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Production was initially credited to the Bud Austin Company, then later changed to Jay Wolpert Productions in association with Burt Sugarman Inc. The animated opening sequence, featuring a woman named Bridget evading an array of villains, was produced by Hanna-Barbera.
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Whew!originally featured two contestants (one of whom was usually the show's reigning champion) competing in a best two-out-of-three match by correcting bloopers relating to specific categories, a different one for each round. The main portion of the game was played on a six level game board containing a total of twenty-eight squares and each square had a hidden blooper behind it: level six (the top level), contained three squares worth $200, $350 and $500 respectively, whereas the remaining...
The Gauntlet of Villains
The Gauntlet of Villains was a line of ten wooden caricatures of stereotypical villains, each of which had a small television monitor embedded in its chest (a "telly-belly") and a metal mechanical arm acting as a gate-like barrier. Their names were as follows: 1. Alphonse the Gangster 2. Bruno the Headsman 3. Mr. Van Louse the Landlord 4. Nero the Fiddler 5. Count Nibbleneck the Vampire 6. Frank and his little friend Stein 7. Kid Rotten the Gunslinger 8. Jeremy Swash the Pirate 9. Dr. Derange...
Effective November 5, 1979, Whew! was changed to Celebrity Whew!in an effort to boost the show's ratings. The game was now played with two celebrity-contestant teams, and the rules were basically still the same as before, but with some changes. Now, team members shared blocking and charging duties (for teams that were blocking, both the celebrity a...
Pilot - Richard Davies (KPM Music) "L.A. Express" "The Big Event" Main - Alan Thicke Alternate Contestant Cue - "Pomp and Circumstance" by Elgar
The format of correcting statements would later be reworked into the question round on the Disney Channel game show Mad Libs and the bonus round of the 2004 game show Balderdash.The entirety of Whew!is completely intact, as Burt Sugarman owns all the episodes.Some of the show's sound effects were later used in the 1988 game show Blackout.Some of the show's bonus round sound effects were later used in the 1990 game show Rodeo Drive.A board game version of Whew!was going to be released by Ideal in 1980, but the game was cancelled before it got released due to the tv show’s poor ratings and eventual cancellation that Spring.
Pie in the Sky- An unsold pilot that was also created by Jay Wolpert and announced by Rod Roddy which also featured trivia "bloopers" hosted by Bob Goen in 1984.
Jay's Whew! Page ClassicGameShows.com: Whew! (created by Whew! champion Randy Amasia) Game Show Utopia: Whew!
This is the production company of Bud Austin. Logo (March 14, 1978-March 19, 1983) Visuals: Superimposed into the end credits is Bud Austin's signature with the words "A" and "PRODUCTION" over and underneath it.
Bud Austin. Producer: Johnny Dangerously. Bud Austin was born on 31 December 1919. He was a producer, known for Johnny Dangerously (1984), Whew! (1979) and Klein Time (1977). He died on 31 May 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Jun 5, 1986 · Harold (Bud) Austin, a television and motion picture producer, died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he had undergone heart surgery. He was 66. Most recently he was a producer at...
