Aug 05
Back. Again.
Christopher Knight, who will forever be known as Peter from The Brady Bunch, has a new job this fall. He is hosting a new game show version of the board game Trivial Pursuit.
Let’s review a little history, shall we?
The Brady Bunch, which premiered in 1969, ended its original ABC run in 1974.
Ten years later, in 1984, Trivial Pursuit, the board game, hit its peak. Its peak, mind you.
Ten years later, in 1994, Wink Martindale was hosting the first television game show based on the board game. It premiered in 1993, lasted until 1995, and was largely forgotten. Mercifully.
Ten years later, in 2004, Roger Lodge hosted ESPN Trivial Pursuit. It lasted a whopping five episodes.
I can certainly see why they didn’t wait until 2014 to launch this program: at the rate they’re going, it might not have lasted through the first commercial break.
August 5th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
I don’t remember either version of the tv games, but TP has always been one of my favorites. And Peter is by far the most cordial Brady. So here’s hoping it’s better than alot of the drivel that passes for “game shows” today.