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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })1977 ABC Game Show created by Bill Carruthers and hosted by Jim Peck which consisted of two rounds:In the first half of each round, Peck read three general-knowledge questions to three contestants. The contestants had five seconds note (which doesn't seem to have been regularly enforced, based on extant footage) to write their answers on cards, which they placed in front of them; following this, Peck gave a hint as to how many were right/wrong (e.g., "At least two of you are right.") and read off three possible answers, one of which was correct. Players got three spins if they stuck with their original answer and was correct, or one spin for choosing the correct answer on the "second chance".The second half of each round had the players using their spins on the Bonus Board, which had 18 squares containing either cash, a prize (hidden under wrapped-but-generic gift boxes), or a Devil. Stopping the light on a Devil took away all of that player's accumulated money and prizes, with four Devils eliminating that player from the game. The contestant with the highest score after Round 2 won the game.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Chance ran from March 7 to July 15, 1977, replacing The Don Ho Show and itself being replaced by Goodson-Todman's The Better Sex (which itself ended six months later). Six years later, Carruthers reworked the format and CBS bought the result: Press Your Luck.Today, with very little footage known to exist, Chance is an obscurity to most, including some fans of its revivals. It's not without its fans, however, and if nothing else it shows how a classic format was originally rough around the edges.
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Pilot #3: "Today Maggie Brown, Jack Campion, and Lynn Kline will be risking everything they've won every time they play Second Chance! And now here's the man who gives everyone a second chance: Jim Peck!"
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Recycled Soundtrack: The Theme Tune was recycled from the 1976 I've Got a Secret, and later remixed for the Australian Family Feud.
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Four Is Death
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Four Is Death: Getting four Devils knocked you out of the game. Unlike its successors, there was no opportunity to lose a Devil.
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Scenery Porn
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Scenery Porn: The Bonus Board was capable of folding in half, opening and closing multiple times per episode. The show's art director, Ed Flesh, returned in that role for Press. The fact the sets are so similar to each other can probably be attributed to him.
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Game Show Host: Jim Peck, in one of his better shows.
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Transatlantic Equivalent
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Transatlantic Equivalent: An Australian version by Reg Grundy aired for a time in 1977, hosted by Earle Bailey and Christine Broadway. While almost nothing is known about it and nothing is known to exist, Grundy's track record (which would later include an adaptation of Press) suggests it held very close to the American series.
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Opening Narration: Pilot #3: "Today Maggie Brown, Jack Campion, and Lynn Kline will be risking everything they've won every time they play Second Chance! And now here's the man who gives everyone a second chance: Jim Peck!" Series: "It's Second Chance, Hollywood's most exciting new game! And here are today's players: [Players' names, occupations, and hometowns]. And each of them will be risking everything every time they play...Second Chance! And now, here's the man who gives everyone a second chance: Jim Peck!" note (Sometime in June, "each" was changed to "all three".)
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Peck signed off on each episode with "It's never too late to take a second chance."
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The Announcer
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The Announcer: Joe Seiter did the pilots, while Jay Stewart and Jack Clark did the series.
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Promotional Consideration
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Luck-Based Mission
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Luck-Based Mission: The pilots used a single 64-square pattern that went very fast. The series apparently began with nine patterns (with more added following a rather large winner), but by May 31 it was a single 128-square pattern. The light moved faster than on Press, making it even less likely to be memorized.
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Split Screen
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Split Screen: When it was down to the final spin of the final player with spins still remaining, or any spin of said player if s/he had three Devils showing, a split-screen on the Bonus Board would show both that player and the player who would either be the winner if they hit a Devil, or who was in the lead if the player taking the spin wasn't in the lead. The effect would continue until a winner was declared, at which point the divider would slide away to show only the contestant who had won.
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Catchphrase: "Stop!" Peck signed off on each episode with "It's never too late to take a second chance."
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Game Show Winnings Cap: At least the pilots allowed for returning champions. The series was one-and-done from at least May 31 onward, with the only known exception being three-way $0 ties. The show likely also adhered to ABC's then-winnings limit of $20,000.
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Whammy
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Whammy: The Devils. Same function, minus the brief animations. Interestingly, the Whammy was called "that little devil" by Peter Tomarken on the Press pilot (and at least one contestant during the series), suggesting a direct connection between the two.
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Pilot: Three were done in November 1976.
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Bonus Space
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Bonus Space / Extra Turn: Square #4 in Round 2 had a "Free Spin" attached to it for most if not all of the series' run. The square originally awarded $5,000, but by May 31 was changed to a changing eggcrate display ($1,000-$5,000 in $1,000 increments).
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Obvious Beta
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Obvious Beta: In hindsight. Some of Chance's elements were retained for its revivals, while others weren't.
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Department of Redundancy Department: The logo on both the inside and outside of the Bonus Board read "SECOND CHANCE SECOND CHANCE".
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