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Games People Play
★ 8.0· 1980– 1980· 1 Season· 1 Episodes· ~60 min/ep
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Games People Play is an NBC television show that ran from 1980 to 1981, hosted by Bryant Gumbel and Mike Adamle. The format centers on unusual sports competitions, including a belly flop contest and a taxicab demolition derby. Sylvester Stallone discovered Mr. T, whom he subsequently cast as Clubber Lang, when Mr. T won a "World's Toughest Bouncer" competition on the show. The title of the show is a play on the title of Games People Play, a popular psychology book from the 1960s about mind games and interactions within relationships.
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First Aired: 8/21/1980
Languages: English
Type: Scripted
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NBC
NBC
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Season 1
1980· 1 episode
Keywords
sports show
