Born Lucky

This game show took place in shopping malls all over the country.

Broadcast
Lifetime - October 5, 1992-April 2, 1993, July 5, 1992-December 31, 1993

Packager
Stone/Stanley Productions

Host
Bob Goen

Announcer
Johnathan Coleman

Premise
Four contestants competed in a stunt game show for "Mall Money".

Round 1
In the first round, each contestant played his/her own stunt for up to $100. The stunts can be anything from trivia games, matching games, physical challenges among other things. The player performing the stunt won $10 or $20 for a fraction of success. After each stunt, player performing it had a choice of prize cards. Whatever they picked, that's prize(s) they kept win or lose. At the end of the round, the two players with the highest scores moved onto round two. In case of a tie, the tied players all picked their own envelopes with "Mall Money" inside each. The player(s) with the most "Mall Money" moved onto the next round.

Round 2 (Challenge Round)
In the Challenge Round, the two survivors of the first round bid against each other as to how many of what item they can need get within the time limit to win the next stunt. As soon as someone was challenged, the challenged player then played that stunt. The goal of course was to complete the bid within 30, 45 or 60 seconds. If that player was successful he/she won the game, otherwise the game went to the opponent. The winner of the game went on to play the bonus round for $2,000 in "Mall Money".

Bonus Round
The winner of the game was faced with five stunts that share a common theme. Each time he/she completed a stunt, the player moved on the next. The day's winner can pass on a stunt, but he/she can only do it once and must come back it if there's time left on the clock. Each completed stunt was worth $100, and completing all five stunts in 90 seconds (one & a half minutes) or less won the winning contestant $2,000.

Music
Gary Scott

Inventor
Tony McLaren

Trivia
This was Bob Goen first of two cable game show, the other one was That's the Question. After Born Lucky, Bob took time off from hosting game show and hosted the venerable entertainment news show Entertainment Tonight.

Links
Rules for Born Lucky Jay's Born Lucky Page