Game show with whammy

A game of wits, strategy and high stakes as contestants try to avoid the iconic WHAMMY for a chance at life-changing cash and prizes. Sign In. Episode guide. Play trailer Family Game-Show. Creator Chester Feldman. Top credits Creator Chester Feldman. See more at IMDbPro. Episodes Browse episodes. Top Top-rated. An animation will play in front of the contestant. In the pilot, there was only one where the Whammy came in laughing and jumping, using his hammer to wipe out the contestant's money.

Early in the s series, especially in , due to the limited number of Whammy animations used during that period, some Whammy animations were shown more than once on a single episode.

At least one episode in had a certain Whammy animation shown three times! Duplication of Whammy animation appearances became less prevalent sometime in due to the broader variety of animations. A former staffer who worked on series from to did mention that when contestants hit a Whammy with zero dollars, or a very low total, a quick Whammy animation would be played, whereas a larger amount being lost would mean a longer Whammy animation.

There is also speculation that quicker Whammy animations may have been used despite a large amount being lost because of a prolonged round due to a lot of spins being used; and longer Whammy animations may have been shown regardless of the total if the total number of spins earned for a round was quite low - this may have been done as a time-filler.

During the s series, on some occasions, a Whammy animation would be played as a "callback" to a question about a specific person or thing asked in the most recent question round i.

Kari Richards Self as Self. Pamela Hill Self as Self. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Three contestants competed in this three-round game. The first round was the Bonus Board, where contestants faced an space oval-shaped PYL board containing cash amounts, the names of prizes and Whammy spaces the latter explained later. One at a time, the contestants stopped a randomly-flashing cursor by pressing their signaling device and usually the scream "STOP".

The contestant wins whatever appears in the lit space. If they hit a Whammy space, a humorous 3-D computer-animated sequence starring the Whammy, a hedgehog-like devil played and the contestant lost all their winnings up to that point. In both cases, control then passed to the next contestant.

Here, host Newton asked a toss-up question; the first to ring in provided his answer. That answer, plus two other possible answers were shown and the other two contestants given a chance to select from the three. A correct answer earned the first player three spins and the opponents one spin apiece; a wrong answer meant no spins for that player. Five such questions were played, with the players using their accumulated spins in the Final Bonus Board round. Like in the classic game, contestants could pass their earned spins to opponents usually the highest scoring opponent to that point if they feared landing on a Whammy; the opponent had to use those spins.

David Thomas. May 26, pm. March 4, am. Cathy Meadows. March 1, am. I loved the show. They have reruns now.

I watch that and will watch the reboot one. February 28, pm.