Survey says... this show is awesome. No matter what the era.
ABC, 1976-1985
Richard Dawson
*1975 pilot with a more rustic set and all single rounds - Spier vs. Madvig [SM, DBarkow6.1.3, A-]
*7/12/1976 premiere - Moseley vs. Abramowitz [GAME, DBarkow6.1.4, A-]
*8/6/1976 - Baedaker vs. Silvers - ‘Morning', 'Night', and 'Teabag’ answers in fast money! [GSN, DDowns6.2, A-]
*8/10/1976 - Baedeker vs. Zeitsoff [GAME w/comm, RRinkerman117-3.1, A]
*10/14/1976 - De Vries vs. Collen - Richard goofs after a round and thinks the game is over when it isn't! [GAME w/comm, A]
*11/16/1976 - Poseley vs. Staggs - Richard draws attention to the cameraman, as he became a father! [GAME w/comm, RRinkerman117-3.2, A]
*8/15/1977 - Derr vs. Sanchez - GSN goofed and aired a few 1977 commercials! - pretty blurry video [GAME w/comm, RRinkerman5.2.1, A-]
*9/2/1977 - York vs. Lewis - Contains that ever-infamous "name an animal with three letters in its name" round... - most of contestant interviews cut (my edit, not theirs) [GSN, A+]
*9/5/1977 - York vs. Walsh - Richard clearly hasn't gotten over the previous day's events... [GAME w/comm, A]
*9/8/1977 - York vs. Tyler - "Name something Russia is famous for." - includes Games Across America bumpers [GSN w/most comm, RRinkerman117-3.3, A]
*11/20/1977 - Lunsford vs. Fitch - Richard gets a surprise birthday celebration to close the show! [GAME w/comm, A-]
*2/27/1978 - Prewitt vs. Meyers - no credits [OB, A-]
*2/28/1978 - Prewitt vs. Mulhern [OB w/few comm, A-]
*7/12/1978 - Irelan vs. Noggle - Mark Goodson comes out to celebrate the show's second anniversary! [GAME, B]
*8/5/1979 - Bath vs. Odhe - Sammy Davis Jr. opens the show and even hosts the first question! Highly recommended! [OB (first half) then GAME (second half), A-; originals are JLeeman6.2.5 and RRinkermanDec2011/5.1, both B+]
*8/6/1979 - Odhe vs. Blower [OB, JLeeman6.5.2, B+]
*11/1979 - Farrens vs. Strom - Caryn Lucas hosts a couple of rounds due to Richard’s broken ribs! [GAME, DDowns16.8, A+]
*11/13/1979 - Hatfield vs. McCoy week, Day 2! - A dummy is used to mark who won the last game (with an appearance by Gene Wood)! [OC, CDonegan4.1.4, A]
*11/15/1979 - Hatfield vs. McCoy week, Day 4! [OC, TMcSwain717-1.1, A]
*11/16/1979 - Hatfield vs. McCoy week, Day 5! [GSN, RRinkerman5.8.2, A]
*12/20/1979 - Cusick vs. Espinosa - major mechanical problems cause Fast Money to be played on cue cards! [GAME w/comm, CDonnegan5.2.4, A+]
*3/5/1980 - Cagle vs. Artiano - slightly jumpy video [OC, JLeeman4.1.1, B]
*4/15/1980 - Manoukian vs. Guice - cuts JUST after Fast Money result [OC, JLeeman5.5, B]
*4/16/1980 - Guice vs. Woods [SM w/slate, JLeeman0620-1.3, A+]
*11/18/1980 - Bienek vs. Coleman - Richard wears one of the Coleman's hats for 2 rounds [GSN, A+]
*12/19/1980 - Evans vs. Larson - Birthday special for Richard… and both families play Fast Money in the end! [GAME, DDowns4.3.6, A-]
*12/25/1980 - Luevano vs. Pattison - the set is decorated for the holidays! - contains the infamous Dawson credits, which despite being crunched, is still partially intact [GSN, A]
*8/1982 - Gutzke vs Zollner [OC (Canadian), RRinkerman5.2.3, A-]
*9/1982 - Steele vs. Rhinehart - Why would shoes be too small in almost every household? - rather blurry video [OC, JLeeman6.3.1, B]
*1983 - Cunningham vs. Phillip - early episode with the Lollipop Trees; this is also the episode with the infamous question where very confusing wording makes it take ages to come up with an answer! [GAME w/comm, JLeeman0620-5.2, A]
*5/2/1983 - finale of TV All-Star Favorites Week! - Brady Bunch vs. Petticoat Junction [BUZZR (no watermark for most of the show!), A++]
*9/1984 - Peterson vs. Halsey - first episode with the very lopsided $400 format [GAME w/comm, CDonegan0420-1.3, A-]
*1985 - Heath vs. Steves - contains Dawson's "mutual friends" breakdown! [GAME w/comm, CDonegan4.1.5, A-]
*5/31/1985 - Barry vs. Hoskinson [OC, JLeeman4.1.2, A-]
*6/14/1985 finale - Murphy vs. Mackin - Probably one of the most bittersweet endings EVER! - features a GSN intro from Charles Nelson Reilly - slightly snowy video [GAME, JLaPratt2.2, A-]
syndcation, 1977-1985
*1978 - Mumford (who sing for Richard!) vs. Smith [GAME, DDowns4.3.7, A-]
*1979 - Hall vs. Van Dam - pretty amazing Fast Money result! [GSN, RRinkerman5.8.1, A+]
*1981 - Sutton vs. Kern - Duck is NOT a ridiculous bathtub item, but Richard thinks it is, and wait until you see what happens then! - closing segment cut [GSN, A+]
*1981 - Burnett vs. Rawal - bright video [OC (Canadian), RRinkerman5.2.1, B+]
*1982 - Stanley vs. Shively - Squeezing peanut butter? - closing segment cut [GSN, A+]
*1983 - Monday ep. of Game Show Hosts week, with people you might recognize that I don't need to describe them - missing opening; begins during contestant interviews - very low audio [GAME, DBarkow6.1.5, A-]
*1983 - Friday episode of Game Show Hosts week! - VERY low audio [GAME, JLaPratt2.1, A-]
*Wk 12/26/1983 - Clawson vs. Raymond [OC, MPannoni0320-3.3, A-]
*1984 - Stavert vs. Moore - some break-dancers perform at the beginning of the show, which Gene Wood joins in on! - affiliate problems cause occasional brief blackouts after first segment, which vary in frequency [BUZZR (no watermark for most of the show!), A++]
*1984 - Boxing special w/Tommy Hearn's family vs. Milton McCrory's family - tape lines during first minute and a half, and slightly fuzzy video [GAME, DDowns5.1.2, A-]
*5/1985 - Watson vs. Beaird - missing most of opening; pretty blurry video [OC, RRinkerman5.2.4, B+]
CBS, 1988-1993
Ray Combs
*7/4/1988 premiere, also Ray’s first episode! - Drozowski vs. Holtrust [OC, JLaPratt2.3, A]
*7/6/1988 - Holtrust vs. Hageman - affiliate problems cause occasional brief blackouts, which become progressively less frequent [BUZZR, A++]
*7/7/1988 - Holtrust vs. Liesch [BUZZR, A++]
*11/25/1988 - Geren vs. Bruno - missing opening; begins during contestant interviews [GAME w/slate (wait, what?!), RRinkermanDec2011/5.2, A+]
*1989 - Crawford vs. Lorenze - in round 2, the stagehand is shown and a contestant hosts for a minute [GAME, CDonegan0420-1.4, A-]
*1990 - Robert vs. Agajanian - Howard Fleischer and Ray switch places for most of round 2! [GAME w/comm, CDonegan0420-1.5, A-]
*1991 - Coelho vs. Warren - contains the all-time lowest Fast Money score! [GAME w/comm, RRinkerman4.2.3, A-]
*1991 - Monday of TPIR vs. Young and Restless week! [GAME w/comm, RRinkermanGrabbag1.2, A]
*12/1991 - Figueroa vs. Carter [GSN w/comm, RRinkerman4.2.3, A]
*1992 - Winner Take All tournament finals, with $35000 on the line! - Heer vs. Ras [OC, filtered version is A- (fixed brightness); original is CDonegan6.1.1, B+]
hour-long format; "Family Feud Challenge"
*1992 - Terwilliger vs. Brown vs. Sidoti - solo Fast Money win, and not only does Ray fiddle with the second player, the board makes it look like there were only 5 points! [OB, GGarsten2.2, A-]
*1/1993 - Fitzsimmons vs. Raho vs. Fisher [GAME, GGarsten0820-1.2, B+]
syndication, 1988-1995
Classic format
*9/19/1988 premiere - Fischer vs. Ahlstrom [GSN, A+]
*9/20/1988 - Fischer vs. Whittle [GSN, A+]
*9/21/1988 - Fischer vs. Bianco [GSN, A+]
*9/22/1988 - Fischer vs. Hall [GSN, A+]
*9/23/1988 - Hall vs. Park [GSN, A+]
*1/13/1989 - Manning vs. Umberg [GSN, A++]
*1989 - Archer vs. Lofink [GSN, A+]
*4/4/1989 - Wieczoric vs. Pho - the Phos are... interesting. [GSN, A+]
*1989 - Gallagher vs. Arnold - solo Fast Money win, so Ray messes with the second player! - antenna issues mess up the color a little bit from the second question through the rest of the maingame [OC, GGarsten1.4, B+ but also B in the middle]
*Next ep. - Arnold vs. Moran - both families have trouble naming a South American country (last time I checked, Africa wasn't in there), an awful Fast Money, and a female wrestler gets physical with Ray! Overall a very funny and entertaining episode! [GSN, A+]
*1990 - Daniels vs. Moyer - episode with the Condom response! [GSN, A+]
*1991 - Bikini special - Mermaids vs. Neptunes [GSN, A++]
*1991 - Baty vs. Taylor - from Winner Take All tournament! - missing opening [1993 RPT w/comm, RRinkerman7.3.1, A-]
*3/19/1992 - from Divorced Couple's Week! - Kay, Phillis, Norma, Cindy, and Judy vs. Phil, Jerry, Tom, Steve, and Forrest - the strike displays don't work today, so Ray instead hands the contestants some "X" stands [OC, RRinkerman817-6.5, A-]
With the Bullseye game
*9/14/1992 season premiere, and first syndicated ep. with Bullseye - Haberman (Ray notes that their sign lost some letters) vs. Jamerson [GSN, GGarsten2.1, A+]
*9/16/1992 - Cooper vs. Jones - *both* families sing! [GSN, GGarsten0820-1.3, A+]
*1992 - American Gladiators Special [GSN, A++]
*1993 - special w/Playboy playmates vs. Mrs. Americas [GSN, A++]
*VTR 11/1993 - from TPIR vs. Young and Restless week! - 'flickering' video; low audio [GAME, DBarkow6.3.4, B+]
*VTR 11/1993 - another episode from TPIR vs. Young and Restless week! [GAME, DBarkow6.3.5, A-]
*1993 - from Roseanne vs. Jackie Thomas week! - the full $20K bank is earned, but will that team win it? [GSN, DDowns11.7, A+]
*1/1994 - Super Bowl special w/AFC vs. NFC [GSN, A++]
*1994 - from Opryland! - Grand Ole Opry men vs. Opry women [GSN, RRinkerman7.3.2, A+]
*1994 - Conlay vs. Mack [GAME, GGarsten0820-1.4, A-]
*5/27/1994 - Beckwith vs. Tran - Ray's last show, which is only briefly mentioned during a particularly pathetic fast money! [OB, filtered version is A- (fixed tint and brightness); original is PBurgos3.1, B+]
Richard Dawson (again)
*9/12/1994 - first aired episode of Dawson’s return - Redd vs. DeLeon vs. Reinking - first couple minutes of second half missing; begins during contestant interviews [GAME, DDowns6.3, B]
*9/28/1994 - Schneidmiller vs. Stewart vs. Kinsman - first taped episode of Richard's return, and he gets a LONG standing ovation! Also, one family member has some cards from his days at Match Game. [GAME, RRinkermanDec2011/5.3, A]
*10/31/1994 - Davis vs. Llorens vs. Misllacken [GSN, DDowns15.6, A]
*1995 - Schnedimiller (back due to an error) vs. Bolden vs. Lyle [GAME w/comm, RRinkerman5.3.3, A]
*2/6/1995 (second half-hour only) - Monday of Carol Burnett vs. Betty White week! [BUZZR, CCohan2.1, A+]
*2/7/1995 (second half-hour only) - Tuesday of Carol Burnett vs. Betty White week! [BUZZR, CCohan2.2, A+]
*1995 (first half-hour only) - Carten vs. Funes - a contestant reads the contestant plug! [OB, RRinkerman7.3.3, A-]
*1995 (first half-hour only) - Yakin vs. Wolfarth [OB, GGarsten1.2, A-]
*1995 (first half-hour only) - Ruggles vs. Yashar [OB, GGarsten1.3, B+]
syndication, 1999-present
Louie Anderson
*late 2001 - Wells vs. Hart (one of the members here also played in 1977) [PAX w/most comm, RRinkerman7.3.4, A]
*5/2002 - Tournament of Champions finale, and $112,230 is on the line! - Klein vs. Reno - missing opening [PAX, RRinkerman7.3.5, A]
Richard Karn
‘4 Rounds’ format
*2003 - Grijalva vs. Poland [GSN, A+]
‘First to 300’ format
*2004 - Wright vs. Tsai - Richard goofs up during the second half of Fast Money! [OB, BSchwartz3.3.6, A-]
*2005 - Bigler vs. Johnson [GSN, A+]
*4/27/2006 - Siegel vs. Jeffries [GSN, A+]
*4/28/2006 - Siegel (going for their fifth win!) vs. Sorenson [GSN, A+]
John O’Hurley
*9/14/2006 - Houston vs. Casey - only 3 rounds are played, resulting in significant padding AND a mid-Fast Money break! [GSN, A+]
*9/2006 - Dominguez vs. Green [GSN, A+]
*2/5/2008 tournament finals - Prymus vs. McFarland - who will win $60K? [GSN, RRinkermanDec2011/5.4, A++]
*5/20/2008 tournament finals (don't ask me why they did two so close) - Miller vs. Martin [GSN, RRinkermanDec2011/5.5, A++]
*11/13/2008 - Goldson vs. Fuchs - missing opening [OC, A++]
*1/1/2009 - Methis vs. Gregory [OB, A++]
*1/2/2009 - Gregory vs. Hirata [OB, A++]
*4/8/2009 - from Big Money tournament - DeRoux vs. Triff (one member gives a marriage proposal!) [OB, A+]
With Bullseye round
*9/7/2009 - 11th season premiere, and first episode with Bullseye return! - Cunningham vs. Taylor [OB, A++]
*1/5/2010 - Byer vs. Schneidmiller (they also played in 1994 & 95!) [GSN, CCohan0420-3.1, A+]
*2010 - Beals vs. Queen - contains promos for Steve Harvey's Feud and Don't Forget the Lyrics... both with incorrect airdates! [8/31/2010 RPT, A+]
*5/28/2010 - O'Hurley's last episode - Darling vs. Maxwell [9/10/2010 RPT, A+]
Steve Harvey
*9/23/2010 - Darling (going for a car!) vs. Kerhoff [OB, RRinkerman5.9.1, A++]
*10/1/2010 - Wilson vs. Russell - Saying the medical term REALLY doesn't help in a situation like this... [OB, RRinkerman5.8.3, A++]
*11/22/2010 - McIntosh vs. Schoon - contains another example of Steve Harvey making fun of a bad answer [OB, A+]
*11/24/2010 - McIntosh vs. Flowers - hysterical misunderstanding in round 1! [OB, A+]
*11/1/2011 - O'Hara vs. Paul [OB, A++]
NBC primetime, 2008 ("Celebrity Family Feud")
Al Roker
*7/1/2008 - The Girls Next Door vs. Vincent Pastore, then Kathie Lee Gifford vs. Duane Chapman [OB, A-]
*7/22/2008 - Kim Kardashian vs. Deion Sanders, then Tiki Barber vs. Ed McMahon [OB, A-]
United Kingdom versions (called Family Fortunes)
ITV, 1980-1985, 1987-2003, 2006-present
Bob Monkhouse
*1/6/1980 PREMIERE - Price vs. Killeen - includes studio timecode [SM w/slates, A+]
*1/13/1982 - Powell vs. Slater - it takes a LONG time to name a famous Scotsman! [SM w/slates, A-]
*6/14/1982 - Olympic champions play for charity! - David Thompson's team vs. Alan Minter's team [SM w/slates, A+]
*1/1/1983 series premiere - Kerwin vs. Saunders [CHA, RRinkermanMay2010/3.4, A-]
*6/25/1983 - Bob's final episode - Davidson vs. Sadler [CHA, CDonegan6.2.3, A-]
Max Bygraves
*10/14/1983 - Max’s first episode, and boy does it show… - Howe vs. Hornby - somewhat dark video [CHA, RRinkermanFF.1, B+]
*10/28/1983 - Dalby vs. Johnson - hysterical episode; one Big Money player answers ‘turkey’ for 3 consecutive questions! Also, it gets difficult to come up with a ‘Famous Irishman’ during possibly the longest face-off ever! VERY highly recommended! [CHA, CDonegan1.4, A-]
*1984 - John vs. Pinington [CHA, RRinkermanMay2010/4.3, B+]
Les Dennis
*6/27/1987 series premiere (also Les’ first show) - Kieley vs. Nisbet [CHA, RRinkerman2.1, A]
*1990 - Simpson vs. Wood - missing most of intro - video VERY blurry, breaks up slightly at few points, and has uneven color in some spots; VCR timecode on upper-right corner; muffled audio [OB, BSchwartz4.1, B-]
*12/25/1992 celebrity special - The Up-Strats vs. The Push-Starts - Les plays a second Big Money round while one family member hosts!- pretty blurry video [CHA, CDonegan4.3.6, A-]
*1994 "Guys vs. Dolls" celebrity special - Jim Bowen is on the Guys team! [CHA w/comm, CDonegan4.3.4, A++]
*1995 - Tickle vs. Pugh [CHA, CDonegan1.5, A-]
*1998 - Fry vs. Fowle [CHA, Gameshows.6, A]
*2000 - Little vs. Harris [CHA, RRinkermanFF.2, A-]
*8/31/2002 - Carrington vs. Equizi - Les’ last episode, with a rather disappointing Big Money result [OB, RRinkerman1.3, A-]
Andy Collins
*9/2/2002 - Andy’s first episode! - Taylor vs. Reyland [OB, RRinkerman1.4, A-]
Vernon Kay
ALL-STAR FAMILY FORTUNES
*10/27/2007 series premiere - Kim Ryder's family vs. Brian Dowling's family - "Name a type of bean." [OC, TMcSwain7.7, A+]
Australian versions
Channel 9, 2006-2007
Bert Newton
*2/13/2006 premiere - Dix vs. Falcke [OC, RRinkerman4.10.4, A+]
*2/15/2006 (ep 2) - Falcke vs. Grime - video slightly fuzzy [OC, BMoore2.2.1, A-]
*6/9/2006 - Pezzulich vs. Austen - contains the first $100K win! [OC, BMoore2.2.2, A]
*7/28/2006 - Mad Monday ep w/Game Boys (featuring GS hosts!) vs. Quiz Queens [OC, CDonegan6.2.1, A+]
*1/29/2007 series premiere - Mad Monday ep w/Top Girls vs. Top Guys (VCE graduates) [OC, CCohan0720-2.2, A+]
ABC, 1976-1985
Richard Dawson
*1975 pilot with a more rustic set and all single rounds - Spier vs. Madvig [SM, DBarkow6.1.3, A-]
*7/12/1976 premiere - Moseley vs. Abramowitz [GAME, DBarkow6.1.4, A-]
*8/6/1976 - Baedaker vs. Silvers - ‘Morning', 'Night', and 'Teabag’ answers in fast money! [GSN, DDowns6.2, A-]
*8/10/1976 - Baedeker vs. Zeitsoff [GAME w/comm, RRinkerman117-3.1, A]
*10/14/1976 - De Vries vs. Collen - Richard goofs after a round and thinks the game is over when it isn't! [GAME w/comm, A]
*11/16/1976 - Poseley vs. Staggs - Richard draws attention to the cameraman, as he became a father! [GAME w/comm, RRinkerman117-3.2, A]
*8/15/1977 - Derr vs. Sanchez - GSN goofed and aired a few 1977 commercials! - pretty blurry video [GAME w/comm, RRinkerman5.2.1, A-]
*9/2/1977 - York vs. Lewis - Contains that ever-infamous "name an animal with three letters in its name" round... - most of contestant interviews cut (my edit, not theirs) [GSN, A+]
*9/5/1977 - York vs. Walsh - Richard clearly hasn't gotten over the previous day's events... [GAME w/comm, A]
*9/8/1977 - York vs. Tyler - "Name something Russia is famous for." - includes Games Across America bumpers [GSN w/most comm, RRinkerman117-3.3, A]
*11/20/1977 - Lunsford vs. Fitch - Richard gets a surprise birthday celebration to close the show! [GAME w/comm, A-]
*2/27/1978 - Prewitt vs. Meyers - no credits [OB, A-]
*2/28/1978 - Prewitt vs. Mulhern [OB w/few comm, A-]
*7/12/1978 - Irelan vs. Noggle - Mark Goodson comes out to celebrate the show's second anniversary! [GAME, B]
*8/5/1979 - Bath vs. Odhe - Sammy Davis Jr. opens the show and even hosts the first question! Highly recommended! [OB (first half) then GAME (second half), A-; originals are JLeeman6.2.5 and RRinkermanDec2011/5.1, both B+]
*8/6/1979 - Odhe vs. Blower [OB, JLeeman6.5.2, B+]
*11/1979 - Farrens vs. Strom - Caryn Lucas hosts a couple of rounds due to Richard’s broken ribs! [GAME, DDowns16.8, A+]
*11/13/1979 - Hatfield vs. McCoy week, Day 2! - A dummy is used to mark who won the last game (with an appearance by Gene Wood)! [OC, CDonegan4.1.4, A]
*11/15/1979 - Hatfield vs. McCoy week, Day 4! [OC, TMcSwain717-1.1, A]
*11/16/1979 - Hatfield vs. McCoy week, Day 5! [GSN, RRinkerman5.8.2, A]
*12/20/1979 - Cusick vs. Espinosa - major mechanical problems cause Fast Money to be played on cue cards! [GAME w/comm, CDonnegan5.2.4, A+]
*3/5/1980 - Cagle vs. Artiano - slightly jumpy video [OC, JLeeman4.1.1, B]
*4/15/1980 - Manoukian vs. Guice - cuts JUST after Fast Money result [OC, JLeeman5.5, B]
*4/16/1980 - Guice vs. Woods [SM w/slate, JLeeman0620-1.3, A+]
*11/18/1980 - Bienek vs. Coleman - Richard wears one of the Coleman's hats for 2 rounds [GSN, A+]
*12/19/1980 - Evans vs. Larson - Birthday special for Richard… and both families play Fast Money in the end! [GAME, DDowns4.3.6, A-]
*12/25/1980 - Luevano vs. Pattison - the set is decorated for the holidays! - contains the infamous Dawson credits, which despite being crunched, is still partially intact [GSN, A]
*8/1982 - Gutzke vs Zollner [OC (Canadian), RRinkerman5.2.3, A-]
*9/1982 - Steele vs. Rhinehart - Why would shoes be too small in almost every household? - rather blurry video [OC, JLeeman6.3.1, B]
*1983 - Cunningham vs. Phillip - early episode with the Lollipop Trees; this is also the episode with the infamous question where very confusing wording makes it take ages to come up with an answer! [GAME w/comm, JLeeman0620-5.2, A]
*5/2/1983 - finale of TV All-Star Favorites Week! - Brady Bunch vs. Petticoat Junction [BUZZR (no watermark for most of the show!), A++]
*9/1984 - Peterson vs. Halsey - first episode with the very lopsided $400 format [GAME w/comm, CDonegan0420-1.3, A-]
*1985 - Heath vs. Steves - contains Dawson's "mutual friends" breakdown! [GAME w/comm, CDonegan4.1.5, A-]
*5/31/1985 - Barry vs. Hoskinson [OC, JLeeman4.1.2, A-]
*6/14/1985 finale - Murphy vs. Mackin - Probably one of the most bittersweet endings EVER! - features a GSN intro from Charles Nelson Reilly - slightly snowy video [GAME, JLaPratt2.2, A-]
syndcation, 1977-1985
*1978 - Mumford (who sing for Richard!) vs. Smith [GAME, DDowns4.3.7, A-]
*1979 - Hall vs. Van Dam - pretty amazing Fast Money result! [GSN, RRinkerman5.8.1, A+]
*1981 - Sutton vs. Kern - Duck is NOT a ridiculous bathtub item, but Richard thinks it is, and wait until you see what happens then! - closing segment cut [GSN, A+]
*1981 - Burnett vs. Rawal - bright video [OC (Canadian), RRinkerman5.2.1, B+]
*1982 - Stanley vs. Shively - Squeezing peanut butter? - closing segment cut [GSN, A+]
*1983 - Monday ep. of Game Show Hosts week, with people you might recognize that I don't need to describe them - missing opening; begins during contestant interviews - very low audio [GAME, DBarkow6.1.5, A-]
*1983 - Friday episode of Game Show Hosts week! - VERY low audio [GAME, JLaPratt2.1, A-]
*Wk 12/26/1983 - Clawson vs. Raymond [OC, MPannoni0320-3.3, A-]
*1984 - Stavert vs. Moore - some break-dancers perform at the beginning of the show, which Gene Wood joins in on! - affiliate problems cause occasional brief blackouts after first segment, which vary in frequency [BUZZR (no watermark for most of the show!), A++]
*1984 - Boxing special w/Tommy Hearn's family vs. Milton McCrory's family - tape lines during first minute and a half, and slightly fuzzy video [GAME, DDowns5.1.2, A-]
*5/1985 - Watson vs. Beaird - missing most of opening; pretty blurry video [OC, RRinkerman5.2.4, B+]
CBS, 1988-1993
Ray Combs
*7/4/1988 premiere, also Ray’s first episode! - Drozowski vs. Holtrust [OC, JLaPratt2.3, A]
*7/6/1988 - Holtrust vs. Hageman - affiliate problems cause occasional brief blackouts, which become progressively less frequent [BUZZR, A++]
*7/7/1988 - Holtrust vs. Liesch [BUZZR, A++]
*11/25/1988 - Geren vs. Bruno - missing opening; begins during contestant interviews [GAME w/slate (wait, what?!), RRinkermanDec2011/5.2, A+]
*1989 - Crawford vs. Lorenze - in round 2, the stagehand is shown and a contestant hosts for a minute [GAME, CDonegan0420-1.4, A-]
*1990 - Robert vs. Agajanian - Howard Fleischer and Ray switch places for most of round 2! [GAME w/comm, CDonegan0420-1.5, A-]
*1991 - Coelho vs. Warren - contains the all-time lowest Fast Money score! [GAME w/comm, RRinkerman4.2.3, A-]
*1991 - Monday of TPIR vs. Young and Restless week! [GAME w/comm, RRinkermanGrabbag1.2, A]
*12/1991 - Figueroa vs. Carter [GSN w/comm, RRinkerman4.2.3, A]
*1992 - Winner Take All tournament finals, with $35000 on the line! - Heer vs. Ras [OC, filtered version is A- (fixed brightness); original is CDonegan6.1.1, B+]
hour-long format; "Family Feud Challenge"
*1992 - Terwilliger vs. Brown vs. Sidoti - solo Fast Money win, and not only does Ray fiddle with the second player, the board makes it look like there were only 5 points! [OB, GGarsten2.2, A-]
*1/1993 - Fitzsimmons vs. Raho vs. Fisher [GAME, GGarsten0820-1.2, B+]
syndication, 1988-1995
Classic format
*9/19/1988 premiere - Fischer vs. Ahlstrom [GSN, A+]
*9/20/1988 - Fischer vs. Whittle [GSN, A+]
*9/21/1988 - Fischer vs. Bianco [GSN, A+]
*9/22/1988 - Fischer vs. Hall [GSN, A+]
*9/23/1988 - Hall vs. Park [GSN, A+]
*1/13/1989 - Manning vs. Umberg [GSN, A++]
*1989 - Archer vs. Lofink [GSN, A+]
*4/4/1989 - Wieczoric vs. Pho - the Phos are... interesting. [GSN, A+]
*1989 - Gallagher vs. Arnold - solo Fast Money win, so Ray messes with the second player! - antenna issues mess up the color a little bit from the second question through the rest of the maingame [OC, GGarsten1.4, B+ but also B in the middle]
*Next ep. - Arnold vs. Moran - both families have trouble naming a South American country (last time I checked, Africa wasn't in there), an awful Fast Money, and a female wrestler gets physical with Ray! Overall a very funny and entertaining episode! [GSN, A+]
*1990 - Daniels vs. Moyer - episode with the Condom response! [GSN, A+]
*1991 - Bikini special - Mermaids vs. Neptunes [GSN, A++]
*1991 - Baty vs. Taylor - from Winner Take All tournament! - missing opening [1993 RPT w/comm, RRinkerman7.3.1, A-]
*3/19/1992 - from Divorced Couple's Week! - Kay, Phillis, Norma, Cindy, and Judy vs. Phil, Jerry, Tom, Steve, and Forrest - the strike displays don't work today, so Ray instead hands the contestants some "X" stands [OC, RRinkerman817-6.5, A-]
With the Bullseye game
*9/14/1992 season premiere, and first syndicated ep. with Bullseye - Haberman (Ray notes that their sign lost some letters) vs. Jamerson [GSN, GGarsten2.1, A+]
*9/16/1992 - Cooper vs. Jones - *both* families sing! [GSN, GGarsten0820-1.3, A+]
*1992 - American Gladiators Special [GSN, A++]
*1993 - special w/Playboy playmates vs. Mrs. Americas [GSN, A++]
*VTR 11/1993 - from TPIR vs. Young and Restless week! - 'flickering' video; low audio [GAME, DBarkow6.3.4, B+]
*VTR 11/1993 - another episode from TPIR vs. Young and Restless week! [GAME, DBarkow6.3.5, A-]
*1993 - from Roseanne vs. Jackie Thomas week! - the full $20K bank is earned, but will that team win it? [GSN, DDowns11.7, A+]
*1/1994 - Super Bowl special w/AFC vs. NFC [GSN, A++]
*1994 - from Opryland! - Grand Ole Opry men vs. Opry women [GSN, RRinkerman7.3.2, A+]
*1994 - Conlay vs. Mack [GAME, GGarsten0820-1.4, A-]
*5/27/1994 - Beckwith vs. Tran - Ray's last show, which is only briefly mentioned during a particularly pathetic fast money! [OB, filtered version is A- (fixed tint and brightness); original is PBurgos3.1, B+]
Richard Dawson (again)
*9/12/1994 - first aired episode of Dawson’s return - Redd vs. DeLeon vs. Reinking - first couple minutes of second half missing; begins during contestant interviews [GAME, DDowns6.3, B]
*9/28/1994 - Schneidmiller vs. Stewart vs. Kinsman - first taped episode of Richard's return, and he gets a LONG standing ovation! Also, one family member has some cards from his days at Match Game. [GAME, RRinkermanDec2011/5.3, A]
*10/31/1994 - Davis vs. Llorens vs. Misllacken [GSN, DDowns15.6, A]
*1995 - Schnedimiller (back due to an error) vs. Bolden vs. Lyle [GAME w/comm, RRinkerman5.3.3, A]
*2/6/1995 (second half-hour only) - Monday of Carol Burnett vs. Betty White week! [BUZZR, CCohan2.1, A+]
*2/7/1995 (second half-hour only) - Tuesday of Carol Burnett vs. Betty White week! [BUZZR, CCohan2.2, A+]
*1995 (first half-hour only) - Carten vs. Funes - a contestant reads the contestant plug! [OB, RRinkerman7.3.3, A-]
*1995 (first half-hour only) - Yakin vs. Wolfarth [OB, GGarsten1.2, A-]
*1995 (first half-hour only) - Ruggles vs. Yashar [OB, GGarsten1.3, B+]
syndication, 1999-present
Louie Anderson
*late 2001 - Wells vs. Hart (one of the members here also played in 1977) [PAX w/most comm, RRinkerman7.3.4, A]
*5/2002 - Tournament of Champions finale, and $112,230 is on the line! - Klein vs. Reno - missing opening [PAX, RRinkerman7.3.5, A]
Richard Karn
‘4 Rounds’ format
*2003 - Grijalva vs. Poland [GSN, A+]
‘First to 300’ format
*2004 - Wright vs. Tsai - Richard goofs up during the second half of Fast Money! [OB, BSchwartz3.3.6, A-]
*2005 - Bigler vs. Johnson [GSN, A+]
*4/27/2006 - Siegel vs. Jeffries [GSN, A+]
*4/28/2006 - Siegel (going for their fifth win!) vs. Sorenson [GSN, A+]
John O’Hurley
*9/14/2006 - Houston vs. Casey - only 3 rounds are played, resulting in significant padding AND a mid-Fast Money break! [GSN, A+]
*9/2006 - Dominguez vs. Green [GSN, A+]
*2/5/2008 tournament finals - Prymus vs. McFarland - who will win $60K? [GSN, RRinkermanDec2011/5.4, A++]
*5/20/2008 tournament finals (don't ask me why they did two so close) - Miller vs. Martin [GSN, RRinkermanDec2011/5.5, A++]
*11/13/2008 - Goldson vs. Fuchs - missing opening [OC, A++]
*1/1/2009 - Methis vs. Gregory [OB, A++]
*1/2/2009 - Gregory vs. Hirata [OB, A++]
*4/8/2009 - from Big Money tournament - DeRoux vs. Triff (one member gives a marriage proposal!) [OB, A+]
With Bullseye round
*9/7/2009 - 11th season premiere, and first episode with Bullseye return! - Cunningham vs. Taylor [OB, A++]
*1/5/2010 - Byer vs. Schneidmiller (they also played in 1994 & 95!) [GSN, CCohan0420-3.1, A+]
*2010 - Beals vs. Queen - contains promos for Steve Harvey's Feud and Don't Forget the Lyrics... both with incorrect airdates! [8/31/2010 RPT, A+]
*5/28/2010 - O'Hurley's last episode - Darling vs. Maxwell [9/10/2010 RPT, A+]
Steve Harvey
*9/23/2010 - Darling (going for a car!) vs. Kerhoff [OB, RRinkerman5.9.1, A++]
*10/1/2010 - Wilson vs. Russell - Saying the medical term REALLY doesn't help in a situation like this... [OB, RRinkerman5.8.3, A++]
*11/22/2010 - McIntosh vs. Schoon - contains another example of Steve Harvey making fun of a bad answer [OB, A+]
*11/24/2010 - McIntosh vs. Flowers - hysterical misunderstanding in round 1! [OB, A+]
*11/1/2011 - O'Hara vs. Paul [OB, A++]
NBC primetime, 2008 ("Celebrity Family Feud")
Al Roker
*7/1/2008 - The Girls Next Door vs. Vincent Pastore, then Kathie Lee Gifford vs. Duane Chapman [OB, A-]
*7/22/2008 - Kim Kardashian vs. Deion Sanders, then Tiki Barber vs. Ed McMahon [OB, A-]
United Kingdom versions (called Family Fortunes)
ITV, 1980-1985, 1987-2003, 2006-present
Bob Monkhouse
*1/6/1980 PREMIERE - Price vs. Killeen - includes studio timecode [SM w/slates, A+]
*1/13/1982 - Powell vs. Slater - it takes a LONG time to name a famous Scotsman! [SM w/slates, A-]
*6/14/1982 - Olympic champions play for charity! - David Thompson's team vs. Alan Minter's team [SM w/slates, A+]
*1/1/1983 series premiere - Kerwin vs. Saunders [CHA, RRinkermanMay2010/3.4, A-]
*6/25/1983 - Bob's final episode - Davidson vs. Sadler [CHA, CDonegan6.2.3, A-]
Max Bygraves
*10/14/1983 - Max’s first episode, and boy does it show… - Howe vs. Hornby - somewhat dark video [CHA, RRinkermanFF.1, B+]
*10/28/1983 - Dalby vs. Johnson - hysterical episode; one Big Money player answers ‘turkey’ for 3 consecutive questions! Also, it gets difficult to come up with a ‘Famous Irishman’ during possibly the longest face-off ever! VERY highly recommended! [CHA, CDonegan1.4, A-]
*1984 - John vs. Pinington [CHA, RRinkermanMay2010/4.3, B+]
Les Dennis
*6/27/1987 series premiere (also Les’ first show) - Kieley vs. Nisbet [CHA, RRinkerman2.1, A]
*1990 - Simpson vs. Wood - missing most of intro - video VERY blurry, breaks up slightly at few points, and has uneven color in some spots; VCR timecode on upper-right corner; muffled audio [OB, BSchwartz4.1, B-]
*12/25/1992 celebrity special - The Up-Strats vs. The Push-Starts - Les plays a second Big Money round while one family member hosts!- pretty blurry video [CHA, CDonegan4.3.6, A-]
*1994 "Guys vs. Dolls" celebrity special - Jim Bowen is on the Guys team! [CHA w/comm, CDonegan4.3.4, A++]
*1995 - Tickle vs. Pugh [CHA, CDonegan1.5, A-]
*1998 - Fry vs. Fowle [CHA, Gameshows.6, A]
*2000 - Little vs. Harris [CHA, RRinkermanFF.2, A-]
*8/31/2002 - Carrington vs. Equizi - Les’ last episode, with a rather disappointing Big Money result [OB, RRinkerman1.3, A-]
Andy Collins
*9/2/2002 - Andy’s first episode! - Taylor vs. Reyland [OB, RRinkerman1.4, A-]
Vernon Kay
ALL-STAR FAMILY FORTUNES
*10/27/2007 series premiere - Kim Ryder's family vs. Brian Dowling's family - "Name a type of bean." [OC, TMcSwain7.7, A+]
Australian versions
Channel 9, 2006-2007
Bert Newton
*2/13/2006 premiere - Dix vs. Falcke [OC, RRinkerman4.10.4, A+]
*2/15/2006 (ep 2) - Falcke vs. Grime - video slightly fuzzy [OC, BMoore2.2.1, A-]
*6/9/2006 - Pezzulich vs. Austen - contains the first $100K win! [OC, BMoore2.2.2, A]
*7/28/2006 - Mad Monday ep w/Game Boys (featuring GS hosts!) vs. Quiz Queens [OC, CDonegan6.2.1, A+]
*1/29/2007 series premiere - Mad Monday ep w/Top Girls vs. Top Guys (VCE graduates) [OC, CCohan0720-2.2, A+]