History Series / CelebrityNameGame

* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: In the first two rounds, rhyming clues are not allowed. However, Craig's Fame Game-esque ramblings in Round 3 (which start obscure and slowly become more revealing) can often end with blatantly easy rhyming clues such as "Oh, and her name rhymes with [[Creator/BettyWhite Sweaty Might]]" or more recently, outright ''giving out the answer''.

Syndicated GameShow that premiered in September 2014 as another entry into the classic genre of "[[Series/{{Password}} celebrities give clues]], [[Series/{{Pyramid}} civilians give answers]]" shows. In the first round, a celebrity guest has 30 seconds to communicate up to 10 names of celebrities, characters, or other entities consisting of people, from a category to one of two pairs of contestants, at $100 a piece. In the second round, the celebrities switch and they double the money. The third round is played on the buzzer with Craig reading off clues towards a subject (a la the "Fame Game" rounds on ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury''); the values start at $100, but increase after every name, and getting an answer wrong automatically gives the money to the other team. The first team to $3,000 wins the game and plays a BonusRound for $20,000. For cluegivers, the traditional "don't say the word or parts of the word" rule applies, but rhyming is not allowed either.

** January 3, 2016: Guillermo the security guard from Jimmy Kimmel Live! is guessing; when the cluegiver points at her buttocks as a clue towards Beavis And Butthead, he guesses Dynasty.

** Craig stated that this character was white and lived under the sea, and did not live in a pineapple. A contestant guessed "SpongeBob SquarePants" anyway (it was Moby-Dick).

** In one episode, after Craig says, "''I'' will be the clue giver!" in a gentle voice, [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent a heavenly light shines on him with an Hallelujah chorus playing]]. Here, he [[LampShading lampshades]] his clue giver gag by saying, "You can't go Satanic ''every'' time. You gotta mix it up a little!"

!!GameShowTropes in use:

* DoubleTheDollars: Round 2.

* Personnel:
** GameShowHost: Craig Ferguson. He won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host for his efforts.
** StudioAudience

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!!This series provides examples of
* CatchPhrase:
** "Get ready, get set, off you go..." (with the last of them changed to "Get going" in season 2).
** For Round 3: "In this round, ''[[AGodAmI I]]'' [[LargeHam will be the clue giver!]]"
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Invoked by the cluegiver in a game show-themed category, saying "This is what [[Series/LetsMakeADeal Monty Hall]] would say" as a clue for "[[Series/ThePriceIsRight Come on down]]" (the contestant still managed to guess correctly, somehow), and then saying that ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'' involves looking behind curtains.

* CreatorCameo: In one of the first two aired episodes, and several others, Courtney and David are the celebrity guests.
* DeadpanSnarker: Craig was quite adept at ad-libbing.
* {{Expy}}: As mentioned, much of the show plays very much like ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'', except ''every'' category is [[ThatOneLevel that dreaded names category]].
* MyGreatestSecondChance: Season 1 featured a "second chance" week of shows featuring losing contestants (and in particular, a few responsible for some of the more infamous WhatAnIdiot moments that the show had produced so far, such as the "Sacramento is the nation's capital" guy).
* MyRulesAreNotYourRules[=/=]MercyMode: In the first two rounds, rhyming clues are not allowed. However, Craig's Fame Game-esque ramblings in Round 3 (which start obscure and slowly become more revealing) can often end with blatantly easy rhyming clues such as "Oh, and her name rhymes with [[Creator/BettyWhite Sweaty Might]]" or more recently, outright ''giving out the answer''.
* RunningGag: Sometimes Craig's "In this round, ''I'' will be the cluegiver!" boast going into Round 3 is accompanied by a gag, such as the set going dark with lightning effects, flashing [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red]] lights, and Craig [[EvilLaugh cackling Satanically]]; or Craig doing a random dance interlude to a generic game show-sounding motif.
** In one episode, after Craig says, "''I'' will be the clue giver!" in a gentle voice, [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent a heavenly light shines on him with an Hallelujah chorus playing]]. Here, he [[LampShading lampshades]] his clue giver gag by saying, "You can't go Satanic ''every'' time. You gotta mix it up a little!"
** Any time a contestant inadvertently [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} answers in the form of a question]], Craig gets [[LargeHam hilariously irked]]:
--> '''Craig:''' "''DO I LOOK LIKE TREBEK TO YOU?!?!''"
** Craig sometimes asks female contestants if they are models. One time, they actually ''were.''

Syndicated GameShow that premiered in September 2014 as another entry into the classic genre of "[[Series/{{Password}} celebrities give clues]], [[Series/{{Pyramid}} civilians give answers]]" shows. In the first round, a celebrity guest has 30 seconds to communicate up to 10 names of celebrities, characters, or other entities consisting of people, from a category to one of two pairs of contestants, at $100 a piece. In the second round, the celebrities switch and they double the money. The third round is played on the buzzer with Craig reading off clues in an often deadpan tribute to [[Series/SaleOfTheCentury Jim Perry]]; the values start at $100, but increase after every name, and getting an answer wrong automatically gives the money to the other team. The first team to $3,000 wins the game and plays a BonusRound for $20,000. For cluegivers, the traditional "don't say the word or parts of the word" rule applies, but rhyming is not allowed either.

* MyRulesAreNotYourRules/[=MercyMode=]: In the first two rounds, rhyming clues are not allowed. However, Craig's Fame Game-esque ramblings in Round 3 (which start obscure and slowly become more revealing) can often end with blatantly easy rhyming clues such as "Oh, and her name rhymes with [[Creator/BettyWhite Sweaty Might]]" or more recently, outright ''giving out the answer''.

* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: In the first two rounds, rhyming clues are not allowed. However, Craig's Fame Game-esque ramblings in Round 3 (which start obscure and slowly become more revealing) can often end with blatantly easy rhyming clues such as "Oh, and her name rhymes with [[Creator/BettyWhite Sweaty Might]]" or more recently, outright ''giving out the answer''.

** "Off you go...", changed to "Get going" in season 2.

Season 2 made some changes to the formula; the first round uses letter categories only, and the final round occasionally features different types of puzzles (such as guessing a celebrity based on a Website/{{Twitter}} post, or guessing the two celebrities in a fused image). In December 2016, it was revealed that the show would be cancelled after its third season. As of Feb. 9, 2018, Buzzr airs an hour of this show every Friday.

Season 2 made some changes to the formula; the first round uses letter categories only, and the final round occasionally features different types of puzzles (such as guessing a celebrity based on a Website/{{Twitter}} post, or guessing the two celebrities in a fused image). In December 2016, it was revealed that the show would be cancelled after its third season.

* BonusRound: Describe 10 names to the celebrity guests to augment the front game score to $20,000. One member of the team gets 45 seconds, while the other person is put in the SoundProofBooth. The other person then gets 30 more seconds to try and get the rest. Some of the subjects on the board display photos instead of names.

* RunningGag: Sometimes Craig's "In this round, ''I'' will be the cluegiver!" boast going into Round 3 is accompanied by a gag, such as the set going dark with lightning effects, or Craig randomly doing a dance interlude.

Season 2 made some changes to the formula; the first round uses letter categories only, and the final round occasionally features different types of puzzles (such as guessing a celebrity based on a Website/{{Twitter}} post, or guessing the two celebrities in a fused image).

* RunningGag: Anytime a contestant inadvertently [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} answers in the form of a question]], Craig gets [[LargeHam hilariously irked]]:

* TechnologicallyBlindElders: Bill Engvall's mind goes completely blank when "Snapchat" comes up.

** GameShowHost: Craig Ferguson. He won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game host for his efforts.