These questions alternated with "Tattletales Quickies", or multiple-choice questions involving incidents in the couples' lives. You'd notice that on the very first Match Game '73 episode, Gene Rayburn closes the show saying "join us, next time..." instead of "Tomorrow. This page was last edited on 5 October 2020, at 00:01.
One of the guilty pleasures of watching this show in reruns is knowing in hindsight the marital fate of the celebrity couples, many of whom ended up divorced. Host Bert Convy was known for frequently tongue-twisting his words during the reading of the questions, which often led to good-natured ribbing from his celebrity guests.
Three panelists comprised of 'has-been' celebrities would sit behind a podium with a television set built into it that would screen their spouse's face from a room off to the side of the set. Show: Super Password; Tattletales Years Hosted: 1984-1989, 1974-1978, 1982-1984 A born entertainer, Bert Convy started out as a singer and actor on Broadway and in various movies. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features
Game Show/Panel Game hybrid created by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions, hosted by Bert Convy, in which three celebrity couples tried to match answers.
CBS picked it up again for a second run from 1982 through 1984.
If so, when was the first week when they had a non-married couple(s) on the show? ". Carolyn Bean was noted for her saucy open-mindedness in response to any and all sexual questions. According to the end credits, celebrities are not informed of the show questions ahead of time but they are asked personal questions and based on their responses, show questions are created. Joyce went on to marry playwright Neil Simon, whom she also survived and unfortunately after that last year (in 2019) He Died and Miss Joyce is Widowed The 3rd Time as of 2020. Bert Convy is your host. Where the studio audience wins all the money! In June 1974, the format was retooled to include only the "Quickie" clues. This was actually Ross' real-life nickname: As Convy explained in an early episode, Ross was known for leaving restaurants before waiters could bring the check. Tattletales is an American game show produced by Goodson-Todman Productions.The program had two runs on the CBS daytime schedule between February 1974 and June 1984. (This was the basic premise of the original version, He Said, She Said.)
Over the course of time, Bert Convy and his wife Anne were revealed to be good friends with several of the regular guest couples, particularly Bobby Van and Elaine Joyce, Orson and Carolyn Bean and Donald Ross and Patti Deutsch. Another example was the openly gay Charles Nelson Reilly appearing with his good friend, actress Elizabeth Allen. While the vast majority of celebrity guests were married, the show would occasionally host couples who were merely dating or, in some cases, living together. These questions alternated with "Tattletales Quickies", or multiple-choice questions involving incidents in the couples' lives. In June 1974, the format was retooled to include only the "Quickie" clues. On all versions, the game was The late Burt Convy hosted this pitiful 'game show' where no actual 'every day contestants' are featured. The latter was still a touchy subject at the time, and while host Bert Convy traditionally introduced his guests as 'her husband' or 'his wife,' he would alter the lead-in for unmarried couples by referring to them as 'her fella' and 'his gal.'. Bert Convy nicknamed the audience in the yellow seats the 'banana section' based on its tendency to overenthuse during shooting. Celebrity couples have included other game show hosts such as Bob Barker, Bill Cullen, Monty Hall, Wink Martindale, Jack Narz, Gene Rayburn, and Chuck Woolery. Host Bert Convy often gave the celebrity couples a chance to plug their latest projects during the show's tag sequence. Tattletales aired on CBS weekday afternoons from 1974 through 1978. The schedule says "(April) 8...12, 15" rather than "8-12, 15", so I am assuming that an episode got pre-empted rather than there being six of them. In retrospect, one of the most touching aspects of the show is the joyous, playful relationship between frequent guests Bobby Van and Elaine Joyce, as Van died of a brain tumor in 1980, less than two years after the show ended its run. Similarly, with a rowdy panel under the headphones, sounds of cavorting could occasionally be heard beyond the sliding panel as their spouses silently pondered a question before the cameras. A CBS TV promo for the show teases: Bert Convy pops the questions... and stars of show business pop surprising answers. TV Guide ad for the inaugural season declared: "Famous stars and their spouses swap marital secrets on the new game show 'Tattletales,' fun way to get in the know: Watching contestants trying to get in the money by outguessing celebrities and their mates about their innermost secrets. On all versions, the game was played in four rounds -- two with the husbands onstage, and two with the wives onstage. During the run of the show, Convy, Ross and his wife, Patti Deutsch, made frequent mention of Ross' frugality. Bob Barker hosted and Bert Convy took a seat with his wife Anne. Years later, in his autobiography, Orson Bean revealed that he and Carolyn were highly experimental in their marriage, and that Carolyn's ever-expanding sexual liberation ultimately spelled the end of their marriage. True to its title, the celebrity guests often ended up revealing private aspects of their lives on national television, from Roxanne Carter's steamy history as a Vegas showgirl to Dick Gautier's wife Barbara Stuart counting Frank Sinatra among her past lovers to Anne Meara admitting that she suffered from oral herpes. You'd notice that on the very first Match Game '73 episode, Gene Rayburn closes the show saying "join ", Chris Lemon, King Fool, Director of Suck Consolidation. It was hosted by Bert Convy, with several announcers including Jack Clark, Gene Wood, Johnny Olson and John Harlan providing the voiceover at various times. During one of Ken Berry and Jackie Joseph's appearances on the show, it was revealed that Jackie dated host Bert Convy prior to Berry during the 1959 Broadway run of "The Billy Barnes Revue," in which all three of them appeared. Uninspiring game show that features washed-up celebrities and their spouses. In hindsight, Tattletales (1974) provides a striking barometer of American consciousness during the sexual revolution, as many of the questions are sexist in nature, and the celebrities' divergent answers -- liberal, conservative and many points between -- reveal the full spectrum of the women's movement. I recall in the summer of 1973, regular programming was preempted on a network rotating basis, due to the Watergate Hearings. On several occasions, a technical snafu among the camera crew would cause a wife or husband to appear linked with the wrong spouse in the TV screen. Goodson-Todman did this to save on postage as most payments to contestants were sent out by postal mail. He entered the game show world in the 60 This version was replaced in June 1984 with Body Language, another Mark Goodson creation and another revival (this one of 1975's Showoffs). I recall in the summer of 1973, regular programming was preempted on a network rotating basis, due to the Watergate Hearings. The show ran from 1974 to 1978 on CBS (with a concurrent syndicated run in the 1977-78 season) and was brought back from 1982 to 1984, again with Convy as host. Only one half of each couple played the game onstage; the other half was placed offstage with headphones. One of the show's most entertaining regular couples was Donald Ross and Patti Deutsch, whose marriage, unlike that of many other couples on the show, lasted over time. As Bert Convy often remarked on the air, 'rookie couples' had a tendency to win big their first time out on the show. In 1976 there was a special game show host episode. While the two appear to be good friends, their consistently wrong answers -- and pained expressions -- clearly indicate that they know nothing of each other in romantic terms. Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.
Tattletales aired on CBS weekday afternoons from 1974 through 1978.
For more information about Game Shows and TV Guide Magazine, click here: http://web.archive.org/web/20040608182252/http://www.matchgame.org/episodeguides/tattletales/tt74.html, Quote from: That Don Guy on September 14, 2015, 09:44:01 PM, Quote from: Bob Zager on September 15, 2015, 11:25:24 AM, Quote from: clemon79 on September 15, 2015, 12:58:12 PM, http://gamesandclassictv.webs.com/tattletales.html, http://gamesandclassictv.webs.com/index.htm, Quote from: Ian Wallis on September 15, 2015, 04:56:16 PM. Any money won by the celebrity couples was divided among Studio Audience members sitting in sections that corresponded to that couple — red, yellow (or "banana", as Convy called it), and blue. Some "couples" on the show weren't couples at all, most notably Fannie Flagg and Dick Sargent, who were both homosexual but agreed to appear together due to Flagg's popularity on the game show circuit.