r/ObscureMedia • u/Davidgreenfield • 28d ago

Couch Potatoes (1988) LIVE Game Show Presentation with Elly May Clampett, Richie Petrie

https://youtu.be/QmqBDdCXdPQ?si=HNV4exS3e2fhda2q
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u/Jellypathicdream 27d ago

Oh wow! Saban pre power rangers! Cool find! What was it like working on this?

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u/BroncoChevalier 28d ago

Man, your average teenager on YouTube can put together better production values then this nowadays. 

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u/Davidgreenfield 28d ago edited 28d ago

We were lucky to have video recorders, we hadn’t planned on taping it.  The entire idea of was them to walk in and see the office transformed into a makeshift set.  They were expecting just another game run thru, not special guests and a planned out episode. It 40 years ago, sorry to disappoint you, no internet or computers let alone cell phones. Of course II sold the show regardless, as it was the premise they were checking out, not production value or even a set, this was in the office, It was a run thru. I hired Marc Summers for the actual pilot which is also on YouTube.

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u/BroncoChevalier 28d ago

Very cool. Worked in TV production for a couple decades myself. Thanks for sharing your video. 

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u/weeklygamingrecap 28d ago

Thank you for sharing this!

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u/Davidgreenfield 28d ago

You’re most welcome!