Game Show Dynamos

Game Show Dynamos

Produced by patricia boiko
A couple gets their family out of debt by winning on TV game shows, again and again.

Overview

Genre
Cultural History, Society, Social Issues, History, and Personal Doc
Synopsis

He was a history teacher. She was a children's author. Together, Bernard and Claire Boiko of Queens, NY were the dead-broke parents of five children. A pair of curiously relatable outsiders, they captured American hearts and saved their family by doing it. Yes! They appeared on TV game shows 28 times over 37 years. From Tic-Tac-Dough (1956) to Trivial Pursuit (1993), they had the answers.

Stage
finished
Running time
60 and 55 minutes

Credits

Production Details

Prod. Co.
Winning Pictures, LLC; Game Show Dynamos, LLC
Country
United States
Years of Production
1997-2014
Locations
New York, Seattle, San Diego

Distribution Details

Release year
2016
Distribution
MVD, Soundview
Language
English
Subtitles
Closed captioning in English, Spanish subtitles, Japanese subtitles, Korean subtitles

Photos

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