- Hollywood's Talking
Infobox_television
show_name = Hollywood's Talking
caption =
format = Game Show
runtime = 30 Minutes
creator =Jack Barry
starring =Geoff Edwards Johnny Jacobs (Announcer)
country = USA
rating = TV-G
network =CBS
first_aired =March 26 1973
last_aired =June 22 1973 |"Hollywood's Talking" is a short lived American game show based the 60s quizzer, "
Everybody's Talking ", and produced byJack Barry . It ran on CBS for three months in 1973, debuting on March 26 (alongside "The $10,000 Pyramid" and "The Young and the Restless ") and ending on June 22 to make room for a new version of "Match Game ".It was hosted by
Geoff Edwards , withJohnny Jacobs announcing. The series was the first national game show hosted by the 42-year-old Edwards, who would become notable for his next two hosting jobs, "The New Treasure Hunt " and "Jackpot".Edwards once said about hosting this series as having a tenous working relationship with Jack Barry. It wasn't until 1980 when Edwards would host another Barry & Enright game, "
Play the Percentages ".Gameplay
In this game, three contestants viewed videos of famous celebrities, all of them talking about different subjects, and the contestants had to buzz-in and identify what subject they were talking about. Correct answers won money for the players according to how long the video was played. The value started at $150, and decreased by $50 for every 1/3 of videotape it took to take a guess. The first player to reach $200 won the game.
hort subjects
The winning player played a bonus game called "Short Subjects". In this bonus, 15 second videotapes of celebrities were shown one by one. The winning contestant can buzz-in and answer as much as they want on each clip. Each correct answer won the money won in the main game, and solving five subjects won an extra $1000.
The rules varied over the brief life of the program. By the thirteenth and final week, Short Subjects was no longer used. Now there was a Grand Prize consisting of a new
Datsun 240Z car and a handful of cash. The Grand Prize was awarded to any contestant who won three consecutive games. No one won the Grand Prize until the final week of the show.Theme music
A slightly different arrangement of the theme music for the show was used for a later Barry & Enright game, "
Hollywood Connection ".Episode status
Only four episodes of this show - a studio master of the premiere - is currently accounted for. The other three shows that exists are from March 28, April 1, and April 9, 1973. According to Edwards, CBS wiped the other 61 shows into thin air.
External links
* [http://www.gameshowutopia.net/geoff/hollywoodstalking/hollywoodstalking.htm Game Show Utopia] Page on "Hollywood's Talking"
* [http://www.geocities.com/jay_anton/rulesreviews/htalking.html Rules for Hollywood's Talking]
* [http://www.geocities.com/j_colflesh/hollywoodtalk.htm The J-Man's Hollywood's Talking Page]
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