Card Sharks/Episode Guide/CBS/July to December 1988

July

Audience Polling Group June 27 to July 1, 1988: 10 Former Tax Auditors from the I.R.S.
Featured Car: Buick Skyhawk ($9,415)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
635	7/1/1988	Monica	Michael	Last taped show with car game using seven numbered cards and Jokers in the Money Cards deck. Monica defeats Michael, wins $2,200 on the Money Cards plus a new car on the last playing of the original car game! (total: $19,015) New match between Monica and Kristin begins afterwards.

NOTE: This is the week where the Range Board car game is launched. This version of the car game is played similar to the "Judge the Jury" round on the 1979 series Mindreaders, with a scale of numbers 0 to 10. The contestant places a blue diamond on a number s/he believes is right.

To accompany its launch, Gene Wood's opening spiel is changed to "Answer just one question, and you can win this sporty jeep (or truck)/beautiful car." Such opening spiel would be modified again early in August.

Audience Polling Group July 4-8: 10 Celebrity Mothers
Featured Car: TBA
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
636	7/4/1988	Monica	Kristin	Gene Wood's opening spiel is changed to "Answer just one question, and you can win this beautiful car". This would be used until early in August 1988. First show with Version 2.0 of the car game, with the Range Board. Kristin defeats Monica, and wins $#,### on the Money Cards, and is the first contestant to play the range board car game. Kristin does not win the car. New challenger Dan (a.k.a. Dan Dan the Muffin Man) is Kristin's opponent in a new match. Dan may be the only contestant in the series to wear a baseball cap on the set. Match between Kristin and Dan continues on the next program. There are no educated guess questions in this episode.
637	7/5/1988	Kristin	Dan	Kristin vs. Dan match continues. Dan defeats Kristin and meets new challenger Nancy. Match between Dan and Nancy continues on the next program.
638	7/6/1988	Dan	Nancy	Nancy defeats Dan and meets new challenger Ernie. Match between Nancy and Ernie continues on the next program.
639	7/7/1988	Nancy	Ernie	Ernie defeats Nancy and meets new challenger Denise. Match between Ernie and Denise continues on the next program.
640	7/8/1988	Ernie	Denise

Young People's Week XIII runs from July 11 to 15, 1988.

NOTE: Although one week of the Range Board car game was aired the week before, the bonus game with the seven numbered cards make their final appearance this week, because this week of episodes was taped before the first week with the Range Board.

Audience Polling Group July 11-15: 10 Owners of Pet Pigs
Featured Prize: Trip to Hawaii
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
641	7/11/1988	Clayton	Lori
642	7/12/1988	James	Lackey
643	7/13/1988
644	7/14/1988
645	7/15/1988			Last CBS-aired show to feature the car game using the seven numbered cards and Jokers in the Money Cards deck.

The adults return on July 18, 1988, and the Range Board car game is played from this point forward.

Audience Polling Group July 18-22: TBA
Featured Car: TBA
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
646	7/18/1988
647	7/19/1988
648	7/20/1988
649	7/21/1988
650	7/22/1988

Audience Polling Group July 25 to 29, 1988: 10 Identical Twins
Featured Car: Nissan Sentra ($7,449)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
651	7/25/1988
652	7/26/1988
653	7/27/1988	Probe		Probe plays the Money Cards at the start of the show.
654	7/28/1988	Probe	Melinda	Four audience polling questions were asked in this episode.
655	7/29/1988	Melinda	Barbara	Melinda defeats Barbara and wins $4,200 on the Money Cards, plus wins the car (total $21,849)

August

Starting on August 3, 1988, Gene Wood's opening spiel would be changed one final time to "You can win this sporty jeep (or truck)/beautiful car with just one answer.", which would be used from this point forward.

Audience Polling Group August 1 to 5, 1988: 10 Top Guns
Featured Car: TBA
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
656	8/1/1988	Melinda	Doug
657	8/2/1988	Doug	Clara
658	8/3/1988	Clara	Martin	When Clara plays the car game, she leaves the marker on the default 5, and wins the car.
659	8/4/1988	Clara	Mark
660	8/5/1988	Mark	Frances	This was Lacey's last episode before her maternity leave. She gave birth to her son, Travis, sometime in August 1988.

Charlie O'Donnell fills in for Gene Wood for at least the next ten shows.

Audience Polling Group August 8 to 12, 1988: 10 Female Bodybuilders
Featured Car: TBA
Guest model: Kyle Aletter
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
661	8/8/1988	Mark	Cathy
662	8/9/1988	Cathy	Tim
663	8/10/1988	Candace		Candace plays the Money Cards at the start of the show.
664	8/11/1988	Juliana	George
665	8/12/1988	Juliana	Julie	One of the audience poll members, Lisa, claimed she would beat Bob at arm wrestling. Bob challenged and beat her! Lisa would later become Zap on American Gladiators.

Audience Polling Group August 15 to 19, 1988: TBA
Featured Car: TBA
Guest model: Leila Rashad
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
666	8/15/1988	Julie	Steve
667	8/16/1988	Steve	Becky
668	8/17/1988	Becky
669	8/18/1988
670	8/19/1988

Audience Polling Group August 22 to 26, 1988: TBA
Featured Car: TBA
Guest model: Kyle Aletter
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
671	8/22/1988
672	8/23/1988	Zovinar		Show starts with Zovinar at the Money Cards.
673	8/24/1988	Zovinar	Elizabeth	Elizabeth defeats Zovinar.
674	8/25/1988	Elizabeth	Alex	Alex defeats Elizabeth.
675	8/26/1988	Alex	Leslie	Alex defeats Leslie.

Audience Polling Group August 29 to September 2, 1988: 10 Private Eyes
Featured Car: TBA
Guest model: Theresa Rein
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
676	8/29/1988	Alex	Debbie
677	8/30/1988	Alex	Michele
678	8/31/1988	Marilyn	Gonah

September

Audience Polling Group August 29 to September 2, 1988: 10 Private Eyes
Featured Car: TBA
Guest model: Theresa Rein
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
679	9/1/1988	Marilyn	Dave
680	9/2/1988	Marilyn	Ron

Audience Polling Group September 5 to 9, 1988: TBA
Featured Car: TBA
Guest model: Kathy Cargas
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
681	9/5/1988	Ron	Sarahbeth
682	9/6/1988	Ron	Badiene
683	9/7/1988	Badiene	Jesse
684	9/8/1988	Badiene	Jeff
685	9/9/1988	Jeff	Norma

Audience Polling Group September 12 to 16, 1988: 10 Beverly Hills Butlers
Featured Car: Subaru DL
Guest model: Theresa Eubanks (Bob's daughter)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
686	9/12/1988	Jeff	Mary
687	9/13/1988	Mary	Debbie
688	9/14/1988	Mary	Grace
689	9/15/1988	Grace	Gary
690	9/16/1988	Grace	Pat

Johnny Gilbert, longtime anmouncer for Jeopardy!, announces at least the next ten shows.

Audience Polling Group September 19 to 23, 1988: TBA
Featured Car: TBA
Guest model: Cynthia (last name unknoen)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
691	9/19/1988	Grace		Grace plays the Money Cards to kick off a new week.
692	9/20/1988	Grace	Tracey	It is believed that Grace retired as a five-time champion.
693	9/21/1988	Julio	Estelle
694	9/22/1988	Julio	Diana
695	9/23/1988	Diane	Luther

Audience Polling Group September 26 to 30, 1988: 10 Male Escorts
Featured Car: Toyota Tercel
Guest model: Barbara Vaughn
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
696	9/26/1988	Luther	Norma
697	9/27/1988	Luther	Joleen
698	9/28/1988	Joleen	Gene
699	9/29/1988	Joleen	Nancy
700	9/30/1988	Joleen	Daniel

October

Audience Polling Group October 3 to 7, 1988: 10 Nurses
Featured Car: TBA
Guest model: Debbe Dunning (Heidi the Tool Time Girl on Home Improvement)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
701	10/3/1988	Joleen	Lorraine	It is believed that Joleen retired as a five-time champion.
702	10/4/1988	Earl		Earl plays the range board at the start of the show.
703	10/5/1988	Rozella		Rozella plays the Money Cards at the start of the show.
704	10/6/1988	Rozella		Rozella plays the range board at the start of the show.
705	10/7/1988		Keith

NOTE: The audience polling group for October 10 to 14, 1988 was referred to by Bob as "stuntmen", but then realized there was a female in the group. Bob's term is no longer acceptable in this day and age, and therefore this guide will use the term "stuntpersons" to describe the audience polling group.

Audience Polling Group October 10 to 14, 1988: 10 Stuntpersons from Stunts Unlimited
Featured Car: TBA
Guest model: Shirley Williams (Suzanna's sister)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
706	10/10/1988	Keith	Eileen	Despite a lengthy match, the champion manages to play the Money Cards in the final segment just before Bob signs off.
707	10/11/1988	Keith	Janet	Show starts off with Keith at the range board.
708	10/12/1988	Janet	Armida
709	10/13/1988	Janet	Roger
710	10/14/1988	Janet	Lorraine

Audience Polling Group October 17 to 21, 1988: 10 Moms who hold a job
Featured Car: TBA
Guest model: Teresa Eubanks
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
711	10/17/1988	Janet	John
712	10/18/1988	Rosanna	Beree
713	10/19/1988	Rick	Juana
714	10/20/1988	Rick		Rick plays the range board at the start of the show.
715	10/21/1988	Rick	Charlie	Another rare march involving two male contestants.

Audience Polling Group October 24 to 28, 1988: TBA
Featured Car: TBA
Guest model: TBA
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
716	10/24/1988	Rick	Trudy
717	10/25/1988
718	10/26/1988
719	10/27/1988
720	10/28/1988

Audience Polling Group October 31 to November 4, 1988: TBA
Featured Car: TBA
Guest model: TBA
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
721	10/31/1988			There were Halloween references in this episode.

November

NOTE: Ep. 722 (originally aired on CBS on November 1, 1988) has never been shown on GSN since its inception. There is rumor it was originally intended to air on GSN early in 2005, but may have been pre-empted due to a Johnny Carson tribute, which I am pretty sure such tribute aired on a Saturday, and I definitely remember seeing the Halloween episode (Ep. 721) on a Sunday in early 2005.

Audience Polling Group October 31 to November 4, 1988: TBA
Featured Car: TBA
Guest Model: TBA
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
722	11/1/1988
723	11/2/1988
724	11/3/1988
725	11/4/1988

Audience Polling Group November 7 to 11, 1988: TBA
Featured Car: TBA
Guest Model: TBA
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
726	11/7/1988
727	11/8/1988
728	11/9/1988
729	11/10/1988
730	11/11/1988

Audience Polling Group November 14 to 18, 1988: 10 Senior Olympic Athletes
Featured Car: Jeep Comanchi Pioneer Pickup Truck
Guest Model: Christine
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
731	11/14/1988
732	11/15/1988			Butch becomes the new champion at the end of this episode.
733	11/16/1988	Butch	Loretta	Show starts with Butch winning $5,700 on the Money Cards, but does not win the truck. (total: $5,900) Loretta is Butch's new challenger. Loretta defeats Butch, wins $7,600 on her first trip to the Money Cards, and will play for the truck at the start of the next show.
734	11/17/1988	Loretta		Show starts with Loretta playing for the truck.
735	11/18/1988	Loretta	Al	Bob mentions at the start of the show that Loretta previously won $16,729, implying she won the truck on the last episode based on the total. Show starts off at the tiebreaker. Loretta defeats Al, wins another $3,550 on the Money Cards, and wins an extra $500 on the car game for missing the answer by one. (total: $20,879) Tom Fudge is Loretta's new challenger, but the match continues in progress on November 28.

NOTE: No show aired on November 24 and 25, 1988 due to Thanksgiving weekend.

It is rumored that Young People's Week XIV aired from November 21 to 23, 1988.

Charlie O'Donnell fills in for Gene Wood this week.

Audience Polling Group November 21 to 23, 1988: Married Women Who Own Dogs
Featured Car: TBA
Guest Model: Caroline Ludnik (?)
Ep. #|-	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
736	11/21/1988	Cory	Duffy	Cory vs. Duffy match continues in progress. Cory is a female. Cory defeats Duffy, wins $5,000+ on her Money Cards, and wins a trip to Hawaii! New match with Heather and Andy begins. Heather sings for Bob! Aside from the car game, three audience poll questions were asked plus an educated guess question about dogs.
737	11/22/1988
738	11/23/1988

Assuming that Young People's Week aired from November 21 to 23, the adults return on November 28.

Audience Polling Group November 28-December 2: 10 Mail Order Brides
Featured Car: Toyota 4-Wheel Drive Truck ($13,268)
Guest Model: Lisa Coles
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
739	11/28/1988	Loretta	Tom	*We know that the Loretta vs. Tom match continues at the start of the show. Tom becomes the new champion at the end of the show.
740	11/29/1988	Tom	Sue	*Show starts off with Tom winning $2,000 on the Money Cards but misses by one on the Range Board, so he wins another $500 (so far, he won $10,900). Tom now faces new challenger, Sue. Sue became the new champion at the end of this episode.
741	11/30/1988	Sue	Al	Show starts with Sue playing the Money Cards, where she wins $3,750, and wins the truck afterwards! (total: $17,218) Al is Sue's new challenger. Sue defeats Al, and wins another $2,800 on the Money Cards, but no truck. (total: $20,218)

December

Audience Polling Group November 28-December 2: 10 Mail Order Brides
Featured Car: Toyota 4-Wheel Drive Truck ($13,268)
Guest Model: Lisa Coles
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
742	12/1/1988
743	12/2/1988

December 5 to 9, 1988 is the final week of guest models filling in for Lacey.

Audience Polling Group December 5 to 9, 1988: 10 men who claimed they saw a UFO
Featured Car: TBA
Guest Model: TBA
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
744	12/5/1988
745	12/6/1988
746	12/7/1988
747	12/8/1988
748	12/9/1988	Andrew	Terri	Last show with guest models filling in for Lacey. Terri is the only contestant who is hearing impaired.

Audience Polling Group December 12 to 16, 1988: 10 Las Vegas Showgirls from the Tropicana
Featured car: Nissan Sentra ($x,xxx)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
749	12/12/1988	Andrew	Suzy	Lacey Pemberton returns from her maternity leave!
750	12/13/1988	Andrew	Deb	Andrew busts on the Money Cards at the start of the show.
751	12/14/1988	Deb	Boaz
752	12/15/1988	Boaz	Buffy
753	12/16/1988	Buffy	Molly	Buffy vs. Molly match continues, with Buffy prevailing in the Tiebreaker after Molly loses on a double King!! Buffy wins $1,600 in the Money Cards, but no car; however, she wins another $500 by being one away from the correct answer. (Total: $8,400) Buffy vs. Anita match gets underway.

Audience Polling Group December 19 to 23, 1988: 10 Bachelors Over Age 65
Featured car: Toyota Pickup ($x,xxx)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
754	12/19/1988	Buffy	Anita	Christmas decorations are prevalent until 12/23. A question was asked of 100 department store Santas. Anita defeats Buffy.
755	12/20/1988	Anita	Andy	Andy Devine's real name is Richard, but prefers to be called Andy. Andy laughs after Anita goofs on gameplay. Karma gets to him after he goofs in return.
756	12/21/1988	Andy	Adrienne	Andy wins $3,250, but no car. (Total: $4,475) When Bob asked Adrienne who Don Johnson was, she mentioned it was the guy who had a new song with Barbra Streisand. The song in question is "Till I Loved You".
757	12/22/1988	Andy	Becky
758	12/23/1988	Andy	Carla

Audience Polling Group December 26 to 30, 1988: Identical Twins
Featured Car: Ford Probe ($10,939)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
759	12/26/1988	Carla
760	12/27/1988	Carla	Jo	Show starts with a new match between Carla & Jo. Jo shuts out Carla, who leaves with $25,339 in cash and prizes; but Jo has bad luck in the Money Cards, as she bets $3,100 on a 3, only to come up with a deuce and bust! Talk about bad luck indeed!
761	12/28/1988	Jo	Debbie
762	12/29/1988	Jo	Andre	Show starts with a new match between Jo & Andre. Jo gets $100 from an Audience Survey question in Game 2, and shuts out Andre. Jo's luck changes in the Money Cards, as she wins $450, for a total of $4,650 in cash, then wins a car! (Total: $15,589} Rici is Jo's new challenger.
763	12/30/1988	Jo	Rici	Last show of 1988.

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