QUICK FACTS

DEBUT DATE:
SEPTEMBER 19, 1983

FINALE DATE:
SEPTEMBER 26, 1986

TOTAL EPISODES
RECORDED: ~790

NETWORK: CBS

HOST:
PETER TOMARKEN

ANNOUNCER:
ROD RODDY

QUOTE:
"BIG BUCKS AND
NO WHAMMIES!"

RANDOM NOTE:
IN 6/1984, MICHAEL LARSON MEMORIZED THE BIG BOARDS PATTERNS, AND WON $110,237!


Hello everyone, and welcome to the "Press Your Luck" section of Xanfan's SuperShow 8000. Anyone that was alive in the eighties or nineties will remember this show, and to this day has remained a cult classic among many teenagers and college students. (Even though many people may be embarrassed to admit that they liked it. :) Most people remember the show for the practically unlimited amount of money you could win, how in a single chance you could lose it all. Or maybe it was those insane contestants that would scream at the top of their lungs at a large, very bright and electronic game board, or perhaps they remember the high-tech Whammy animations that made the show infamously remembered for many years to date.

In SuperShow 8000, you can learn how this show was played, a little more information about some of the crazy contestants that made the show a hit, see some of the infamous Whammy animations, read articles from past issues of "TV Guide", and even learn a little bit about the pilot episode of PYL and the original "Second Chance". Surely, any fan will enjoy these pages. And to begin, all you have to do is choose one of the pages below. And if you have any suggestions, additions or corrections, be sure to let me know. :-)

While this section hasn't been updated in a while, you can now take a look at some of the controls of "That Big Board". When Game Show Network did it's Larson special, we got to see some of the stuff that we didn't get to see at home. Take a look at some of these electronics, it right here and now!

You can watch the original Press Your Luck with host Peter Tomarken every weekday morning at 11:00am eastern time, only on Game Show Network.

HOW IT ALL BEGAN
THE PILOT EPISODE
THE RULES OF THE GAME
ABOUT THAT BIG BOARD
THE MICHAEL LARSON SWEEP
THOSE GREEDY WHAMMIES
ZANY CONTESTANT MOMENTS
PYL WITH A GERMAN TOUCH
PICTURE ARCHIVE