User:Daniel Benfield/FAM Interactive Games Video Archive

From what I can tell, the general thought about The Family Channel's interactive games of 1993-94 is that only Trivial Pursuit seemed to have any real effort put into it and is the only really watchable one. Boggle, Jumble, and especially Shuffle...notsomuch.

All of these have Wink Martindale as host and Randy West as announcer, both of whom turn in the expected high-quality performances.

LEGAL STUFF SO I DON'T GET SUED: I'm only linking to these videos, none of which were uploaded by me, for the purposes of research and as a public record. Footage ©1993-94 Martindale-Hillier Entertainment/Fiedler-Berlin Productions/Studio Interactive/The Family Channel and associated entities.

Boggle
Family Channel, Daily: March 7 - November 18 [December 30?], 1994

The only one of the three '94 games that seems to have had some effort put into its set, with large "letter blocks" strewn around and a large keypad-style board for Wink to use in his explanation of the game. (While all three shows had the keypad-style board, only Boggle used it for any real purpose.)


 * March 7, 1994 (Premiere: Alex/Ken/Regina/Deanna; has Playbreaks, first few seconds missing {alternate copy})
 * March 18, 1994 (#10: Jay/David/Terry/Wanda)
 * May 30, 1994 (#61: Steve/Rick/Mitch/Carlease; has commercials {including a Let's Make A Deal promo!} and Playbreaks!)
 * June 1994 (Shelly/Dawn/Brian/David; has commercials {including a Let's Make A Deal promo!} and Playbreaks!)

Jumble
Family Channel, Daily: June 13 - September 2/November 21 - December 30, 1994 (90 episodes)

Replaced Shuffle and is...meh. The animations for the Jumbles look really low-budget.


 * 1994 (Promo)
 * June 14, 1994 (#2: Craig/Radha/James/Tony)
 * June 15, 1994 (#3: Paul/Dave/Jeanne/Debra)

Shuffle
Family Channel, Daily: March 7 - June 10, 1994 (70 episodes)

Ordering lists. Woot.

Early episodes used the think cue of Boggle and Jumble. By the end of May, this was changed to the one from Trivial Pursuit: The Interactive Game.

Original think cue
 * March-May 1994 (Tony/Veronica/Wayne/Karen)

Trivial Pursuit
Family Channel, Daily: June 7 - September 3, 1993 [December 30, 1994/July 21, 1995] (65 episodes)

The enduring interactive game of this period...actually got canned after 13 weeks. The Interactive Game's 900-number segments remained new until the end of 1994.

Each episode consisted of two half-hour portions: the first half was the Interactive Qualifying Game, with the three winners playing the Classic Game. Originally, the Qualifying Game used 12 contestants, which was later dropped to nine.

Later in the show's brief run, the final round began using number graphics to show how many wedges each player still had to get.


 * June 7, 1993 (Premiere, Part 1: Interactive Qualifying Game with 12 players and different indicators for correct answers; has commercials and Playbreaks!)
 * June 7, 1993 (Premiere, Part 2: Mark/Scott/Ron; has commercials, including a Name That Tune promo!)


 * 1993 (Interactive Qualifying Game, with the 9-player format; winners are Colleen/Steve/Karen)


 * 1993 (Phyllis/Annette/Peggy)
 * 1993 (?/Debra/Billy; montage)
 * 1993 (Patty/Julie/Michael; brief video messes during bonus round)


 * 1993 (Mitch/Stan/Marna; has video messes until Round 2)
 * [Has the number graphics.]
 * 1993 (Fred/Alice/Pat, with a question about Wink; has video messes for first minute or so {alternate copy})
 * [Has the number graphics.]
 * 1993 (Colleen/PARIS THEMMEN/Steve)
 * [Has the number graphics.]
 * 1993 (Regina/Joe/Cheryl; has commercials {including a Name That Tune promo!} and Playbreaks, begins right before Wink enters)