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{{quote|''"From the Chuck Barris stages in Hollywood, California... '''here come the newlyweds'''!"''}}
[[Game Show]] that sent Bob Eubanks to stardom. This [[Chuck Barris]] production debuted in 1966 on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], coinciding with a pre-emption of [[CBS]]' then-popular ''[[Password]]''. Four couples, all married for less than two years, answered questions that bordered on the bawdy. In the first round, the wives predicted their husbands' answers, and the second round reversed the roles.
Some modern viewers know the show best for Eubanks' supposedly [[Unusual Euphemism]] for sexual intercourse, "whoopie". This impression is probably due to modern viewers' [[Small Reference Pools]], since the euphemism was very well-known in the 1970s — it comes from a 1920s pop tune that was covered more than 300 times between 1930 and 1975. It was only when the popularity of the euphemism faded in the 1980s that Eubanks' use of it became notable.
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Carnie Wilson was the original host of the current ''Newlywed Game'' on [[GSN]], which debuted in 2009; she was replaced by ''The View'''s Sherri Shepherd in 2010. It was announced in September 2009 that the show would start featuring same-sex couples. Among its roster have been celebrities such as [[George Takei]] of ''[[Star Trek]]'' ([[Nobody Over 50 Is Gay]], indeed!), Davy Jones of ''[[The Monkees]]'', and Christopher Knight of ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''.
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* [[Bonus Round]]: The 25-point Bonus Question during the classic Eubanks years (originally 35 points). There was also a bonus round for Season 1 of the GSN version, where the winning couple faced off against a "Goldywed" couple for an extra prize.
* [[Double the Dollars]]: In a way with Round 2, where questions were worth 10 points
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** [[Game Show Host]]: Bob Eubanks is the best known. Jim Lange hosted a week-long attempt in 1984, Paul Rodriguez for part of the 1988-89 season, and Gary Kroger for the 1996-97 season. Carnie Wilson was the original host of the current version, followed by Sherri Shepherd.
** [[Studio Audience]]
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* [[Crossover]]: Crossed over with ''[[The Dating Game]]'' in the 1990s.
* [[Die Hard on an X]]: The [[NBC]] game ''I'm Telling!'' was basically ''The Newlywed Game'' for kids.
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* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: A question asked of the women in the "Bunker" episode was "My husband is a closet ____". Made even better when Pat Berg — a sedate, conservative lady in her 50s who looked a whole lot like [[All in The Family|Edith Bunker]] — replied "queen".
* [[Real Song Theme Tune]]: It's an instrumental arrangement of "Summertime Guy". Eddie Rambeau was to have sung it on ''[[American Bandstand]]'' but was told he couldn't because Barris, who composed the song, was then working for ABC.
** The Paul Rodriguez version used "The Book of Love" as its [[Theme Tune]] from the second episode onward, complete with [[
* [[Shout-Out]]: When he appeared on ''[[The Hollywood Squares]]'' in 2003, Eubanks was given the question "Married couples spend an average of 800 hours doing what?" and answered with "I was going to say making [[Stealth Pun|whoopie]], but [[Whoopi Goldberg|she's]] no longer on the show, is she?"
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: "Whoopie".
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