| rdfs:comment | - __WIKIA_BANNER__ "When crime is on the rise, danger is sure to come down." — Tagline, from the front cover Winner Take All is the 85th book in the The Hardy Boys Casefiles series.
- 1951 INTRO (TV): "KRAMER: Do you wanna be a winner? AUDIENCE: YES! KRAMER: Play Winner Take All! (do it!) Yes, it's Winner Take All, with songs and dances by Betty Jane Watson, Jerry Austen, and Howard Malone. With music and surprises, questions and prizes. And your Winner Take All host, Barry Gray!" 1952 INTRO (STANDALONE SERIES): "PARDO: Do you want to be a winner? AUDIENCE: YES! PARDO: Then sound your buzzer! [BZZZ!] Sound your bell! [RIIIING] And play Winner Take All with our Winner Take All quizmaster Bill Cullen!"
- Game Show that was the first Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production, which ran on CBS and NBC from 1946-52. Two contestants (one signified by a buzzer, the other by a bell) competed to answer general-knowledge questions, with a wrong answer giving the opponent a free guess. First to score three points won the game and a nice prize, then faced off against another challenger. Occasionally, the contestants would be blindfolded and try to figure out what item they were given to hold.
- Jason, Hercules, Iolaus, as well as Lilith go to Corinth for the games. They are competing. Jason comments to Hercules that this is the last year he will be partaking in the games because next year he will be king. Hercules tries to stop a bully fellow competitor, Pollux, from picking on someone and discovers that Pollux and his brother Castor are also his half-brothers since they share the same father, Zeus. Hercules tries to bond with his new brothers and in the process alienates his friends. In the end our guys are friends again and Castor and Pollux leave.
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| abstract | - Game Show that was the first Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production, which ran on CBS and NBC from 1946-52. Two contestants (one signified by a buzzer, the other by a bell) competed to answer general-knowledge questions, with a wrong answer giving the opponent a free guess. First to score three points won the game and a nice prize, then faced off against another challenger. Occasionally, the contestants would be blindfolded and try to figure out what item they were given to hold. Beginning on CBS radio in June 1946, the first host was Ward Wilson. In September, Wilson stepped down and the announcer, a young man from Pittsburgh named Bill Cullen, became "temporary host"...but did so well that the position became permanent. A nighttime television version aired from July 1948 to October 1950 with Bud Collyer as host. While a daytime version was mounted four months later with Barry Gray as emcee, it fell after a mere ten weeks. The radio version, which Collyer had been hosting since August 1950, ended in February 1952. Later that month, Winner returned as a daytime series on NBC with Cullen returning as emcee and Don Pardo as announcer. Although Cullen proved himself just as good on television as he was on radio, this version was sent packing by stiff competition upon the conclusion of its ninth week. The show's final run began in June 1952 as part of the Peacock's new daily variety series Matinee In New York, again with Cullen hosting. The show lasted 13 weeks this time. Winner was not only the first Goodson-Todman production and Cullen's first hosting job, but it was also the first game to use lockout devices and the first to use returning champions — both staples of pretty much every game since.
- 1951 INTRO (TV): "KRAMER: Do you wanna be a winner? AUDIENCE: YES! KRAMER: Play Winner Take All! (do it!) Yes, it's Winner Take All, with songs and dances by Betty Jane Watson, Jerry Austen, and Howard Malone. With music and surprises, questions and prizes. And your Winner Take All host, Barry Gray!" 1952 INTRO (STANDALONE SERIES): "PARDO: Do you want to be a winner? AUDIENCE: YES! PARDO: Then sound your buzzer! [BZZZ!] Sound your bell! [RIIIING] And play Winner Take All with our Winner Take All quizmaster Bill Cullen!" Time to bring in your bell & buzzer, because it's time to learn about Winner Take All.
- __WIKIA_BANNER__ "When crime is on the rise, danger is sure to come down." — Tagline, from the front cover Winner Take All is the 85th book in the The Hardy Boys Casefiles series.
- Jason, Hercules, Iolaus, as well as Lilith go to Corinth for the games. They are competing. Jason comments to Hercules that this is the last year he will be partaking in the games because next year he will be king. Hercules tries to stop a bully fellow competitor, Pollux, from picking on someone and discovers that Pollux and his brother Castor are also his half-brothers since they share the same father, Zeus. Hercules tries to bond with his new brothers and in the process alienates his friends. Castor and Pollux ask Hercules to join them in the upcoming race. Hercules says he is running with Jason and Iolaus. Pollux gives Hercules a line about how if the sons of Zeus join together they will be unstoppable. Hercules buys in and ditches his friends. But, when Pollux cheats by injuring Jason during the race, Hercules must decide whose side he is on. Hercules sides with Jason and decides to teach Pollux a lesson. In the end our guys are friends again and Castor and Pollux leave.
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