In the 1980s Johnny Gilbert was the announcer on the $20,000 version of this Dick Clark-hosted game show
Under the $20,000 format, the player's total was merely augmented to the
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started as $10,000 became $20,000, $25,000, $50,000, and even $100,000 over 
time.