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** Later on, the champion had to guess three words given one at a time by one of their celebrity partners, with a successful guess worth increasing amounts of money ($1,000 for the first word, $2,000 for the second word, and $5,000 for the third and final word). They could stop at any time, because if they failed to guess the next word within the lime limit, they lost half their winnings.
* ColorCodedMultiplayer: One team wore red turtleneck sweaters, while the other team wore blue. Around midway through the show's run, the name "REDS" and "BLUES" were added for the benefits of viewers watching on black-and-white televisions (which were still somewhat common at the time).
* ColorCodedMultiplayer: One team wore red turtleneck sweaters, while the other team wore blue. Around midway through the show's run, the name "REDS" and "BLUES" were added for the benefits of viewers watching on black-and-white televisions (which were still somewhat common at the time).
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* BonusRound
* HomeGame: Averted. Though a board game with this format '''was''' issued in '75 with Creator/LucilleBall on the cover, it has no connection to the actual series. In a fun bit of irony, the game was called ''Body Language''.
* Personnel:
** TheAnnouncer: Gene Wood.
** GameShowHost: [[Series/WhatsMyLine Larry Blyden]] did the pilot, Bobby Van did the series.
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* BonusRound
* HomeGame: Averted. Though a board game with this format '''was''' issued in '75 with Creator/LucilleBall on the cover, it has no connection to the actual series. In a fun bit of irony, the game was called ''Body Language''.
* Personnel:
** TheAnnouncer: Gene Wood.
** GameShowHost: [[Series/WhatsMyLine Larry Blyden]] did the pilot, Bobby Van did the series.
* ShowTheFolksAtHome
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* TheAnnouncer: Gene Wood.
* BonusRound: Celebs acted out a series of words to the contestant in 60 seconds, with $1 awarded for each. After this, the player got another 15 seconds and three words; each one guessed added a zero to the amount earned beforehand, for a possible payout of more than $10,000.
* GameShowHost: [[Series/WhatsMyLine Larry Blyden]] did the pilot, Bobby Van did the series.
* BonusRound: Celebs acted out a series of words to the contestant in 60 seconds, with $1 awarded for each. After this, the player got another 15 seconds and three words; each one guessed added a zero to the amount earned beforehand, for a possible payout of more than $10,000.
* GameShowHost: [[Series/WhatsMyLine Larry Blyden]] did the pilot, Bobby Van did the series.
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* ShowTheFolksAtHome
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* {{Expy}}: The core concept, in the game show genre, dates back to the late 1940s and ''Pantomime Quiz''.
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* EpisodeCodeNumber: Like all ABC shows of the time, a three-letter code, with the total number of shows recorded in the year, and the year itself was used. The Christmas Day episode that's held at UCLA, for example, says #128-SHF-'75.
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The series probably shouldn't have gone to air (see the Trivia tab), but debuted on June 30, 1975 at 12:00 PM Eastern (replacing ''Series/{{Password}} ABC'') and ran until December 26. In late 1983, Goodson found success with a tweaked format, ''Series/BodyLanguage''.
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The series probably shouldn't have gone to air at all (see the Trivia tab), tab for the explanation why), but debuted on June 30, 1975 at 12:00 PM Eastern (replacing ''Series/{{Password}} ABC'') and ran until December 26. In late 1983, Goodson found success with a tweaked format, ''Series/BodyLanguage''.
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* HomeGame: Sort of. A board game with this format '''was''' issued in '75 with Creator/LucilleBall on the cover, but in a fun bit of irony was called ''Body Language''.
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* HomeGame: Sort of. A Averted. Though a board game with this format '''was''' issued in '75 with Creator/LucilleBall on the cover, but in it has no connection to the actual series. In a fun bit of irony irony, the game was called ''Body Language''.
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Short-lived Creator/{{ABC}} GameShow by Creator/MarkGoodson and Bill Todman which pit two contestants, each paired with two celebrity teammates. One team was sequestered out of sight, while the other split up between "actors" and "guesser". The actors mimed up to six words in 60 seconds for the guesser to identify. Afterward, the other team came out and communicated the same words. The team with the highest score won the game, and best-of-three won the match.
In the BonusRound, the celebs acted out a series of words to the contestant in 60 seconds, with $1 awarded for each. After this, the player got another 15 seconds and three words; each one guessed added a zero to the amount earned beforehand, for a possible payout of more than $10,000.
The series probably shouldn't have gone to air (see the Trivia tab), but debuted on June 30, 1975 at 12:00 PM Eastern (replacing ''Series/{{Password}} ABC'') and ran until December 26. In late 1983, Goodson found success with a tweaked format, ''Series/BodyLanguage''.
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!!GameShowTropes in use:
* BonusRound
* HomeGame: Sort of. A board game with this format '''was''' issued in '75 with Creator/LucilleBall on the cover, but in a fun bit of irony was called ''Body Language''.
* Personnel:
** TheAnnouncer: Gene Wood.
** GameShowHost: [[Series/WhatsMyLine Larry Blyden]] did the pilot, Bobby Van did the series.
* ShowTheFolksAtHome
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!!This show provides examples of:
* {{Expy}}: The core concept, in the game show genre, dates back to the late 1940s and ''Pantomime Quiz''.
* OpeningNarration: ''"Places, please...it's curtain time for the Showoffs!"''
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In the BonusRound, the celebs acted out a series of words to the contestant in 60 seconds, with $1 awarded for each. After this, the player got another 15 seconds and three words; each one guessed added a zero to the amount earned beforehand, for a possible payout of more than $10,000.
The series probably shouldn't have gone to air (see the Trivia tab), but debuted on June 30, 1975 at 12:00 PM Eastern (replacing ''Series/{{Password}} ABC'') and ran until December 26. In late 1983, Goodson found success with a tweaked format, ''Series/BodyLanguage''.
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!!GameShowTropes in use:
* BonusRound
* HomeGame: Sort of. A board game with this format '''was''' issued in '75 with Creator/LucilleBall on the cover, but in a fun bit of irony was called ''Body Language''.
* Personnel:
** TheAnnouncer: Gene Wood.
** GameShowHost: [[Series/WhatsMyLine Larry Blyden]] did the pilot, Bobby Van did the series.
* ShowTheFolksAtHome
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!!This show provides examples of:
* {{Expy}}: The core concept, in the game show genre, dates back to the late 1940s and ''Pantomime Quiz''.
* OpeningNarration: ''"Places, please...it's curtain time for the Showoffs!"''
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