Who Remembers Let's Go to the Races? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

howilu · 05-22-2003, 01:15 AM

Anyone remember a game show titled Let's Go to the Races? It was a franchised show like Bozo the Clown and Romper Room, where local stations coordinated with supermarkets to give away game cards enabling viewers an opportunity to win cash by predicting the outcome of horse races.
The show began in the 60s as a short filler and by the 70s it expanded to a weekly half-hour show. I remember the Minneapolis version which was sponsored by Super Valu. Let's Go to the Races is still on the air today, airing in Joplin, Missouri. The production company, TeleCom, was also behind the Monopoly game that was at McDonalds.

I still remember the show's opening:

Let's go for action.
Let's go for excitement.
Let's Go to the Races!

donald snl · 07-18-2003, 06:46 PM

i rember they had one in las vegas wehe where i was living at the time in the 70s they used to sell the tickets at smiths food king right down from where i lived in and they had this really anoying announcer to do the re races his was indscrible unless you heard him for yourself

joan davis fan · 07-28-2003, 12:15 PM

I used to play this !!! However I never did win anything by playing.

Grand Union was the chain in my hometown that was involved.

I also believe the host was Alan Hamel ( Suzanne Sommers husband ).

05-22-2003, 01:15 AM	#1
howilu Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 20, 2003 Location: St. Louis Park, MN Posts: 1,959	Who Remembers Let's Go to the Races? Anyone remember a game show titled Let's Go to the Races? It was a franchised show like Bozo the Clown and Romper Room, where local stations coordinated with supermarkets to give away game cards enabling viewers an opportunity to win cash by predicting the outcome of horse races. The show began in the 60s as a short filler and by the 70s it expanded to a weekly half-hour show. I remember the Minneapolis version which was sponsored by Super Valu. Let's Go to the Races is still on the air today, airing in Joplin, Missouri. The production company, TeleCom, was also behind the Monopoly game that was at McDonalds. I still remember the show's opening: Let's go for action. Let's go for excitement. Let's Go to the Races!

07-18-2003, 06:46 PM	#2
donald snl Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 06, 2003 Posts: 456	i rember they had one in las vegas wehe where i was living at the time in the 70s they used to sell the tickets at smiths food king right down from where i lived in and they had this really anoying announcer to do the re races his was indscrible unless you heard him for yourself

07-28-2003, 12:15 PM	#3
joan davis fan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 07, 2002 Posts: 179	I used to play this !!! However I never did win anything by playing. Grand Union was the chain in my hometown that was involved. I also believe the host was Alan Hamel ( Suzanne Sommers husband ).