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Press Your Luck

Press Your Luck is an American television game show created by Bill Carruthers and Jan McCormack. Contestants answer trivia questions to earn "spins" on a randomly cycling game board. The board's spaces display cash, prizes, extra spins, special items, or the show's mascot, a cartoon creature known as the Whammy. Landing on a Whammy eliminates any cash…

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Genre
Game show
Animators
Savage Steve Holland · Midnight Sherpa
Announcer
Rod Roddy · Neil Ross · Chris "Money Fairy" Ahearn
Country of origin
United States
Created by
Bill Carruthers · Jan McCormack
Directed by
Bill Carruthers · R. Brian DiPirro

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Gameplay

History

Production

International versions

Merchandise

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Press Your Luck

Nodes98
Edges97
Triples248
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020408
Components1

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Press Your Luck

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related to history · 40
Press Your Luck → ABC, Author David Baber, Baber, Bill Carruthers, Boy George, Carruthers, CBS, Charlie O'Donnell, Child's Play, Coyote, CT/MT/PT, Ed Flesh, ET, His, Hit Man, Holland, Holland's, In, Jan McCormack, Jim Peck
related to International versions · 34
Press Your Luck → Al Munteanu, An Australian, Another, Bill Mason, Drück Dein Glück, Drücker, German, Glück, GMA Network, Good Luck, Grundy Worldwide, Guido Kellerman, HTV West, Ian Turpie, In, It, ITV, John Deeks, Luck, Paolo Bediones
related to Merchandise · 33
Press Your Luck → Actor Terry McGovern, Answering, August, Bonus, Commodore, Edition, Facebook, Family Feud, Fremantle, Game Show Party, GameTek, IBM PC, In, In January, In September, Ludia, Ludia Inc, Nintendo DS, October, PC
related to Michael Larson · 28
Press Your Luck → After, Big Bucks, By, CBS, Cover Story, Game Show Network, Game Show Network's, His, In, In July, James, June, Larson, Larson's, Lebanon, March, Michael Larson, Michael's, Million Dollar Idea, Ohio
related to 2019 revival · 24
Press Your Luck → ABC, Actress Elizabeth Banks, America, Bachelor Whammy, Card Sharks, Celebrity Name Game, Chris Ahearn, Chris Harrison, Deal, Fremantle, John Quinn, July, June, Let's Make, May, Money Fairy, Neil Ross, On April, On February, Ross
related to Rebroadcasts, syndication, and digital television networks · 24
Press Your Luck → August, Buzzr, Canada, CBS, December, February, From, From December, Game Show Network, Game Show Network's, GameTV, In, March, May, November, October, On July, Republic Pictures, Reruns, Saturday
related to Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck · 13
Press Your Luck → April, December, Double Whammy, Game Show Network, Gary Kroeger, Luck, On April, One, The All-New Press Your, This, Todd Newton, Tomarken, Whammy
Executive producers · 5
Press Your Luck → Bill Carruthers, Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Mullin, John Quinn, Max Handelman
related to External links · 5
Press Your Luck → ABC Version, Australia, IMDb, Official Website, US
Voices of · 4
Press Your Luck → Bill Carruthers, Chris "Money Fairy" Ahearn, Chris Harrison[a], Neil Ross

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luck game press whammy show board also aired cbs host contestant version spins cash abc network first prizes carruthers episodes

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Press Your LuckAnimatorsSavage Steve Holland1.00infobox
Press Your LuckAnimatorsMidnight Sherpa1.00infobox
Press Your LuckAnnouncerRod Roddy1.00infobox
Press Your LuckAnnouncerNeil Ross1.00infobox
Press Your LuckAnnouncerChris "Money Fairy" Ahearn1.00infobox
Press Your LuckCountry of originUnited States1.00infobox
Press Your LuckCreated byBill Carruthers1.00infobox
Press Your LuckCreated byJan McCormack1.00infobox
Press Your LuckDirected byBill Carruthers1.00infobox
Press Your LuckDirected byR. Brian DiPirro1.00infobox
Press Your LuckExecutive producersBill Carruthers1.00infobox
Press Your LuckExecutive producersJohn Quinn1.00infobox
Press Your LuckExecutive producersJennifer Mullin1.00infobox
Press Your LuckExecutive producersElizabeth Banks1.00infobox
Press Your LuckExecutive producersMax Handelman1.00infobox
Press Your LuckGenreGame show1.00infobox
Press Your LuckNetworkCBS1.00infobox
Press Your LuckNetworkABC1.00infobox
Press Your LuckNo. of episodes761 (CBS)1.00infobox
Press Your LuckNo. of episodes71 (ABC)1.00infobox
Press Your LuckNo. of seasons3 (CBS)1.00infobox
Press Your LuckNo. of seasons7 (ABC)1.00infobox
Press Your LuckOriginal languageEnglish1.00infobox
Press Your LuckPresented byPeter Tomarken1.00infobox
Press Your LuckPresented byElizabeth Banks1.00infobox
Press Your LuckProducersBill Mitchell1.00infobox
Press Your LuckProducersJohn Quinn1.00infobox
Press Your LuckProduction companiesThe Carruthers Company (1983–1986)1.00infobox
Press Your LuckProduction companiesBrownstone Productions (2019–present)1.00infobox
Press Your LuckProduction companiesFremantle (2019–present)1.00infobox

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