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1* {{Padding}}: For an hour-long show, some of the rounds are quite drawn out. While some are drawn out in a good way, others (like ''Cranium'' and the final reveal) just seem to slow everything to a crawl.
2* SpiritualSuccessor: To the 1964-65 Creator/MerrillHeatter–Bob Quigley children's game ''Shenanigans'', hosted by Stubby Kaye and just as heavily sponsored by Creator/MiltonBradley. The presence of ''Operation'' may or may not be an intentional CallBack, as it's the only game they share.
3** The idea of winning Crazy Cash Cards from various games and inserting them into the Crazy Cash Machine smacked quite a bit of the stunt-era endgame of ''Series/BreakTheBank1985'', while the revised Crazy Cash Machine and the Community Chest took more after the Master Puzzle-era endgame instead.

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