Of note: in the UK 'College Bowl' became 'University Challenge' and has basically been running since 1962, with a brief hiatus between 1987 and 1994 when it got a new presenter and moved from ITV to the BBC (although still produced by ITV Studios).
And yes, the questions remain very hard. Adam On Thu, 24 Jun 2021, 10:54 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV, < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > As I mentioned on Jim's FB page, I got three questions in and bailed. > > My memory of the original College Bowl -- and, granted, my age was in the > single digits -- was that the questions were really hard and not > trivia-based. This seems to be on a Celebrity Jeopardy-level of pub quiz > questions. > > The biggest drawback is the Mannings. I realize that, as producers, > they're baked in, but if a show is touting intellectual prowess, Peyton > Manning might not be your best exemplar of that. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 3:03:14 PM UTC-7 Jim Ellwanger wrote: > >> The opening included a montage of clips of the original version, as seen >> on an old-timey TV. For some reason, they put the 1960s NBC peacock in the >> lower right-hand corner of the clips, as if NBC had a logo bug back then - >> a color peacock on the clips that were in color, and a black-and-white >> peacock on the black-and-white clips. (Among other things, note that NBC >> currently positions their logo bug at the lower left.) >> >> Looking forward to NBC’s 100th-anniversary special in 2026! >> >> >> On Jun 23, 2021, at 2:49 PM, Brad Beam <b.b...@suddenlink.net> wrote: >> >> Your starter for 10: >> >> Why didn’t Betty White join her husband on the ‘60s-era “College Bowl” as >> an on-set sidekick? >> [buzzer] >> Time’s up. The answer – Cooper Manning. >> >> _ _ >> |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV >> |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/007501d76879%24affe7760%240ffb6620%24%40suddenlink.net >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/007501d76879%24affe7760%240ffb6620%24%40suddenlink.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/d4992113-130f-4783-8dca-09268150c70cn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/d4992113-130f-4783-8dca-09268150c70cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGCWP3oUtj8tDw6SrMp-wWAP0eywC1BVLiaaV1bWc-rk%3DA%40mail.gmail.com.
