Born Lucky

Born Lucky

infobox television
show_name = Born Lucky
format = Game show
runtime = 30 minutes per episode
creator = Stone Stanley Entertainment
starring = Bob Goen (host), Jonathan Coleman (announcer)
country = USA
network = Lifetime Television
first_aired = October 5, 1992
last_aired = December 31, 1993

"Born Lucky" was an American television show in which contestants earned mall money and prizes. It was hosted by former one-time "Wheel of Fortune" and former "Entertainment Tonight" reporter and current "That's The Question" host Bob Goen and announced by British-born Australian comic Jonathan Coleman. Four contestants competed in a stunt game show taped at various shopping malls for a chance at $2,000 in mall money. The first week's shows of "Born Lucky" were taped at the Glendale Galleria in California.

The show aired on Lifetime Television from October 5, 1992 to April 2, 1993, and again on the same network from July 5 to December 31, 1993. For a brief period in 2000, PAX (now ION Television) aired reruns of this series.

Each player had a chance to win up to $100 (in what was referred to as "mall money") in the first round by participating in a stunt, such as trying to follow a sequence of commands, moving an item through a maze using a magnet held in the mouth in 60 seconds, or solving a series of brain teasers. The top two highest scoring players moved onto Round 2. Winners of the stunt also earned a prize. If there was a tie (for last place, or if all tied), each person picked an envelope containing "mall money". The player(s) who picked the most cash went on to round two.

In the second round, the "challenge round," the two remaining players bid against each other to see who could accomplish the stunt (a la "Name That Tune"'s "Bid-a-Note" round). All stunts were played in either a 30, 45, or 60-second time limit. If the person accomplished the stunt before time ran out, he or she won. Otherwise, the opponent moved on. The winning player then got a chance to win $2,000 in "mall money" by accomplishing a series of 5 additional stunts in a minute and a half (1:30). They could pass on only 1 stunt and if time permitted, they went back to that stunt,and he or she must complete that remaining stunt to win the $2,000 in cash, otherwise, he/she received $100 for each stunt accomplished.


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