Vintage Game Show Fan Gifts

'What do you think about that tweet, Grandpa?'

'The History Channel is all reruns.'

"Now our contestant will try to guess which of you is the very last individual of your species."

Before the Internet

Best before 65 million BC.

'We need you to settle a bet -- was 'Twilight Zone' a sitcom or a documentary?'

'Hey...remember T.V.?

'It's O.K. Charlie - you can relax. The T.V. repairman said, 'it can be fixed!''

Dreams I have had...

"An educational toy is my immediate goal, but my long range plan is to get him on Jeapordy!"

Remarkable run-ups 1890-1940

'No Bonanza, no Gunsmoke, no Led Zeppelin... what a sad state of affairs this is! I'm glad I'm not in your generation...'

Adult Barbershop

'Could you pass me my - oh thankyou.'

Lady throws dart to decide which soap opera she's going to watch.

"The official measure of an inch is three iPhones stacked on top of each other."

'..It's just that with all your amazing powers of deduction and elimination, Holmes, I'm just a little surprised that the best solution you can come up with for seeing off the hound of the Baskervilles, is to 'chase them across the moors with a hoover. up

CHANNEL THIRTEEN TAKES ON THE NETWORKS

"It's your final warning...Quit playing the 'Beverly Hillbillies' theme song"

'You've caught a bad chill. You must avoid draughts for a couple of weeks.'

'I've seen nothing I've liked since Victor Meldrew!'

Suzanne Lenglen

Bob Monkhouse

Pandemic Jeopardy

"Perhaps we'd be more likely to reach an agreement if the British delegate would stop shouting 'Deal or no deal' all the time."

Academic Jeopardy - "This was Titian's favorite after-dinner dessert."

When I was a kid watching "Perry Mason" on tv, I always knew that when I grew up I'd spend a lot of time in courtroom. The only part I had wrong was that I always assumed I would be the defendant. ! !

Indians Smoke Signals.

Gameshows before the invention of the wheel. (Square of Fortune).

'What did your grandmother and I do before we had 600 channels? Go ask your 12 aunts and uncles.'

"...but after they hired Vanna White instead of me things really got interesting."

Tea and Sugar Rationing

'Sir Steve Austin is here to see you.'

'Hey, we're doing an office pool on who gets to bust that illegal card game on Main.'

'Dauber Micawber'