Just Like Mom

Just Like Mom

"Just Like Mom" is a Canadian television game show which ran from 1980 to 1987. It was filmed in Studio 1 at CFTO-TV in Toronto and was hosted by the husband-and-wife duo of sportscaster Fergie Oliver and Catherine Swing. In its early years, repeats aired on YTV, and recently began airing again on GameTV in February 2008. The format of the show was to determine which child and mother pair knew each other the best though answer-matching and a bakeoff. Three teams, typically consisting of a young child and his or her mother (or occasionally father), competed on each episode.

Gameplay

Question Rounds

The parents were secluded offstage while the children answered several questions. Early in the show's run, they would choose from one of five categories for the questions, while later in the run, a specific question was pre-assigned to each team. Each host would alternate between asking each child, making two cycles of the three children. Afterwards, the parents would come back and they would be posed same questions to see if they could match the answers their children gave. A correct match on the first questions earned 10, and the the second was worth 15.

For the second question round, the process repeated with the parents answering first and the children trying to match. Correct matches in this round were worth 20 points for the first question, and 25 for the second.

The Bake-off/Taste Test

Between the two question rounds, the children had a bake-off to complete a given recipe in 60 seconds. They were given all the basic ingredients and were allowed to use whatever they wanted in their creations.

After the second question round, the parents tasted each of the three creations while the children were taken to another part of the stage. They had 30 seconds to taste each of the numbered dishes and then decide which one they thought their child made by holding up a numbered sign (later paddle) at the same time as their child at the other part of the stage. A correct match was worth 50 points.

Bonus Round

The team with the highest score spun a wheel divided into 16 sections marked with different prizes; they won whatever prize the wheel landed on. If two teams tied in the main game, both would spin the wheel for a prize. The grand prize was a trip for two to Walt Disney World; it was featured on four slots on the wheel (later three). In the case of twins playing, each child would spin once; if the first spin landed on the Disney World trip, the second spin would be voided.

Parting Gifts

All children in later seasons received a one week trip to Camp Onandaga. Episodes currently playing feature Sunbeam barebecue grills as a prize awarded to winners.

coreboards

"Just Like Mom" used Ferranti-Packard scoreboards which would later be used on "It's Alive" game show skits and also on YTV's late 90s game show, "Uh Oh!".


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