History Series / Scattergories

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: This was probably a key factor in the series' short life. You had Clark, eight contestants, five celebrities, five judges, and Charlie Tuna - and this was supposed to be a "casual" game.

Short-lived 1993 Creator/{{NBC}} GameShow adaptation of the BoardGame, produced by Reg Grundy and hosted by Creator/DickClark. Two teams of four (men versus women) competed in a game where the five celebrity "panelists" appeared in prerecorded video clips. Clark revealed a category and a letter, and the teams had to choose celebrities with as many ''different'' valid answers as possible.

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** TheJudge: Five unidentified people who Clark typically described as a mixture of people who had previously auditioned for the show and employees of Reg Grundy Productions. They were asked to use small blue "Yes" and red "No" signs to decide if challenged words would be allowed.

* BonusRound: One more Scattergory; 10 words (two per letter assigned to each star) in 20 (later 25) seconds. For every instance of a celebrity saying a word not given, the team earned $100; three mismatches earned the team a ProgressiveJackpot. For the first few weeks the team only won if they captured the celebrity whose name they had previously drawn at random; after an ObviousRulePatch the team won by capturing three of the five celebrities instead.

** TheAnnouncer: One of the week's five celebrities introduced Clark. Charlie Tuna handled fee plugs and the Reg Grundy spiel (on occasions).

* CrossOver: ''Series/{{Scrabble}}'' host Chuck Woolery appeared as a celebrity for a few weeks. The '93 ''Scrabble'' was paired up with ''Scattergories'', and both emcees regularly plugged the other's show.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: This was probably a key factor in the series' short life. You had Clark, eight contestants, five celebrities, five judges and Charlie Tuna- and this was supposed to be a "casual" game.
* ObviousRulePatch: For the first few weeks of the show the BonusRound was slightly different. The winning team picked one of five envelopes containing names of the celebrities at random, the contents of which was revealed after the BonusRound was completed. The team then only won if they succeeded in capturing the celebrity whose name they picked. This was most likely changed as the fifth box often was disqualified due to the time running out.

* RecycledSoundtrack: The background music used in the main game was recycled from ''[[Series/HotStreak Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak]]''; the pilot recycled the music from an unsold Grundy pilot, 1985's ''Matchmates''.

* RecycledSoundtrack: The background music used in the main game was recycled from ''[[Series/HotStreak Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak]]''.

* BonusRound: One more Scattergory; 10 words (2 per letter assigned to each star) in 20 (later 25) seconds. Earn $100 per mismatch (the celeb says a word not given), 3 wins $4,000, plus $1,000 every day it wasn't won. For the first few weeks the team only won if they captured the celebrity whose name they had previously drawn at random, after an ObviousRulePatch the team won by capturing three of the five celebrities instead.

* ObviousRulePatch: For the first few weeks of the show the BonusRound was slightly different. The winning team picked one of five envelopes containing names of the celebrities at random, the contents of which was revealed after the BonusRound was completed. The team then only won if they succeeded in capturing the celebrity who's name they picked. This was most likely changed as the fifth box often was disqualified due to the time running out.

** TheAnnouncer: One of the week's five celebrities introduced Clark. Charlie Tuna handled fee plugs.

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Short-lived 1993 Creator/{{NBC}} GameShow adaptation of the BoardGame, produced by Reg Grundy and hosted by Dick Clark. Two teams of four (men versus women) competed in a game where the five celebrity "panelists" appeared in prerecorded video clips. Clark revealed a category and a letter, and the teams had to choose celebrities with as many ''different'' valid answers as possible.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Among the celebrity guests were [[ThePeoplesCourt Judge Joseph Wapner]] and RushLimbaugh, the latter appearing for two weeks with his segments taped on the set of his then-current show. Longtime HowardStern co-host Robin Quivers appeared as a contestant for a time.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: It hasn't been seen since it originally ended.

* BonusRound: One more Scattergory; 10 words (2 per letter assigned to each star) in 20 (later 25) seconds. Earn $100 per mismatch (the celeb says a word not given), 3 wins $4,000, plus $1,000 every day it wasn't won.

Short-lived 1993 {{NBC}} GameShow adaptation of the BoardGame, produced by Reg Grundy and hosted by Dick Clark. Two teams of four (men versus women) competed in a game where the five celebrity "panelists" appeared in prerecorded video clips. Clark revealed a category and a letter, and the teams had to choose celebrities with as many ''different'' valid answers as possible.

* BonusRound: Played for $4,000, plus $1,000 every day it wasn't won.

** TheAnnouncer: One of the week's five celebrities introduced Clark.

{{NBC}} GameShow adaptation of the BoardGame produced by Reg Grundy and hosted by Dick Clark which ran briefly in 1993 with a revival of ''Series/{{Scrabble}}''. Two teams, four men against four women, competed in this game where the five celebrity "panelists" appeared in prerecorded video clips. Clark revealed a category and a letter, and the teams had to choose celebrities with as many ''different'' valid answers as possible.

** TheAnnouncer: One of the week's five celebrities would introduce Clark.

* CrossOver: ''Scrabble'' host Chuck Woolery appeared as a celebrity for a few weeks. The '93 ''Scrabble'' was paired up with ''Scattergories'', and both emcees regularly plugged the other's show.

* ShortRunners: January 18-June 11, with a few weeks of repeats during that time.

Reg Grundy produced this 1993 GameShow adaptation of the BoardGame for {{NBC}}, hosted by Dick Clark and teamed up with a revival of ''Series/{{Scrabble}}''.

Two teams, four men against four women, competed in this game where the five celebrity "panelists" appeared in prerecorded video clips. Clark revealed a category and a letter, and the teams had to choose celebrities with as many ''different'' valid answers as possible.

* BonusRound: Played for $4,000, plus $1,000 every day it wasn't won.
* Personnel:
** TheAnnouncer: One of the week's five celebrities would introduce Clark.
** GameShowHost: Dick Clark.
** TheJudge: Five unidentified people who Clark typically described as a mixture of people who had previously auditioned for the show and employees of Reg Grundy Productions. They were tasked to use small blue "Yes" and red "No" signs to decide if challenged words would be allowed.
** StudioAudience

* CrossOver: ''Series/{{Scrabble}}'' host Chuck Woolery appeared as a celebrity for a few weeks. Chuck's ''Scrabble'' revival was paired up with ''Scattergories'', and both emcees regularly plugged the other's show.
* HowardStern: Howard's longtime co-host Robin Quivers appeared as a contestant for a few weeks.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: It hasn't been seen since it originally ended.
* ''ThePeoplesCourt'': Judge Joseph Wapner appreared as a celebrity.
* RushLimbaugh: Appeared as a celebrity for two weeks, his segments taped on the set of his then-current show.

* OneSeasonWonder

Two teams, four men against four women, competed in this game where the five celebrity "panelists" appeared in pre-recorded video clips. Clark revealed a category and a letter, and the teams had to choose celebrities with as many ''different'' valid answers as possible.

** TheJudge: Five unidentified people who Dick Clark would describe as a mixture of people who had previously auditioned for the show and employees of Reg Grundy Productions. They were tasked to use small blue "Yes" and red "No" signs to decide if challenged words would be allowed.

* CrossOver: ''Series/{{Scrabble}}'' host Chuck Woolery appeared as one of the celebrities for a few weeks. Chuck's ''Scrabble'' revival was paired up with ''Scattagories'', and both Clark and Woolery regularly plugged the others show on their show.
* RushLimbaugh: Appeared as a celebrity for two seperate weeks, his segments were taped on the set of his then current show ''Rush Limbaugh: The Television Show''.

1993 GameShow adaptation of the BoardGame, hosted by Dick Clark and teamed up with a revival of ''Scrabble''.

1993 GameShow hosted by DickClark, based on the BoardGame and teamed up with a revival of ''Scrabble''.