User:Daniel Benfield/Pay Cards Video Archive

Pay Cards! was a fun little Poker-based game that didn't run past one season in either of its well-known forms (CTV apparently aired a version in 1970s), and might have been worth trying again during that Poker boom some years ago.

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 ©1968-69/1981-82 Nicholson-Muir Productions and associated entities.

Original Series (1968-69)
Syndicated, Daily: September 9, 1968 - September 5, 1969 (260 episodes)

Probably most notable for having a celebrity guest each week.


 * June 26, 1969 (#209: Paul/Celeste Holm/Jack {taped 4/22/69}; studio master with slate! {alternate copy of intro})
 * [Credits refer to the show as the "Orange Series".]

The Super Revival (1981-82)
Syndicated, Daily: September 14, 1981 - April 23 [September], 1982

Removed the celeb, replacing it with a hostess (Mary Lou Basaraba). Lots of jokes have been made about her last name over the years, so I'll stay away from it. :P

Round 2 rotated between four different formats: Four of a Kind, Two-Three-Four-Five, Strategy, and the rarely-used Seven-Card Stud.

Canadian airings had an extra segment in which Mary Lou played a variant of the eight-card bonus round with an audience member; the prizes were such...er, lavish...things as fire escape ladders, can openers, and (most infamously) crockpots.


 * 1985 ("2&7" {Lethbridge} bumper-promo)

Yellow payoff table

White, superimposed credits
 * September 22, 1981 (#7: Mark vs. Ann Marie {Round 2: Four of a Kind}, a pretty good episode!; no Audience Game segment)

Regular credits
 * Taped 1981 (Mitchell vs. Helen {Round 2: Strategy}, with the Audience Game played by two people; circa-1988 CHCH repeat with a Price Is Right promo, ends during credits)

Blue payoff table
 * Taped 1981 (Brian vs. Doreen {Round 2: Strategy; Audience Game Prize: fire escape ladder}; taped from CHCH)