How You Remember Game Shows Vs How Your Grandparents Remember Them

Everyone loves a good game show, but you wouldn't recognize The Price is Right that your grandmother watched.

There's a reason The Price is Right, Jeopardy, and Wheel of Fortune have all been on the air for over 30 years. However, a lot of our beloved game shows have changed drastically over the years.

How Your Grandparents Remember The Price Is Right

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If you asked your grandparents about The Price is Right, you would find out that it didn't always have screaming college students. In the fifties, it was a rather staid affair hosted by perennial game show host Bill Cullen.

The Show You Know

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Crazy college students, staying home from school because you're sick, and Rod Roddy stealing outfits from Elton John is how you remember The Price Is Right. Bob Barker may have been the host, but he acted more like a ringmaster.

How Your Grandparents Remember Wheel of Fortune

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Before Wheel of Fortune settled into its current format, the show inexplicably took the concept of showcases from The Price is Right. Instead of taking home cash, the contestants had to buy prizes, which included a ceramic dalmatian for some reason.

What We Watch

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While Pat Sajak hasn't been with the show from the beginning, he has been with the show through every iteration. From shopping to the million dollar bonus space, he's seen it all. There is no Wheel of Fortune without Pat Sajak and Vanna White.

How Your Grandparents Remember Hollywood Squares

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Hollywood Squares embraced the 70s with open arms. Everything from the outfits to the celebrities blurting out every racy double entendre in the book to Paul Lyde technically-being-in-the-closet-but-everyone-knows-he's-gay made the show hilarious.

What You Grew Up With

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Tom Bergeron, Whoopi Goldberg, and Gilbert Gottfried were perfect together on the 1998-2004 rival of Hollywood Squares. Sure, this version didn't age much better than its predecessor, but it shows that the 90s were a magical time that can't be explained.

How Your Grandparents Remember Jeopardy!

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These days you can't have Jeopardy! without Alex Trebek. However, there was a time no one could imagine the show without Art Fleming. Fleming's Jeopardy! is just as challenging, but doesn't make you feel like you need an Ivy League education.

Alex Trebek Makes the Show

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Alex Trebek never ceases to amaze the world when he breaks out of "stodgy old college professor mode."

Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, and The Price is Right all have lasted longer in their present forms than in their original versions, which proves that a successful revival or change requires more than making the grand prize a million dollars and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? style lighting.