Here's a different kind of puzzle game from Goodson-Todman.
Blockbusters bowed in late 1980 as one of two game shows added to NBC's lineup after the David Letterman daytime experiment failed. Dependable, genial Bill Cullen was the host for this show, which represented a departure for G-T in that Bob Cobert, who'd composed themes for Barry-Enright and Chuck Barris, composed the music.
You had a "family pair", usually a husband & wife or mother/father and son/daughter, vs. a solo player in a best of three series. This sample episode will explain everything.
When NBC brought the show back in 1987, five years after the first run ended, Bill Rafferty (ex-Real People) took over as host, as Cullen, I think, was busy elsewhere. Didn't quite last as long, maybe because they changed formats, and went to a one-on-one competition, retaining the best of three game format.
Rating: A-.
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