Bowling for Dollars
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Bowling for Dollars
Genre Game show
Created by Bert Claster
Presented by Various (see below)
Narrated by Various (see below)
Country of origin United States
Production
Location(s) Various locations throughout America
Running time 30 minutes (usually)
Broadcast
Original channel Various local stations
Original run 1960s – Present
Bowling for Dollars was a television game show on which people could play the sport of bowling to win cash and sometimes prizes based on how well they bowled.[citation needed]
Unlike most TV game shows of the time, which were taped in New York or Hollywood and broadcast nationally, Bowling for Dollars was produced by local TV stations and only had contestants from the immediate area. The show was actually a franchise, created by Bert Claster of Claster Television, also the creator of Romper Room. Episodes of Bowling for Dollars were taped either in a local bowling alley, or on a pair of bowling lanes constructed right inside the TV studio.
The show reached its heyday in the 1970s. The most recent station to air the format was Buffalo, New York's WGRZ-TV, in an abbreviated format from January to February 2008.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_for_Dollars#Gameplay
This was a popular show in NY. I watched it many times. Yes, I know...I'm old. Change the 1970 dollars into today's dollars and you have a format for a pool show. The big thing with Bowling for dollars was that the bowler picked a post card out of a barrel and that preson picked won whatever the bowler won. Johnnyt
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Bowling for Dollars
Genre Game show
Created by Bert Claster
Presented by Various (see below)
Narrated by Various (see below)
Country of origin United States
Production
Location(s) Various locations throughout America
Running time 30 minutes (usually)
Broadcast
Original channel Various local stations
Original run 1960s – Present
Bowling for Dollars was a television game show on which people could play the sport of bowling to win cash and sometimes prizes based on how well they bowled.[citation needed]
Unlike most TV game shows of the time, which were taped in New York or Hollywood and broadcast nationally, Bowling for Dollars was produced by local TV stations and only had contestants from the immediate area. The show was actually a franchise, created by Bert Claster of Claster Television, also the creator of Romper Room. Episodes of Bowling for Dollars were taped either in a local bowling alley, or on a pair of bowling lanes constructed right inside the TV studio.
The show reached its heyday in the 1970s. The most recent station to air the format was Buffalo, New York's WGRZ-TV, in an abbreviated format from January to February 2008.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_for_Dollars#Gameplay
This was a popular show in NY. I watched it many times. Yes, I know...I'm old. Change the 1970 dollars into today's dollars and you have a format for a pool show. The big thing with Bowling for dollars was that the bowler picked a post card out of a barrel and that preson picked won whatever the bowler won. Johnnyt
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