Blank Check (1975)

Directed by

Richard S. Kline

Country

United States

How it feels

A 1970s game show where contestants try to predict things using extrasensory perception instead of knowledge. Art James hosts as players compete for money and prizes.

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What happens

Blank Check is an American game show that aired on NBC from January 6 to July 4, 1975. It was promoted as "television's first ESP game". Art James was the host, with Johnny Jacobs as the announcer (Johnny Gilbert filled occasionally). Packaged by Jack Barry, this show was the first produced by Barry on NBC following the quiz show scandals of the 1950s, and the first of three games Barry produced at NBC in Burbank, California (the other two were Bullseye and Hot Potato, both produced by Barry & Enright). In 1986, Barry & Enright threatened to sue Mark Goodson Productions for copyright infringement regarding the name of a game on The Price Is Right at the time also titled "Blank Check". The game was renamed "Check Game". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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