TV Series

Series Name:	Runaround
Format:	TV Series
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Years:	1972 - 1973
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Genre:	Game Show, Children & Family
Rating:	9.0 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	1 Has Seen
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Selected Cast	Paul Winchell as Host

Notes

A live-action game show for kids - from the producers of "The Hollywood Squares" - hosted by Paul Winchell.

Winchell gave the child contestants a choice of three answers following a sketch or sound clue, and the kids would have to run to the correct answer. Winchell then gave the kids who weren't sure of the right answer a chance to run to the one they believed was correct, after which he announced, "When you hear the click, you gotta stick!" Then Winchell used a clicker to make the sound, after which, when the answer was about to be revealed, the lights in the auditorium dimmed and the correct answer panel under which the kids stood was illuminated. The kids then collected a token for themselves, and whoever had the most tokens at game's end won prizes.

Originally aired from September 9, 1972 to September 1, 1973 as part of NBC's "Terrific Ten" Saturday morning lineup. 13 half-hour episodes were produced in this series.

Sadly, *no* surviving videotapes of "Runaround" exist and the show is now *lost forever,* since NBC erased said tapes around 1975 to use for other programs (MGM Worldwide Television, who eventually came to own most of Heatter-Quigley Productions' library, *still* owns the rights to the "Runaround" title and format).

Comments and Reviews


Pridesale 16th Oct 2016		We dont have a Linked Release feature on here, which might be useful for game show licenced formats accross countrys. For the UK version maybe Bob Monkhouse's VHS tapes has some of Mike Reid's stuff?



23skidoo ● 2nd Oct 2016		@moax429 - As you did the research on the statement that NBC erased the tapes, if they erased them then they're gone. Johnny Carson mentioned many times that NBC erased many of the Tonight Show episodes from the 1960s and he didn't have copies of the broadcasts and he was the most powerful man on the network. They even erased Carson's very first episode, though audio survived so they were able to use that when Carson did his final retrospectives. Celebs don't always keep copies of things they appear in, even if they're involved in the production. It's a shame so many productions were erased; the BBC's destruction of so many priceless hours of drama productions such as Doctor Who was very sad. All but two episodes and a bit of the first series of The Avengers is also lost and that was ITV's fault.



moax429 2nd Oct 2016		23skidoo: I was the one who submitted the notes. But if you say Winchell's estate would likely not have any copies, then thanks for elucidating. (I always thought the stars of a show got a copy of a tape for themselves, much like Jackie Gleason got kinescopes of the "lost" Honeymooners episodes after they first aired in the 50's. Only Gleason was smart to have kept all the copies he owned of those "lost" episodes in his own refrigerated vault until he decided to release them in the summer of 1985.)



henry29 2nd Oct 2016		Here In the UK It was Mike Reid Who hosted the show.Here RRRRRRRRRRUUUUUNNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAARRRRAAAAAANNNNN NNNNNNNNAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR. H>



23skidoo ● 1st Oct 2016		@moax429. The notes say no episodes survive, so sadly the odds are Winchell's people probably don't have them either.



moax429 1st Oct 2016		I can only hope Paul Winchell's estate owns all 13 episodes of Runaround and contract with MGM, Shout! Factory or some other DVD label and put them all on DVD. I distinctly remember this show - I was only 10 when it premiered - and seeing it again would bring back some pleasant, untapped memories. I especially enjoyed Runaround because I also remember writing to the TV question-and-answer column of the Lansing (Michigan) State Journal in January 1973, asking them if they knew if the show would return that fall. To which they replied they weren't sure - it was too soon to know at that time since no information from NBC was available yet - but that Runaround "had fairly good ratings and we'd say it's a good bet to be back." Wrong! That fall, NBC replaced Runaround with Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, which ran for two years. (And to be sure, I got some ribbing from my classmates in school about my letter in the paper - but hey, it was worth a shot, and I had my 15 minutes of fame.)

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