Game Time: An episode of Answers Please (1981)

For my readers in the 518, I have this question.

Ever hear of Street Academy of Albany?

The school, later rechristened Harriet Gibbons High until the Albany School District closed the school in 2010, made history appearing on Answers Please in February & March of 1981. WRGB weatherman Tim Welch was the series host at the time.

Here is Street Academy's second game, this one against another now-defunct school, Keveny Academy of Cohoes.



Street Academy captain Chuck Miller, a fellow blogger, uploaded the above to YouTube. Chuck is a local historian who's also written some extensive pieces on the Albany Patroons, back in their glory days.

As for Answers Please, with the exception of John Wagner, principal at Guilderland High in the mid-80's, the moderators usually came from the news department (i.e. Tim Welch, Jim Brennan, and the late Ed Dague).

We'll forego a rating.