I remember when good old Jim Peck did the 1984 reboot of DIVORCE COURT with Judge William B. Keene. Anyone remember THAT one???

This was a great game show. Unique quiz format, exciting end game. It's ripe to bring back.

Jim Peck got strict with the people in the audience who were accused of whispering. This episode of "The Big Showdown" was aired the first half of 1975 on ABC. Peck's other ABC game shows which didn't last so long were "Hot Seat" (1976) and "Second Chance" (1977). I admired Jim Peck as an ABC game show host when I was little (between 4 and 7 years of age).

Awesome game, awesome match, pity this show didn't last longer or never came back to TV.

The pilot also exists.

Notice that while Diane is introducing herself, you can hear Andy's score display (which read $775) resetting itself.

There is another way that $10,000 can be won. If the champion rolls the target number 20 times at $250 apiece and then rolls ShowDown, they would win $10,000. Saying that $250 x 20 = $5,000 + $5,000 for rolling ShowDown = $10,000.

This game would spawn Peter Tomarken's "Wipeout" years later, albeit with some differences.

Andy won $6,375 in total cash winnings, the Big Showdown was a super awesome 1975 game show and it took place in New York City!!

Nowadays, he hosts a PBS show for the local Milwaukee station...

As you probably know, Dan Daniel. The voice you may recognized as announcer has died back on Monday. He was the only game show announcer who did "The Big Showdown". Before that, he was a NYC radio legendary DJ when he started at WMCA in the 1960's as one of the original "Good Guys" and then went to WHN, WNBC and then to WYNY in the 1980's when it was a country station and finally ended up at WCBS-FM in the 1990's until 2002. His final radio appearance was 7/7/12 where CBS-FM celebrated its 40th anniversary. We will be surely be missed.

And that made the great game show blooper. Congratulations 🎊

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer did "The Wizard of Oz".

The Big Showdown? Mpre like The Big Show Slip or The Big Slip Down after Jim Peck's tumble on the steps. 😂

Andy looks like he could be a member of the Bay City Rollers.....LOL

Jim Peck talked about the slip down the stairs on a 1987 episode of "Crosswits".

If this was from Hollywood, CA., I would assume they would use the eggcrate scoreboards in all of the boards instead of the solaris numbers (from Pyramid and Shoot for the Stars) and the Family Feud'ish eggcrates.

Jim Peck should've held on to that railing. I remember that happened to me, over Bowling alley.

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