Jack Narz

CONCENTRATION(syn.)-#992

gamespeopleplayed December 11, 2024 No Comments

Host: Jack Narz
Announcer: Johnny Olson

Oh, you shouldn’t have, but I’m glad you did. How’s your dinner? We’re gonna mess it up now for you.

Jack’s intro

Sandy Faulk (married, with 6 y.o. Donald and 5 y.o. Teresa, full-time finance student at Cal State Fullerton)

Kay Zubee (teacher, “Hi students”)

ROUND 1: Free Look

HEAD STARTS:

• 10 LIVING ROOM (Broyhill)
• 29 HOME WAVE (Toni)
• 2 WOOD FINISHER (Wipe-On Zar)
• 21 STEREO SYSTEM (Sharp)

Sandy 18 (Free Look)
Surprise, she can’t figure it out.
13 (Home Wave) and 29 MATCH!
23 (Encyclopedia) and 7 (Free Look)…and 6 (His & Her Bikes)

Kay 1 (Take 1 Gift) and 14 MATCH FOR WAVE!
4 (Year of Flowers) and 17 (Take)

Sandy 17 and 4
Must’ve forgotten during the commercial break

Kay 23 and 8 (C.B. Radio)

Sandy 22 (Auto Tires) and 15 (WILD!)
16 (Wood Finisher) and 2 THAT’S FINISHED!
21 and 9 (Bonus Number)

Kay 28 (Bonus Number) and 9 MATCH!
30 (C.B. Radio) and 8 10-4!
20 (His & Her Bikes) and 6 MATCH AGAIN!
12 (Bonus Number) and 19 (Living Room) and 10 MATCH!
Guess: A SUNNY DISPOSITION WIN! ($2,197)

Ace + UN + Knee D + Hiss + Bow + Zis + Shin

And that sunny disposition may be all she needs today.

DOUBLE PLAY: Chevrolet Chevette

$100 Puzzle: CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE (in 3 sec.)
Chair + “E” P + Ink + Can + D AH + Bull BLAH + Sum “Y” + T

Car Puzzle: Hanging Ton The Devloth Ware, Washington (Buzzer) Crosses The Delaware
Aahhh! WAIT! She started in time.
Wash + Ink + Ton Cross + D THE D + Hell + Law + W + Hair

ROUND 2

HEAD STARTS:

• 11 REF. FREEZER (Amana 20)
• 4 RICE MIX (Rice a Roni)
• 28 HAIR SPRAY (Adorn)
• 15 GRAND CLOCK (Emperor)

Kay 13 (WILD!) and Clock at 15
23 (Patio Furn.) and 9 (Take 1 Gift)

Sandy 17 (Bonus Number) and Back to 4

Kay 25 (Take) and 8 (25 LP’s) OOPS!

Sandy 9 and 25 (Time to take the Clock)
3 (Bonus Number) and 17 MATCH!
1 (Stone-Ware) and 14 (Ladies Clothes) and 22 (Ref. Freezer)

Kay 11 and 22 MATCH!
27 (Ladies Clothes) and 14 BACK ON TRACK!
29 (Table Lamps) and 2 (Grand Clock)

Sandy 6 (Take) and 30 (WILD!) Takes Fridge
29 and 7 (LUCKY!)
5 (Bonus Number) and 26 (Take)

Kay 19 (Bonus Number) and 5
Guess: SLOW AS MOLASSES WIN!

SL + Hoe Ass M + Awl + Lass + S

In other words, something Kay is anything but today.

DOUBLE PLAY #2

If lightning does strike twice, it can in this game.

$100 Puzzle: Grant Ko-Man-Ded You and Yawn Army Grant Command
NEVER MIND!

GR + Ant K + Hoe + Man + D + Head THE “U” + N + Yawn Arm + “E”
GRANT COMMANDED THE UNION ARMY

Go back to the history books, teacher

MONEY GAME

Sandy 7 (1,000 Escudos) and 24 (LUCKY) $34
10 (WILD!) and 17 (15,000 Yen) $52
26 (Take) and 13 (300 Pesos)

Kay 1 (300 Pesos) and 13 $25
20 (1,500 Drachmas) and 27 (25 Rubles)

Sandy 11 (Take) and 26 ADD PESOS $111 Total
28 (WILD!) and 4 (50 Nairas) $80
19 (2,500 Forint) and 3 (Take)

Kay 30 (50 Nairas) and 16 (25 Pounds)

Sandy 5 (100 Francs) and 23 (200 Markkas)
Technical Difficulties (18 Revealed The Puzzle for a Sec.)

Kay 12 (500 Cruzeiros) and 23
TIME!

Now 18 and the rest of the pieces can reveal themselves.
Sandy (not molasses): COMING IN ON A WING AND A PRAYER WIN!

Gum + Ink Inn On A Wing & Ape + Rare (Steak)

Sandy wins $291
Kay leaves with $2,397 and the Chevette

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CONCENTRATION(syn.)-#991

gamespeopleplayed November 18, 2024 No Comments

Host: Jack Narz
Announcer: Johnny Olson

“Nice to have you here, cooling off from the heat.” Uh, Jack, we don’t all live in California!

Carin Baker (stay at home mom “11 month, year old boy”, does macramé and loves plants)

Janet Lauger (married w/9 mon. old son Dylan, likes waterskiing and darts)

ROUND 1

HEAD STARTS

• 16 WASHER & DRYER (Speed Queen)
• 7 CAT FOOD (Tabby)
• 23 HAIR SPRAY (Adorn)
• 5 2 POR. T.V.’s (Panasonic B&W)

Carin 24 (Take) and 9 (WILD!)
20 (Bonus Number) and 1 (Ice Cr’m Maker)
Janet 27 (Bonus) and…20 WHEW!
10 (Bonus) and 2 (Cassette Record’r) and 30 (Digital Watches)
Carin 6 (Take) and 17 (Take) ANOTHER WASTE!
4 (Take) and 22 (Cassette Record’r)
It’s for the best, we’ve wasted enough takes so far.
Janet 1 and 14 (Drapes)
Carin 3 (Hair Spray) and 19 (2 Port. T.V.’s)
So close, yet so far.
Janet 5 and 19 THAT’S BETTER!
3 and…23 MATCH! (Said Twenty just before the buzzer)
11 (WILD!) and Washer/Dryer at 16 (In the “$1,500 Neighborhood”)
8 (Digital Watches) and 30 MATCH!
25 (T.V. Games) and 2
Carin 21 (Cat Food) and 13 (Bonus)
Janet 7 and 21 MEOW!
14 and 18 (Ice Cr’m Maker)
Carin 1 and 18 MATCH!
12 (T.V. Games) and 25 MATCH!
Guess: NO DEPOSIT NO RETURN WIN!

N + Hoe “D” + Paws + Hit N + Hoe R + Eat + Urn

DOUBLE PLAY: Chevrolet Chevette

“I’m gonna win a car” First things first, Carin

$100 Puzzle: Do You Know the Way to Sante Fe…San Hose…
DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE! ON THE BUZZER!

Dew “U” N + Hoe The Weigh 2’s + ANN Hose + Hay

ROUND 2

HEAD STARTS

• 12 BEDROOM (Broyhill French)
• 26 OLIVES (Lindsay)
• 3 HOME WAVE (Toni)
• 25 VEGAS WEEK (@ Union Plaza)

Janet 16 (Air Hockey) and 2 (Window Blinds)
Carin 27 (WILD!) and Vegas at 25
9 (Air Hockey) and 1 (Bedroom)
Janet 16 and 9 ONE DOWN!
12 and 1 GOOD WORK!
15 (Olives) and 26 3 FOR 3!
29 (Home Wave) and 3 4-STRAIGHT!
5 (Take) and 24 WILD! (Vegas brings it to $1,281)
13 (Take) and 6 (Whirlp’l Bath) THE STREAK IS OVER!
Carin 10 (Movie Camera) and 22 (Water Sof’ner)
Janet 19 (Movie Camera) and 10 MATCH!
8 (Water Sof’ner) and 22 UNSTOPPABLE!
7 (Bonus) and 30 LUCKY AND GOOD!
11 (Vegas Week) and 23 (Whirlp’l Bath) and 2 OOPS!
Carin 20 (Vacuum) and 4 LUCKY!
Guess: I DOUBLE DARE YOU SEIZED!

EYE DUH + Bull D+ Hair “U”

DOUBLE PLAY #2

$100 Puzzle: Pres-sad-dent Grover Cleveland
PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND (6 to go)

PRES + Ad + Ant G + Row + Fur K + Leaf + L + Hand

Car Puzzle: Tales of the Vine-na Woods SO CLOSE!
Tails Off The “V” + Hen + AH W + Hood + Z
TALES OF THE VIENNA WOODS

$50 Puzzles

Carin: Mit + Sea G + Hay + N + Oar
MITZI GAYNOR (despite her doubt)

Janet: Tea-pea Boat, Sails, Soup + Pea Sails
SOUPY SALES (with a second left)

Janet, despite having 13 prizes on the board between both rounds, only leaves with $50.

Carin leaves with $250 and three prizes.

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CONCENTRATION(syndicated)-#985

gamespeopleplayed October 14, 2024 No Comments

Host: Jack Narz
Announcer: Johnny Olson

Rose Goss (married to a Scientology minister, student and expecting)

Jim Frazer (University of Mississippi graduate, now heading to law school)

ROUND 1

HEAD STARTS:

• 21 MICRO-OVEN(Amana Radarange)
• 9 CANDY (Chick-o-Sticks)
• 30 HAIR SPRAY (Adorn)
• 18 PATIO FURN. (Samsonite Body Glove)

It’s a Call 3 game, so each player has a Bonus Number every turn.

Rose 11 (Take) and 10 LUCKY!
3 (Micro-Oven) and 21 MATCH!
1 (Child’s Toys) and 19 (Stone-Ware) and 27 (Love Stories)
Jim 17 (Take) and 20 WILD!
1 and 29 (Take) and 12 WILD! (Toys are matched automatically)
27 and 22 (Candy) and 18 OOPS!

Why is everyone “Awwing” when Jim doesn’t match the first time? He gets a 3rd pick. Didn’t work this time, unless Jim doesn’t have a sweet tooth?

Rose 9 and 22 SWEET!
25 (Recliner) and 14 (Artist’s Kit) and Back to 27
Jim 5 (Patio Furn.) and 19 and 24 (Child’s Toys)
Rose 18 and 5 MATCH!
Thank goodness someone got it right.
8 (Stone-Ware) and 19 MATCH!
2 (Recliner) and 25 MATCH!
7 (Luggage) and 4 (Lamps) and Back to 14
Jim 23 (Garden Tools) and 26 (Lamps) and 4 MATCH!
28 (Luggage) and 29 and 15 (Garden Tools)
Rose 7 and 28 BAGGED (Over $1,600)
Guess: Keep Your Eyes on the Ball NO!
6 (Love Stories) and 27 SIX-UP!
Guess: Keep Your Eyes on the Road WIN! ($1,734)

Key + P Y + Oar Ice On THE Row + D

A guy was putting on a jacket

DOUBLE PLAY: Chevrolet Chevette

$100 Puzzle: Won-deer-half I-door-ful Co-penny UGH!
1 + Deer + Full 1 + Door + FUL K + Hoe + Pen + Hay + Gun
WONDERFUL WONDERFUL COPENHAGEN

ROUND 2: Back to Normal

HEAD STARTS

• 6 DINING-ROOM (Broyhill)
• 20 HOME WAVE (Toni)
• 13 CAT FOOD (Tabby)
• 22 DISH-WASHER (Kelvinator)

Jim 7 (Sheets, Spreads) and 23 (Carpet Prods.)
Rose 5 (Take) and 21 (Dining Room)
Jim 24 (Sheets, Spreads) and 27 (Hair Dryer)

Rose 20 and 6 MATCH!
27 (She Gasps, Jack: “Surprise!”) and 15 (Dish-washer)
Jim 19 (Mattress Set) oops! and 30 WILD!
3 (Hair Dryer) and 27 MATCH!
It’s a turning point
12 (Carpet Prods.) and 29 (Bonus Number)
Then again…
Rose 22 and 15 MATCH!
13 and 1 (Bonus)
Jim 25 (Cat Food) and 13 MATCH!
At least he’s getting lucky
29 and 1 NOW YOU’RE GETTING IT!
16 (Bonus) and 10 (Elec. Bar-B-Q) and 7 WASTED!
Rose 4 WILD! and 26 (Take, for the Mattress)
Really, not the Cat Food?
9 (C.B. Radio) and 16
Jim 17 (Elec. Bar-B-Q) and 5 (Take)

Rose 10 and 17 MATCH! ($1,600 Again)
11 (Mattress Set) and nothing
Jim 16 and 2 (Take)
Rose 28 (C. B. Radio) and 9 MATCH!
Guess: The Hattan’s Table NO!
7 and 20
Jim 23 and 12 MATCH!
Of all the things you remember!
No guess from Jim
TIMES UP!
We reveal everything and Rose can’t buzz-in soon enough!
The Captain’s Table WIN! ($1,893)

THE Cap + Tons T + Hay + Bull

DOUBLE PLAY #2

$100 Puzzle: Yellowstone Nipsey All Park, Euriphsilling, Yosemite SHE’S LOST!
The lips threw her off. It was the arrows on the cigarette ash.
YEL + Hose + Toe +N N + Ash + Shin + Awl P + Ark
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

Jim gets nothing but parting gifts.
Rose’s total: $3,627

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CONCENTRATION (syndicated)-#983

gamespeopleplayed August 29, 2024 No Comments

Host: Jack Narz
Announcer: Johnny Olson

Jack promises an extra wild game to start the show. You’ll see!

Pat Lasornio (married for 30 years, Humane volunteer and takes in wild animals)
Greg Grey (recent High School Graduate, heading for El Camino College on Swim Team and Water Polo, his Mom, girlfriend, little brother and his girlfriend and Mrs. Hutchinson, and was born two months after the original Concentration premiered)

ROUND 1 (Four Wild Card Game)

HEAD STARTS

• 10 DIGITAL WATCHES (Helbros Minicom)
• 2 HOME WAVE (Toni)
• 26 CHEESE (Hoffman’s)
• 12 WASHER & DRYER (Speed Queen)

Pat 6 (Patio Furn.) and 16 (WILD!)
28 (Digital Watches) and 10 MATCH! (Nearly a grand already)
15 (Cheese) and 26 MATCH!
25 (Take) and 24 (Washer & Dryer)
Greg 12 and 24 MATCH!
5 (Bonus) and 22 (Window Blinds)
Pat 21 (Bonus) and 5 MATCH!
1 (P’cases, Sheets) and 29 (Bonus) and 14 (Take)
Greg 17 (Patio Furn.) and 19 (P’cases, Sheets)
Pat 1 and 19 MATCH!
20 (WILD!) and 4 (Smoke B.B.Q.) (Passed the $1000 Mark)
30 (Rad-C.B. Combo) and 27 (Smoke B.B.Q.)
Greg 13 (Rad.-C.B. Combo) and 30 MATCH!
9 (Window Blinds) and 27 (Smoke B.B.Q.)
Pat 8 (WILD!) and Take at 14 (For the Washer/Dryer, Over $2,200)
29 and 3 After the Buzzer (Take)
Greg 11 (Take) and 3 (Takes BBQ)
22 (Window Blinds) and 9 MATCH!
18 (Home Wave) and 7 (Bonus)
Pat 2 and 18 MATCH!
Only 6 Numbers and 2 Matches to Make
27 and 25
Greg 23 (WILD!) and Take at 25 (for Watches)
Guess: YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF A DULL? WRONG!
17 and 29 NO GOOD!
Pat 7 and 29
The Bonus Number is no good. Right now, focus on the puzzle.
Guess: YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF AD EEL NOT QUITE!
Time for buzz-in.
Greg (almost immediately): YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF IDLE!

Pat: YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF “Isn’t That a Eel?”

OKAY!!! ONE LAST CHANCE AND THAT’S IT?!

Greg : YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF AT ILL

Pat (last chance): YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF ELECTRIFIED?

Well, that’s that. No solve, no prizes, no Double Play. So what was the problem here?

“U” + V Cot Y + Oars + Elf Ad + Eel
YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF A DEAL

Which is the answer to the question: Do I want to forgot about this match as soon as possible?

ROUND 2

HEAD STARTS:

• 7 SOFA BED (Broyhill)
• 28 BABY FRESH’NER (Diaperene)
• 4 HAIR SPRAY (Adorn)
• 15 GRAND CLOCK (Emperor)

Greg 16 (Take) and 10 (Pen & Pencil)
Pat 6 (Bonus) and 29 (WILD!)
26 (Golf Clubs) and 10 and 21 (Sofa Bed)
Greg 7 and 21 MATCH!
3 (Grand Clock) and 15 MATCH!
26 and 11 (Love Stories)
Pat 14 (Baby Fresh’ner) and fumbling to 28 MATCH!
12 (WILD!) and 30 just in Time (Take)
Jack move the Clock to Pat’s side like magic, if it finally works
9 (Mantle Clock) and 23 (LUCKY!)
4 and “Oh, Oh”
“We don’t have that number, that’s in roulette”
Greg 19 (Golf Clubs) and 21 MATCH! (Over a $1,000)
Guess: HOLD YOUR HORSES FINALLY!

Hole + D Y + Oar Horse + “S”

So one of them does know how to play the game.

DOUBLE PLAY: Chevrolet Chevette

$100 Puzzle: “Sins, Sinsaldor Ted Kennety” OOF!
S + Hen + Ad + Door T + Head K + Hen + Net + Tee
Senator Ted Kennedy

MONEY ROUND

Pat 6 (50 Rubles) and 22 (500 Rupees)
Greg 13 (2,000 Soles) and 30 (LUCKY!)
5 (100 Guilders) and 2 (500 Rupees)
Pat 22 and 2 MATCH!
18 (300 Francs) and 9 (1,000 Forint)
Greg 26 (1,000 Pesetas) and 1 (Take)
Pat 21 (100 Guilders) and “OH, SHUCKS”
Greg, once 21 flipped back 25 (WILD!) and 1 (for the only rupees Pat has)
TIME!
Either Greg wins $103 or Pat’ll win $100. Flip the board

20 seconds go by and…

Weigh + Tar TH + Air + SA F + Lion Mice + Hoop
WAITER THERE’S A FLY IN MY SOP (SOUP!!!)

Yes, Pat said this!

Greg has $1,053.
Pat gets just the parting gifts, if only for the “fun”.

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CONCENTRATION(syndicated)-#982

gamespeopleplayed August 2, 2024 No Comments

Host: Jack Narz
Announcer: Johnny Olson

Jack mentions some special guests with us today. “Mike, Randy, Karen, Melissa, the whole Bunch”

Terri Oaxman (originally from OK, Senior at Cat State Long Beach, major in business finance, graduating this December)
Chris Donahue (1 yr. wedding anniversary back in June, works in real estate)

ROUND 1

HEAD STARTS:

• 27 REFRIGERATOR (Aman)
• 13 MACARONI DINNER (Golden Grain)
• 5 H’HOLD LUBE (CRC)
• 25 STEREO (Electrophonic)

Terri 10 (Luggage) and 11 (Bonus Number)
Chris 23 (H’Hold Lube) and 5 MATCH!
2 (Take 1 Gift) and 14 LUCKY!
16 (STEREO) and 25 MATCH!
9 (Cassette Record’r) and 21 (Macaroni Dinner)
Terri 13 and 21 MATCH!
4 (Bonus) and 11 MATCH!
1 (Rods and Reels) and 24 (Bonus) and 26 (Pinball Machine)
Chris 12 (Pinball Machine) and 26 MATCH!
30 (Take) and 8 (Refrigerator)
Terri 27 and 8 MATCH!
24 and 30 OOPS!
Chris 19 (Rods and Reels) and 1 HOOKED!
29 (Luggage) and 10 MATCH!
20 (Vanity W/Sink) and 22 (Bonus)
Terri 6 (Vanity W/Sink) and 20 NICE COMEBACK!
9 and 7 (Stoneware)
Chris 17 (Cassette Record’r) and 9 MATCH!
3 (Wild!) and 30 TAKES FRIDGE! (Total $1,200)

Recap: We’re down to the Stoneware, one take and one bonus number

28 (Take) and Chris passes DEFENSE!
Terri 15 (Stoneware) and 7 MATCH!
Guess: JUST LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE WIN! ($1,276)

Chest L + Eye + K Moth + IR U’s II M + Hay + K

Terri is shaking all over as she reaches for the cup of water that’s always on the table.

DOUBLE PLAY: Chevrolet Chevette

$100 Puzzle: Metro Ton Weight Ten Mayor STUCK ON REPEAT!
M + Head + T+ Row Gold + W + Hen M + Hay + Ear
METRO GOLDWYN MAYER (She thought the bar of gold was a ton)

ROUND 2

HEAD STARTS

• 16 VEGAS WEEK (@ Union Plaza)
• 3 HAIR SPRAY (Adorn)
• 29 BABY FRESH’NER (Diaparene)
• 6 BEDROOM (Broyhill Traditional)

Chris 9 (Hot Tray) and 23 LUCKY!
7 (Take) and 25 (Encyclopedia)
Terri 10 (Drapes) and 22 (Bonus)
Chris 29 and 2 (Ladies Clothes)
Both she and Jack were sure that was right
Terri 5 (Wild!) and Bedroom at 6
1 (Bonus) and 22 MATCH!
13 (Movie Camera) and 21 (Drapes) and 10 MATCH!
14 (Bonus) and 26 (Take)
Chris 2 (OOPS!) and 24 (Table Lamps)
Terri 30 (Bonus) and 12 (Table Lamps) SLIPPED AGAIN!
Chris 14 and 30 ONE DOWN!
24 and 12 THAT’S THE OTHER!
18 (Take) and 25 (NOPE!) and 8 (Matched Encyclopedia)
11 (Wild!) and Vegas at 16
19 (Hair Spray) and 3 MATCH! (Over $900)
13 and 20 (Before the Buzzer) LUCKY! (Way to keep the streak alive)
Guess: TENDER LOVING CARE WIN!

T + Hen + Deer Loaf + ING K + Hair

Jack said Chris won over $1,400, but that’s incorrect. Chris sips in peace.

DOUBLE PLAY #2

$100 Puzzle: Hant Jeer Hant a Deer Hoe 7 Ancient…ANOTHER WIPEOUT!
The best Chris can come up with is Enchantable. “You got me”
“H” + Ant DAH + Bull Hoe S + Heaven
AGENT 007

Terri’s grand total: $1,276
Chris’s actual grand total: $1,281

Could that be the closest difference in this version’s run?

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CONCENTRATION(syndicated)-#981

gamespeopleplayed July 23, 2024 No Comments

Host: Jack Narz
Announcer: Johnny Olson

Freda Merrick (married w/two kids, administrative specialist for computer company)

Bonnie Taft (MO, elementary teacher, married, earning Masters at Long Beach State)

ROUND 1 (FREE LOOK GAME)

HEAD STARTS:

• 13: ELECTRIC RANGE (Kelvinator)
• 21: IMPORT CHEESE (Danish Cheese)
• 28: BABY FRESH’NER (Diaparene)
• 19: WASHER & DRYER (Maytag)

Freda 7 (Mini Library) and 24 (Outdoor Furn.)
Bonnie 5 (Mattress Set) and 17 LUCKY!
6 (C. B. Radio) and Back to 24
Freda 29 (C.B. Radio) and 6 MATCH!
15 (Take 1 Gift) and Back to 21
Bonnie 9 (Free Look)
No waiting, we just reveal that square right now.
26 (Take) and 10 (Baby Fresh’ner)
Freda 19 and 7 UGH!
Bonnie 10 and 28 THAT’S BETTER!
30 (Electric Range) and 13 MATCH!
21 and 15
Freda 1 (Bonus Number) and 25 LUCKY!
16 (Take) and 27 (Free Look) and 4 OFF THE HOOK!
She takes the Range from Bonnie.
20 (WILD!) and 2 (Import Cheese)
14 (Crepe Maker) and 26 (Take) and 3 (WILD!)
Freda chooses the Take and the Mattress
18 (Bonus Number) and 22 (Crepe Maker)
Bonnie 11 (Washer & Dryer) and 19 NICE SAVE!
14 and 22 GOT IT RIGHT!
15 and 21 OOPS!
Freda 12 (Outdoor Furn.) and 24 MATCH! (Over $1,400)
Guess: JUST FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE WIN! $1,497

Chest 4 Hole + D Tie + M S + Hay + K

DOUBLE PLAY: Chevrolet Chevette

$100 Puzzle: I’ll Be In…Scottle For, “I’ll be in Scotland Before You” (4 sec. Left)
Aisle Bee Inn S + Cot + L + Hand Bee + IV “U”

Car Puzzle: Betty Dugal…NOPE!
P + Ad + Tee D + Hoo + K P + Oar + Tray + D Heh + Link + “L” + Ear
PATTY DUKE PORTRAYED HELEN KELLER

ROUND 2

HEAD STARTS

• 18 REC. SOFA (La-Z-Boy)
• 26 HONEY (Sue Bee)
• 7 HOME WAVE (Toni)
• 15 2 PORT. T.V.’S (Panasonic B&W)

Bonnie 1 (Treas’re Finder) and 14 (Wild!)
22 (Treas’re Finder) and 10 (Bonus)
Freda 4 (Rec. Sofa) and 18 MATCH!
30 (Bonus) and 10 MATCH!
21 (Take) and 9 (Kitchen Ware) and 6 (Honey)
Bonnie 26 and 6 SWEET!
3 (His & Her Bikes) and Back to 22
Freda 29 (Home Wave) and 7 MATCH!
27 (Bonus) and 5 (T.V. Games)
Bonnie 25 (Sewing Machine) and 12 LUCKY! (Over $800)
20 (Kitchen Ware) and 13 (Linens)
Freda 22 and 11 (Take)
Bonnie 11 and 21
Takes so much time concentrating on the board, she forgets about the take. Finally chooses the Sofa. (Up to $1,400)
28 (Take) and 2 (2 Port. T.V.’s)
Freda 15 and 2 MATCH!
3 and 28 OOPS!
Bonnie 22 and 20 AARGH!
Freda 24 (Linens) and 5 OH, COME ON!
Bonnie 13 and 24 THANK HEAVENS!
Guess: A HEROIC WELCOME WRONG!
23 (His & Her Bikes) and 3 MATCH! (Over $2,000)
Guess: A HERO’S WELCOME THAT’S BETTER!

A H + Ear + Rose Well + Comb

DOUBLE PLAY #2

$100 Puzzle: A Lass Duz Ant Leaf Here N-more, A Lass Doesn’t Leave Here…UH OH!
AH + Lass DUZ + Ant Leaf H + Ear “N” + Knee M + Oar
ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE

$50 Puzzles

Freda: BARNEY MILLER (No hesitation)
Barn + Knee Mill + Ear

Bonnie: Monty Awl, MONTY HALL
M + On + Tea H + Awl

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CONCENTRATION(syndicated)-September 24, 1976(#975)

gamespeopleplayed July 10, 2024 No Comments

Host: Jack Narz
Announcer: Johnny Olson

Barbara Cunningham (married, three children Brandy (4), Lisa (2) and Scottie (1) (named by booze)
Phil Brockman (married to a Japanese w 2 y.o. Nana Kathleen)

HEAD STARTS:

• 29 DINING ROOM (Broyhill Americana)
• 6 HOME WAVE (Toni)
• 20 MACARONI DINNER (Golden Grain Macaroni and Cheddar)
• 4 DIGITAL WATCHES (Helbros Minicom)

This time Jack is sure, it’s another special game. CALL 3 You get up to three picks each turn, unless you make a match in two.

Barbara 1 (Macaroni Dinner) and 20
9 (Stone-Ware) and 22 (Sheets, Spreads) and 24 (Mattress Set)
Phil 17 (Stone-Ware) and 9 MATCH!
21 (Digital Watches) and 4 MATCH! ($600 Total)
7 (Air Hockey) and 25 (Home Wave) and 6 MATCH!
2 (Take 1 Gift) and 28 LUCKY! (but he can only take the macaroni)
27 (Love Stories) and 10 (Sheets, Spreads) and 22 MATCH!
11 (Take 1 Gift) and 30 (Ice Cr’m Maker) and 8 (Felt Pen)
Barbara 26 (10 Spd. Bikes) and 11 and 3 (Dining Room)
Phil 16 (Felt Pen) and 18 (Take) and 11 MATCH! (but a wasted take)
Guess: GETTING FORTY WINKS WRONG!
15 (Mattress Set) and 26 and 23 (WILD!)
Getting to choose, he takes the Mattress
14 (Air Hockey) and 7 GOAL!
3 and 24 and 19 (10 Spd. Bikes) WHAT A MESS!
Barbara 29 and 3
Guess (after a few sec.): CATCHING FORTY WINKS WIN!

Cat + CH + Ink Fort + Tea Wink + Z

DOUBLE PLAY: Chevrolet Chevette

$100 Puzzle: The Navel A Cat Toe Me, The Naval Academy is in Naples…Annapolis.
She gets the full title before the buzzer.
THE N + Hay + Veil A + Cat + Toe + ME IS Inn “N”+ Apple + Hiss

ROUND 2-Back to Normal

HEAD STARTS:

• 9 VEGAS VAC. (@ California)
• 30 WOOD FINISHER (Wipe-On Zar)
• 11 HOME FIX-ITS (Epoxy Bond)
• 5 REF. FREEZER (Amana)

Phil 29 (Take) and 1 (Lamps)
Barbara 20 (Bonus) and 22 (Vegas Vac.)
Phil 9 and 22 JACKPOT!
5 and 26 (Carpet Prods.)
Barbara 7 (Carpet Prods.) and 26 MATCH!
11 and 1 UGH!
Phil 23 (35mm Camera) and 10 (Bonus)
Barbara 20 and 10
3 (Bonus) and 28 (Home Fix-Its) and 21 (BONUS)
Hope she does better with this one
29 and 6 LUCKY AGAIN! (Vegas is her)
25 (Ref. Freezer) and 5 MATCH!
Guess: AGAINST MY BETTER JUDGMENT WIN! ($1,143)

Egg + H + ST M + Eye Bed + Door Judge + Men + T

DOUBLE PLAY #2

$100 Puzzle: I Love You a Bush Of…I LOVE YOU A BUSHEL AND A PECK (Half of the Time)
Aisle + UV “U” A Bush + Shell & A Peg + K

Car Puzzle: Artur Grange Was Called…NOT GETTING IT!
R + Head GR + Range WUZ K + Awl + D THE Gull + Up Ink G + Hoe + S
RED GRANGE WAS CALLED THE GALLOPING GHOST (Not Gourmet)

MONEY GAME

Barbara 1 (50 Rubles) and 13 (Take)
Neil 30 (Take) and 19 (Wild!) PHEW!
7 (150 Kroner) and 17 (250 Marks)
Barbara 9 (250 Marks) and 17 MATCH!
27 (500 Rupees) and 10 (100 Guilders)
Neil 16 (300 Francs) and 25 (20,000 Yen)
Barbara 11 (2,000 Soles) and 21 (Take)
Neil 24 (25,000 Lire) and 8 (300 Francs)
Barbara 25 and 2 (Take)
Neil 21 and 2 (Takes the Marks)
11 and 27 OOPS!
Barbara 3 (1,000 Pesetas) and 28 (Take)
Neil 15 (Take) and 28 WASTED ANOTHER ONE!
12 (20,000 Yen) and 25 MATCH! ($184 Total)
26 (1,000 Forint) and 5 (500 Rupees)

TIME!

Barbara (after 7 sec.): Faster Than a Speeding Bullet $100 WIN!

Fez + Tear TH + Hen Ace + “B” + Ding Bull + IT

Neil winds up with nothing!
Barbara’s Total: $2,677

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CONCENTRATION(syndicated)-Season 4: #974

gamespeopleplayed June 27, 2024 No Comments

Host: Jack Narz
Announcer: Johnny Olson

Linda Corage(Beverly Hills, CA, teach kindergarten, likes golf, married to golf pro, two children)

Steve Blake(Chugwater, WY, music teacher, visiting Grandma when he applied)

ROUND 1

HEAD STARTS:

• 27 MICRO OVEN (Amana Radarange)
• 1 COFFEE (Nescafe Regular and Decaf)
• 25 HOME WAVE (Toni)
• 3 SOFA BED (Broyhill)

Jack thought this was a special game, but not today.

Linda 2 (Water Sof’ner) and 30 (Take)
Steve 9 (Auto Tires) and 22 (Sofa Bed)
Linda 3 & 22 MATCH!
6 (Drapes) and 28 (Art Books)
Steve 15 (Micro Oven) and 27 MATCH!
2 and 26 (Bonus Number)
Linda 28 and 5 (Bonus Number)
Steve 26 and 5 MATCH!
16 (Take) and 30 (For the Sofa Bed)
21 (Wild!) and Water Sof’ner at 2 (Up to $2,200)
13 (Bonus) and 6 and 7 (Take)
Linda 29 (Rad.-C.B. Combo) and 18 (Coffee)
Steve 1 & 18 MATCH!
7 and 19 (Drapes)
Linda 8 (Home Wave) and 25 RECOVERED!
4 (Garden Tools) and 19 Again
Steve 6 & 19 MATCH!
Guess: THERE’S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT WRONG!
7 and 24 (Garden Tools)
Linda 28 and 12 (Rad.-C.B. Combo) (Not this Time)
Steve 29 & 12 MATCH! ($2,500)
20 (Bonus Number) and 17 (Auto Tires)
Linda 23 (Take) and 13 ANOTHER OOPS!
Steve 20 & 13 MATCH!
2nd Guess: THERE’S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT WIN! ($2,680)

TH + Hair + Z N + Hoe Tie + M Lye + K THE Present

DOUBLE PLAY: Chevrolet Chevette

$100 Puzzle: Rose off…Clothing…Washington Square “Rose of Washington Square” (5 down, 5 to go)
R + Hose Off Wash + Ink + Ton Square

Car Puzzle: There is Nothing Like Dame…There is Nothing Like A Dame (corrected with a second to spare)
TH + Hair Hiss NUTH + Ink L + Eye + “K” D + Hay + M

ROUND 2

HEAD STARTS

• 2 GRAND. CLOCK (Emperor)
• 17 OLIVES (Lindsay)
• 10 HAIR SPRAY (Adorn)
• 24 STEREO (Electrophonic)

Steve 13 (Bridge Set) and 26 (Patio Furn.)
Linda 1 (Take) and 30 (25 LP’s)
Steve 18 (25 LP’s) and 30 MATCH!
Guess: ON THE AIR (An Air sign was revealed)
5 (Olives) and 7 (Cassette Record’r)
Linda 17 & 5 MATCH!
6 (Stereo) and 24 MATCH!
15 (Take) and 3 (Kitchen Appliances) UH-OH!
Steve 1 & 15 (Takes Stereo)
12 (Wild!) and Recorder at 7
Guess: TRIAL AND ERROR HOLY MACKEREL!

TR + Aisle Hand Air + Oar

DOUBLE PLAY #2

$100 Puzzle: “The Rockys are the Tentital…Continental Divide THE ROCKIES ARE THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE” (3 sec. left)
THE Rah + Keys “R” THE Con + 10 + ENT + Awl DIV + Eye + D

Car Puzzle: Care…CAROL BURNETT TIME! STARRED IN PETE & TILLIE
If only he’d finished the first one sooner
K + Hair + Roll B + Urn + Net Star + D Inn Pea + T & Till + “E”

Speaking of time, there’s a few more minutes to play another game.

MONEY ROUND

All squares are foreign currency.

Linda 1 (300 Pesos) and 30 (50 Niaras)
Steve 15 (200 Markkas) and 13 (300 Pesos)
Linda 1 & 13 SI!
Guess: YO HABLO ESPANOL! NOPE!
2 (25 Pounds) and 29 (15,000 Yen)
Steve 11 (Take) and 23 (200 Markkas)
Linda 25 (Take) and 12 (500 Cruzeiros)
Steve 11 & 25 TAKES PESOS!
21 (500 Cruzeiros) and 20 (1,500 Drachmas)
Linda 24 (1,000 Escudos) and 17 (15,000 Yen)

TIME!

And there were at least three matches our players could’ve made. Oh well, the first to solve the revealed puzzle gets $100 (plus Steve’s pesos if it’s him)

Linda (as soon as the board was revealed): We Live in Flor-Hoo…We’ve Heard Enough
Steve: WE LIVE IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS THAT’S BETTER!

Wheel + TV + Fin T + Hoo DIF + Oar + Ant WORLDS

Linda just gets parting gifts.
Steve’s winnings: $3,487 Plus Car

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CONCENTRATION (syndicated)-(first taped episode of Season 4)

gamespeopleplayed June 1, 2024 No Comments

Host: Jack Narz
Announcer: Johnny Olson

Nancy Langley (temporary retired computer programmer, 8-month old girl, Mercedes Elizabeth, plans to stay a stay at home Mom for 7 years)
Millie Zoloto (“Hopefully” permanently retired secretary, now in calligraphy)

ROUND 1

HEAD STARTS:

• 11 LIVING ROOM (Broyhill)
• 20 RICE MIX (Rice-a-Roni)
• 2 COFFEE (Taster’s Choice)
• 23 STEREO SYSTEM (Panasonic Series 2000)

Nancy 25 (Mantle Clock) and 28 (Take 1 Gift)
Millie 6 (Bonus Number) and 15 (WILD!)
5 (Take 1 Gift) and 26 (Rice Mix) and 29 (Rods and Reels)
Nancy 20 & 26 MATCH!
22 (Living Room) and 11 MATCH!
9 (Vacuum) and 18 (Coffee)
Millie 18 & 2 MATCH!
4 (Love Stories [80 Books]) and 19 (Take 1 Gift)
Nancy 5 & 19 (but can only have the coffee)
12 (Mantle Clock) and 29 OOPS!
Millie 9 and 27 (Love Stories)
Nancy 4 & 27
13 (Bonus Number) and 7 (WILD!)
24 (Bonus Number) and 21 on the buzzer LUCKY!
25 and 8 (Take 1 Gift) and 12 MATCH! (Coming up to $2,000)
16 (Vacuum) and 9 MATCH!

Guess: WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK WIN! ($2,070)

W + Her + King Oar + OW + nd The K + Lock

DOUBLE PLAY: Chevrolet Chevette 3 dr. Hatchback

$100 Puzzle: Heart Boiled…HARD-BOILED EGGS (6 sec. left)
Heart B + Oil + d “X”

Car Puzzle: The Hatfields Battled TIME!
The Hat + F + Heel + DZ Bat + Till + d The Mug + OIZ
The Hatfields Battled The McCoys

It’s nice to see you in the flesh.

Millie to Jack as we come back

ROUND 2

HEAD STARTS:

• 27 WASHER & DRYER (Speed Queen)
• 10 HOME WAVE (Toni)
• 18 CAT FOOD (Tabby)
• 6 VEGAS WEEK (@ Union Plaza)

Millie 3 (Lamps) and 20 (Bonus Number)
Nancy 2 (Take) and Back to 18
Millie 9 (Take) & Back to 2 MATCH!
5 (Bonus Number) and 18
Nancy 20 & 5 MATCH!
28 (Bonus) and 12 LUCKY!
21 (P’cases, Sheets) and 14 (Mattress Set) and 8 (Hot Tray) and 1
(Stone-ware)
Millie 11 (WILD!) and 6 for Vegas
15 (Year of Flowers) and 4 (P’cases, Sheets)
Nancy 21 & 4 MATCH!
30 (Take) and 22 LUCKY! (Claims Vegas)
19 (Hot Tray) and 8 MATCH!
10 and 26 (Mattress Set)
Millie 3 and 29 (Home Wave)
Nancy 10 & 29 MATCH!
13 (Lamps) & 3 MATCH!
17 (Stone-ware) & 1 MATCH!
18 and 23 (Year of Flowers) UH-OH!
Millie 23 & 15 MATCH!

Guess: YOU CAN’T BLAME A GUY FOR TRYING WIN!

“U” Can + t B + Lei + M Egg + Eye 4 T + Rye + Ink

And Millie has already walked over behind Jack.

DOUBLE PLAY #2

$100 Puzzle: I WANNA BE…LOVED BY YOU (Halfway Done)
Eye 1 + Na Bee Loaf + D B + Eye “U”
Jack almost said Name That Tune. “That Guy with the funny name would be mad at me”.

Car Puzzle: Magellan was…TIME!
Match + “L” + Hen wuh + Sun Axe + PL + Oar + Ear
…An Explorer

Millie’s Total: $300
Nancy’s Total: $2,170

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