Games Spotlight: Bonkers
Tuesday, January 13
Name: Bonkers
Debut: October 1st, 2001
Bonkers is played for a 4-digit prize valued between $2,000 and $10,000. The contestant is shown an incorrect price; all of the listed numbers are wrong. The contestant is to determine whether each digit is higher or lower than the given number. To do this, the contestant is provided with 4 paddles and instructed by the host to place each paddle either above (indicating that the actual number is higher) or below (indicating the actual number is lower) the given digit. The contestant has 30 seconds to get the price right and is allowed to make as many changes as he/she can make within the 30 seconds of time in order to get the price correct. After each try, a buzzer sounds if the contestant is wrong; if the contestant gets the price correct, then he/she wins the prize.
Fun Fact: Bonkers' first playing was scheduled to air in mid-September. However, due to CBS's ongoing coverage of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the show was pushed back until October 1st, 2001.
Fun Fact II: Bonkers made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for a promotional event during an interview with then-new-host Drew Carey.
Debut: October 1st, 2001
Bonkers is played for a 4-digit prize valued between $2,000 and $10,000. The contestant is shown an incorrect price; all of the listed numbers are wrong. The contestant is to determine whether each digit is higher or lower than the given number. To do this, the contestant is provided with 4 paddles and instructed by the host to place each paddle either above (indicating that the actual number is higher) or below (indicating the actual number is lower) the given digit. The contestant has 30 seconds to get the price right and is allowed to make as many changes as he/she can make within the 30 seconds of time in order to get the price correct. After each try, a buzzer sounds if the contestant is wrong; if the contestant gets the price correct, then he/she wins the prize.
Fun Fact: Bonkers' first playing was scheduled to air in mid-September. However, due to CBS's ongoing coverage of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the show was pushed back until October 1st, 2001.
Fun Fact II: Bonkers made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for a promotional event during an interview with then-new-host Drew Carey.
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