Like many of pop culture’s defining moments, everyone remembers where they were on Friday, June 8, 1984, when an ice-cream-truck driver by the name of Michael Larson repeatedly pressed his luck on Press Your Luck and ended up taking home $110,237 in winnings, at the time the single biggest one-day total on a game show. With Elizabeth Banks, Neil Ross, Cathy Cisneros, Theodore Cooper. The format is a retooling of an earlier Carruthers production, Second Chance, hosted by Jim Peck and which aired on ABC in 1977. Contestant Pam Costa won big on Press Your Luck, Wednesday night. ABC’s June lineup launched the prime-time reboot of Press Your Luck!, the iconic game show that made Big Bucks!No Whammies! Photo: Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images. Elizabeth Banks hosts “Press Your Luck,” premiering its second season Sunday on ABC. Board is loaded with over $13,000 in cash and prizes, and our friend the Whammy. It had a much different look, feel, and host. Created by Chester Feldman. @tvmojoe. Peter is known for referencing his time on Press in several game shows such as Wipeout. By Josef Adalian. Elizabeth Banks Will Host the New Press Your Luck on ABC, Hopefully Sans Effie Wig. Press Your Luck is an American television game show created by Bill Carruthers and Jan McCormack. Peter David Tomarken (b. December 7, 1942 - d. March 13, 2006) was an American television personality primarily known as the host of Press Your Luck. The bodies of Peter Tomarken, 63, host of the hit 1980s game show "Press Your Luck," and his wife, Kathleen Abigail Tomarken, 41, were identified by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. Elizabeth Banks is ready to bring summer television a Whammy again, and likely many more than one. Elizabeth Banks. A game of wits, strategy and high stakes as contestants try to avoid the iconic WHAMMY for a chance at life-changing cash and prizes. 1 Shows hosted 2 … As mentioned, the original Press Your Luck game show first arrived back in 1983 and ran for about three years. The revamp—hosted by Elizabeth Banks and looking (if not feeling) like the neon-light bonanza we all knew and loved—is another example of the 80s nostalgia we clearly needed and will hopefully never end. Now, it's into the game we go. While keeping up with a busy schedule of acting and filmmaking — reaffirmed lately by her role in the FX on Hulu series “Mrs. Not only did she win the show and take home almost $130,000 in prizes, but … It premiered on CBS daytime on September 19, 1983, and ended on September 26, 1986. 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