However, as their quest leads them to lands which have gathered an ever increasing variety of other-worldly relics, enemies and rivals from both ahead of their journey and back home begin to plot their defeat and destruction. Following on from her almost victorious bout with her God-like nemesis in prior issues, Wake and her companion, G’Dala continue their journey to locate the source of the God-Eye in order to destroy it once and and for all. The third issue of Vessels continues the story of Wake, the transcendent being of legend who is destined to destroy the God-Eye once and for all. Can Vessels continue its dream run of a third straight success, or will this issue turn out to be more of a nightmare?Īrtist: Edward Bentley (art), Dennie Lehmann (Colours), Micah Myers (Letters), Gary Kelly (‘Before Vessels’ art), Lesley Atlansky (‘Before Vessels’ Colours) Set in a society renown for being able to travelling through their dreams they must face down a force which could link them to a world not unlike our own. He was already emceeing The Hollywood Squares and had just signed onto America's Funniest Home Videos at the time.After the fantastic success of Killtopia last year, writer Dave Cook as returned to his fantasy adventure series, Vessels for a third issue. Tom Bergeron was offered to host the 2001 revival, but turned it down.He would announce the Gameshow Marathon version 20 years later. Rich Fields, who would later go on to announce The Price Is Right, also auditioned in 1986.Eubanks also mentioned that Patrick Wayne was considered to host the CBS revival.Original host Jim Perry was also considered for the revival efforts, but was unavailable due to his commitments to both daytime and nighttime versions of Sale of the Century, as well as his (by then decade-long) gig on Definition in Canada.Brucie would briefly host a show for Reg Grundy and ABC called Hot Streak in 1986, but it was quickly cancelled. The position ultimately went to Bob Eubanks and Bill Rafferty. When Card Sharks was slated for a revival in 1986, among the possible candidates for the hosting position was Bruce Forsyth, who had by that point been at the helm of Card Sharks' Transatlantic Equivalent, Play Your Cards Right, for several years.Would we have eventually seen Bob Eubanks, Bill Rafferty or even Pat Bullard if its run ended a year sooner? The NBC version, along with Wheel of Fortune and Password Plus, was nearly cancelled in 1980 to make room for David Letterman's morning talk show ( Chain Reaction, High Rollers and The Hollywood Squares ended up being the victims of that mess).He declined because he thought the show was too luck-based, and he didn't like the "doubles lose" rule.
Tom Kennedy was reportedly offered to host an unknown version.slot ( Wheel would join it on WABC in 1990) while Card Sharks got demoted to late nights. After WABC shaved 30 minutes off its 6PM Eyewitness News (moving ABC World News Tonight to 6:30), Jeopardy! got the juicy 7:00 p.m. Ironically, in New York, the show initially aired alongside the latter at 4:30 p.m. The Rafferty run was just one of many other syndicated games in the mid-to-late 1980s that got trampled on by the Wheel of Fortune- Jeopardy! combo.Card Sharks was cancelled 15 months later. To accommodate David Letterman's morning talk show (more on that below), Fred Silverman moved it to Noon, where many local affiliates chose to pre-empt it for newscasts. and was pulling in commendable ratings for its slot. Schedule Slip: The CBS version was preempted eight times during Summer 1987 due to the Iran-Contra Hearings.Fans would have preferred it stayed that way after seeing the final product come out five years later. Saved from Development Hell: Before being bought out by Pearson, All-American Television had been trying to revive the show since 1996.Recycled Set: The 2001 version's set was recycled for use on Whammy!, as was announcer Gary Kroeger.Most Young People's Weeks in the Eubanks/Rafferty era offered a trip to Hawaii instead of a car a trip skin from The Price Is Right was placed where the car would be on the set.The Eubanks/Rafferty versions used the same cards as the Perry version.