My pal @AdamNedeff is _the_ world authority on game shows. Today he posted on FB what makes his "hobby" worth it: A contestant from "The Price Is Right" contacted him for a show she was on in 1959. He, of course, had and sent it.
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It lasts for maybe 15 seconds before the closing end-credit comes onscreen, and the show quickly fades out.
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I had two sources for this show: The first from a viewer's broadcast capture; the second from a pre-broadcast tape that someone dubbed for me back in 2002. I digitized both on March 31, 2016, the broadcast version first.
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Then the pre-broadcast version. It's the first time I've watched this version after having acquired it 14 years earlier. I'm watching the last act. Claudia begins her performance, the credits appear.
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But the show doesn't fade out. The credits remain up for a while longer, then finally disappears. Her performance continues.
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She does some amazing maneuvers with not just one but three batons simultaneously, at one point generating a "Woah!" from
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This version preserves her entire performance, long after the broadcast has ended, a performance no one outside the studio audience has ever seen.
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So I upload it three days later. Then begins the search: How can I find this woman? I put out the call in the FB/AFL. After a few hours (or minutes),
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It's one of my lowest views on the channel, but that's my favorite. (fini)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JzzBpmbPFU …
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