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[[Game Show]] created by [[Mark Goodson]]-Bill Todman Productions in which two teams (six men vs. six women) played general-knowledge and survey questions, with one team attempting to bluff the other into a right answer. Whichever team knocked out the other won $1,000 and a shot at $5,000 in the [[Bonus Round]].
[[Game Show]] created by [[Mark Goodson]]-Bill Todman Productions in which two teams (six men vs. six women) played general-knowledge and survey questions, with one team attempting to bluff the other into a right answer. Whichever team knocked out the other won $1,000 and a shot at $5,000 in the [[Bonus Round]].


The show aired on [[ABC]] from July 18, 1977 to January 13, 1978 and was unusual in that it had two hosts — [[Country Music]] singer Bill Anderson (who later hosted TNN's long-running game ''Fandango''), and former talk show host Sarah Purcell.
The show aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from July 18, 1977 to January 13, 1978 and was unusual in that it had two hosts — [[Country Music]] singer Bill Anderson (who later hosted TNN's long-running game ''Fandango''), and former talk show host Sarah Purcell.

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=== [[Game Show]] Tropes in use: ===
* [[Bonus Round]]: An unusual variant involving 30 opposite-sex members from the studio audience. Each team member was asked a question, which was then asked of the members as well. Any member could agree or disagree with the answer given, and they sat down if wrong. Play continued for six questions or until the entire audience was eliminated.
* [[Bonus Round]]: An unusual variant involving 30 opposite-sex members from the studio audience. Each team member was asked a question, which was then asked of the members as well. Any member could agree or disagree with the answer given, and they sat down if wrong. Play continued for six questions or until the entire audience was eliminated.
* Personnel:
* Personnel:
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* [[Pilot]]: Pretty much the same, except each team had ''seven'' people.
* [[Pilot]]: Pretty much the same, except each team had ''seven'' people.
* [[Spell My Name with a "The"]]: Invoked in the ''[[TV Guide]]'' listings. Normally, the magazine removes the word "The" if it's in the beginning of a title...but they realized that people might be turned off by seeing "Better Sex" in the listings, so "The" was kept in.
* [[Spell My Name with a "The"]]: Invoked in the ''[[TV Guide]]'' listings. Normally, the magazine removes the word "The" if it's in the beginning of a title...but they realized that people might be turned off by seeing "Better Sex" in the listings, so "The" was kept in.
* [[Surreal Theme Tune]]: "[http://www.gameshowthemesongs.net/sounds/The%20Better%20Sex/BETTERSEX.mp3 Hormonal Imbalance]", by John Franklin Grimsley...which is male and females singing in scat.
* [[Surreal Theme Tune]]: "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120616210442/http://www.gameshowthemesongs.net/sounds/The%20Better%20Sex/BETTERSEX.mp3 Hormonal Imbalance]", by John Franklin Grimsley...which is male and females singing in scat.
* [[Trans-Atlantic Equivalent]]: Despite the show's brevity, twice.
* [[Trans-Atlantic Equivalent]]: Despite the show's brevity, twice.
** An [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHpqcgxSK2w Australian version] aired on the Nine Network in Summer 1977 or 1978.
** An [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHpqcgxSK2w Australian version] aired on the Nine Network in Summer 1977 or 1978.

Latest revision as of 13:50, 13 September 2021

Game Show created by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions in which two teams (six men vs. six women) played general-knowledge and survey questions, with one team attempting to bluff the other into a right answer. Whichever team knocked out the other won $1,000 and a shot at $5,000 in the Bonus Round.

The show aired on ABC from July 18, 1977 to January 13, 1978 and was unusual in that it had two hosts — Country Music singer Bill Anderson (who later hosted TNN's long-running game Fandango), and former talk show host Sarah Purcell.

The following Game Show tropes appear in The Better Sex:
  • Bonus Round: An unusual variant involving 30 opposite-sex members from the studio audience. Each team member was asked a question, which was then asked of the members as well. Any member could agree or disagree with the answer given, and they sat down if wrong. Play continued for six questions or until the entire audience was eliminated.
  • Personnel:
Tropes used in The Better Sex include:
  • Opening Narration: "It's men versus women in a battle of the sexes!" (portion of theme song gibberish plays amid vignettes of Anderson and Purcell "arguing") "Women or men, which is the better sex?"
  • Pilot: Pretty much the same, except each team had seven people.
  • Spell My Name with a "The": Invoked in the TV Guide listings. Normally, the magazine removes the word "The" if it's in the beginning of a title...but they realized that people might be turned off by seeing "Better Sex" in the listings, so "The" was kept in.
  • Surreal Theme Tune: "Hormonal Imbalance", by John Franklin Grimsley...which is male and females singing in scat.
  • Trans-Atlantic Equivalent: Despite the show's brevity, twice.
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