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Obvious Beta: The pilot suffered this severely- different logo, different host, a far more abstract mall set, a hostess- though some of the elements from this pilot besides the gameplay, including the shop names and Mark Wahlberg, were kept while everything else was changed and refined.

Mystery Box: All the gifts in the Bonus Round, both at the table and at the stores.

Hostile Show Takeover: Dee once attempted this near the end of Season 8 by (apparently) knocking out Pat and tying him up it was a joke, of course.

Finn was replaced by JD Roberto for the final two seasons.

Game Show Host: Scott Herriott hosted the pilot, but was replaced by Pat Finn for the series.

Creator Cameo: Sort of- the stores in the mall era tended to be named after crew members.

Cash was used instead of points (Shopper's Challenge awarded $500 per correct answer), and the bonus round target was increased to $5,000 with victory awarding a further $10,000.

Celebrity Edition: An hour-long Christmas special was done in December 1993 with four teams (including one team of three) playing for charity and a far larger budget than the norm.Catchphrase: After Pat says that the couple will win a trip if they win a certain amount of money, him and the audience would then shout along "To where, Mark/Jason/Dee?".On some occasions, an additional bonus prize would be included. Bonus Space: One store in each episode was the "Shopper's Special", which awarded a mini-trip.

If the team managed to get at least $2,500 in prizes ($1,000 during Seasons 1-2), they won a "dream vacation". After that, the gifts would be revealed everything on the table was theirs, no matter what. In either case, the runner had to take the gift to a table on the other end of the stage and hit a bell sitting atop a podium before the opener could continue. Bonus Round: Shop 'Til They Drop the team was given a set of six "gifts" that one person opened they could either keep the prize, or "take it back" to any store in the mall (all of which had gift boxes in front).Bittersweet Ending: One episode from 2000 (Season 7) saw the winning couple run out of time in the bonus round before exchanging all six gifts, but still wound up winning the trip.Even the host of the plugathon that was the show's final two seasons hated the endless plugs. When it came time to play said category, JD noted that it was sponsored by (reaches into his podium and pulls out.) nothing, after which he silently mouthed a praise to the heavens. Biting-the-Hand Humor: During a 2003 episode (Season 9), one category was "Shameless Plugs", to which JD chuckled a bit.GSN has aired all of Finn's PAX era, the Family Channel era and even part of the Lifetime era, beginning in December 2013.Ĭompare and contrast Supermarket Sweep, which it was paired with during the Lifetime and PAX eras. Pat Finn hosted until 2002, when the show went into repeats for a year it returned in 2003 with JD Roberto as host, running until 2005. The show is notable for having been Un-Canceled twice, with each uncancellation also involving a Channel Hop - it aired on Lifetime from 1991-94, The Family Channel from 1996-98 (officially titled The New Shop 'Til You Drop), and PAX beginning in 2000. After time expired, the team in the lead played the bonus round.

The maingame ended with the Shopper's Challenge round, a 90-second rapid-fire Q&A with correct answers worth 50 points. Round 1 stunts were worth 100 points, and Round 2 was worth 200 winning a stunt also allowed the team to pick a prize from one of the mall's stores. Long-running Game Show franchise produced by Stone-Stanley Entertainment where two teams of two players competed for prizes by completing various stunt/trivia games, set inside the center court of a mall.