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* ShoutOut: In the first season, the piggy bank was Hamm from ''Franchise/ToyStory''. It was changed to a generic piggy bank in the second season.
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* GameShowHost: Wink Martindale, best known for ''Series/TicTacDough''. Commonly known as one of the cheesier hosts in the business, he turned it UpToEleven for this show.
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* GameShowHost: Wink Martindale, best known for ''Series/TicTacDough''. Commonly known as one of the cheesier hosts in the business, he turned it UpToEleven up to eleven for this show.
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* TheAnnouncer: Julie Claire is the show's main announcer.
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Brought in by the "''Debt'' Security Guard" when tempting a contestant with Bet Your Debt, but only if s/he won Get Outta Debt.
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Brought in by the "''Debt'' Security Guard" when tempting a contestant with Bet Your Debt, but only if s/he won Get Outta Debt.
* CanisLatinicus: For whatever reason, Wink occasionally referred to the contestants as "contesti" during the show's opening.
* CatchPhrase: "Let's get this party started!"
* ComplacentGamingSyndrome:[[invoked]] Having only five clues in each category of Round 2 made it so the vast majority of the time, the opening bid was four questions. This would then force the other player to bid a perfect five or tell the first player to complete their bid.
* CatchPhrase: "Let's get this party started!"
* ComplacentGamingSyndrome:[[invoked]] Having only five clues in each category of Round 2 made it so the vast majority of the time, the opening bid was four questions. This would then force the other player to bid a perfect five or tell the first player to complete their bid.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** The first-season game board looked kind of like a horizontal ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' board.
** In early episodes, the show's logo very strongly resembled that of Visa credit cards.
* GameShowHost: Wink Martindale, best known for ''Series/TicTacDough''. Commonly known as one of the cheesier hosts in the business, he turned it UpToEleven for this show.
** The first-season game board looked kind of like a horizontal ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' board.
** In early episodes, the show's logo very strongly resembled that of Visa credit cards.
* GameShowHost: Wink Martindale, best known for ''Series/TicTacDough''. Commonly known as one of the cheesier hosts in the business, he turned it UpToEleven for this show.
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* Personnel:
** TheAnnouncer: Julie Claire.
** GameShowHost: Wink Martindale, best known for ''Series/TicTacDough''. Commonly known as one of the cheesier hosts in the business, he turned it UpToEleven for this show.
** TheAnnouncer: Julie Claire.
** GameShowHost: Wink Martindale, best known for ''Series/TicTacDough''. Commonly known as one of the cheesier hosts in the business, he turned it UpToEleven for this show.
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* Personnel:
** TheAnnouncer: Julie Claire.
** GameShowHost: Wink Martindale, best known for ''Series/TicTacDough''. Commonly knownNonStandardGameOver: Gambling Debt could end as early as the ''third'' category if one contestant got too far behind of the cheesier hosts in other, making it mathematically impossible to catch up.
* OpeningNarration: As described at thebusiness, he turned it UpToEleven for this show.top of the page.
** TheAnnouncer: Julie Claire.
** GameShowHost: Wink Martindale, best known for ''Series/TicTacDough''. Commonly known
* OpeningNarration: As described at the
* TheStoic: The "''Debt'' Security Guard", a bald and bearded man (nicknamed "Mr. Clean") whose only role was to present the BriefcaseFullOfMoney when Wink explained Bet Your Debt. During one famous instance where a Bet Your Debt winner ripped off his toupee, the guard put it on and danced a bit.
* WritersCannotDoMath: If you add a negative number (the value of the clues) to a negative number (the player's score), the sum would be even lower, thus the contestant would end up going ''deeper'' into debt. Presumably they simply opted to overlook this, otherwise the game wouldn't work.
* YouWannaGetSued:
** The original logo looked almost exactly like the Visa card logo and, after threats of a lawsuit, was changed to a more generic red title surrounded by a light-green border.
** The first round was changed after threats of a lawsuit from Columbia [=TriStar=] Television, successor in interest to Merv Griffin Enterprises, claiming too much resemblance to ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.
* WritersCannotDoMath: If you add a negative number (the value of the clues) to a negative number (the player's score), the sum would be even lower, thus the contestant would end up going ''deeper'' into debt. Presumably they simply opted to overlook this, otherwise the game wouldn't work.
* YouWannaGetSued:
** The original logo looked almost exactly like the Visa card logo and, after threats of a lawsuit, was changed to a more generic red title surrounded by a light-green border.
** The first round was changed after threats of a lawsuit from Columbia [=TriStar=] Television, successor in interest to Merv Griffin Enterprises, claiming too much resemblance to ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Brought in by the "''Debt'' Security Guard" when tempting a contestant with Bet Your Debt, but only if s/he won Get Outta Debt.
* CanisLatinicus: For whatever reason, Wink occasionally referred to the contestants as "contesti" during the show's opening.
* CatchPhrase: "Let's get this party started!"
* ComplacentGamingSyndrome:[[invoked]] Having only five clues in each category of Round 2 made it so the vast majority of the time, the opening bid was four questions. This would then force the other player to bid a perfect five or tell the first player to complete their bid.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The first-season game board looked kind of like a horizontal ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' board.
** In early episodes, the show's logo very strongly resembled that of Visa credit cards.
* NonStandardGameOver: Gambling Debt could end as early as the ''third'' category if one contestant got too far behind of the other, making it mathematically impossible to catch up.
* OpeningNarration: As described at the top of the page.
* TheStoic: The "''Debt'' Security Guard", a bald and bearded man (nicknamed "Mr. Clean") whose only role was to present the BriefcaseFullOfMoney when Wink explained Bet Your Debt. During one famous instance where a Bet Your Debt winner ripped off his toupee, the guard put it on and danced a bit.
* WritersCannotDoMath: If you add a negative number (the value of the clues) to a negative number (the player's score), the sum would be even lower, thus the contestant would end up going ''deeper'' into debt. Presumably they simply opted to overlook this, otherwise the game wouldn't work.
* YouWannaGetSued:
** The original logo looked almost exactly like the Visa card logo and, after threats of a lawsuit, was changed to a more generic red title surrounded by a light-green border.
** The first round was changed after threats of a lawsuit from Columbia [=TriStar=] Television, successor in interest to Merv Griffin Enterprises, claiming too much resemblance to ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.
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* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Brought in by the "''Debt'' Security Guard" when tempting a contestant with Bet Your Debt, but only if s/he won Get Outta Debt.
* CanisLatinicus: For whatever reason, Wink occasionally referred to the contestants as "contesti" during the show's opening.
* CatchPhrase: "Let's get this party started!"
* ComplacentGamingSyndrome:[[invoked]] Having only five clues in each category of Round 2 made it so the vast majority of the time, the opening bid was four questions. This would then force the other player to bid a perfect five or tell the first player to complete their bid.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The first-season game board looked kind of like a horizontal ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' board.
** In early episodes, the show's logo very strongly resembled that of Visa credit cards.
* NonStandardGameOver: Gambling Debt could end as early as the ''third'' category if one contestant got too far behind of the other, making it mathematically impossible to catch up.
* OpeningNarration: As described at the top of the page.
* TheStoic: The "''Debt'' Security Guard", a bald and bearded man (nicknamed "Mr. Clean") whose only role was to present the BriefcaseFullOfMoney when Wink explained Bet Your Debt. During one famous instance where a Bet Your Debt winner ripped off his toupee, the guard put it on and danced a bit.
* WritersCannotDoMath: If you add a negative number (the value of the clues) to a negative number (the player's score), the sum would be even lower, thus the contestant would end up going ''deeper'' into debt. Presumably they simply opted to overlook this, otherwise the game wouldn't work.
* YouWannaGetSued:
** The original logo looked almost exactly like the Visa card logo and, after threats of a lawsuit, was changed to a more generic red title surrounded by a light-green border.
** The first round was changed after threats of a lawsuit from Columbia [=TriStar=] Television, successor in interest to Merv Griffin Enterprises, claiming too much resemblance to ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.
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American GameShow hosted by genre veteran Wink Martindale which ran on Creator/{{Lifetime}} from 1996-98, and could be argued as the UrExample of the show that revived the whole genre after an early-1990s swoon. It got good ratings but was canceled after two seasons when it was learned that some [[PeripheryDemographic half of those ratings came from viewers who were men]].
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''Debt'' is an American GameShow hosted by genre veteran Wink Martindale which ran on Creator/{{Lifetime}} from 1996-98, and could be argued as the UrExample of the show that revived the whole genre after an early-1990s swoon. It got good ratings but was canceled after two seasons when it was learned that some [[PeripheryDemographic half of those ratings came from viewers who were men]].
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* CatchPhrase:"Let's get this party started!"
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* CatchPhrase:"Let's CatchPhrase: "Let's get this party started!"
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