| YOU DON'T SAY! packagers: Ralph Andrews/Bill Yagemann Productions in association with Desilu Productions (NBC), Ralph Andrews Productions ('70s) air dates: 4/1/63-9/26/69 on NBC, 7/7/75 on ABC, syndicated 9/78-3/79 by Viacom hosts: Tom Kennedy (NBC & ABC), Jim Peck (syndicated show) announcers: Jay Stewart ('63-'64), John Harlan ('64-'79) HOW TO PLAY: On the NBC run, each of 2 contestants would be teamed with a celebrity. The object was to guess famous names by conveying words which sounded like part of a particular name. The clue-givers would both be shown a name and must give a clue in the form of an incomplete sentence with only the last word missing. That was the word "you don't say"! That missing word must sound like part of the name. If his or her teammate guessed the right word, (s)he must guess the name being conveyed. An incorrect guess at a word or the name gave the other team a turn. If the name was not identified after 6 clues (3 per team), another name was played. The first team to identify 3 names won that contestant $100 and a chance at another $300. The bonus game would feature a series of 3 hidden clues from a puzzle sent in by a home viewer. The player chose a hidden clue,which was then revealed with the last word being replaced by a 1, 2, or 3, indicating its position in the name to be guessed. The player won $300 for guessing the name after one clue. Each additional clue would cost $100. Winning the main game 3-0 plus $300 in the bonus round also won the player a new car. Daytime contestants stayed on the show until winning 7 games or losing 2. On the primetime edition from '64, two new players competed for the entire show, with a trip going to the biggest money winner of the night. On the ABC run, two contestants faced a panel of 4 celebrities. One player selected a celebrity who then gave an incomplete sentence with only the last word missing, which sounded like part of a particular name. If the player completed the sentence correctly, (s)he then took a guess at to what name was being conveyed. If not, the other player picked one of the remaining celebrites and received an additional clue. Guessing the correct name earned $200 minus $50 for each additional clue. The first player to score $500+ played for an additional $10,000. In the bonus round, the champ was allowed a maximum of 6 clues with which to convey names to the celebrites. The first successfully conveyed name won $500, with each of the next two doubling that money. If the champ successfully conveyed 4 names (one to each celebrity), (s)he won $5,000. If each name was conveyed with one clue, (s)he won $10,000! Champions could stay on the show until they lost 2 games or until they won over $20,000, but could keep up to $25,000. On the syndicated edition, the same two contestants competed on Monday and Tuesday, with two new contestants competing on the Wednesday and Thursday shows.. In each game, the first player to correctly guess 5 names played for $5,000. The payoffs for the bonus round remained the same as on the ABC version, except that conveying 4 names with 6 clues or less won $5,000 in cash ($10,000 in prizes on Friday), even if one clue was used for each name. The player who correctly guessed the most names during the Monday and Tuesday shows would compete that Friday against the top scorer from Wednesday and Thursday. OTHER INFO: During the '60s run, Jack Narz (1922-2008) would fill in occasionally for his brother Tom Kennedy (born James Narz). During the course of the NBC run, Mark Goodson and Bill Todman sued Ralph Andrews and Bill Yagemann because they believed that You Don't Say! was similar to Goodson and Todman's Password. As a result, Tom Kennedy's podium was moved from the center of the game table to one end. Back to my game show joint or my homepage. |