History YMMV / TheNewlywedGame

* UncannyValley: From its second episode until the end, the Rodriguez opening used SynchroVox, superimposing other people's lips onto images of early 1900s newlyweds to make it look like they were "singing" the theme song.

* WhatAnIdiot: ''Tons'' of stupid answers, from ''all'' the contestants. Some were so insanely off the mark that they ''had'' to be intentional. Now has [[WhatAnIdiot/TheNewlywedGame its own page]].

** Inverted with original announcer Scott Beach, whom the producers supposedly ousted because he would sing war protest songs to the audience during the commercial breaks. His replacement, veteran announcer Johnny Jacobs, was anything but a Scrappy and would become the go-to announcer for Chuck Barris Productions.

* UncannyValley: From its second episode until the end, the Rodriguez opening superimposed other people's lips onto images of early 1900s newlyweds to make it look like they were "singing" the theme song.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Compared to the ''New Newlywed Game'' that had been running since 1985 and had just altered its format for the 1988-89 season to use money, the massive overhaul that took place when Paul Rodriguez became host on December 12.

* WhatAnIdiot: ''Tons'' of stupid answers, from ''all'' the contestants. Some were so insanely off the mark that they ''had'' to be intentional.

* FanNickname: The Carnie Wilson-hosted revival was given the {{portmanteau}} "Carniewed".

** Paul Rodriguez, who replaced a legend 13 weeks into the 1988-89 season. While initially hosting with a very obnoxious and overbearing personality, he toned it down greatly and became a very competent host in his own right.

** Paul Rodriguez, who replaced a legend 13 weeks into the 1988-89 season and initially hosted with a very obnoxious, overbearing personality. To be fair, he toned it down greatly in later episodes and became a very competent host in his own right.
** Carnie Wilson, who clearly didn't get the game's structure and was more a victim of post-production editing (many set reports stated that she was a good host and had a great personality, neither of which ever seemed to appear in the finished product). This was made only more obvious when Eubanks returned for two episodes just to prove that he's still got it.

* FanNickname: The Carnie Wilson-hosted revival has been given the {{portmanteau}} "Carniewed" by fans.
* ReplacementScrappy:
** Paul Rodriguez, who replaced a legend thirteen weeks into the 1988-89 season and initially hosted with a very obnoxious, overbearing personality. To be fair, he toned it down greatly in later episodes and became a very competent host in his own right.
** Carnie Wilson, who clearly didn't get the game's structure and was more a victim of post-production editing (many set reports claimed she had a great personality that never seemed to show in the finished product). This was made only more obvious when Bob Eubanks returned for two episodes just to prove that he's still got it.
** Inverted with original announcer Scott Beach, whom the producers supposedly ousted because he would sing war protest songs to the audience during the commercial breaks. His replacement, veteran announcer Johnny Jacobs, was anything but a Scrappy and would become the go-to announcer for Chuck Barris Productions.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Compared to the ''New Newlywed Game'' that had been running since 1985 and had just altered its format for the 1988-89 season to use money, the massive overhaul that took place when Paul Rodriguez became host on December 5.
* UncannyValley: The Paul Rodriguez version superimposed other people's lips onto images of early 1900s newlyweds to make it look like they were "singing" the theme song.
* WhatAnIdiot: ''Tons'' of stupid answers, from ''all'' the contestants. Some were so insanely off the mark that they ''had'' to be intentional.

** Paul Rodriguez, who replaced a legend thirteen weeks into the 1988-89 season and initially hosted with a very obnoxious, overbearing personality. To be fair, he managed to rescue himself from the Scrappy heap by toning it down a bit, and became a rather competent host in his own right.

** Paul Rodriguez, who replaced a legend thirteen weeks into the 1988-89 season and initially hosted with a very loud, obnoxious, overbearing personality. To be fair, he was RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap when he mellowed out and found ways to make the show his own.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Compared to the ''New Newlywed Game'' that had been running since 1985 and had just altered its format for the 1988-89 season to use money, the massive overhaul that took place when Paul Rodriguez became host on December 5. The opening sequence changed to photos of married couples "mouthing" to the new theme, "Who Wrote The Book Of Love?", the next day.

** Paul Rodriguez, who replaced a legend thirteen weeks into the 1988-89 season. To be fair, he ''did'' improve and put his own mark on the show.

** Inverted with original announcer Scott Beach, whom the producers supposedly ousted because he would sing war protest songs to the audience during the commercial break. His replacement, veteran announcer Johnny Jacobs, was anything but a Scrappy.

* ReplacementScrappy: Both Paul Rodriguez and Carnie Wilson may qualify. To be fair, Paul ''did'' improve and put his own mark on the show, while Carnie clearly didn't get the game's structure. Her bad hosting was made only more obvious when Bob Eubanks returned for one episode just to prove that he's still got it.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Compared to the ''New Newlywed Game'' that had been running since 1985 and had just altered its format for the 1988-89 season to use money, the massive overhaul that took place when Paul Rodriguez became host on December 5. The opening sequence changed to photos of married couples "mouthing" to the new theme, "Who Wrote The Book Of Love?", the next day. To be fair, Paul ''did'' improve and put his own mark on the show.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Compared to the ''New Newlywed Game'' that had been running since 1985 and had just altered its format for the 1988-89 season to use money, the massive overhaul that took place when Paul Rodriguez became host on December 5. Although Paul improved as host, the opening sequence was changed to photos of married couples "mouthing" to "Who Wrote The Book Of Love?"

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Compared to the ''New Newlywed Game'' that had been running since 1985 and had just altered its format for the 1988-89 season to use money, the massive overhaul that took place when Paul Rodriguez became host on December 5.
* WhatAnIdiot: ''Tons'' of stupid answers, from ''all'' the contestants. Some were so insanely off the mark that they ''had'' to be intentional.