History Trivia / Showoffs

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Some claimed that the theme music was replaced with the future ''Series/DreamHouse'' theme towards the end of the show's run. This claim was dispelled when the next-to-last episode aired on Buzzr.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only three episodes circulate. The first is the Blyden-hosted pilot. The second is the November 28, 1975 episode, notable for an incident where celebrity guest Dr. Joyce Brothers injures herself. Finally, there's the next-to last episode; #128, which taped on November 29, 1975 and aired on Christmas day. The celebrities are Vicki Lawrence, Greg Morris, Tina Cole, and Robert Urich. Held by UCLA, it was aired by Buzzr on September 2021.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only the pilot and November 28 seem to exist, the latter having a notable incident where celebrity guest Dr. Joyce Brothers injures herself. Also in existence is an episode from the final week (VTR: November 29, 1975; Show #128) with Vicki Lawrence, Greg Morris, Tina Cole, and Robert Urich. It is at UCLA, but it cannot be viewed.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Rather than air repeats of ''Series/{{Password}}'' (which ''Showoffs'' was to replace), have [[Creator/MarkGoodson Goodson-Todman]] do more ''Password'', have Hatos-Hall do more ''Series/SplitSecond'' (which was ending the same day as ''Password''), or give Lipp-Greenberg's ''Series/TheBigShowdown'' (which was ending the week after ''Password'') a reprieve... ABC decided in the wake of Blyden's death that ''Showoffs'' would go ahead '''anyway''', with Bobby Van as host and re-editing network promos to remove any trace of Blyden. [[note]](The other game show ABC was removing from its schedule around this point, Lipp-Greenberg's ''The Money Maze'', had been canned due to extremely high production costs, so a reprieve there would've been ''very'' unlikely.)[[/note]]

* HeyItsThatSound: The "clang" heard for correct guesses was also used on ''Series/FamilyFeud''.

* HeyItsThatSound: The "clang" heard for correct guesses was later used on ''Series/FamilyFeud''.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Larry Blyden was killed in a Morocco car accident a few days before the show was to begin taping.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Blyden was killed in a Morocco car accident a few days before the show was to begin taping. Rather than air repeats of ''Series/{{Password}}'' (which ''Showoffs'' was to replace), have [[Creator/MarkGoodson Goodson-Todman]] do more ''Password'', have Hatos-Hall do more ''Series/SplitSecond'' (which was ending the same day as ''Password''), or give Lipp-Greenberg's ''Series/TheBigShowdown'' (which was ending the week after ''Password'') a reprieve... ABC decided that ''Showoffs'' would go ahead '''anyway''', with Bobby Van as host and re-editing network promos to remove any trace of Blyden. [[note]](The other game show ABC was removing from its schedule around this point, Lipp-Greenberg's ''The Money Maze'', had been canned due to extremely high production costs, so a reprieve there would've been ''very'' unlikely.)[[/note]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Blyden was killed in a Morocco car accident a few days before the show was to begin taping. Rather than air repeats of ''Series/{{Password}}'' (which ''Showoffs'' was to replace), have [[Creator/MarkGoodson Goodson-Todman]] do more ''Password'', have Hatos-Hall do more ''Series/SplitSecond'' (which was ending the same day as ''Password''), or give Lipp-Greenberg's ''Series/TheBigShowdown'' (which was ending the week after ''Password'') a reprieve...ABC decided that ''Showoffs'' would go ahead '''anyway''', re-editing network promos to remove any trace of Blyden. [[note]](The other game show ABC was removing from its schedule around this point, Lipp-Greenberg's ''The Money Maze'', had been canned due to extremely high production costs, so a reprieve there would've been ''very'' unlikely.)[[/note]]

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Pilot host Larry Blyden had previously been at the helm of Goodson-Todman's ''Series/WhatsMyLine''.
** Series host Bobby Van later went on to do ''The Fun Factory'' for NBC as well as the syndicated revival of ''Make Me Laugh''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Gene Wood had previously hosted ''Series/BeatTheClock'' for Goodson-Todman, and would later go on to do announcing work on ''Series/FamilyFeud'' and ''Series/CardSharks'' among others.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only the pilot and November 28 seem to exist, the latter having a notable incident where celebrity guest Dr. Joyce Brothers injures herself. Also in existence is an episode from the final week (VTR: November 29, 1975) with Vicki Lawrence, Greg Morris, Tina Cole and Robert Urich. It is at UCLA, but it cannot be viewed.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only the pilot and November 28 seem to exist, the latter having a notable incident where celebrity guest Dr. Joyce Brothers injures herself.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Blyden was killed in a Morocco car accident a few days before the show was to begin taping. Rather than air repeats of ''Series/{{Password}}'' (which ''Showoffs'' was to replace), have [[Creator/MarkGoodson Goodson-Todman]] do more ''Password'', have Hatos-Hall do more ''Series/SplitSecond'' (which was ending the same day as ''Password''), or give Lipp-Greenberg's ''Series/TheBigShowdown'' (which was ending the week after ''Password'') a reprieve...ABC decided that ''Showoffs'' would go ahead '''anyway''', re-editing network promos to remove any trace of Blyden.
** This might not have been for the best. While by all indication all involved had a good time on-camera, according to announcer Gene Wood in [[http://illustriousgameshowpage.com/gene1.html a 1996 phone interview]]: "That was such a strange situation; the program has so much sadness attached to it."

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** The host of the pilot, Larry Blyden, had previously wrapped up a three-year run as host of the syndicated ''Series/WhatsMyLine''
** Series host Bobby Van later went on to do ''The Fun Factory'' for NBC (1976) and the syndicated revival of ''Make Me Laugh!'' (1979-80).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Blyden was killed in a Morocco car accident a few days before the show was to begin taping. Rather than air repeats of ''Series/{{Password}}'' (which ''Showoffs'' was to replace), have [[Creator/MarkGoodson Goodson-Todman]] do more ''Password'', have Hatos-Hall do more ''[[Series/SplitSecond Split Second]]'' (which was ending the same day as ''Password''), or give Lipp-Greenberg's ''Series/TheBigShowdown'' (which was ending the week after ''Password'') a reprieve...ABC decided that ''Showoffs'' would go ahead '''anyway''', re-editing network promos to remove any trace of Blyden.
** This might not have been for the best. While by all indication all involved had a good time on-camera, according to announcer Gene Wood in [[http://illustriousgameshowpage.com/gene1.html a 1996 phone interview]] "That was such a strange situation; the program has so much sadness attached to it."

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Pilot host Larry Blyden was killed in a Morocco car accident a few days before the show was to begin taping. Rather than air repeats of ''Series/{{Password}}'' (which ''Showoffs'' was to replace), have Goodson-Todman do more ''Password'', or give ''Series/TheBigShowdown'' (which ended the week after ''Password'') a reprieve...ABC decided that ''Showoffs'' would go ahead '''anyway''', re-editing network promos to remove any trace of Blyden.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Blyden was killed in a Morocco car accident a few days before the show was to begin taping. Rather than air repeats of ''Series/{{Password}}'', have Goodson-Todman do more ''Password'', or tell ''Series/TheBigShowdown'' (which ended the week after ''Password'') to do another 13 weeks...ABC decided that ''Showoffs'' would go ahead '''anyway''', re-editing network promos to remove video or audio of Blyden.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Blyden was killed in a Morocco car accident a few days before the show was to begin taping. Rather than air repeats of ''Series/{{Password}}'', have Goodson-Todman do more ''Password'', or tell ''TheBigShowdown'' (which ended the week after ''Password'') to do another 13 weeks...ABC decided that ''Showoffs'' would go ahead '''anyway''', re-editing network promos to remove video or audio of Blyden.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Blyden was killed in a Morocco car accident a few days before the show was to begin taping. Rather than air repeats or new shows of ''Password'' (or, for that matter, any of ABC's other games), ''Showoffs'' went ahead '''anyway''' and network promos were re-edited to remove video or audio of him.