/RULES/Wipeout.html)? > > We had a version over in the UK. \*\* I remember that show! Specifically, I remember a “Santa’s Reindeer” Challenge Round. I think this is what the OP is after. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-show-is-this/196220/11 "2003-08-21T13:45:06Z")
Yup, it’s “Wipeout”. I KNEW someone would know!