Series regulars or semi-regulars in '$weepstake$' from 1970-1982:
- Edd Byrnes as Emcee (1979)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for '$weepstake$':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
With Adam Arkin (Joey), Abe Vigoda (Anthony), Katherine Helmond (Lynn), Greg Mullavey (Arthur), Foster Brooks (Edgar), Bill Daily (Fred), Elaine Joyce (Barbara), David Hollander.
Series debut. A young parolee, a woman who wants her husband back, and a dog who has inherited the winning tickets show how winning -- and losing -- affects people.
Season 1, episode 2
With Frankie Avalon (Sergei), Kathryn Holcomb (Sarah), Richard Mulligan (Dewey), Dinah Manoff (Maggie), Joan Blondell (Mme. Grimaldi), Tom Poston (Leeds), Lloyd Nolan (Dr. Warnecke), Diana Muldaur (Melinda), Ron Palillo (Harold), Bill Dana (Sampson).
A blind girl, an artist and a woman searching for her father are finalists in the million dollar lottery.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Mann Rubin D: Ernest Pintoff
With Rue McClanahan, James Coco (Pete), Mark Shera (Vince), Joan Hackett, Arlene Golonka, Patrick Macnee (Rodney), Morgan Fairchild (Shirley), Jay W. MacIntosh (Mrs. Ashley), Deborah White (Meg).
A circus couple, a pickpocket and his victim, and an unhappily married couple see the lottery as a solution to their problems.
Season 1, episode 4
With David Ogden Stiers (Wally), Jon Walmsley (Billy), Roddy McDowall (Theodore), Chuck Woolery (Tyler), Jim Backus (Major Adams), Jonathan Harris (Granger), Penny Peyser (Ludmilla), Vic Tayback (Sgt. Yarbrough), Robert Coote (Butler).
A has-been tennis pro, a would-be mechanic and a gone-broke philanthropist find themselves in the lottery finals.
Season 1, episode 5
D: E.W. Swackhamer
With Frederic Forrest, Herschel Bernardi, Adrienne Barbeau, John Anderson (Thomas Singer), Bernie Kopell, Charles Haid, Philip Charles MacKenzie, Dennis Patrick, Bess Armstrong.
A politically minded lawyer, a bookie and a cocktail waitress become lottery finalists.
Season 1, episode 6
With Susan Strasberg (Beverly), Gary Burghoff (Roscoe Fuller), Ron Carey (Donnihue), Phil Foster (Mr. Fuller), Nancy Dussault (Beth), Roxie Roker (Margaret), Mary Carver (Mrs. Fuller).
The emcee takes a personal interest in the outcome when his girl friend becomes a finalist.
Season 1, episode 7
With Hermione Baddeley (Billie), Henry Gibson (Sometimes), Dick Gautier (Victor), Jim Hutton (David), Tab Hunter (Chip).
An 80-year-old woman, a convict and a movie stuntman are finalists in the lottery.
Season 1, episode 8
With Char Fontane (Cathy), Aldo Ray (Crawford), Caroline McWilliams (Meg), Fred Willard (Don), Jack Jones (Paul).
A stewardess, a deli owner trying to save his business, and a would-be tycoon become lottery finalists.
Season 1, episode 9
With Vincent Van Patten, Ben Murphy, Antonio Fargas, Paul Sylvan (Danny).
A young man trying to impress a girl, two good friends, and an ex-baseball player become lottery finalists. (Last show of the series.)