| Host | |
| Art James | |
| Models | |
| Ruth Halsey Emily Banks Gunilla Knudson Carolyn White Kristan Johnson Elizabeth Ames | |
| Announcers | |
| Wayne Howell Roger Tuttle (sub) Fred Collins (sub) Mel Brandt (sub) | |
| Broadcast | |
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| Packager | |
| Mark Goodson/Bill Todman Productions | |
ANNOUNCER: It's time to... AUDIENCE: SAAAAAY WHEN!! ANNOUNCER: "Say When!!" (This portion of "Say When!!") is presented by the NBC television network. Here's the host of "Say When!!", Art James!
Say When!! is a 1960s game show where contestants picked prizes while trying not to go over a predetermined amount. This was Art James' first game show, and his only one for Goodson-Todman.
Gameplay
Two contestants picked off prizes from a group of four, with a new prize replacing each one that was chosen. At least one prize in each game was a "blank check", where a player could take between one and a stated maximum amount of cases or units of a given product.
For each prize selected, its value was added to the player's score. The goal was to have the total of all the prizes chosen to come closer to a set amount than his/her opponent without going over. Anything over the goal amount was a loss. To prevent this from happening, a player in control could opt to "say when" (freeze) if s/he thought that none of the remaining prizes would keep them under the limit, forcing the opponent to beat the frozen player without going over the limit.
The winner of each game kept all of the prizes s/he chose, and the first player to win two out of three games won the match and faced a new opponent.
Peter Pan blooper
On an episode following the show's switch to color in 1964, James did a plug for Peter Pan peanut butter which progressed normally until he put a knife into the empty jar. Due to rehearsing the spot many times (including dropping the knife into the jar), the bottom of the jar was weakened enough that the knife went through the bottom of the jar to James' surprise and audience laughter.
He continued doing the commercial until the bottom of the jar came off, causing the commercial to derail shortly afterward.
Episode status
Due to wiping, only a few episodes exist: a test episode (taped 12/20/60), the fifth episode (January 6, 1961), a Friday show sometime between June 30 and September 15, 1961, and the Peter Pan blooper.
The blooper has appeared on various specials, including The Most Outrageous Game Show Moments and Game Show Moments Gone Bananas.
Other Trivia
This was Art James' first game show, and his only one for Goodson/Todman Productions.
Gallery
Tickets
Merchandise
A board game based on the show was released by Parker Brothers in 1961.
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Australian version
The show ran in Australia from 1962-64 on the Nine Network, hosted by Jimmy Hannan and produced by Reg Grundy. It was later revived as Spending Spree from 1971-76, with the same network, host, and producer.[1] The status of these versions is unknown.
Rating
Music
Carmen Manstren
References
YouTube Links
The full 1960 test episode
Intro
A full Friday episode from between June 30-September 15, 1961: Part 1, Part 2
Raw footage of the Peter Pan blooper (1964)