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Time Machine (1985)

Time Machine poster
Genre
documentary
Country
Australia
Length
1 season, 3 episodes
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Contestants answer trivia questions about pop culture and recent history. They try to name the year when certain events happened to win prizes.

competitivefast-pacednostalgiclightheartedbreezyplayfulenergeticupbeat

What happens

Time Machine is an American game show where contestants compete to answer trivia questions about popular culture and recent history to win prizes. The show aired on NBC from January 7 through April 26, 1985, and was hosted by John Davidson. Charlie Tuna was the announcer, with Rich Jeffries as his substitute. Reg Grundy Productions produced the series, and upon its premiere Time Machine was one of three Grundy series airing on NBC (Sale of the Century, which followed Time Machine on NBC's daytime schedule, and Scrabble were the other two). Most of the questions used focused on nostalgia, popular culture, and recent history, and more specifically what year a particular event occurred. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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