Way Out Games!
Debut: January 01, 1976
Ended: January 01, 1977

This zany stunt like game show debuted on CBS TV in the fall of 1976. Taped on location at "Magic Mountain"Amusement Park in Valencia,Cal. High school gym classes from all over The USA and Petuo Rico would try to successfully complete stunts in the least ammount of time. In order to earn points and win the chance to complete in the finals at the end of the series run for scholarship funds for the students and for a color tv set for the school. Sonny Fox hosted the show..while Mark Smith served as the program's comedy relief. This was the last tv series that Fox would host as an on camera personality. Following the cancellation of "Way Out Games"..he would move onto other venues. "Way Out Games!"was first seen as a pilot on CBS TV on Saturday afternoon January 11,1976. Soupy Sales and Joanna Kerns(At that time..Ms.Kerns worked under the name of Joanna Daverona)were the show's mc's. When the heads of CBS TV picked up the series for it's Saturday afternoon lineup that fall. Soupy asked to be paid more monies for hosting the show. The series producers:Jack Barry & Dan Enright and MGM TV refused Sales' request for a pay raise and both he and Ms.Kerns left the show.

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