| Host | |
| Tom Overton | |
| Announcer | |
| Bill Wendell | |
| Taped | |
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| Packager | |
| Al Howard Productions | |
"Step into the Winner's Circle and look around. We got fantastic prizes hidden everywhere, prizes that you could win in Winner's Circle! And now, let's meet the host of Winner's Circle, Tom Overton!"
Winner's Circle was an unsold show where three female contestants try to identify a celebrity through the picture of their eyes with clues described by Wendell then later picks a prize behind a curtain.
Gameplay[]
Three contestants (all women on Pilot #2; it's not clear if this was always going to be the case) compete to enter the Winner's Circle for a chance to win one of eight prizes. Four of the prizes are on a "Lazy Susan" turntable, which is hidden behind a curtain after the four prizes are shown. The other four prizes are initially hidden behind curtains, each with a label that gives a clue to the prize.
In each round, the players are shown the eyes of a celebrity and have 30 seconds to listen to clues and write their guesses on cards. At the end of 30 seconds, the celebrity photo is fully revealed. The player who gave the correct answer in the least time goes to the Winner's Circle.
In the Winner's Circle, Overton gives the contestant a choice: get a prize from the Lazy Susan, or go for one of the curtains.
- If the Lazy Susan is picked, it is hidden by a curtain. The turntable continues revolving until the contestant says "Stop!" The curtain opens, and the displayed prize is awarded.
- If the player picks a curtain, Tom asks up to three questions about the subject of the preceding round. Two correct answers awards the contents of whatever curtain was picked.
After a prize is claimed, it is no longer available, and another round is played as before.
In the final round, a childhood photograph of one more celebrity is gradually shown. This time, the winner of the round gets $5,000, $3,000, or $1,000 depending on how quickly the answer was submitted, with the value dropping every 10 seconds.
Production Slate[]
Trivia[]
- One of the contestants on Pilot #2, Honey Brennan, later played on Pilot #2 of the also-unsold King of the Hill in 1975.
- While Tom claims the prizes behind the large curtains are valued between $1 and $7,000, on at least Pilot #2 this is not actually the case, with the lowest-value curtain awarding $500 (plus a raincoat stated to be from NBC's Columbo).
- The series of bells used when someone wins a round was later used on Family Feud.