He still had it. Actually, he never even lost it. Don't get me wrong. Todd Newton did a fine job hosting Whammy, but there are just some hosts that fit game shows like a hand in glove, and Tomarken fit Press Your Luck in the same way that Allen Ludden fit Password, Dick Clark fit Pyramid, Bob Barker fit The Price Is Right, and yes...even you, Wink, fit Tic Tac Dough.

Peter certainly had a knack for creating energy and excitement on the original series, and this pilot was no exception either! :-)

Wow, it's as if Peter never left the show since 1986. He did a fantastic job. The Winker strikes again! Thanks Wink.

R.I.P. Peter Tomarken one of my favorite game show hosts and R.I.P. his wife Kathleen as well

Peter Tomarken will always be Mr. Press Your Luck! I liked the round one gameplay of this pilot where everyone got three spins over the gameplay of the eventual series where players took turns and spun until they froze and took their money into the final round or hit a Whammy.

Peter should've hosted this version. Nothing against Todd Newton who was a fine host but this was Peter's show

Wow Peter hosted like he never left the show don't understand how Todd got the job but this was a good treat!

RIP Peter Tomarken

Peter seemed to be completely at home hosting this.

Thank you Peter for pressing our luck!! You'll be sadly missed but I hope this show returns

0:44 - 0:45 Whammy: *"WAZZUUUUUUUP!!"*

Thanks for posting this pilot! I never knew in my wildest dreams that he was supposed to be the host of Whammy!!! That's LITERALLY surprising!

Peter saying "back in the chips" hit me in the nostalgia. No idea why they thought anybody else could hold his turtleneck.

This is quite a cool rarity. Todd Newton is great as a game show host, but I'm with the group here. This was Peter's show. All they needed was Rod Roddy as announcer and it would be 1984 all over again. RIP Peter Tomarken and Rod Roddy.

This is pretty neat. I know that Brad Francini from ATGS also had a copy of the Tomarken pilot, but was NEVER allowed to show pictures from it on his website per request.

I didn't get to see this during its run but did watch numerous other TV game shows and I must say that Tomarken seems a VERY underrated emcee. Very down to Earth, has a great dry wit about him and not full of himself. It's sad to learn of his passing. He seems like such a likeable guy and a great television personality. He would be good at anything on TV, I'm sure. Another underrated host I'd like to give a shout to is the late Jack Clark, who hosted the shows Dealer's Choice and Cross Wits.

Awesome!! You did it again Wink. This one is really great to see. Keep em comin!!

Thank you Wink for posting and for entertaining us as the host of Tic Tac Dough, Trivial Pursuit, The New High Rollers, Debt, and other great shows. From this pilot, I would've chosen Peter to host the series as this proves he never missed a beat from the original PYL though Todd Newton was also a great choice as host.

I'd like to imagine there's an alternate universe where Peter didn't die in that aircraft accident and instead hosted this new Press Your Luck :)

Now that I seen Peter's Pilot. I so wanna see Todd's Pilot

Thank you wholeheartedly for this indeed, Wink

I've been waiting 12 years to see this. Amazing.

I still remember watching Peter on "Hit Man" which debuted January 3, 1983. I felt that show got a bit of an early pulled plug. Unfortunately the ratings didn't pan out but Peter was sensational hosting that and everything else he did too, from "Press" to "Bargain Hunters", "Wipeout" and "Paranoia". It still is hard to fathom that he died the way he did. Peter's spirit most definitely lives on and indeed, he seemed completely at home hosting this. I very much enjoy Todd Newton's work too. I e-mailed him about 8 years ago and he replied in kind which I very much appreciated. I had hoped Todd would have gotten "The Price is Right" hosting gig back in 2007.

Todd Newton is cool, but it makes you wonder why they didn't just have Peter host the revival.

Whammy: WHASSUP!

Give me one good reason why he couldn't do the show. He had me smiling, really smiling.

4:03-4:09 That's the N*SYNC Whammy, they changed it in Todd Newton's premiere, they should've kept it like this.

So many versions of Whammy. There is this one where you get 3 spins in the 1st round and the 2 where you start with $1,000 and keep going till you hit a whammy. There's one with the big bank and one without it.

2:26 The secret is a method known as "first Whammy come, first Whammy serve".

Another amazing find Winker.... now if only someone could find the Todd Newton pitch.

I wish Peter would have been named host for the all new version of Press Your Luck, Press Your Luck WAS and will ALWAYS be Peter's show

The prizes were much better on this show than when Todd started hosting.

Anyone else notice at 6:42 that the Whammy model is different? Instead of a green mask, he’s wearing purple, and he appears to be wearing a yellow shirt(?) Kinda strange how inconsistent the Whammies were from the beginning. Almost as if they were playing around with how he should really look like.

The Big Bank element was the only thing that redeemed the G and M/GEM and CAR/both halves of the key requirement to win the car. Getting through this without being whammied was exceedingly difficult. And with only 65 episodes max per season (Cheapskates at Game Show Network!), ya know it ain’t happening without the big bank. I actually like the idea of being able to whammy the Whammy. 👹

What a treat!!! Thanks, Winker! RIP Peter and Kathleen

Thank you, Wink!

So weird to see the other side of Peter's head. His podium was on the other side of the contestants in original PYL.

R I P Peter

Tommarken would have been a much better host. He still had it here.

Wink, thanks for this awesome gem. :D Peter Tomarken really shined in this pilot; it was like he and the show hadn't left after 1986! :D

I had no idea Peter hosted the pilot!! This was such a treat to find!

It's too bad Peter didn't host the series. I might have watched more.

OMG! I never knew Peter hosted the Whammy! pilot. That was a great find!

Peter Tomarken was PYL.

Great upload!

I loved whammy I love it’s all modern style wish it was here in the uk that would be fun to watch

This is awesome. I loved Peter Tomarken.

Awesome pilot, Wink! This was a great GSN revival, and I'm surprised just how similar the pilot is to the show we eventually saw. Tomarken does an excellent job as always (I seem to recall him using that cheetahs in heat line on an original episode of PYL, yes?). That Whammy Guard idea is a bit of a concern, as it gives a perfect question round player a bit of an unfair advantage in the final round, so I'm kinda glad it was dropped. GM cards are the exact same gimmick as the GEM/key cards we saw later; ridiculous how far ahead some of these things are planned!

WINK!!! Youse the man (no spelling typo). I just noticed a dying art. Most of these game shows don't give you the contestant's last name anymore.

I must admit I'm pleasantly surprised I just stumbled upon this clip today and had no idea that Peter did the pilot for the show I remember watching it of course on GSN and I love Todd Newton but it's clear that this should have been Peter's show he did the original and you can see watching this that he still was the only one that could host that show

Had no idea Peter did the pilot EP cause I'd only seen him guest host when Todd was hosting the show but that was for only 1 ep

Wow... I never knew that Peter hosted this version of press your luck... I thought it was always Todd.... This is quiet interesting!

For those asking why Todd was given the nod to host the show over Peter, I had heard it's because GSN believed that in the case the show was a flop, regardless of who hosted it, Todd hosting would keep Peter's legacy intact & not really hurt Todd since up to that point Todd was most known for hosting "Hollywood Showdown".

I grew up with this version (I was 8 when this came out), but I really like the OG version better. Even the 2019 version looks a lot like its 1980s predecessor. This early episode with the OG host is cool but it feels like a weird time warp. I’m surprised he wasn’t wearing his traditional suit and tie... This is really cool, though. Thanks for sharing. 😊

I would love to host Press Your Luck or Whammy

Never seen this before Looks fantastic!

I remember when GSN showed the commercial for Whammy! and showed the pilot. Peter will always be Mr. Press Your Luck. Todd did good on the show. To me there were a few things I didn't like about the show. One, there were too many prizes on the big board, a few of prizes were crazy (I.E. lobstergram), GEM car wasn't won during the first season and the Suzuki was won only on the tournament of champions (maybe another episode as well). If Press Your Luck make a comeback in the future, they may use the dollars shown on gameshow marathon in 2006.

would love to see the full version of the todd newton pilot

Peter really enjoyed being back on PYL, they should've took him back, and left Todd with something else.

If they ever reboot this show (again) they should combine elements from both versions.

Just when I thought I saw the last press your luck episode. It sad he no longer with us

6:42 And if you buzz in and answer all 4 questions correctly, U not only get 12 spins, but you get yourself a Whammy Guard.

This is so Strange I never knew Peter Hosted the Premier I knew him since I saw the Old Press Your Luck just before the New One Aired on GSN but Man this is Strange to Believe he Hosted the Premier before Todd took over and the Rest just took Shape on it's Own but Sadly now a Few Years after it Aired we lost Peter Tomarken so R.I.P. you Legendary Host if it wasn't for you we wouldn't have a Classic Revival of the Old one with Elizabeth Banks

0:46 WHAT'S UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!!!

Whammy: The All New Press Your Luck With Peter Tomarken From 2002

They should've kept the Whammy Guard concept, although make it easier to get example if you get 9 spins you get a Whammy Guard.

I love this game.... Gsn please revive it

No flokati rugs?

I LOOOOVE YOOOUUUUU!!!!!!!!!

Do u have the other 2 pilots

Surprised she passed that spin with such a small lead. Obviously it worked out but the probability of him hitting anything other then a whammy were higher then hitting the whammy.

0:45-0:48 WHAT'S UP!!!

Wow, Michelle passed at the right time, with only a $600 margin.

Why didn't Peter get the gig for this show? Was it his decision, or GSN's? It's not like he hadn't been on there before. If any of you GSN lovers remember back when they first launched, he was the host for Prime Games at night, hosting mini-games and doing an excellent job as always.

R I P peter tomarken

I wonder what are the other Gift Cards, From Round 1 & 2. If anyone has to guess.

TBH I like this R1 as opposed to what got put on the air. 3 spins to press or pass as opposed to $1,000 each having a turn at the board and adding whammies to board after all 3 (or less) had a turn at the board.

Awesome

Nice! Now all we need is someone to post the Newton one.

As much as i loved Peter Tomarkin as the possible host of Whammy!, i really love Todd Newton, hes such a great host and definitely brought the show to life. RIP Peter

0:46: The Whammy character got a better design to compliment the new board.

Michelle got incredibly lucky. Passing the last spin when you’re only ahead by $600 9 times out of 10 would be an unbelievably stupid move.

Dr. Evil is a contestant on the pilot he needs his big bucks to rule the world

I think that Peter Tomarken was made for Press Your Luck. That's not to say that Todd Newton didn't do a good job, which he did. Or Jim Peck, who hosted the predecessor to Press Your Luck, called Second Chance. He also did good, but was no Peter Tomarken. Personally, Todd Newton would have been my choice to replace Bob Barker as the Price Is Right host instead of Drew Carey.

new that the show seen I'm a lover of the show

I wonder if Peter would've expressed interest in hosting the current version of Press Your Luck on ABC if he had survived that plane crash. Or did he retire after this version aired?

You can tell that Peter IS Press Your Luck. Todd was not a bad host, but Press Your Luck was Peter's game, like Dick Clark IS Pyramid.

Wow! Had no idea they did a Whammy pilot with Peter! I would say that nothing can touch the original CBS version. The Tribune Studios version was disappointing (for me) on a number of fronts. Firstly, I have never been a Todd Newton fan - he might have been good on "Hollywood Showdown" but this was not his vehicle. It's interesting that all three players got three spins off the bat, and in the actual broadcast version, were started at $1,000 each and challenged in a game of "chicken". I'm sure this was done in the name of reducing the actual broadcast time from 28 minutes to the 19 minutes we have here - thank the greed of the TV industry for that and other take-backs. I am also not a fan of the toteboards - the monitors are too tiny to see the spin counts. Give me the old eggcrate displays from CBS days. The oval board is not a visual improvement either - the original CBS "Press Your Luck" and its ABC predecessor, "Second Chance" both had square boards that were more visually appealing to me. The whole Double Whammy thing I've never cared for. For silly stuff like that, there were shows like "The Cheap Show", "The Gong Show", "Beat The Clock", "Almost Anything Goes" and more. I don't know who thought, "Hey, wouldn't it be funny if a contestant lost all their money AND got a physical punishment?" It wasn't. It isn't. I wish that modern game show producers would stop messing with perfection. Lots of game shows in the 1970s - when the USA was the homeland for them - were brilliantly produced. It's distressing to me that the new breed of producers are having to "leave their mark" on classic with stupid gimmicks or wholesale rule changes. I'll stick with the original CBS repeats on KZfaq and Buzzr, thanks very much. Mr. M, thanks for this video!

Ah. Okay so Peter did introduce the new version of Whammie: Press Your Luck. Good to know.

The things to the left of the set that look like giant fingers,look like part of the Waiting Game set.

The only reason I can see Peter not being chosen to host is his age. Stupid reason, but that's how many TV execs think. Lingo came later, and thankfully they let Chuck Woolery host that.

Peter Tomarken was an insane/private person who was also a private pilot. He indeed passed away, nearly a decade ago (along with his wife), while flying a patient to the hospital. May he RIP! 1942 - 2006.

If Peter Tomarken was still alive what Game Show would he be the Host of?

When I was younger this version of whammy scared me

I wonder what he'd think of the new PYL currently only ABC? RIP Peter Tomarken. Btw, they tried to revive Tic Tac Dough in the early 1990s with Patrick Wayne(John Wayne's son), but that show didn't last long.

Hi, Wink. Where's the Peter Michael Jane Ed episode that somebody uploaded for almost 10 years in 2002?

Reminds me, when Tic Tac Dough was revived in 1990, they brought in Patrick Wayne, and a whole news set as well. Didn't feel the same without wink(and the original series wasn't the same after wink left with Jim Caldwell replacing him). Caldwell and Wayne were ok, but Wink made the show

My only gripe with this pilot: No extra spins in the first Big Board round.

Wink do you happen to have the other pilot episode?

question who voiced whammy In whammmy the all new press your luck?