Sunday, February 17, 2019

Game Time: Treasure Mall (1988)

After I'm Telling! flopped on NBC, Haim Saban tried another game show, but this time it was a syndicated knockoff of Nickelodeon's popular Double Dare.

Treasure Mall ran during the summer of 1988. Host Hal Sparks was still in high school when he landed the gig. Talk about summer jobs! Sparks has been a virtual fixture since, with a resume that includes Disney's Lab Rats and, more recently, Fuller House.

Access Syndication packaged Mall with another Nickelodeon ripoff, Slime Time, which we'll review another day. After Mall & Couch Potatoes were cancelled, Saban got out of the game show business.

Here's a sample episode. Mind the video quality.



No rating. Never saw the show.

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