Next Airings

• 11/1 6:30PMBob Boden- Game Show Memorabilia
  "Bob Boden’s résumé is crowded with the game shows he devoted his career to writing, producing, and co-creating, including such all-time favorites as Jeopardy!, Family Feud, Press Your Luck, The $25,000 Pyramid, and more. Today his home is equally crowded with artifacts and memorabilia from those shows and many others, and he’s opened up his archives to share with Lisa Whelchel and Collector’s Call. Among the treasures we’ll showcase are a Price Is Right plinko chip; the Family Feud face-off podium; the $5,000 wedge from Wheel of Fortune; Gene Rayburn’s iconic skinny microphone from Match Game; the Joker’s Wild slot-machine lever; and the giant “J” from the Jeopardy! set. Entertainment archivist and prop detective Rob Klein will be on hand to appraise the collection, then try to tempt Bob into trading away one of its treasures, with the help of special guest, game-show icon Marc Summers!"
• 11/8 6:30PMPhebe Taylor & Jeff Zappala- Forgotten Toys
  "Phebe Taylor and Jeff Zappala may love forgotten toy lines, but their collection is anything but forgettable. After years of collecting separately and then together, the two opened the Museum of Nostalgia in Queens, NY, to share their favorite toys and ephemera with their community, while also inviting others to start collections of their own through an adjoining toy store. Phebe and Jeff now share their collection with Lisa Whelchel and expert John Ragusa, a fellow toy shop owner. The museum features beloved and esoteric toys from the ’60s–’80s, including snack-themed combatants from Food Fighters; figures from one of their favorite obscure cartoons, BraveStarr; and a line inspired by Filmation Ghostbusters, whose live-action series predates the iconic film by nine years. After appraising the collection, John proposes a trade, three toys for two, to see if his own items are worthy of museum status."
• 11/15 6:30PMMeet Al Sorenson
  "Al Sorenson is a grade school teacher who also has a separate career as a professional artist, specializing in sketches of legendary sports figures, which he offers for sale at trade shows throughout the country. Al’s passion as a collector is celebrity-autographed memorabilia, including a sketch he produced of Michael Jordan, which “MJ” autographed. Some of his celebrity-autographed items are sports-related – like the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey jersey signed by the entire “Miracle On Ice” team. Others have connections to television – like the 1975 Happy Days script signed by “the Fonz," Henry Winkler. But all the signed items from Al’s collection are unique. Al is joined by his wife Cindy, who encouraged Al to start his collection years ago. And Lisa has brought along Scott Ibarra, a sports memorabilia dealer and collector himself who, like Al, is a huge Chicago Cubs fan. The trade item that Scott has brought to Al just happens to represent one of their favorite team’s great moments."