Peter Tomarken, host of classic ’80s game show Press Your Luck was killed in a plane crash. Now goddammit, this was the best game show of the ’80s! Who didn’t wanna play on the big board of crap? It was to the ’80s what Joker’s Freakin’ Wild was to the ’70s. Every decade needs a game show with a big goofy board to play on. But game shows on network TV seem to be pretty much dead, save for “The Price Is Right,” “Jeopardy!” and “Family Feud.” Man, I miss the good old days of morning TV packed with shitty game shows. And I’m sorry, but Game Show Network doesn’t always do it for me. It was about having different games on at the same time with the power to choose, originally! Not being tied down to the whims of one cable channel!
Thanks for the great game, Peter. The new version of your show sucks ass. You were da king of pressing, baby!
