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| The first part of the "Sweepstakes" was ten words in 60 seconds, worth $100 a piece. |
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| Tom: "Now you can change those hundreds into thousands." Three words in 20 seconds, and you won ten times the amount won in the first part, for a grand prize of $10,000. |
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| In summer of 1985, "Teen Month" began, which actually lasted two months. Teens competed with "teen" celebrities as partners. All money won above $2500 was put into a fund. In the second round, if all five words were conveyed, they won a prize. This carried over into the regular series as a $500 check. |
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| In the early days, the differences were mainly cosmetic. The only true format change was that players left after one loss rather than two. The cosmetic differences were many. As in the above, you see a different screen setup as well as eggcrate displays. The word counter in the lower left only lasted for one word. |
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| The sitting area, with blue name plates. Also, the background was darker and had red areas. Later on, it was all blue. |
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| A fully-revealed puzzle. You can see that no words were marked unacted by parentheses. |
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| The on-screen setup for the bonus round. |
| "Body Language" is a Mark Goodson...Television Production. |