| Tattletales | |
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 Tattletales title logo. |
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| Format | Game Show |
| Created by | Mark Goodson and Bill Todman |
| Starring | Host: Bert Convy Announcers: Jack Clark (1974-1975), Gene Wood (1975-1978), Johnny Olson (1982-1984) |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 Minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS (1974-1978, 1982-1984) Syndication (1977-1978) |
| Original run | 1974 – 1984 |
Tattletales was a game show which first aired on the CBS daytime schedule on February 18, 1974. Bernard Whalen "Bert" Convy ( July 23, 1933 &ndash July 15, 1991) was an American Game show host and panelist Jack Clark ( November 25, 1925 - July 21, 1988) was an American Game show emcee and Announcer. Gene Wood (born Eugene Edward Wood, October 20, 1925 in Quincy Massachusetts; died May 21, 2004 in Boston Massachusetts John Leonard "Johnny" Olson ( May 22, 1910 &ndash October 12, 1985) was an American Radio personality and The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. It was hosted by Bert Convy, with several announcers Jack Clark (for the first several weeks), Gene Wood (who served as main announcer, beginning in late 1974 onwards), Johnny Olson (who also served as main announcer on the 1982 version) and John Harlan providing the voiceover at various times. Bernard Whalen "Bert" Convy ( July 23, 1933 &ndash July 15, 1991) was an American Game show host and panelist Jack Clark ( November 25, 1925 - July 21, 1988) was an American Game show emcee and Announcer. Gene Wood (born Eugene Edward Wood, October 20, 1925 in Quincy Massachusetts; died May 21, 2004 in Boston Massachusetts John Leonard "Johnny" Olson ( May 22, 1910 &ndash October 12, 1985) was an American Radio personality and John Harlan (born in USA) is an American television Announcer who has worked on numerous television projects for over 40 years particularly game and Variety The show was based on a syndicated Goodson-Todman show aired during the 1969-1970 season, He Said, She Said. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He Said She Said was an American Game show hosted by Joe Garagiola.
The show's premise was based on questions asked about celebrity couples' personal and/or love lives.
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Host
Bert Convy was awarded a Daytime Emmy for hosting the show 1977. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York -based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles -based Academy Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays However, occasionally during the 1970s run, Bert Convy and his wife, Anne, would play the game. Most often they both played during weeks in which the panel was comprised entirely of other game show hosts and their spouses. Among the hosts who filled in for Convy during these episodes were Gene Rayburn, Bob Barker, Bobby Van, Jack Narz and Richard Dawson. Gene Rayburn ( December 22, 1917 &ndash November 29, 1999) was an American Radio and Television personality Robert William Barker (Born December 12 1923) is a nineteen-time Emmy Award -winning former American Television Game show Bobby Van ( December 6, 1928 &ndash July 31, 1980) was a musical Actor probably best known for his career on Jack Narz (born November 13, 1922, in Louisville Kentucky) is an American Television announcer and Game show host Richard Dawson aka 'The Kissing Bandit'(born November 20, 1932) is a British - American Actor, Comedian, Game show
Gameplay
The show went through two formats during its two stints on CBS, with the first featured only during the first month of the original run.
Format 1
In round one, while the husbands (sometimes the wives) are isolated in an enclosed room behind the main set, Convy asked their spouses two questions (usually they started with "It happened at. . . " and then Convy would complete the question). After each question was read, a wife/husband would buzz in to answer the question. Then after answering the question, the spouse who had buzzed in would then give a one- or two-word clue that her husband/his wife would recognize. Then the isolated spouses appeared on monitors in front of their wives/husbands. Host Convy would then ask the question to the husbands/wives, followed by the clue, after which the husband/wife who buzzed in first (with buzzers of their own in the isolation room) got the right to answer. Then if the husband's/wife's answer matched his wife's/her husband's, the couple won money for their rooting section, based on the length of the clue ($100 for a one-word clue and $50 for a two-word). After the questions, host Convy would then ask another question to the couples called a Tattletale Quickie (it was usually multiple-choice) in which all couples participated. On his/her turn, each wife/husband would answer the question, and then his/her spouse appeared and answered the same question. Each match on the quickie was worth $100. The roles were reversed in round two.
Format 2
By spring, Tattletales dropped the first part of the round in favor of all Tattletale Quickies for the entire half hour, thus no longer referring to them by that name. In addition, the scoring format changed; each question had a pot of $150. If two or all three couples matched, they split the pot ($75 for two couples & $50 for all three); but if only one couple matched, they got the whole pot. If nobody matched, the money was carried over to the next question, making the next question worth $300 (or $450). Again, the roles were reversed in round two. The final question was worth double, meaning $300 went to any one couple who matched, $150 to two and $100 to all three.
Money for Rooting Sections
In all versions, all three "rooting sections" (one-third of the studio audience, divided into the colors of red, "banana" (yellow), and blue) divided the money their respective couples won for them. The couple with the most money at the end of the show won the game, earning their rooting section a bonus of $1,000. If the game ended in a tie between two or among all three couples, the bonus was split ($500 for two rooting sections, $334 for all three).
Cash prizes on game shows are typically awarded to contestants in the form of a check, mailed weeks after a show has been taped. Because of the impracticality (e. g. , postal costs) of doing this for an entire studio audience, Tattletales kept a check-cutting machine in the studio, and distributed the money to the audience members on their way out immediately after the show.
Celebrities
Among the celebrities that played the game were Jay Leno and his wife, Michael J. Fox and his girlfriend, Leslie Nielsen and his wife, Tommy Lasorda and As the World Turns co-stars Meg Ryan and Frank Runyon. James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28 1950 is an Emmy Award -winning American Stand-up comedian and Television host Michael J Fox (born Michael Andrew Fox; June 9 1961 is a Canadian / American Leslie William Nielsen OC (born February 11 1926 is a Canadian-American Emmy Award -nominated Comedian and actor Thomas Charles Lasorda (born September 22 1927 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and As the World Turns ( ATWT) is an American television Soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS. Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra (born November 19, 1961) professionally known as Meg Ryan, is a Golden Globe-nominated American film The 1980s version did not always use married couples, occasionally featuring special weeks with teams consisting of TV couples, best friends, parent-child, and other combinations. Actor Dick Sargent and comedian/author Fannie Flagg appeared on the show as a couple, though both were gay. Dick Sargent ( April 19, 1930 &ndash July 8, 1994) born Richard Stanford Cox, was an American actor best known for Fannie Flagg (born Patricia Neal September 21, 1944 in Birmingham Alabama) is an American author and actress Flagg was not introduced as Sargent's wife or girlfriend, or even friend, but rather "his lady. " When Orson Bean played, he had the habit of dubbing the red section the pimento section and the blue section the blueberry section to go along with the yellow banana section. Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows July 22, 1928) is an American Film, Television, and stage Pimento is sometimes a synonym for Allspice. The Pimento, Pimiento, or Cherry Pepper is a variety of large red heart-shaped Blueberries are Flowering plants in the genus Vaccinium, sect Often on weeks he wasn't on Burt would say, "Winning money for the red - or as our friend Orson Bean says - the pimento section is. . . . "
Scheduling History
CBS placed Tattletales at 4 p. m. Eastern/3 p. m. Central on February 18, 1974. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. It formed the last third of an afternoon game show block that also included The Price Is Right and the ratings-leading Match Game '74. The Price Is Right is an five time Emmy Award-winning American Game show centering on contestants guessing the retail prices of featured prizes Match Game also called The Match Game was an American Television Game show that celebrities and contestants answering
CBS later moved Tattletales to the 11/10 a. m. slot on June 16, 1975, and then to 3:30/2:30 p. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. m. on August 18, 1975, filling a gap left by Price's return to mornings. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. However, by Thanksgiving, TT had returned to its original timeslot.
In November 1977, CBS once again tried Tattletales in the 11/10 a. Events in November All Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day a Christian holy day is celebrated on November 1, the day after Halloween Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays m. slot. Up against NBC's hit Wheel of Fortune, Tattletales gradually began to lose viewers and ran its 1,075th and final show on March 31, 1978, giving way to Pass the Buck (Pass the Buck took over the 10:00/9:00 central slot, while The Price is Right was shifted to 11:00/10:00 central to fill the void of Tattletales' slot. Created by Merv Griffin, the daytime version of the American Game show Wheel of Fortune aired on NBC from January 6 Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Pass the Buck was a Game show that aired on CBS television's daytime lineup from April 3, 1978 until June 30, Widely Known Facts The Price Is Right is an American Television Game show that is currently owned by the FremantleMedia ) Goodson-Todman contracted with Viacom to distribute a weekly syndicated version beginning in September 1977. Viacom ( ( short for " Vi deo & A udio Com munications" is an American Media conglomerate with various worldwide interests In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through Events in September It is the start of the academic year in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Few stations were interested in a nighttime Tattletales, however, and it only lasted one season.
In 1982, programmers decided to ask Mark Goodson to bring Tattletales back, and it returned with host Convy on January 18. Mark Goodson ( January 14, 1915 &ndash December 18, 1992) was a successful American Television producer who specialized Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor This time, the network left the game alone, allowing it to hold the 4/3 p. m. slot until June 1, 1984, when Goodson tried another format, Body Language. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Body Language was a Television Game show, created by Mark Goodson Television Productions Despite rumors that a proposed revival was in the works to accompany the 1998 version of Match Game, current G-T rights holder FremantleMedia has kept Tattletales on the shelf for over two decades. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) FremantleMedia (previously known as All American Television, LBS Communications, and Pearson Television) is the content
Pilot
In 1972, a TV pilot was produced for what eventually become Tattletales. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The pilot was named Celebrity Matchmates and was emceed by Gene Rayburn, who at the time was hosting CBS's Amateur's Guide to Love. Gene Rayburn ( December 22, 1917 &ndash November 29, 1999) was an American Radio and Television personality CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The Amateur's Guide to Love was an American television Game show, created by Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley, that ran on CBS from March 27 to June By the time the pilot was successfully sold to the network in early 1974, Rayburn was already hosting Match Game, which in the mid-1970s usually preceded Tattletales on the CBS afternoon lineup; Bert Convy got the job instead (although Rayburn and his wife were frequent guests on the show, and he even filled in as host during a 1974 week when Convy and his wife played the game). Match Game also called The Match Game was an American Television Game show that celebrities and contestants answering This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.
Episode Status
All episodes of Tattletales exist but only a subset of them have been seen on GSN - episodes of the CBS run from 1974 and 1975 , and several months of the 1982 CBS run.
External links
- Curt Alliaume's Tattletales Page
- Tattletales (1974) at the Internet Movie Database
- Tattletales (1982) at the Internet Movie Database
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