History Trivia / BreakTheBank1985

* CreatorKiller: ''Break the Bank'' and an accidental age reveal from ''Entertainment Weekly'' essentially killed Gene Rayburn's long game show career; he hosted only one more show at the end of the 80's before his retirement.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Gene Rayburn was distinctly told '''not''' to goof around as he did on ''Series/MatchGame'', despite a goofy host being totally acceptable in a stunt-based show where the Prize Vault was ''full'' of silly stuff. It seems he wasn't given much of a pre-show briefing, either, as he stumbles around aimlessly more than a few times in the Prize Vault (some people have suggested that he originally thought he was going to host a revival of ''Series/BreakTheBank1976''; that's plausible, considering Kline & Friends was composed of defectors from Barry and Enright). Given the Prize Vault was ''timed'' (using the seconds the couple had earned in the front game), this was never a good thing when it happened.

* HeyItsThatSound: Quite a few sound effects were recycled from Barry-Enright series- the ''TicTacDough'' "category reveal" noise was used for the home viewer puzzle hint, the noise heard when the Number Jumbler stopped was previous used on ''TheJokersWild'' as a "spin start" noise in the bonus round, and the "wrong code" noise was used as a "zero" noise in the bonus round of ''Series/PlayThePercentages''.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Except for a week of reruns in December 1985 (the first week of the series), no Rayburn episodes have been rerun, partly because he wanted it as such. About 48 of his 65 shows circulate among collectors, while some of Joe Farago's episodes were rerun by CBN Cable (what is currently [[{{Creator/ABCFamily}} Freeform]]) in late 1986. (Ironically, Creator/{{Fox}}, who owned that network from 1998 to 2001, currently holds the rights to it, as the distributor, Blair Entertainment was a subsidiary of Storer Comunications, which was absorbed into New World Communications, which was in turn acquired by Fox in 1997.)
* MissingEpisode: Gene's tenure. The most common explanation is because he was extremely dissatisfied with how he was treated by Kline & Friends and refused to talk about his experiences on ''Bank'' during interviews near the end of his life. As a result, you likely won't be seeing Rayburn's tenure again outside Website/{{YouTube}} (unless Rayburn's death and Fox's acquisition of the Blair library have rendered it void).

* CreatorKiller: ''Break the Bank'' and an accidental age reveal from ''Entertainment Weekly'' essentially killed Gene Rayburn's long game show career; he hosted only one more show at the end of the 80's, and then he retired and then died at the end of the 90's.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Except for a week of reruns in December 1985 (the first week of the series), no Rayburn episodes have been rerun, partly because he wanted it as such. About 48 of his 65 shows circulate among collectors, while some of Joe Farago's episodes were rerun by CBN Cable (what is currently Creator/ABCFamily) in late 1986. (Ironically, Creator/{{Fox}}, who owned that network from 1998 to 2001, currently holds the rights to it, as the distributor, Blair Entertainment was a subsidiary of Storer Comunications, which was absorbed into New World Communications, which was in turn acquired by Fox in 1997.)

* OldShame: Gene Rayburn was so unhappy with his hosting and the treatment he received on ''Bank'' that he declared an embargo on every episode he hosted.

** The Prize Vault issue was partly fixed by stopping the clock when Gene needed to describe the chosen stunt. This change also helped the couples, as it allowed them to get set up for each stunt, increasing the odds of winning more cards and/or going to the Number Jumbler.

* CreatorKiller: ''Break the Bank'' and an accidental age reveal from ''Entertainment Weekly'' essentially killed Gen Rayburn's long game show career; he hosted only one more show at the end of the 80's, and then he retired and then died at the end of the 90's.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Except for a week of reruns in December 1985 (the first week of the series), no Rayburn episodes have been rerun, partly because he wanted it as such. About 48 of his 65 shows circulate among collectors, while some of Joe Farago's episodes were rerun by CBN Cable (what is currently Creator/ABCFamily) in late 1986. (Ironically, Creator/{{Fox}}, who owned that network from 1998 to 2001, currently holds the rights to it, as the distributor, Blair Entertainment was a subsidiary of Storer Comuunications, which was absorbed into New World Communications, which was in turn acquired by Fox in 1997.)
* MissingEpisode: Gene's tenure. The most common explanation is because he was extremely dissatisfied with how he was treated by Kline & Friends and refused to talk about his experiences on ''Bank'' during interviews near the end of his life. As a result, you likely won't be seeing Rayburn's tenure again outside Website/YouTube (unless Rayburn's death and Fox's acquisition of the Blair library have rendered it void).

* PropRecycling: It appears that the Numbler Jumbler monitor was recycled from the 1982 ''Series/TwentyOne'' pilot's bonus game; Richard Kline was also involved in that.

* HeyItsThatSound: Quite a few sound effects were recycled from Bsrry-Enright series- the ''TicTacDough'' "category reveal" noise was used for the home viewer puzzle hint, the noise heard when the Number Jumbler stopped was previous used on ''TheJokersWild'' as a "spin start" noise in the bonus round, and the "wrong code" noise was used as a "zero" noise in the bonus round of ''Series/PlayThePercentages''.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Except for a week of reruns in December 1985 (the first week of the series), no Rayburn episodes have been rerun, partly because he wanted it as such. About 47 of his 70 shows circulate among collectors, while some of Joe Farago's episodes were rerun by CBN Cable (what is currently Creator/ABCFamily) in late 1986. (Ironically, Creator/{{Fox}}, who owned that network from 1998 to 2001, currently holds the rights to it, as the distributor, Blair Entertainment was a subsidiary of Storer Comuunications, which was absorbed into New World Communications, which was in turn acquired by Fox in 1997.)

* ExecutiveMeddling: Gene Rayburn was distinctly told '''not''' to goof around as he did on ''Series/MatchGame'', despite a goofy host being totally acceptable in a stunt-based show where the Prize Vault was ''full'' of silly stuff. It seems he wasn't given much of a pre-show briefing, either, as he stumbles around aimlessly more than a few times in the Prize Vault (some people have suggested that he originally thought he was going to host a revival of ''Series/BreakTheBank1976''; that's plausible, considering Kline and Friends was composed of ex-Barry and Enright staffers). Given the Prize Vault was ''timed'' (using the seconds the couple had earned in the front game), this was never a good thing when it happened.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Gene Rayburn was distinctly told '''not''' to goof around as he did on ''Series/MatchGame'', despite a goofy host being totally acceptable in a stunt-based show where the Prize Vault was ''full'' of silly stuff. It seems he wasn't given much of a pre-show briefing, either, as he stumbles around aimlessly more than a few times in the Prize Vault (some people have suggested that he originally thought he was going to host a revival of ''Series/BreakTheBank1976''; that's plausible, considering Richard Kline had just broken off from Barry and Enright). Given the Prize Vault was ''timed'' (using the seconds the couple had earned in the front game), this was never a good thing when it happened.

* MissingEpisode: Gene's tenure. The most common explanation is because he was extremely dissatisfied with how he was treated by Kline & Friends and refused to talk about his experiences on ''Bank'' during interviews near the end of his life. As a result, you likely won't be seeing Rayburn's tenure again outside Website/YouTube.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Except for a week of reruns in December 1985 (the first week of the series), no Rayburn episodes have been rerun, partly because he wanted it as such. About 20 of his 65 shows circulate among collectors, while some of Joe Farago's episodes were rerun by CBN Cable (what is currently Creator/ABCFamily) in late 1986. (Ironically, Creator/{{Fox}}, who owned that network from 1998 to 2001, currently holds the rights to it, as the distributor, Blair Entertainment was a subsidiary of Storer Comuunications, which was absorbed into New World Communications, which was in turn acquired by Fox in 1997.)

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Except for a week of reruns in December 1985 (the first week of the series), no Rayburn episodes have been rerun, partly because he wanted it as such. About 20 of his 65 shows circulate among collectors, while some of Joe Farago's episodes were rerun by CBN Cable (what is currently Creator/ABCFamily) in late 1986. (Ironically, Creator/{{Fox}}, who owned that network from 1998 to 2001, currently holds the rights to it, as two of the distributors- Storer Communications and Blair Entertainment- were absorbed into New World Communications, which was acquired by Fox in 1997.)

* ExecutiveMeddling: Gene Rayburn was distinctly told '''not''' to goof around as he did on ''Series/MatchGame'', despite a goofy host being totally acceptable in a stunt-based show where the Prize Vault was ''full'' of silly stuff. It seems he wasn't given much of a pre-show briefing, either, as he stumbles around aimlessly more than a few times in the Prize Vault. Given the Prize Vault was ''timed'' (using the seconds the couple had earned in the front game), this was never a good thing when it happened.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Except for a week of reruns in December 1985 (the first week of the series), no Rayburn episodes have been rerun, partly because he wanted it as such. About 20 of his 65 shows circulate among collectors, while some of Joe Farago's episodes were rerun by CBN in late 1986.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Gene Rayburn was distinctly told '''not''' to goof around as he did on ''Series/MatchGame'', despite a goofy host being totally acceptable in a stunt-based show where the Prize Vault was ''full'' of silly stuff. He was also not given much of a pre-show briefing, as he stumbles around aimlessly more than a few times in the Prize Vault. Considering that the Prize Vault was ''timed'' (using the seconds the couple had earned in the front game), this was never a good thing when it happened.
** The Prize Vault issue was partly fixed through stopping the clock when Gene needed to describe the chosen stunt. This change also helped the couples, as you'd expect, since stopping the clock allowed them to get set up for each stunt, increasing the odds of winning more cards and/or going to the Number Jumbler.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Rayburn's tenure has never been rerun, partly because he wanted it as such. Twenty of about 65 of the episodes he hosted exist among collectors. Some of Joe Farago's episodes were rerun by CBN in late 1986.
* MissingEpisode: Except for a week of reruns in December 1985 (the first week of the series), no Rayburn episodes have been rerun. The most common explanation is because Gene was extremely dissatisfied with ''Bank'' and refused to talk about his experiences on it during interviews near the end of his life. As a result, you likely won't be seeing Rayburn's tenure again outside Website/YouTube.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Gene Rayburn was distinctly told '''not''' to goof around as he did on ''Series/MatchGame'', despite a goofy host being totally acceptable in a stunt-based show. He was also not given much of a pre-show briefing, as he stumbles around aimlessly more than a few times in the Prize Vault. Considering that the Prize Vault was ''timed'' (using the seconds the couple had earned in the front game), this was never a good thing when it happened.
** The Prize Vault issue was partly fixed through stopping the clock when Rayburn needed to describe the chosen stunt; this change also helped the couples finish more stunts, winning more prizes and Bank Cards along with an increased chance of going to the Number Jumbler.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Gene was distinctly told '''not''' to goof around as he did on ''Series/MatchGame'', despite a goofy host being totally acceptable in a stunt-based show. He was also not given much of a pre-show briefing, as he stumbles around aimlessly more than a few times in the Prize Vault. Considering that the Prize Vault was ''timed'' (using the seconds the couple had earned in the front game), this was never a good thing when it happened.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Rayburn's tenure has never been rerun, partly because he wanted it as such. 20 of about 65 of the episodes he hosted exist among collectors. Some of Farago's episodes were rerun by CBN in late 1986.
* MissingEpisode: Minus a week of reruns in December 1985 (the first week of the series), no Rayburn episodes have been reran. The most common explanation is because Gene was extremely dissatisfied with ''Bank'' and refused to talk about his experiences on it during interviews near the end of his life. As a result, you likely won't be seeing Rayburn's tenure again outside of Website/YouTube.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Gene was distinctly told '''not''' to goof around as he did on 'Series/'MatchGame'', despite a goofy host being totally acceptable in a stunt-based show. He was also not given much of a pre-show briefing, as he stumbles around aimlessly more than a few times in the Prize Vault. Considering that the Prize Vault was ''timed'' (using the seconds the couple had earned in the front game), this was never a good thing when it happened.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Gene was distinctly told '''not''' to goof around as he did on ''MatchGame'', despite a goofy host being totally acceptable in a stunt-based show. He was also not given much of a pre-show briefing, as he stumbles around aimlessly more than a few times in the Prize Vault. Considering that the Prize Vault was ''timed'' (using the seconds the couple had earned in the front game), this was never a good thing when it happened.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Rayburn's tenure has never been rerun, partly because he wanted it as such. Some of Farago's episodes were rerun by CBN in late 1986.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Gene was distinctly told ''not'' to goof around as he did on ''MatchGame'', despite a goofy host being totally acceptable in a stunt-based show. He was also not given much of a pre-show briefing, as he stumbles around aimlessly more than a few times in the Prize Vault. Considering that the Prize Vault was ''timed'' (using the seconds the couple had earned in the front game), this was never a good thing when it happened.
** The Prize Vault issue was partly fixed through simply stopping the clock when Rayburn needed to describe the chosen stunt; this change also helped the couples finish more stunts, winning more prizes and Bank Cards along with an increased chance of going to the Number Jumbler.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Rayburn's tenure has never been rerun, partly because he wanted it as such. Some of Farago's episodes were rerun by CBN in late 1986.