Starcade - "Star Wars / Tunnel Hunt / Pac-Man Plus / Super Astro Fighter / Calipso" (4/20/1985) 📺 🕹️

Here's another complete broadcast of an edition of "the first video arcade game show," Starcade, hosted by Geoff Edwards and aired over WTNH Channel 8 in New Haven / Hartford, CT.

The teams on this installment (S04E20, original air date January 23rd 1984) are Mike Sadek and his father Mike, both of Dublin, CA (the son attends Frederiksen Junior High School and plays baseball as well as video games, the father handles PR for the San Francisco Giants and was once a catcher); and Greg Eck (attending the University of Northern Illinois where he majors in aerospace engineering) and his brother Dave (attending John Hersey High School in Arlington, IL and intending to major in mathematical engineering when he goes to college), both from Chicago (there's your Chicago connection to this show right there).

The games to be played on this show are Star Wars, Tunnel Hunt, Pac-Man Plus, Super Astro Fighter and Calipso (yes, that's the spelling - not Calypso); the Grand Prize is the fabulously awesome video arcade game Joust.

Show voiceovers by Kevin McMahan.

Includes:

Show open (lower-third station ID shown beginning 0:41), introduction of contestants, capsuled descriptions of games to be played today, the Mystery Game shown to the audience, and a question about the number of holes in Holey Moley, before each team has 50 seconds to play Star Wars (after the description of its plot)

Promo for record album, "Paint a Rainbow in Your Heart" by Rainbow Brite (voiceover by Mark Elliott)

Plug for Alta Mira Hotel in Sausalito, after which there is a description about the Grand Prize video arcade game, followed by tabulation of the scores of each team, a question relating to Ms. Pac-Man, and a crack at Super Astro Fighter (following a description of the point of the game) for 50 seconds, and the winning team (after another tabulation of their scores) playing The Name of the Game Board, followed by a plug for the Bionic Chair; this segment ends with a question and answer relating to Joust

Promos for:
Action News Sports with Bob Picozzi
The Muppet Hour (with guests Lena Horne and Peter Ustinov)

PSA's from:
4H club (call Nancy Weiss)
Yale-New Haven Hospital and New Haven Ambulance on kite safety (with Geoff Fox)

Final question of today's show, relating to Pooyan, and a description of Pac-Man Plus before each team plays it for 40 seconds; the winners receive a SpectraVideo SV-328 (Kevin keeps pronouncing it "Spectre," however)

Promos for:
Goofy Games at Walt Disney World for May 18th (with Al Terzi) (winners from contest to be drawn on May 8th)
General Hospital, Name That Tune, Jeopardy! and The People's Court (backing music: "In the Mood" by Henhouse Five Plus Too (Ray Stevens)

PSA from Boys and Girls Clubs in Connecticut

Promo for High School Bowl

Winners choose Tunnel Hunt over Calipso to play for 30 seconds (before play commences, a description of its purpose - not "porpoise" - is mentioned); after it's all over, their family members come out to greet them, and the closing credits follow (recording cuts off before voiceover can identify himself)

This aired on local New Haven / Hartford TV on Saturday, April 20th 1985 during the 7am to 7:30am (Eastern) timeframe.

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