Five hourlong specials aired by VH1 from May 21 to June 18, 2005, consisting of Game Show footage from the FremantleMedia archives. During each show was a "Top 5" countdown, presented by such notables as Chuck Woolery and Ed McMahon.
Shows represented:
- Beat the Clock (the "clown-through-suit" stunt from the original series, and nothing else)
- Blind Date (UK), plus the Australian Perfect Match
- Blockbusters (America and UK)
- Card Sharks
- Child's Play (America and UK, mostly the former)
- Distraction (UK only)
- Double Dare (1976)
- Family Feud (America and Australia), plus the UK Family Fortunes
- I'm With Stupid (unsold 2003 ABC pilot taped on Richard Karn's Feud set)
- I've Got a Secret
- Match Game (America) and the UK Blankety Blank. Notable for a clip from a 1989 pilot hosted by Bert Convy, which was eventually aired in full by GSN for Christmas 2012.
- The Name's The Same ("A. Mattress" from October 1, 1952 and "A. Maid" from March 17, 1953)
- Password CBS, Password Plus, and Super Password
- Press Your Luck and Whammy!
- The Price Is Right (America and Australia), plus the Mexican Atinale al Precio. Notable for two clips of Dennis James' super-scarce nighttime version.
- Puzzlers (unsold pilot hosted by Pat Sajak, taped March 15, 1980)
- Sale of the Century (America and Australia), plus a single clip of the German Hopp oder Top.
- Say When!! (a portion {not the whole existing clip} of the Peter Pan peanut butter incident)
- Scrabble
- Showoffs (clip of the 1975 pilot, hosted by Larry Blyden)
- Tattletales
- To Tell the Truth
- What's My Line?
- Your Face or Mine?
Released on DVD in September 2008 by BCI, then reissued in 2010 by Mill Creek Entertainment.
Game Show Tropes in use:
- Personnel:
- The Announcer: Randy West, a well-known announcer in the genre, as 1980s toy "Mr. Game Show".
- Game Show Host: Ben Stein, once an emcee in the genre.
- Studio Audience: Of which a few members would play Family Feud, Match Game, or Beat the Clock for a cheap grocery "prize". Instead of, you know, just letting Ben and Randy co-host and not have an audience.
- Undesirable Prize: The aforementioned grocery "prizes".
This show provides examples of:
- Loads and Loads of Game Shows: A staggering 34 Fremantle-owned games are seen across the five episodes, some of which are their only face time in years...or at all (and especially when the specials reran on GSN).
- Pilot: I'm With Stupid (hosted by Graham Norton), the ABC Match Game (hosted by Bert Convy), Puzzlers (hosted by Pat Sajak), and Showoffs (hosted by Larry Blyden).
- Wardrobe Malfunction: Subject of a Top 5 countdown, which culminated in Rip Taylor showing his baldness on Super Password.
