| SPLIT SECOND A Stefan Hatos/Monty Hall Production air dates: 3/20/72-6/27/75 on ABC, syndicated 12/86-9/87 by Viacom hosts: Tom Kennedy (ABC), Monty Hall (syn.) announcers: Jack Clark (ABC), Sandy Hoyt (syn.) HOW TO PLAY: Three contestants would be read a three-part question with the tree parts being displayed on the board. The first player to ring in selected any part of the question and gave an answer. If correct, the next player to signal would answer any one of the remaining two parts. If the first player gave an incorrect answer, the next player to signal answered one of all three parts. The last player to signal would select any part which had not been answered correctly as of yet. Sometimes a question with at least three correct answers would be read without the use of the board. Each player who gave a correct answer would be paid as follows: |
If all 3 players answered correctly: If two players answered correctly: If only one player answered correctly: |
| Round one on ABC: $5 $10 $25 |
| Round two on ABC, round one on syndicated run: $10 $25 $50 |
| Round two on syndicated run: $20 $50 $100 |
| In each round on the ABC version, the first player to score for a "singleton" won a bonus prize. After the second round, the Countdown Round decided who became the champion. On the ABC version, the player who earned the most money in the first two rounds needed to give 3 correct answers in order to win the game, while the player earning the second highest cash amount needed 4 right answers and the player racking up the least amount of dough needed 5 right answers. On the syndicated version, these numbers increased to 4, 5, and 6. The first player to ring in answered as many of the three parts as possible. One wrong answer gave the next player to signal a chance to answer any parts which have not been answered correctly. On each question, a player may answer one, two, or all three parts. The first player to reach 0 became the champeen! The bonus round on the ABC version involved the champion selecting one of five keys, each of which was assigned to one of five Pontiacs. The champ selected the car which (s)he felt his/her key would start. If the car started, (s)he won the car and a cash prize that started at $1,000 and increased by $500 a day until won, and retired as champion. If unsucessful, the champ returned on the next show. If (s)he defended his/her title, (s)he tried his/her key in one of the remaining cars. If the champ lost the bonus game four times but won a fifth game, (s)he won the cash prize and the car of his/her choice and retired undefeated. On the final episode, the champ was unsuccessful at the bonus game, but won the car anyway! The cash bonus was split between the other two players. In the bonus game on the syndicated edition, the champion selected on of five panels, one of which hid the word "car" while each of the other four panels hid $1,000. If the car was won, (s)he retired undefeated. If $1,000 was won, That screen was eliminated from the champ's next selection should (s)he defend his/her title. This later changed so that 3 of the 5 screens concealed the word "car" whille each of the other two hid a prize. The player won the car by turning over all 3 "cars". If one of the other two panels was turned over, the player may take that prize and retire undefeated of return on the next show. OTHER TIDBITS: The opening theme from the ABC version was later reused as a car cue on The All-New Let's Make A Deal. Monty Hall doubled as judge on the syndicated version, reruns of which aired during the mid-'90s on The Family Channel. Back to my game show joint or my homepage. |