Beat the Clock

Show Summary

Aired: 1950 - 2002
Show Type: Live Action
Country of Origin: US

Monty Hall hosted as two male-female couples (husband & wife, boyfriend-girlfriend, mother-son, father-daughter, etc. a red team & green team) competed in stunts. Each stunt awarded $250 to the winning team + a bonus stunt for an additional $250 more. Two rounds were played.

Then comes the bonus shuffle. There's a shuffleboard table with amounts from $300-$1,000. Each team had two discs (red & green) & had two chances to reach the furthest without going off the table. The disc that's the furthest in money value won the amount & played a super stunt for 10 times the value (up to $10,000).

Teams stayed on as champions until defeated or reached the CBS $25,000 limit.

In November, civilians were dumped & celebrities were in as the show became "All Star All New Beat The Clock". And just like Tattletales, the audience were divided into two rooting sections; the red & the green. In the super stunt round, $1,000 of the jackpot went to the audience while the other amount went to the stars favorite charity. The four stars played for a week.

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Posted: 12/19/2005

That was the opening of The All New Beat the Clock from 1979. I believe this was taped off of the old GSN from Christmas day of 2001. I know that's Jack Narz announcing.

musicradio77Posted: 12/19/2005

Yes! I have it straight from the "Snow Day" marathon. Monty Hall was the host of the revived "Beat the Clock". Too bad it lasted one season in 1980. It was based on the original game show from the 50's hosted by Bud Colliyer. It was also revived again back in 2002 on PAX with Gary Kroger as the host.

Posted: 06/13/2006

I loved Beat The Clock so much. It was Gameshow marathon last week. Did you guys watch it.

Adam Curry

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