Scattergories
Short-lived 1993 NBC Game Show adaptation of the Board Game, produced by Reg Grundy and hosted by Dick Clark. Two teams of four (men versus women) competed in a game where the five celebrity "panelists" appeared in prerecorded video clips. Clark revealed a category and a letter, and the teams had to choose celebrities with as many different valid answers as possible.
The series wasn't that popular, debuting in an era where games were heading out the door. The show ran from January 18-June 11, with a few weeks of repeats during that time.
The following Game Show tropes appear in Scattergories:
- Bonus Round: Played for $4,000, plus $1,000 every day it wasn't won.
- Personnel:
- The Announcer: One of the week's five celebrities introduced Clark.
- Game Show Host: Dick Clark.
- The Judge: Five unidentified people who Clark typically described as a mixture of people who had previously auditioned for the show and employees of Reg Grundy Productions. They were asked to use small blue "Yes" and red "No" signs to decide if challenged words would be allowed.
- Studio Audience
Tropes used in Scattergories include:
- Crossover: Scrabble host Chuck Woolery appeared as a celebrity for a few weeks. The '93 Scrabble was paired up with Scattergories, and both emcees regularly plugged the other's show.
- Hey, It's That Guy!: Among the celebrity guests were Judge Joseph Wapner and Rush Limbaugh, the latter appearing for two weeks with his segments taped on the set of his then-current show. Longtime Howard Stern co-host Robin Quivers appeared as a contestant for a time.
- Keep Circulating the Tapes: It hasn't been seen since it originally ended.
- Pilot: One was done in 1992, with a very different set.