Card Sharks

TV Series
1978–2019
TV-G
30m

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Lois Hamilton, Janice Baker, and Jim Perry in Card Sharks (1978)

Hosted by Jim Perry, were contestants are asked questions about how 100 people answered a poll question then played a card game where they tried to guess whether the next card drawn from a d... Read allHosted by Jim Perry, were contestants are asked questions about how 100 people answered a poll question then played a card game where they tried to guess whether the next card drawn from a deck in a sequence would be higher or lower.Hosted by Jim Perry, were contestants are asked questions about how 100 people answered a poll question then played a card game where they tried to guess whether the next card drawn from a deck in a sequence would be higher or lower.

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6.8/10

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Awards
- 2 nominations total

Episodes885

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Jim Perry

Self - Host

Janice Baker

Self - Card Dealer

Gene Wood

Self - Announcer…

Lois Hamilton

Self - Card Dealer

Ann Pennington

Self - Card Dealer

Bob Eubanks

Self - Host…

Ross Martin

Self - Celebrity Contestant

Meredith MacRae

Self - Celebrity Contestant…

Bill Daily

Self - Celebrity Contestant…

Vicki Lawrence

Self - Celebrity Contestant

Bill Cullen

Self

Kristin Bjorklund

Self - Card Dealer

Bob Hilton

Self - Sub-Announcer

Jay Stewart

Self - Sub-Announcer

Lacey Pemberton

Card Dealer…

Suzanna Williams

Card Dealer…

Gene Rayburn

Self

Marcia Wallace

Self - Celebrity Contestant

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Trivia
This show uses the same theme song as Double Dare (1976). Both shows featured Gene Wood as announcer and were both produced by Jonathan M. Goodson.

Goofs
On one taping, a contestant during sudden death turned over an Ace as her middle card and immediately called lower. The person in charge of the lights anticipated that she had won and started blinking almost immediately after Jim Perry turned over her last card...which was another Ace.

Quotes
Host: What do you do for a living?
Contestant: I'm a social chemist.
Host: Really? What's a social chemist?
Contestant: Bartender.
[audience laughs]
Contestant: Well, if a garbage man can be a sanitation engineer, I can be a social chemist!

Connections
Featured in The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time (2006)

Soundtracks
Card Sharks Theme
(1978-1981)
Previously used as theme from Double Dare (1976)
Written by Edd Kalehoff (BMI)
Performed by Edd Kalehoff & The Score Production Band

User reviews10

Featured review

They don't make 'm like this anymore

Whether you're watching the original version hosted by Jim Perry or the second one with Bob Eubanks, "Card Sharks" doesn't disappoint. Some of the survey questions, particularly the ones they ask to married people, are pretty funny. And whenever I watch this show, if a contestant comes across anything from a 5 to a 10, I keep hoping they'll stop there but they never do. I especially like the episodes where they have kids on the show because some of the things they say are a hoot. If I could host a game show, I would definitely want to bring this back on.