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The original Dream House was hosted by Mike Darow [1] with Chet Gould announcing. [1] Bob Eubanks hosted the revival series [1] with Johnny Gilbert [1] as announcer. The ABC version was recorded in New York City, [1] while the NBC run was staged at the network's studios in Burbank, California. [1]
The original Dream House was hosted by Mike Darow with Chet Gould announcing. Bob Eubanks hosted the revival series with Johnny Gilbert as announcer. The ABC version was recorded in New York City, while the NBC run was staged at the network's studios in Burbank, California. 1968–70
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1960s SERIES SPIEL: "This is (insert wife's name) and (insert husband's name and last name of the couple), and challenging them: (insert wife's name) and (insert husband's name and last name of the couple). The prize, their dream of a lifetime Dream House! Where young married couples can win the home of their choice built for them somewhere in the United States. A dream house and furnishings worth more than… $40,000. And now, here's your host, Mike Darow!"
1983 PILOT SPIEL: "Welcome to Dream House. These are our returning champions, Peggy and Tim Curry. They're making their 3rd appearance on Dream House. So far, they've won a new kitchen, a complete bedroom, and cash. All worth over $14,000. They're playing for this beautiful tudor home that features 4 spacious bedrooms and a complete family room built by Ryland Homes. It's worth over $100,000. And these are our challengers, Ron and Nancy Ashtenende. They have 2 children, 2 dogs, and live in a 2-bedroom apartment. They need a house. They're hoping to win this gracious colonial home with a master suite and 3 family bedrooms. Built by the General Development Corporation. A house worth over $100,000. All this can come true, today on Dream House! And now, here's the host of Dream House, BOB EUBANKS!"
1983 EARLY SERIES SPIEL: "Welcome to Dream House. Today, one of these 2 couples could win a fabulous new home. Will it be (insert couple)? Today, they'll make their (insert number) attempt to win this (insert type of home). Or, will it be (insert couple)? Today, in their first appearance on Dream House, they're playing for the (insert type of home). And now, here's the man with the key to your dream house, Mr. Bob Eubanks!"
1983-84 2ND MAIN GAME FORMAT SPIEL: "Welcome to Dream House, where in the past (insert number) months, we have given away over (insert amount) in houses, cash and prizes and one of these couples will add to that total. This is (insert couple); Today, they'll make their (insert number) attempt to win this (insert type of home). And this is (insert couple) who is trying to win this (insert type of home). And now, here's the man with the key to your dream house, Mr. Bob Eubanks!"
1984 3RD MAIN GAME FORMAT SPIEL: "Today on Dream House, our returning champions (insert couple) will make their (insert number) attempt to win a dream house and prizes worth over $100,000. And who in our audience will be their challengers? Well, today, get set for a chance to make your dreams come true, (insert couple)! And now, here's the man with the key to your dream house, Mr. Bob Eubanks!"
featured married couples answering questions to win a new house.
Two couples competed in this two-year run version. Mike would ask a question and the first player to buzz in got to answer. If s/he was right, the couple received 5 points, but an incorrect answer gave the opposing couple(s) a chance to answer for 10 points. When a player answered correctly, s/he was locked out of the next question. At two minutes (2:00) left in the game (which lasted from four to five minutes) point values were doubled.
At the end of the game, the "Catch-Up Round" was played, where the couple that was trailing chose one last question from 10 to 50 points (in 10 point increments). If they answered correctly, then the other couple got one last chance. The couple with the most points won the game and a room full of furniture.
Couples who won seven rooms on the daytime version (four on the 1968 primetime version) won either a new house of their own (worth over $40,000, plus $7,000 to purchase land) or $20,000 in cash.
Starting by no later than September 1969, three couples competed in the first round which was mostly played the same as the two-couple format, except that only during that first round would everybody play every question. The two highest-scoring couples advanced to the next round, played exactly the same as the previous two-couple format and the "Catch-Up Round" questions were worth anywhere from 20 to 100 points (in 20 point increments). Five-time champions were offered an airplane by surrendering the chance to win two more games, and seven-time champions won their choice of either their new house or $20,000 cash.
Main Game
Two married couples (one of them being returning champions) competed. Bob would read a true/false toss-up question and the first player to buzz in got to answer. If that player buzzed in before the question was finished, the opposing couple got a chance to answer. If s/he was right, the couple received $50 and control of a board with four categories, but an incorrect answer gave the $50 and control to the opposing couple. The couple in control chose one of the categories, Bob would read a multiple-choice question related to the chosen category with three possible answers, and the couple would then choose an answer. Then after the couple gave their answer, the opposing couple could challenge and give their own answer (they could challenge no more than twice). The couple with the correct answer received $100 (plus $50 for an unsuccessful challenge). The round continued until all four categories were used. Two rounds were played and the couple in the lead after Round 1 won a prize; if Round 1 ended in a tie, one true/false toss-up was played with the winners of that question winning the prize. Round 2 was played the same as the first round but with four new categories, plus a couple could double the value of a question before it was asked. The couple with the most money after the two rounds won the game; if the game ended in a tie, one final true/false toss-up was played with the winners of that question winning the game. The winning couple won a room of furniture and went to the bonus round. Win or lose, each couple got to keep whatever cash and/or prizes they've earned.
Bonus Round
The winning couple tried to win their dream house by guessing a combination to unlock the "Golden Doors". They were shown 3 rows of 4 numbers, for example: 9852 4982 5984 Each time the champions made it to the bonus round, a wrong number was removed from the lock. For a brief period, a wrong number was removed at the start of the champions first trip to the bonus round, for most of the run, however, a wrong number wasn't. In 1984, a wrong number could also be removed at the start of the bonus round if the couple answered a question correctly in the front game if they landed on "No. Off" on their "Money Machine". The couple was shown three categories and they chose one. Bob would then ask the couple three questions related to the chosen category, each with two possible answers. Each correct answer removed another wrong number. Answering the first question correctly removed a wrong number from the top row, answering the second question correctly removed a wrong number from the middle row, and answering the last question correctly removed a wrong number from the bottom row. After all three questions were asked and any wrong numbers removed, the couple entered the combination. It took a 3 number combination to open the "Golden Doors" with the couple choosing a number from the top row as the first number in the combination, choosing a number from the middle row as the second number, and choosing a number from the bottom row as the third number. Once the combination was entered, it couldn't be changed. The couple then pressed the time-release bar. When they did, if the "Golden Doors" lit up and opened, the combination was correct, the couple won their dream house worth over $100,000 and retired undefeated. If not, Bob would reveal the correct combination and the couple came back the next show. Couples could also win their dream house if they remained champions for 7 days, After the show's first two weeks on the air, it was reduced to 5 and later raised to 6. On days when a championship couple could win the house instantly, a plunger would pop out of Bob's podium (which was a "hotline switch" or "circuit breaker") and all the couple had to do was press it and the "Golden Doors" automatically opened. Houses in this version cost between $70,000 and $80,000 with up to $15,000 awarded for the land.
Pilot
There were several differences in the pilot, taped in February 1983 on a slightly altered set.
322 (1983–1984 NBC version; Don Reid's son mistakenly said the final count was 395)
1983 Pilot House Music - by Score Productions
1983 Main - "Charade" by Michael Malone (the theme was also used in the unsold pilot Let's Get Personal hosted by Chuck Woolery in 1982)
•The studio master tapes of the 1968-70 were erased by ABC and no longer exist.
•In a Summer 1969 article of TV Guide, 24 houses had been given away in the shows' first 14 months on the air and none of the houses won to that point had been completed and some of the winning couples had to borrow more than the $7,000 that the show awarded to purchase land. Soon after, the above changes were made in game play, but the damage was already done as ratings began to fall and ABC cancelled Dream House with the January 2, 1970 episode.
•On the final episode of the 1968-70 ABC version, host Mike Darow, standing on an empty-darkened stage, sang a chorus of "The Party's Over" and then announced "Yes, the party is over for Dream House, but in the 21 months we've been on the air we've given away well over XX hundred thousand dollars in prizes". Darow continued singing "The Party's Over" during the show's closing credits.
•Although NBC ceased wiping game shows by the time the 1983-84 revival of the show was in production, only a small number of episodes from the revival survive, mostly from off-air recordings.
•On the last episode of the 1983-84 NBC revival series, the final winning couple won their house and then host Bob Eubanks, surrounded by model Debbie Bartlett, announcer Johnny Gilbert and most of the show's staff in the audience seats, gave his farewell speech in a coherent fashion and closed out the series by saying "never a good-bye in this business, just so long and we will see you next time".
•All of the original studio master tapes (as well as the other various production materials and music from the show) were held in the home of Don Reid, and got destroyed in a flood.
A board game based on the ABC era was made by Milton Bradley.
In this game hosted by Mike Darrow, two couples, including a returning champion, competed to win a brand new home worth $40,000 or more. The game was a basic general knowledge quiz, with several rounds played and multiple-choice and true-false questions asked.
The first version was hosted by Mike Darrow with Chet Gould providing the voiceover, while the 1980s version was hosted by Bob Eubanks with Johnny Gilbert as announcer. The ABC version was recorded in New York City, while the NBC run was staged at the network's studios in Burbank, California. Series Cast.
Dream House: Created by Don Reid, Richard Reid. With Bob Eubanks, Johnny Gilbert, Debbie Bartlett. Revival of the 1968-1970 game show, where couples competed to answer questions and possibly win a new house.
The original Dream House was hosted by Mike Darow with Chet Gould announcing. Bob Eubanks hosted the revival series with Johnny Gilbert as announcer. The ABC version was recorded in New York City, while the NBC run was staged at the network's studios in Burbank, California.
