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	Sale of the Century - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sale of the Century is an international television game show format that has screened in several countries in various incarnations since 1969, but is most reknown in Australia, where it aired for 21 years and has returned under a new title, Temptation, in mid-2005.
		Sale was also one of seven game shows played on Ant and Dec's Gameshow Marathon, on the episode aired 8 October 2005.
		If there was a final tie, the tied players answered a tiebreaker "Who am I" question, where a correct answer from either contestant won the game, while an incorrect answer defeated the contestant in favor of his or her opponent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sale_of_the_Century (1810 words)

	Sale of the Century
		Sale of the Century is the most successful game show ever produced and shown on Australian television.
		Sale of the Century originally ran on NBC, the American television network, from 1969 to 1973.
		From time to time the producers have varied the format as Celebrity Sale of the Century using television personalities and other celebrities as contestants, playing either for home viewers or charity.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/S/htmlS/saleofthec/saleofthec.htm (566 words)

	Sale of the Century (AUS) (2001) - Australian Game Show Home Page
		Sale of the Century (AUS) (2001) - Australian Game Show Home Page
		Louise becomes only the second champ on Sale to win all her games with a score over 100 points.
		After the year of the millenium celebrations - Sale reverted back to old form in name and character
	members.iinet.net.au /~powney/gameshow/sotc2001.htm (90 words)

	Sale of the Century (AUS) (1980-2001) - Australian Game Show Home Page
		At the end of the game- the player with the highest score is deemed the Sale of the Century champion - and is given the opportunity to "go shopping" with the host to pick up some big prizes, and hopefully the cash jackpot.
		The Australian version of Sale of the Century gave away in excess of AUS$65 million in prizes in its 2 decades of quizzing.
		Sale of the New Century (2000) (Nine Network)
	members.iinet.net.au /~powney/gameshow/sotc.htm (849 words)

	$ale of the Century - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		$ale of the Century was a television game show format that has screened in several countries in various incarnations since 1969.
		The highest score achieved on Sale of the Century was $200, winning Australian, David Poltorak, the lot.
		As with many American game shows of past and present, a slot machine based on and named for $ale of the Century has been manufactured for use in American casinos.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sale_of_the_century (4599 words)

	Landline - 17/03/00: Squatter. Australian Broadcasting Corp
		The 21st century version of the board game Squatter has arived on CD-Rom.
		All the features are there - the paddocks, the stations, the wool sale and the wool cheque - and you can go through all the dramas, highlights and of course lowlights of life on the land.
		Bob Lloyd created the board version of this game way back in 1960.
	www.abc.net.au /landline/stories/s111444.htm (4599 words)

	Sale Of The Century
		Al Howard (creator of Supermarket Sweep) should be credited, for he was the genesis of "$ale." However, Australian mogul Reg Grundy took the show and PERFECTED the concept, making this show and "Scrabble" the first successful shows made by a foreign producer.
		$ale of the Century was truly one of the most creative and entertaining game shows of the 1980s.
		The Winner's Board was good (the element of risk was still there; would you take what you have and run, or play one last game for $50,000 more?), but the shopping round was the best.
	www.jumptheshark.com /s/saleofthecentury.htm (3037 words)

	Game Show Man Wants to Revive $ale of the Century (07-02-02)
		Make sure you visit Chris Lambert's $ale of the Century subpage for more information on the 80's $ale and links to pages about the Australian version at the Original Game Show Page.
		The original endgame was the Sale of the Century itself: an escalating series high-value luxury prizes, offered to the player one at a time.
		Tim "Loogaroo" Connelly, organizer of the now-legendary Game Show Tournament, has called $ale "the ultimate buzzer battle game." At its core, $ale is a stripped down and somewhat easier version of Jeopardy!.
	www.geocities.com /gameshowmanone/saleofthecentury1.htm (1758 words)

	Game Show Theatre
		Runaway sheep and more were some of the highlights as the Australian $ale of the Century celebrated its 21st Anniversary.
		The first instant bargain on Sale of the Century in 1983 with the ever-popular Sally Julian.
		And, just for the heck of it, a set of product promos from Match Game '79 with the cool theme remix that you'll never hear on GSN!
	www.gscentral.net /theatre1.htm (694 words)

	Sale of the Century
		Sale of the Century is the most successful game show ever produced and shown on Australian television.
		The Australian-based Grundy Organisation had since 1961 been a very frequent licensee/producer of American game show formats but it had decided in the early 1970s to develop or buy-in formats of its own.
		Apart from the historical ratings dominance of the Nine Network in the Australian television market place, the reasons for the success of Sale have much to do with the format of the program, its pace and its prizes.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/S/htmlS/saleofthec/saleofthec.htm (566 words)

	Reg Grundy to address UQ Faculty of Arts grads - UQ News Online - The University of Queensland
		By the late 1970s, Mr Grundy's company, now known as the Grundy Organisation, had purchased game show formats including the enduring Sale of the Century and had developed dramas including Prisoner, The Young Doctors, The Restless Years, Sons and Daughters and Neighbours.
		After developing a radio game show, Wheel of Fortune, later transferred to television (1959), Mr Grundy began to adapt American programs such as Concentration and Say When for the Australian television market.
		Mr Grundy, who will also address arts graduands at today's ceremony, is one of an interesting line-up of guest speakers for this year's July graduation ceremonies to be held in the UQ Centre on July 20, 21 and 23.
	www.uq.edu.au /news?article=5719 (802 words)

	Untitled
		The Sale of the Century info now lives in the Australian Game Shows Site
	www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/Studio/3361 (14 words)

	Untitled
		The Sale of the Century info now lives in the Australian Game Shows Site
	www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/Studio/3361 (14 words)

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