In addition, the face-card turntables from the original version were altered to feature the backs of the card decks themselves (and had the boards attached to them so the boards could be revealed and concealed by rotation of the turntables), as well as the podiums. The format was based on the original Monty Hall version.
The show features six celebrity contestants: 1) Brande Roderick ("Baywatch") 2) Kathy Najimy ("King of the Hill") 3) Lance Bass (*NSYNC) 4) Leslie Nielsen ("Airplane") 5) Paige Davis ("Trading Spaces") 6) Tim Meadows ("Saturday Gameshow Marathon, based on the hit UK … While it used a duplicate of the 1976-1985 set (with the trilon board's rotation shown as an animation on a CGI screen), 20/25 seconds were offered in the Fast Money game like it did at the time, and the "blip" sound effect used to reveal Fast Money answers was not used, like in the original series itself. Gameshow Marathon was a seven show special consisting of classic game shows and The Price is Rig… The four winners played semifinal rounds to determine finalists, who competed for a possible $100,000 for the charity of their choice. This was the first semifinal round, pitting Brande Roderick against Paige Davis. To view the full footage, watch the video seen below. This was the final round, pitting Brande Roderick against Kathy Najimy in a standard 300-point game (Single-Single-Single-Double-Triple rules) for $100,000 for their charity, and a shot at $50,000 for a home viewer. No one claimed the Big Deal, worth $87,044.99, so Lance Bass was the winner of this round, earning for a home viewer a $50,990 Lincoln Navigator 4X2. These are the six other celebrities that were featured:The game used the Match Game PM format (three rounds, two Audience Matches), with the Head-To-Head Match played for 50 times the winnings, ranging from $5,000 to $50,000. It also aired in Canada on CTV. To view the full footage, watch the video seen below. This involves recreating the original set and using original opening programme titles, including the appropriate producer ident (excluding Blankety Blank). To view the full footage, watch the video seen below. The US version was produced by Fremantle To view the full footage, watch the video seen below. The winner also played a car game, in which they had to guess if the actual number of people in the audience poll group who answered a question was higher or lower than 5; the correct answer was revealed by use of a card from the blue deck (coin tosses were used to determine who played red and who played blue). Summary: Gameshow Marathon, based on the hit UK gameshow "Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon," is hosted by Ricki Lake. It is based on the United Kingdom series Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon which aired on ITV in 2005. Kathy Najimy became GSM champion, winning $100,000 for her charity & $50,000 for a home viewer. Both players were on Feud previously (Najimy in 1981, Roderick in 2001), and relevant clips were shown. In the first round, each show was played by every contestant who had not already won a show.
As mentioned above, the seven-part game show tournament featured six celebrity contestants Paige Davis, Kathy Najimy, Tim Meadows, Lance Bass, Brande Roderick and the late Leslie Nelsen played seven classic game shows (The Price is Right, Let's Make a Deal, Beat the Clock, Press Your Luck, Card Sharks, Match Game, Family Feud) to progress in the tournament. Graeme Le Saux played with Following the series, two of the shows were revived; Lionel Blair presented the prizes each week to the winners of the home viewer competition. This was based on the original Dawson version (1976-1985). To view the full footage, watch the video seen below. A total of $329,352 was awarded to home viewers, out of total offerings of $987,165.48. In the Money Cards, the winner earned $1,000 for each row, for a maximum of $144,000. While the game was visually based on the 1978-1981 version, elements from the 1986-1989 version were also used, such as the look of the board (main game & Money Cards), an audience poll question, & "Change Cards" in the Money Cards. Gameshow Marathon (stylized as Game$how Marathon) was a series of seven episodes each modeled after classic American game shows with celebrities playing to earn money for their charity as well as prizes for players at home. On Play Your Cards Right, each celebrity invited another celebrity to play with them. Following the series, several of the shows were revived; Les Dennis presented the prizes each week to the winners of the home viewer competition. In addition, Hole in One's second putt was edited out for time, and due to a correct guess, every non-celebrity audience member earned Plinko's fourth small prize, an MP3 player. Brande Roderick won this round, $10,000 & a $40,445 BMW Z4 Roadster, a total of $50,455 in cash & car for a home viewer. Other show cues by Edd Kalehoff, Sheila Cole, Walt Levinsky, Robert Israel, Ken Bichel and Score Productions.