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Jokers Wild is a British comedy panel game show that originally aired on ITV from 9 July 1969 to 20 November 1974. It was hosted by Barry Cryer.
Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! was a special once-weekly version of The Joker's Wild, with Barry hosting, in which children competed with appropriately-themed subject matter. Prior to its debut, beginning in 1973, The Joker's Wild featured children playing every year around Easter. The format was essentially the same, with some slight alterations.
The Joker's Wild (Opening Theme From 1978 to 1986) "The Savers" - Hal Hidey (2:12) College Bowl (Opening Theme From 1959 to 1970) - Don Reid (1:20) The Wizard of Odds (Opening Theme From 1973 to 1974) "It's the Wizard of Odds" - Alan Thicke (3:28) The Dating Game (Opening Theme From 1978 to 1980) - Chuck Barris & David Mook (2:31)
Barry and Enright then relaunched The Joker's Wild for first-run syndication in 1977, and the following year they reacquired the rights to their old 1950s series Tic Tac Dough from NBC, for CBS and syndication. Although TTD was cancelled by CBS, the syndicated version became a hit and ran until 1986.
Opening title sequences used to regularly be long and leisurely, trotting out the names and/or faces of cast members, punctuated by glimpses of their fictional world. The Fall Guy (set …
The show replaced The Joker's Wild on CBS' daytime schedule and debuted on June 16, 1975, but was cancelled after 12 weeks on September 5, 1975. Spin-Off originated in Studios 31, 33 and 41 at Television City Studios in Hollywood, California. [2] The theme song was remixed in another Nicholson-Muir game show Super Pay Cards.
Joker's Wild consists of seven tag team matches, where partners are picked by a random lottery. The winning teams advance to the main event, a 14-man battle royal for the chance to win a $100,000 prize.
Autry overhauled the station's schedule and dropped most of the game and variety shows, and Barry lost his job with the station in August 1964. Barry spent the next two years working primarily as a game show consultant to other producers. Barry even dabbled in acting, playing a newsman on the premiere of the mid-1960s TV series Batman.