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Charades [[Game Show]] that ran on [[CBS]] from 1984-86 with Tom Kennedy as host in which two celebrity/contestant teams acted out a series of words charade-style with one teammate as the actor and the other as guesser.
Charades [[Game Show]] that ran on [[CBS]] from 1984-86 with Tom Kennedy as host in which two celebrity/contestant teams acted out a series of words charade-style with one teammate as the actor and the other as guesser.


The correctly-guessed words were then inserted into a sentence on the gameboard, after which the team had a chance to identify what the sentence was describing for some cash. $500 won the game and the right to play the bonus round.
The correctly-guessed words were then inserted into a sentence on the gameboard, after which the team had a chance to identify what the sentence was describing for some cash. $500 won the game and the right to play the bonus round.

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=== [[Game Show]] Tropes in use: ===
* [[Bonus Round]]: Guess up to ten words for $100 each, then three ''more'' words for ten times that amount (up to $10,000).
* [[Bonus Round]]: Guess up to ten words for $100 each, then three ''more'' words for ten times that amount (up to $10,000).
* [[Consolation Prize]]
* [[Consolation Prize]]
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** [[Studio Audience]]: Possibly averted. In the Johnny Olson incident under the YMMV tab, he was shown on-camera in front of what were obviously vacant seats.
** [[Studio Audience]]: Possibly averted. In the Johnny Olson incident under the YMMV tab, he was shown on-camera in front of what were obviously vacant seats.
* [[Promotional Consideration]]
* [[Promotional Consideration]]

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* [[Rearrange the Song]]: The show's ticket plug music was remixed as the [[Theme Tune]] of the 1985 ''[[Concentration]]'' pilot, then carried over into ''Classic Concentration''.
* [[Rearrange the Song]]: The show's ticket plug music was remixed as the [[Theme Tune]] of the 1985 ''[[Concentration]]'' pilot, then carried over into ''Classic Concentration''.


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[[Category:Canadian Series]]
[[Category:Canadian Series]]
[[Category:The Eighties]]
[[Category:The Eighties]]
[[Category:Game Show]]
[[Category:Body Language]]
[[Category:Body Language]]
[[Category:TV Series]]
[[Category:TV Series]]