All Star Secrets

Infobox Television
show_name = All Star Secrets


caption = All Star Secrets title logo.
format = Game show
runtime = 30 minutes
creator = Eubanks-Hill productions
starring = Bob Eubanks, Charlie O'Donnell (announcer)
country = USA
network = NBC
first_aired = January 8
last_aired = August 10, 1979

All Star Secrets was an NBC daytime game show the aired from January 8 to August 10, 1979. A Hill-Eubanks Production, the show was hosted by co-creator Bob Eubanks and announced first by Charlie O'Donnell, but due to conflicts with his announcing duties on "Wheel Of Fortune", he was later replaced by Tony McClay, who was a sub-announcer on Eubanks' famed game show "The Newlywed Game".

Gameplay

Three contestants were told some interesting secrets about a panel of five stars. The secrets were given to the producers beforehand in an interview, and the contestants job was to match the secret to the celebrity that gave that secret.

On each secret, a randomizer shuffled money amounts ranging from $120 - $300, and it stops when a player presses a button. The host Eubanks posed the secret and eliminated one stars that did not have the secret whom for fun chose which star had that secret. The contestants then secretly chose which star gave the secret, and then the star was revealed. A correct answer won money according how many contestants got it right; if two or all three players were correct, they split the money (1/3 for all three, and 1/2 for two), but if only one player got it, he/she got the whole pot.

Money values increased at several points of the game. In the final round, all three players would attempt to identify one final secret, called the "Blind Item", which was worth $1,500. In the final round, no stars were able to guess who they thought was the person who had the secret. The player with the most money at the end of the game was the winner, kept the money they earned during the game and won prizes.

In the final segment, and during the end credits, Eubanks would sometimes bring in someone that was related to a secret one of the celebrities had; or he would bring in an item mentioned by a celebrity during the game.

Notable Celebrities

A number of people who rarely made television game show appearances participated in the show, including Wilt Chamberlain and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Pilots

The show was originally going to be called "Celebrity Secrets", but was changed at the last minute; had its planned 1989 revival made it to air (see below), it would have used said title.

A syndicated revival was planned for the 1989-90 season (as part of a game show block that included Jackpot, Talk About, and The Last Word), but was scrapped after the show's distributor ran into financial problems.

Episode Status

The episode status is unknown. However, one Studio Master, as well as three episodes that were originally recorded off of television, all exist on the trading circuit today.

External links

* [http://www.tv.com/all-star-secrets/show/30337/summary.html TV.com entry for "All Star Secrets"]