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2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Many fans love the NBC version's ThemeTune, which was recycled from Goodson-Todman's earlier game ''[[Series/DoubleDare1976 Double Dare]]'' (no, not [[Series/DoubleDare1986 that one]], although both themes actually did have the same composer, Edd Kalehoff).
3	* BrokenBase: Until ''Series/SupermarketSweep'' in 2020, this was the most contentious of the ABC game show revivals for the reasons listed further down.
4	* FanNickname: The 2001 version has been referred to as "[[FunWithAcronyms CASINO]]", or "'''''Ca'''rd '''S'''harks'' '''[[InNameOnly I]]'''[[InNameOnly n]] '''[[InNameOnly N]]'''[[InNameOnly ame]] '''[[InNameOnly O]]'''[[InNameOnly nly]]". Others refer to it as "Card Guppies".
5	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The original American versions combined did not have a terribly long run by game show standards, but the British version, ''(Creator/BruceForsyth's) Play Your Cards Right'', ran for the better part of 23 years.[[note]]Three separate runs, to be exact--from 1980 to 1987, then revived in 1994 for five years, and then one series in 2002.[[/note]]
6	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The CBS finale, with Bob Eubanks [[https://youtu.be/p4f-5V-oUdY?t=83 getting teary near the end]].
7	-->'''Bob''': When we walked on the stage, we were three strangers. We walk off the stage with lifetime friendships. I want to dedicate the last three years to Carole Costello,[[note]]a contestant coordinator who died in 1987[[/note]] who left us right after the show started and Donna Jean [Steines] took over, so thank you for that. Bye bye, see ya next time.
8	* HilariousInHindsight:
9	** One question from 1978 asked to 100 men: "Would you vote a qualified candidate for president even if he had been divorced?" Two years later, the United States elected its first president to have been divorced: UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan.
10	** During the Game Show Hosts Turnabout tournament from 1980, Jim Lange, who was playing against Creator/AlexTrebek, said that he could name that tune in two notes. Four years later, and he would host the 1984 revival of ''Series/NameThatTune''.
11	* OlderThanTheyThink: The concept of a game show based on Acey-Deucey dates to the bonus round of the unsold 1975 pilot ''[[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=KingOfTheHill King of the Hill]]'', which Goodson-Todman staffer Chester Feldman developed. The Money Hill, which had absolutely nothing to do with the wordplay-based main game, was basically an ObviousBeta of the Money Cards.
12	* {{Padding}}: While not as bad as most modern game shows, most contestants (probably encouraged by the producers) spent several seconds during the questions explaining their reasoning for their answers. In fairness, it wasn't so much padding as it was a glimpse into their thought processes.
13	** Taken up to eleven with the first season of the 2019 version. What took less than 15 minutes in the previous versions takes over twice as long in the ABC version. Mostly fixed for Season 2.
14	* QuestionableCasting:
15	** Although the Bob Eubanks era enjoyed a 3¼-year run on CBS, some people weren't too fond of the decision to cast him as host of ''Card Sharks'', as they felt his style of hosting was more appropriate for ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'', and that he made some unnecessary bad jokes. As a result, they seem to prefer Bill Rafferty, and think it's a criminal shame his version only lasted one season.
16	** Just about every cast member on the 2001 version, except for announcer Gary Kroeger, only seemed to be there for the paycheck.
17	* RetroactiveRecognition:
18	** Creator/MarkiePost was one of the card models for the NBC version several years before she began appearing on ''Series/TheFallGuy'' and ''Series/NightCourt''.
19	** Kelly Packard (of ''Series/CaliforniaDreams'' and ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'') was a contestant during Young People's Week in 1986.
20	** Kevin Ross, known for being the judge on the syndicated court show ''America's Court'', was a contestant on at least one of the 1996 pilots.
21	* ScrappyMechanic:
22	** The pre-"doubles push" rule in the Money Cards, which meant if the next card was the same, you lost the money you bet. This was changed late in the Perry run to nullify the bet if a push happened. The original "doubles lose" rule returned late in the 2001 revival and carried over to the first season of the 2019 version. It reared its ugly head in an episode when one unlucky contestant left the studio with nothing after turning three Aces in a row. Luckily, as mentioned in AuthorsSavingThrow, Season 2 re-instated the rule.
23	** Both the 2001 version and the first season of the 2019 version force contestants to use their in-game money to bet on the Money Cards. In all other previous versions, money earned in the main game was the contestant's to keep. In defense of the 2019 version, there ''was'' no "in-game" money to speak of - only the winner would be given the $10,000 to be used in the Money Cards.
24	* SpecialEffectFailure: On at least one occasion, the mechanical freeze bars in the Perry version failed to work, so the hostesses "froze it by hand". The Eubanks/Rafferty version kept this as a permanent fixture (it was changed to a "sliding bar" Bob or Bill used).
25	* SpiritualSuccessor: The short-lived games ''Series/PlayThePercentages'' (1980) and ''Power of 10'' (2007/08) were basically this minus the cards.
26	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
27	** On July 4, 1988, the car game changed from a "blind draw" using up to four Jokers and a line of seven cards to the contestant having to guess how many of the week's group of 10 audience members answered a question by using a diamond-shaped slider (an idea previously used in Goodson-Todman's 1979/80 game ''Series/{{Mindreaders}}''). Giving the correct answer awarded the car, while being one away on either side earned $500; needless to say, the car was won far less often in those last few months.
28	** Near-unanimous opinion on the 2001 revival, although a 1996 attempt strayed ''even farther'' from the established format.
29	** The 2019 revival showcased a lot of changes that feel unnecessary.
30	*** In both the Perry and Eubanks runs, one could get two question rounds and two bonus rounds in the same half-hour. The revival now has one question round and one bonus round per half-hour, resulting in a lot of padding.
31	*** The card wall has now doubled because of that, so the contestant now has to get 10 cards correct rather than 5.
32	*** Instead of a simple podium with a monitor in front, the contestants are in front of a giant blackjack table.
33	*** The winning player's money in the bonus round is represented by giant poker chips that they have to bet, rather than just a counter.
34	*** The bonus round is one long row of cards, rather than three levels. As such, the player only gets one card change, rather than three, and there's no checkpoints for them to fall back to.
35	*** Lesser offenses, but both players now draw from the same deck, rather than each player having their own deck. Also, the card flippers mis-time their flips with the sound cues.
36	*** The "doubles push" rule change was discarded. If the contestant draws the same value card twice in a row, they lose their bet.
37	*** Many of these were changed in the revival's Season 2, most notably reducing the number of cards so that four full games are played in one hour and the doubles push rule is re-instated. They even brought back the podium monitors!
38	* ValuesDissonance: Some high-low questions, particularly in the Perry version, may appear to be downright sexist if asked again in the present. Imagine the looks the poll-taker would receive if he asked female executives, "Has your boss ever patted you on the fanny?" these days.

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