| Ep # |
Air Date |
Solo |
Winnings($$)
| Family |
Winnings($$)
| Notes |
| Ep 1 |
10/27/80 |
JoAnne
(0-2) |
$0 |
Joe/Tom Hendricks
(3-0) |
$2,800 |
Premeire! |
|
|
Nancy
(0-1) |
$0 |
| Ep 2 |
10/28/80 |
Nancy
(0-2) |
$0 |
Joe/Tom Hendricks
(4-1) |
$2,900($5,700) |
-- |
|
|
Georgia
(1-0) |
$0 |
| Ep 3 |
10/29/80 |
Georgia
(1-2) |
$2,500 |
Joe/Tom Hendricks
(6-1) |
$7,500($13,200) |
-- |
| Ep 4 |
10/30/80 |
Geri
(0-2) |
$0 |
Joe/Tom Hendricks
(9-1) |
$5,600($18,800) |
-- |
|
|
Bill
(0-1) |
$0 |
| Ep 5 |
10/31/80 |
Bill
(1-2) |
$2,500 |
Joe/Tom Hendricks
(11-2) |
$7,500($26,300) |
-- |
|
|
LaRae
(0-1) |
$0 |
| Ep 6 |
11/3/80 |
LaRae
(2-1) |
$3,000 |
Joe/Tom Hendricks
(11-4) |
$500($26,800) |
-- |
| Ep 7 |
11/4/80 |
LaRae
(4-1) |
$2,900($5,900) |
Denise/Linda Farrell
(0-2) |
$0 |
-- |
| Ep 8 |
11/5/80 |
LaRae
(5-2) |
$5,000($10,900) |
Florence Tanay(sp?)/Pat Hobbs
(1-1) |
$300 |
-- |
| Ep 9 |
11/6/80 |
LaRae
(7-2) |
$7,500($18,400) |
Florence Tanay(sp?)/Pat Hobbs
(1-2) |
$0($300) |
-- |
|
|
|
|
Cassandra Iverson/Don Boden
(0-1) |
$0 |
| Ep 10 |
11/7/80 |
LaRae
(10-2) |
$8,000($26,400) |
Cassandra Iverson/Don Boden
(0-2) |
$0 |
-- |
|
|
|
|
Bill/Penny Cooper
(0-2) |
$0 |
| Ep 11 |
11/10/80 |
LaRae
(11-3) |
$0($26,400) |
Ruby Densen/James Granderson
(1-1) |
$2,500 |
-- |
| Ep 12 |
11/11/80 |
LaRae
(13-4) |
$8,100($34,500) |
Ruby Densen/James Granderson
(1-2) |
$0($2,500) |
-- |
|
|
|
|
Jerrilyn/Barbara Kiokhani(sp?)
(0-1) |
$0 |
| Ep 13 |
11/12/80 |
LaRae
(15-4) |
$7,500($42,000) |
Jerrilyn/Barbara Kiokhani
(0-2) |
$0 |
-- |
|
|
|
|
Rhonda/Matt Blum
(0-1) |
$0 |
| Ep 14 |
11/13/80 |
LaRae
(16-4) |
$5,000($47,000) |
Rhonda/Matt Blum
(0-2) |
$0 |
LaRae retires |
|
|
Patti
(1-0) |
$400 |
Steve Wilson/Diane Kay
(0-1) |
$0 |
| Ep 15 |
11/14/80 |
Patti
(1-2) |
$0($400) |
Steve Wilson/Diane Kaye
(2-1) |
$2,800 |
-- |
|
|
Penny
(0-0) |
$0 |
|
|
| Ep 16 |
11/17/80 |
Penny
(1-1) |
$300 |
Steve Wilson/Diane Kaye
(3-2) |
$3,000 |
-- |
| Ep 17 |
11/18/80 |
Penny
(3-1) |
$800($1,100) |
Steve Wilson/Diane Kaye
(1-2) |
$0($3,000) |
-- |
|
|
|
|
Vicki Azar/Eileen Noren
(0-1) |
$0 |
| Ep 18 |
11/19/80 |
Penny
(3-3) |
$??($1,100+) |
Vicki Azar/Eileen Noren
(2-1) |
$700 |
Missed one of Penny's Gold Rush attempts, that's why her $$ is in question |
| Ep 19 |
11/20/80 |
Tommy
(1-1) |
$500 |
Vicki Azar/Eileen Noren
(3-2) |
$0($700) |
-- |
| Ep 20 |
11/21/80 |
Tommy
(?-?) |
$500+? |
Vicki Azar/Eileen Noren
(?-?) |
$700+ |
GSN skipped this episode and two more. * |
| Ep 21 |
11/24/80 |
??? |
$??? |
??? |
$??? |
GSN skipped this episode, this episode is where the "$500 per win, $1,000 to win a match and play the Gold Rush for $5,000" rule takes effect |
| Ep 22 |
11/25/80 |
??? |
$??? |
??? |
$??? |
GSN skipped this episode, Jan Cooper and Jack Conn are somewhere in this episode |
| Ep 23 |
11/26/80 |
Ann
(0-2) |
$0 |
Jan Cooper/Jack Conn
(4-?) |
$6,000($8,100) |
-- |
|
|
Dan
(1-1) |
$500 |
|
|
| None |
11/27/80 |
|
|
|
|
NO SHOW ON THANKSGIVING!** |
| Ep 24 |
11/28/80 |
Dan
(1-2) |
$0($500) |
Jan Cooper/Jack Conn
(6-?) |
$6,000($14,100) |
-- |
|
|
Jackie
(0-1) |
$0 |
|
|
| Ep 25 |
12/1/80 |
Jackie
(0-2) |
$0 |
Jan Cooper/Jack Conn
(8-?) |
$5,500($19,600) |
JOHN HATTEN's FIRST APPEARANCE! Board malfuntions in this episode!*** |
|
|
JOHN HATTEN
(1-0) |
$500 |
|
|
| Ep 26 |
12/2/80 |
JOHN HATTEN
(4-0) |
$6,500($7,000) |
Jan Cooper/Jack Conn
(8-?) |
$0($14,600) |
-- |
|
|
|
|
Judy Binder/Susan Brownstein
(0-2) |
$0 |
| Ep 27 |
12/3/80 |
JOHN HATTEN
(7-0) |
$11,500($18,500) |
Glenda/Clarence Darrow
(0-2) |
$0 |
No, that isn't the lawyer Clarence Darrow! |
|
|
|
|
Melanie Ballard/Beverlie Frame
(0-1) |
$0 |
| Ep 28 |
12/4/80 |
JOHN HATTEN
(9-0) |
$6,000($24,500) |
Melanie Ballard/Beverlie Frame
(0-2) |
$0 |
Puff(Eps 11, 12, 13) and Addie(Ep 41) would appear on Trivia Trap 4 years later! |
|
|
|
|
Addie Stein/Puff Contreras
(0-1) |
$0 |
| Ep 29 |
12/5/80 |
JOHN HATTEN
(10-0) |
$5,500($30,000) |
Addie Stein/Puff Contreras
(0-2) |
$0 |
Antoher famous name!, Jimmy Carter! |
|
|
|
|
Cindy/Jimmy Carter
(0-0) |
$0 |
| Ep 30 |
12/8/80 |
JOHN HATTEN
(12-1) |
$6,000($36,000) |
Cindy/Jimmy Carter
(1-2) |
$500 |
John's first game loss occurs here |
|
|
|
|
Faith/Norma Lipton
(0-0) |
$0 |
| Ep 31 |
12/9/80 |
JOHN HATTEN
(14-1) |
$6,000($42,000) |
Faith/Norma Lipton
(0-2) |
$0 |
Episode where John reveals his house burned down during a taping, but he keeps going strong! |
|
|
|
|
Jean Rajewski(sp?)/Deirdre McElroy
(0-0) |
$0 |
| Ep 32 |
12/10/80 |
JOHN HATTEN
(17-2) |
$6,500($48,500) |
Jean Rajewski/Deirdre McElroy
(0-2) |
$0 |
John becomes the all time Blockbuster's champ, for now...! Also John's second loss occurs here |
|
|
|
|
Rosalie Alexander/David Stagno
(1-1) |
$500 |
| Ep 33 |
12/11/80 |
JOHN HATTEN
(20-2) |
$11,500($60,000) |
Rosalie Alexander/David Stagno(1-2) |
$500 |
John Hatten retires. John retired going to the Gold Rush the max amount of times and won the max amount of money possible! A great run by John! |
|
|
|
|
Dee Pierce/Kris Murray(0-2) |
$0 |
| Ep 34 |
12/12/80 |
Cathy
(1-2) |
$500 |
Richard/Carla St. Laurent
(2-1) |
$6,000 |
Three entirely new players here |
| Ep 35 |
12/15/80 |
Pat
(2-1) |
$1,500 |
Richard/Carla St. Laurent
(3-3) |
$500($6,500) |
-- |
|
|
|
|
Maletta/Robin Hutchinson(0-0) |
$0 |
| Ep 36 |
12/16/80 |
Pat
(3-2) |
$500($2,000) |
Maletta/Robin Hutchinson
(1-1) |
$500 |
-- |
| Ep 37 |
12/17/80 |
Pat
(3-3) |
$0($2,000) |
Maletta/Robin Hutchinson
(2-3) |
$1,000($1,500) |
-- |
|
|
Donna
(2-0) |
$1,000 |
|
|
| Ep 38 |
12/18/80 |
Donna
(4-0) |
$11,000($12,000) |
Berle Hempel/Bunny Gass
(0-2) |
$0 |
-- |
|
|
|
|
Pam/Paula Gibbs(0-0) |
$0 |
| Ep 39 |
12/19/80 |
Donna
(6-1) |
$6,000($18,000) |
Pam/Paula Gibbs
(1-2) |
$500 |
-- |
|
|
|
|
John Shannon/Kathy Thomas(0-0) |
$0 |
| Ep 40 |
12/22/80 |
Donna
(6-3) |
$0($18,000) |
John Shannon/Kathy Thomas
(2-0) |
$1,600 |
A win by Donna was overturned and awarded to John and Kathy because the answer John and Kathy gave, as they buzzed in first, was in fact ruled correct. Earlier it had been ruled incorrect and Donna got the "correct" answer and had won. |
|
|
Heidi
(0-0) |
$0 |
|
|
| Ep 41 |
12/23/80 |
Heidi
(0-2) |
$0 |
John Shannon/Kathy Thomas
(4-0) |
$6,000($7,600) |
-- |
|
|
Susan
(0-0) |
$0 |
|
|
| Ep 42 |
12/24/80 |
Susan
(0-2) |
$0 |
John Shannon/Kathy Thomas
(7-0) |
$6,500($14,100) |
-- |
|
|
Rick
(0-1) |
$0 |
|
|
| None |
12/25/80 |
|
|
|
$ |
NO SHOW ON CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS 1980!!! |
| Ep 43 |
12/26/80 |
Rick
(0-2) |
$0 |
John Shannon/Kathy Thomas
(9-0) |
$6,000($20,100) |
-- |
|
|
Linda
(0-1) |
$0 |
|
|
| Ep 44 |
12/29/80 |
Linda
(0-2) |
$0 |
John Shannon/Kathy Thomas
(12-0) |
$6,500($26,600) |
Kelly is a male, FYI |
|
|
Kelly
(0-2) |
$0 |
|
|
| Ep 45 |
12/30/80 |
Joyce
(0-2) |
$0 |
John Shannon/Kathy Thomas
(14-0) |
$11,000($37,600) |
-- |
|
|
Wayne
(0-0) |
$0 |
|
|
| Ep 46 |
12/31/80 |
Wayne
(1-2) |
$500 |
John Shannon/Kathy Thomas
(16-1) |
$1,600($39,200) |
New Year's Eve 1980! |
|
|
Lesley
(0-0) |
$0 |
|
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