am ous ▁for ▁the ▁song ▁" 1 9 8 5 ". ) ▁ ▁Local ▁ed itions ▁ ▁Bow ling ▁for ▁D oll ars ▁was ▁broadcast ▁from ▁TV ▁stations ▁serving ▁medium ▁to ▁large ▁communities ▁all ▁across ▁North ▁America . ▁ ▁In ▁many ▁of ▁these ▁mark ets , ▁the ▁host ▁was ▁introduced ▁by ▁the ▁announ cer ▁as ▁" the ▁King pin ▁himself ". ▁ ▁Baltimore ▁There ▁were ▁two ▁separate ▁runs . ▁ ▁Both ▁a ired ▁on ▁W B AL - TV , ▁and ▁both ▁sites ▁were ▁fil med ▁in ▁studio ▁( with ▁bow ling ▁being ▁with ▁a ▁Brun sw ick ▁set ): ▁ ▁D uck p ins ▁and ▁D oll ars ▁Host s : ▁Ba iley ▁G oss , ▁then ▁Ch uck ▁Thompson ▁This ▁show ▁only ▁required ▁contest ants ▁to ▁make ▁one ▁strike ▁for ▁the ▁jack pot ▁— ▁a ▁significantly ▁harder ▁task ▁in ▁du ck pin ▁bow ling ▁than ▁in ▁standard ▁ten p ins . ▁ ▁Bow ling ▁for ▁D oll ars ▁Host s : ▁Tom ▁Cole , ▁then ▁Ron ▁R iley , ▁then ▁Royal ▁Parker ▁At ▁one ▁point , ▁the ▁show ▁altern ated ▁between ▁du ck pin ▁and ▁ten pin ▁bow lers . ▁ ▁Boston ▁This ▁edition ▁was ▁titled ▁Cand le p ins ▁for ▁C ash , ▁featuring ▁the ▁regional ▁cand le pin ▁variation ▁of ▁bow ling , ▁and ▁had ▁two ▁separate ▁runs : ▁▁ ▁W N AC - TV ▁( now ▁WH D H ), ▁ 1 9 7 3 – 1 9 8 0 , ▁hosted ▁by ▁Bob ▁Gam ere ; ▁origin