Picks and Pans Review: The Krypton Factor

UPDATED 08/10/1981 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 08/10/1981 at 01:00 AM EDT

ABC (8:30-9 p.m. ET)

Dick Clark hosts this bizarre game show in which four Americans—average, except that they're wearing space suits—compete for $50,000 in gold via video games, brainteasers and a gadget-strewn obstacle course. It's a toss-up whether this experimental effort will replace or belongs on The Gong Show.

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