| The
Overall Winner of the competition won the chance to play a brand
new video game, Donkey Kong, against a Celebrity player. This
was just for fun ... no prizes at stake here.
On the Pilot the celebrity was Larry Wilcox, then
appearing on the TV Show "CHiPs". Larry had
never played Donkey Kong (few people had ... it was
a brand new game). Actually, we
don't think Larry Wilcox had played many video games at all. We put a
Donkey Kong in his dressing room so he could practice a bit
prior to the show. It was probably the only thing that kept
him on the set during our marathon taping session ... that
and the magic that seemed to be associated with the show
even then.
It
was a tight match with the Starcade! champ taking a dramatic
run at a game he'd never seen before. But Larry Wilcox won
... just barely ... the
final score: David Dyche 4,500 points; Larry Wilcox 4,800
points. |
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