stevearino
12-28-2020, 04:05 PM
Hello Everyone,
I hope and pray that everyone here is having a Very Happy Holiday season and an impending Happy 2021; that being said, I'd like to have a calm, rational discussion about one of my all-time fav TV game shows of my childhood.
Its name: "Teen Win, Lose or Draw," a Disney Channel Original Game Show telecast on Disney Channel from April 29, 1989 - September 26, 1992, with 65 half-hour episodes Videotaped at The Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida.
Hosted by Marc Price (fresh from his role as Irwin "Skippy" Handleman on the '80s sitcom "Family Ties" along with the cult hits "Trick or Treat" and "The Rescue") and Created by Jay Wolpert, "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" had 2 teams (each composed of a Teen Celebrity Guest and 2 Teen Contestants per show) competing in a Boys vs. Girls game where the Object was to get their teammates to say words, names & phrases by Drawing, with the team with the most points at game's end winning a Prize Package e.g. a trip to Oasis Water Resort Villa Palm Springs, California, while the Runners-Up won a Cheaper Prize Package e.g. Nintendo NES Games from Acclaim Entertainment.
Each game began with a Clue Puzzle Round, where the teams had 60 seconds to guess a series of Clues leading up to a famous subject e.g. Kirk Cameron; this was followed by a Phrase Round, where the teams had 60 seconds or less to communicate a Phrase from a category e.g. Disney Movies, with sample Disney films being "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" & "Pinocchio."
As with the original "Win, Lose or Draw" (which this series spun off from), each game ended with a 90-second Speed Round to determine the respective Prize Package winners; whereas on the original Burt & Bert game show creation "Win, Lose or Draw" was played for Dollar amounts (including a $1,000 bonus for the Winning Contestants), "Teen Win, Lose or Draw," as noted earlier, was played for Points & Prizes.
The first season of 39 episodes taped at Disney-MGM were telecast twice weekly, respectively on Saturday nights at 6:30 P.M. ET and Sunday mornings at 11:00 A.M. ET from April 29, 1989 - September 9, 1989, after which the second season of 26 episodes (likewise taped at Disney-MGM) were telecast on Saturdays only from November 3, 1990 - April 27, 1991, with reruns airing through September 26, 1992 on Weeknights as well as Saturday mornings.
After the first 39 episodes, Jay Wolpert stepped down as showrunner, after which the duo of Scott Stone & David Stanley became showrunners for the second 26 episodes; simultaneously, during the first season, a trio of Disney Channel Mouseketeers (Brandy Brown, Tiffini Hale and Chase Hampton, respectively) rotated as announcers during the first season, after which Mark Walberg became the sole permanent announcer for the rest of its run.
An interesting tidbit: Mark Walberg was actually born in Savannah, Georgia on August 31, 1962 and raised soon after birth in Florence, South Carolina; as young teenager, after relocating with his parents and younger sister, Caren, to Roseville, Alabama, near Birmingham, his parents divorced, and he and his mom and sister moved back to Florence, where he graduated from the local high school down there at age 17 in 1980.
By 1985, barely out of college, Mark became an aspiring actor working odd jobs (like many a struggling actor before him) including, among others, as Dick Clark's Gopher and a singing waiter; as a waiter, little he did know, that he aced his biggest audition--when he met and fell in love with Robbi Morgan, his wife since 1987, with whom he has 2 young-adult children.
After becoming showrunners for Disney's "Teen Win, Lose or Draw," Scott Stone & David Stanley hired Mark to be Marc Price's announcer on the show, thus beginning Mark's long relationship with Stone Stanley Productions, including as Pat Finn's announcer/sidekick on "Shop 'Til You Drop."
Today, Mark is hosting the USA Network revival of the early 2000's Reality Competition series "Temptation Island," now in its 2nd revival season; he's also hosted other game shows, including "Russian Roulette" and most recently "The Moment of Truth," for Game Show Network and FOX, respectively.
I can't express enough how much I miss "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" and am lucky enough to have rediscovered the show via YouTube, even if only a handful of episodes are available on the Streaming Service--as well as having several others via Game Show Tape Traders Ryan Rinkerman & Chuck Donegan, both gentleman of whom I can't thank enough for helping me start my complete "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" collection; there is one episode I'm missing, however, that I HOPE someone has: an episode featuring Josie Davis of "Charles in Charge" and the future voice of "Disney's Aladdin," Scott Weinger (then appearing weekly opposite Gregory Harrison on "Family Man").
So far, I have 12 episodes of the 65 half-hour episodes Videotaped at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando throughout its run--my most recent I got from YouTube featuring Christie Clark of NBC's "Days of Our Lives" and Adam Jeffries of "True Colors" (via Wink Martindale's Official YouTube channel).
A short-lived British version aired in 1992 and was Videotaped at ITV Studios in London, England and hosted by British TV personality Darren Day, which was produced and distributed by Disney's Buena Vista Productions; a brief 2014 revival aired on Disney Channel from January 17, 2014 - May 21, 2014 with actor/magician Justin Willman succeeding Marc Price as series host and was Videotaped at CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles, California, produced by Scott Sternberg Productions in association with Disney's ABC Media Group.
I hope and pray that everyone here is having a Very Happy Holiday season and an impending Happy 2021; that being said, I'd like to have a calm, rational discussion about one of my all-time fav TV game shows of my childhood.
Its name: "Teen Win, Lose or Draw," a Disney Channel Original Game Show telecast on Disney Channel from April 29, 1989 - September 26, 1992, with 65 half-hour episodes Videotaped at The Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida.
Hosted by Marc Price (fresh from his role as Irwin "Skippy" Handleman on the '80s sitcom "Family Ties" along with the cult hits "Trick or Treat" and "The Rescue") and Created by Jay Wolpert, "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" had 2 teams (each composed of a Teen Celebrity Guest and 2 Teen Contestants per show) competing in a Boys vs. Girls game where the Object was to get their teammates to say words, names & phrases by Drawing, with the team with the most points at game's end winning a Prize Package e.g. a trip to Oasis Water Resort Villa Palm Springs, California, while the Runners-Up won a Cheaper Prize Package e.g. Nintendo NES Games from Acclaim Entertainment.
Each game began with a Clue Puzzle Round, where the teams had 60 seconds to guess a series of Clues leading up to a famous subject e.g. Kirk Cameron; this was followed by a Phrase Round, where the teams had 60 seconds or less to communicate a Phrase from a category e.g. Disney Movies, with sample Disney films being "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" & "Pinocchio."
As with the original "Win, Lose or Draw" (which this series spun off from), each game ended with a 90-second Speed Round to determine the respective Prize Package winners; whereas on the original Burt & Bert game show creation "Win, Lose or Draw" was played for Dollar amounts (including a $1,000 bonus for the Winning Contestants), "Teen Win, Lose or Draw," as noted earlier, was played for Points & Prizes.
The first season of 39 episodes taped at Disney-MGM were telecast twice weekly, respectively on Saturday nights at 6:30 P.M. ET and Sunday mornings at 11:00 A.M. ET from April 29, 1989 - September 9, 1989, after which the second season of 26 episodes (likewise taped at Disney-MGM) were telecast on Saturdays only from November 3, 1990 - April 27, 1991, with reruns airing through September 26, 1992 on Weeknights as well as Saturday mornings.
After the first 39 episodes, Jay Wolpert stepped down as showrunner, after which the duo of Scott Stone & David Stanley became showrunners for the second 26 episodes; simultaneously, during the first season, a trio of Disney Channel Mouseketeers (Brandy Brown, Tiffini Hale and Chase Hampton, respectively) rotated as announcers during the first season, after which Mark Walberg became the sole permanent announcer for the rest of its run.
An interesting tidbit: Mark Walberg was actually born in Savannah, Georgia on August 31, 1962 and raised soon after birth in Florence, South Carolina; as young teenager, after relocating with his parents and younger sister, Caren, to Roseville, Alabama, near Birmingham, his parents divorced, and he and his mom and sister moved back to Florence, where he graduated from the local high school down there at age 17 in 1980.
By 1985, barely out of college, Mark became an aspiring actor working odd jobs (like many a struggling actor before him) including, among others, as Dick Clark's Gopher and a singing waiter; as a waiter, little he did know, that he aced his biggest audition--when he met and fell in love with Robbi Morgan, his wife since 1987, with whom he has 2 young-adult children.
After becoming showrunners for Disney's "Teen Win, Lose or Draw," Scott Stone & David Stanley hired Mark to be Marc Price's announcer on the show, thus beginning Mark's long relationship with Stone Stanley Productions, including as Pat Finn's announcer/sidekick on "Shop 'Til You Drop."
Today, Mark is hosting the USA Network revival of the early 2000's Reality Competition series "Temptation Island," now in its 2nd revival season; he's also hosted other game shows, including "Russian Roulette" and most recently "The Moment of Truth," for Game Show Network and FOX, respectively.
I can't express enough how much I miss "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" and am lucky enough to have rediscovered the show via YouTube, even if only a handful of episodes are available on the Streaming Service--as well as having several others via Game Show Tape Traders Ryan Rinkerman & Chuck Donegan, both gentleman of whom I can't thank enough for helping me start my complete "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" collection; there is one episode I'm missing, however, that I HOPE someone has: an episode featuring Josie Davis of "Charles in Charge" and the future voice of "Disney's Aladdin," Scott Weinger (then appearing weekly opposite Gregory Harrison on "Family Man").
So far, I have 12 episodes of the 65 half-hour episodes Videotaped at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando throughout its run--my most recent I got from YouTube featuring Christie Clark of NBC's "Days of Our Lives" and Adam Jeffries of "True Colors" (via Wink Martindale's Official YouTube channel).
A short-lived British version aired in 1992 and was Videotaped at ITV Studios in London, England and hosted by British TV personality Darren Day, which was produced and distributed by Disney's Buena Vista Productions; a brief 2014 revival aired on Disney Channel from January 17, 2014 - May 21, 2014 with actor/magician Justin Willman succeeding Marc Price as series host and was Videotaped at CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles, California, produced by Scott Sternberg Productions in association with Disney's ABC Media Group.