Perfect Match (1994 game show)
Encyclopedia
Perfect Match is the title of an ESPN
game show
which ran October 3 to December 30, 1994; The series was hosted by Ken Ober
(Remote Control
) and co-hosted by Challen Cates
. Lou DiMaggio was the announcer.
-style game by making six matches on a board that had sports figures on them, past and present. Each right answer scored one point in round one and two points in round two. Any time they didn't match, they lost control. The contestant who collected the highest score went on to a bonus round.
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
which ran October 3 to December 30, 1994; The series was hosted by Ken Ober
Ken Ober
Ken Ober was an American game show host, comedian, and actor.- Early life and career :Born Kenneth Oberding in Brookline, Massachusetts, he was raised in Hartford, Connecticut. Ober hosted four game shows over the course of his career. He received his break after appearing as a contestant on Star...
(Remote Control
Remote Control (game show)
Remote Control is a TV game show that ran on MTV for three seasons from 1987 until 1990. It was MTV's first original non-musical program. New episodes were made for first-run syndication in 1989 which were distributed by Viacom...
) and co-hosted by Challen Cates
Challen Cates
Challen Cates is an American independent film producer and actress best known for portraying Mrs. Knight on the TV series, Big Time Rush....
. Lou DiMaggio was the announcer.
Main Game
In each half, two men and two women competed in a ConcentrationConcentration (game show)
Concentration was an American TV game show based on the children's memory game of the same name. Matching cards represented prizes that contestants could win...
-style game by making six matches on a board that had sports figures on them, past and present. Each right answer scored one point in round one and two points in round two. Any time they didn't match, they lost control. The contestant who collected the highest score went on to a bonus round.
Bonus Round
The man and woman who won their half of the game would pair up to match 12 sports figures on a board within 45 seconds. Matching them all won a bonus prize.Home Viewers
Home viewers could participate in special phone games, and the winner each month got $2,500 from Ken.External links
- http://youtube.com/watch?v=XZEgRBhXji4 - One man's unlucky experience on five game shows, with Perfect Match being one of them. It starts at 1:43 and ends at 2:34 in the video.
- http://www.chris-lambert.com/GSP.html - First, click "The Original Game Show Page!", then click "The Sports Game Show Page", then click "The Bench", and scroll down a bit. That's where you'll find info.