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Here's another complete broadcast of a rerun of the arcade videogame game show series Starcade (a.k.a. Starcade!) as hosted by Geoff Edwards and transmitted over WTHN Channel 8 in New Haven / Hartford, CT.
The contestants on this edition are (for Team #1) Steve Everett, 12, a 6th-grader and massive video game enthusiast and viola player, and David Everett, 15, a sophomore at Casa Grande High School and French horn player; and (for Team #2) Shawn Kennedy, 13, a middle-schooler who likes to play sports and likes the opposite sex (though not doing very well with same), and his brother Darrell Kennedy, a high school freshman who's into football and skateboarding, both living in Pleasant Hill (?).
The games highlighted in this edition are Star Wars (not played), Anteater, Zoo Keeper, Dorodon and Munch Mobile, with the Grand Prize being the incredibly awesome Tron arcade video game.
By this lineup and the games played, this is listed in an online guide as S04E32, original air date February 8th 1984.
Show voiceovers by Kevin McMahan.
(To see another complete broadcast of this show, go here: youtu.be/vkmJv9H1BD4)
Includes:
Station ID / promo for Muppet Hour
Show open, with Geoff interviewing the members of each team and the games they are to play for the grand prize; they then go to the podiums with the mystery game Star Wars and a question about the poles in a racing track at the Indy 500; the Everetts are the first to get their shot at Zoo Keeper (about which Kevin explains its "plot") for 50 seconds, followed by the Kennedys
Very brief shot of EIA RS-189A color bars
Commercials for:
The Dixwell Children's Creative Art Center
Connecticut Army National Guard
Plug for Alta Mira Hotel, followed by explanation about Tron; after the tabulations of each team in the first round, a question is posed about Bentley Bear's enemy, followed by the next game, Anteater which, after the pertinent explanation Steve and David, followed by Shawn and Darrell, each play for 50 seconds; after an update of the scores of each team, the winners next play the Name of the Game Board, while Kevin gives plugs for $150 assortment of Double Truffle Chocolates and Bionic Chair; at the end of this segment, a question and answer relating to Pengo is shown
Promos for:
Action News (and weatherman Geoff Fox)
"Billy Two Hats" (as part of Marvelous May Movies) (voiceover by Ray Marlin, a main announcer for the station who, to about 1983, also did freelance announcing for WOR Channel 9 in New York)
PSA from Yale-New Haven Hospital and New Haven Ambulance on baseball safety (with Dr. Leonard S. Krassner, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics)
Honoring of 1985 Jefferson Award winners Marilyn Sousa of West Hartford, Mark Patton of Branford, Kay Wyrick of Waterbury, Michael Lohr of Manchester, and June Cameron of New Britain
Question to teams about eggs in Wacko, and the next game to play (for 40 seconds) is Dorodon - which, after explanation, is Everetts first, followed by Kennedys; after another total score tabulation, winners' prize is mentioned: SpectraVideo SV-328 (pronounced by Kevin as "Specter Video") with 112K memory (those were the days)
Promos for:
Action News (with Janet Peckinpaugh)
The Muppet Hour (with guests Candice Bergen and Bruce Forsyth) (voiceover by Ray Marlin)
PSA's from:
Yale-New Haven Hospital and New Haven Hospital on kite flying safety (with Geoff Fox of Action News)
Woodbridge Police Department ("Buckle Up" - urging people to wear seat belts in cars)
Winners select MunchMobile which, after explanation, they play for 30 seconds on path to Grand Prize; after play is over, the end credits
"Hope all your troubles get zapped."
This aired on local New Haven / Hartford TV on Saturday, May 18th 1985 during the 7am to 7:30am timeframe.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
Here's another complete broadcast of a rerun of the arcade videogame game show series Starcade (a.k.a. Starcade!) as hosted by Geoff Edwards and transmitted over WTHN Channel 8 in New Haven / Hartford, CT.
The contestants on this edition are (for Team #1) Steve Everett, 12, a 6th-grader and massive video game enthusiast and viola player, and David Everett, 15, a sophomore at Casa Grande High School and French horn player; and (for Team #2) Shawn Kennedy, 13, a middle-schooler who likes to play sports and likes the opposite sex (though not doing very well with same), and his brother Darrell Kennedy, a high school freshman who's into football and skateboarding, both living in Pleasant Hill (?).
The games highlighted in this edition are Star Wars (not played), Anteater, Zoo Keeper, Dorodon and Munch Mobile, with the Grand Prize being the incredibly awesome Tron arcade video game.
By this lineup and the games played, this is listed in an online guide as S04E32, original air date February 8th 1984.
Show voiceovers by Kevin McMahan.
(To see another complete broadcast of this show, go here: youtu.be/vkmJv9H1BD4)
Includes:
Station ID / promo for Muppet Hour
Show open, with Geoff interviewing the members of each team and the games they are to play for the grand prize; they then go to the podiums with the mystery game Star Wars and a question about the poles in a racing track at the Indy 500; the Everetts are the first to get their shot at Zoo Keeper (about which Kevin explains its "plot") for 50 seconds, followed by the Kennedys
Very brief shot of EIA RS-189A color bars
Commercials for:
The Dixwell Children's Creative Art Center
Connecticut Army National Guard
Plug for Alta Mira Hotel, followed by explanation about Tron; after the tabulations of each team in the first round, a question is posed about Bentley Bear's enemy, followed by the next game, Anteater which, after the pertinent explanation Steve and David, followed by Shawn and Darrell, each play for 50 seconds; after an update of the scores of each team, the winners next play the Name of the Game Board, while Kevin gives plugs for $150 assortment of Double Truffle Chocolates and Bionic Chair; at the end of this segment, a question and answer relating to Pengo is shown
Promos for:
Action News (and weatherman Geoff Fox)
"Billy Two Hats" (as part of Marvelous May Movies) (voiceover by Ray Marlin, a main announcer for the station who, to about 1983, also did freelance announcing for WOR Channel 9 in New York)
PSA from Yale-New Haven Hospital and New Haven Ambulance on baseball safety (with Dr. Leonard S. Krassner, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics)
Honoring of 1985 Jefferson Award winners Marilyn Sousa of West Hartford, Mark Patton of Branford, Kay Wyrick of Waterbury, Michael Lohr of Manchester, and June Cameron of New Britain
Question to teams about eggs in Wacko, and the next game to play (for 40 seconds) is Dorodon - which, after explanation, is Everetts first, followed by Kennedys; after another total score tabulation, winners' prize is mentioned: SpectraVideo SV-328 (pronounced by Kevin as "Specter Video") with 112K memory (those were the days)
Promos for:
Action News (with Janet Peckinpaugh)
The Muppet Hour (with guests Candice Bergen and Bruce Forsyth) (voiceover by Ray Marlin)
PSA's from:
Yale-New Haven Hospital and New Haven Hospital on kite flying safety (with Geoff Fox of Action News)
Woodbridge Police Department ("Buckle Up" - urging people to wear seat belts in cars)
Winners select MunchMobile which, after explanation, they play for 30 seconds on path to Grand Prize; after play is over, the end credits
"Hope all your troubles get zapped."
This aired on local New Haven / Hartford TV on Saturday, May 18th 1985 during the 7am to 7:30am timeframe.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
