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Whammy! The All New Press Your Luck Season 1 Episodes

2002-2013
2 Seasons
GSN
Family, Game Show
TV-G

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"Whammy!" was Game Show Network's true-to-the-original remake of the classic CBS game show, "Press Your Luck," and served as a companion to reruns of the classic series, which GSN began rerunning in 2001. Three contestants competed in this three-round game. Each contestant was spotted $1,000 to start the game. The first round was the Bonus Board, where contestants faced an 18-space oval-shaped PYL board containing cash amounts, the names of prizes and Whammy spaces (the latter explained later). One at a time, the contestants stopped a randomly-flashing cursor by pressing their signaling device (and usually the scream "STOP"). The contestant wins whatever appears in the lit space. He/she could then "freeze" with their winnings, or risk those winnings with increased odds they could hit a Whammy space (more such spaces were added as the contestant pressed his luck). If they hit a Whammy space, a humorous 3-D computer-animated sequence starring the Whammy, a hedgehog-like devil played and the contestant lost all their winnings up to that point. In both cases, control then passed to the next contestant. After all three contestants took their turn at the PYL board, the Question Round was played. Here, host Newton asked a toss-up question; the first to ring in provided his answer. That answer, plus two other possible answers were shown and the other two contestants given a chance to select from the three. A correct answer earned the first player three spins and the opponents one spin apiece; a wrong answer meant no spins for that player. Five such questions were played, with the players using their accumulated spins in the Final Bonus Board round. Like in the classic game, contestants could pass their earned spins to opponents (usually the highest scoring opponent to that point) if they feared landing on a Whammy; the opponent had to use those spins. At times, contestants could land on a double Whammy, in which case the contestant usually was on the receiving end of the Whammy's tricks (e.g., a pizza dough round landing on the contestant from above); it only counted as one Whammy. Any player landing on four whammies were eliminated from the game. The high scorer for the game was the winner and got to keep his/her winnings; other contestants ending with $0 and fewer than four whammies got a chance to return on a later show.

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

Season 1
Season 2

65 Episodes 2002 - 2002

Episode 1

Episode #1.1

Mon, Apr 15, 2002

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Episode 2

Episode #1.2

Tue, Apr 16, 2002

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Episode 3

Episode #1.3

Wed, Apr 17, 2002

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Episode 4

Episode #1.4

Thu, Apr 18, 2002

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Episode 5

Episode #1.5

Fri, Apr 19, 2002

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Episode 6

Episode #1.6

Mon, Apr 22, 2002

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Episode 7

Episode #1.7

Tue, Apr 23, 2002

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Episode 8

Episode #1.8

Wed, Apr 24, 2002

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Episode 9

Episode #1.9

Thu, Apr 25, 2002

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Episode 10

Episode #1.10

Fri, Apr 26, 2002

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Episode 11

Episode #1.11

Mon, Apr 29, 2002

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Episode 12

Episode #1.12

Tue, Apr 30, 2002

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Episode 13

Episode #1.13

Wed, May 1, 2002

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Episode 14

Episode #1.14

Thu, May 2, 2002

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Episode 15

Episode #1.15

Fri, May 3, 2002

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Episode 16

Episode #1.16

Mon, May 6, 2002

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Episode 17

Episode #1.17

Tue, May 7, 2002

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Episode 18

Episode #1.18

Wed, May 8, 2002

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Episode 19

Episode #1.19

Thu, May 9, 2002

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Episode 20

Episode #1.20

Fri, May 10, 2002

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Episode 21

Mother's Day Special

Sat, May 11, 2002

Special Mother's Day edition where TV Moms; Karen Grassle (Little House on the Prairie), Estelle Harris (Seinfeld) and Mimi Kennedy (Dharma and Greg) fight the Whammy to win some big bucks for charity.

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Episode 22

Episode #1.22

Mon, May 13, 2002

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Episode 23

Episode #1.23

Tue, May 14, 2002

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Episode 24

Episode #1.24

Wed, May 15, 2002

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Episode 25

Episode #1.25

Thu, May 16, 2002

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Episode 26

Episode #1.26

Fri, May 17, 2002

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Episode 27

Episode #1.27

Mon, May 20, 2002

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Episode 28

Episode #1.28

Tue, May 21, 2002

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Episode 29

Episode #1.29

Wed, May 22, 2002

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Episode 30

Episode #1.30

Thu, May 23, 2002

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Episode 31

Episode #1.31

Fri, May 24, 2002

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Episode 32

Episode #1.32

Mon, May 27, 2002

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Episode 33

Episode #1.33

Tue, May 28, 2002

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Episode 34

Episode #1.34

Wed, May 29, 2002

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Episode 35

Episode #1.35

Thu, May 30, 2002

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Episode 36

Episode #1.36

Fri, May 31, 2002

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Episode 37

Episode #1.37

Mon, Jun 3, 2002

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Episode 38

Episode #1.38

Tue, Jun 4, 2002

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Episode 39

Episode #1.39

Wed, Jun 5, 2002

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Episode 40

Episode #1.40

Thu, Jun 6, 2002

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Episode 41

Episode #1.41

Fri, Jun 7, 2002

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Episode 42

Episode #1.42

Mon, Jun 10, 2002

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Episode 43

Episode #1.43

Tue, Jun 11, 2002

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Episode 44

Episode #1.44

Wed, Jun 12, 2002

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Episode 45

Episode #1.45

Thu, Jun 13, 2002

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Episode 46

Episode #1.46

Fri, Jun 14, 2002

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Episode 47

Episode #1.47

Mon, Jun 17, 2002

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Episode 48

Episode #1.48

Tue, Jun 18, 2002

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Episode 49

Episode #1.49

Wed, Jun 19, 2002

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Episode 50

Episode #1.50

Thu, Jun 20, 2002

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Episode 51

Episode #1.51

Fri, Jun 21, 2002

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Episode 52

Episode #1.52

Mon, Jun 24, 2002

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Episode 53

Episode #1.53

Tue, Jun 25, 2002

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Episode 54

Episode #1.54

Wed, Jun 26, 2002

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Episode 55

Episode #1.55

Thu, Jun 27, 2002

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Episode 56

Episode #1.56

Fri, Jun 28, 2002

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Episode 57

Episode #1.57

Mon, Jul 1, 2002

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Episode 58

Episode #1.58

Tue, Jul 2, 2002

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Episode 59

Episode #1.59

Wed, Jul 3, 2002

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Episode 60

Episode #1.60

Fri, Jul 5, 2002

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Episode 61

Episode #1.61

Mon, Jul 8, 2002

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Episode 62

Episode #1.62

Tue, Jul 9, 2002

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Episode 63

Episode #1.63

Wed, Jul 10, 2002

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Episode 64

Episode #1.64

Thu, Jul 11, 2002

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Episode 65

Halloween Special

Sat, Oct 26, 2002

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