Tattletales

CBS (ended 1984)

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Premiered: Feb 18, 1974
Status: Ended

Tattletales was an updated version of the Goodson-Todman game show He Said, She Said, where celebrity couples answered questions about their marriage. As before, the idea was to match responses and win prizes for audience members.''''But this revision had quite a few differences that made it one of the more respectable hits of the 1970s - and not just with the sometimes outrageous responses that were commonplace in that decade.''''Tattletales went through two distinct formats during its two runs from 1974-1978 and again from 1982-1984. The one constant, however was that each couple represented a specific section of the 122-member audience - the Red section, the Blue section and the "Bananas" (the Yellow section) and the couple assigned to them would try to win money to be split amongst the audience members of that section by matching responses.''''The rules were as follows:''''Format 1 (February to about June 1974): The wives or husbands were onstage while their husbands or wives were secluded in an soundproof room. Host Convy posed a question to the women or men (e.g.: "What's the first thing your husband gripes about in the morning?") and the first to ring in related an appropriate story and a one- or two-word clue she or he believed her or his husband or wife would be able to recognize the story from. Convy then read the question to the husbands or the wives - shown from the isolation room via the television screen - and the clue. The husband or the wife who believed he was being talked about rang in and tried to tell the story. If the correct husband or wife rang in and his or her response was essentially similar, the couple won $100 for their rooting section on 1-Clueword or 2-Clueword worth $50 for their rooting section.''''After the question had been played twice (with a second set of spouses getting to vie for the cash), Convy asked a "Tattletales Quickie." Here, each spouse was posed a question as before (though usually multiple choice or yes/no). $100 was paid off among the couples who matched.''''Round 2 was played as before, only now the male or female halves of the couples were brought on stage and the wives or the husbands had to match.''''At the end of the second round, the couple(s) with the most money earned or split a $1000 bonus ($334 if all 3 tied; $500 for the 2 top money-winners and $1000 for a sole winner).''''Since several shows were taped at a time, the couples switched rooting sections each day (i.e., the couple who represented the Bananas on Monday would play for the Red or Blue sections on Tuesday and so on).''''Format 2 (June 1974-rest of run): All questions were now of the "Tattletales Quickies" variety. As before, they could be multiple choice or yes/no, but now they were open-ended; since this was the 1970s and a game show that frequently encouraged double-entendre, there were many wild and outrageous responses and while most of the questions were designed to get laughs (e.g., "Who was at the door the last time your husband answered ... and he was totally in the buff?"), some questions were deadly serious ("Would you allow a 5-year-old boy to take refuge in your home if he said his father hits him?").''''Rewards were split this time ($50 for all three couples, $75 if two couples were correct and $150 if just one couple was right) and the rules for winning were also the same. If no couple was right, the pot was carried over to the next question ($300 or $450). Although the final question of the day had $300 available and sometimes additional questions (worth $150 or $300) were played if time allowed. For those who find such matters interesting, the maximum possible payout for a couple was $1750 (which has been achieved as has all 3 couples winning $0 for the entire show).''''In the 80's version, it wasn't always married couples. Special weeks featured mother-sons (Isabel Sanford and her son racked up $1600 for their rooting section), best friends (all male panel), sisters (all female panel) and television couples (who shared on-stage secrets).''''Tattletales lived three different lives - twice on CBS (February 1974 to March 1978 and January 1982 to June 1984) and a 1-year run in once-a-week syndication during the 1977-1978 season. During each of the runs, it was traditional for a beautiful young woman to hand Bert the microphone more than once Convy engaged in a passionate liplock!''''When Bert played the game (on several occassions), it was usually Gene Rayburn who took over the hosting duties.''-----------------------------------------------------------------''THE BROADCAST HISTORY of TATTLETALES:''February 18, 1974-June 13, 1975 at 4:00-4:30pm on CBS-TV''June 16, 1975-August 8, 1975 at 11:00-11:30am on CBS-TV''August 11, 1975-November 28, 1975 at 3:30-4:00pm on CBS-TV''December 1, 1975-November 4, 1977 at 4:00-4:30pm on CBS-TV''November 7, 1977-December 16, 1977 at 3:30-4:00pm on CBS-TV''December 19, 1977-March 31, 1978 at 10:00-10:30am on CBS-TV''January 18, 1982-June 1, 1984 at 12Noon-12:30pm or 4:00-4:30pm on CBS-TV.''On Syndicated from September 12, 1977 to September 3, 1978.moreless

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Episode Guide

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S 7 : Ep 35	May 10, 1983	Aired 5/10/83
S 7 : Ep 34	May 3, 1983	Aired 5/3/83
S 7 : Ep 33	April 26, 1983	Aired 4/26/83
S 7 : Ep 30	April 5, 1983	Aired 4/5/83
S 7 : Ep 29	March 29, 1983	Aired 3/29/83

Cast & Crew

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Bert Convy

Host
Johnny Olson

Announcer (1982-1984)
Jack Clark

Announcer (1974-1975)

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I liked the "Price Is Right" music.

9.0

"Superb"

By in-correct, May 20, 2006 Report Abuse

I told one of my friends that he looked like Bert Convy. He still doesn't know who that is, only what I have told him. He would probably want to meet Bert if he saw an episode where he kisses a woman that is a complete stranger. Unfortuneatly, at least what I know of him, Bert Convy is still dead, so nobody can meet him. He died in the 90's before he was going to host The Match Game. He was also the host of Super Password. And I liked the opening "Price Is Right" music. It really didn't follow the traditional game show format. And I think it was better than most game shows that were like Tattletales. And if you are wondering why the stage is green, it is because the audience is Blue, Red, and "Banana". I never understood why they did that.moreless

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The game of celebrity gossip may not be seen in your area.

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By TriviaDude, May 19, 2006 Report Abuse

Whenever there was a game show that featured only celebrities playing, it was a turn-off. Tattletales is the only exception to that rule.

But back in the mid 70's, some CBS affiliates took away the 4:00 EST/3:00 CST time slot to carry either syndicated talk shows, million dollar movies or sitcom/drama reruns.

That was the case for KHOU in Houston, when they favored Dinah! over Bert Convy. However, they did carry the 1980's version. In fact at one point (summer 1982), Houston was down to two network games (Family Feud & Tattletales). Hard to beleive The Price Is Right was dumped for two years because of Hour Magazine & Wheel was dumped over Donahue.moreless

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Classic 70s game show comedy, \"Tattletales\" perfect afternoon companion to \"Match Game\".

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By Uncatoon, Jan 05, 2006 Report Abuse

CBS\'s classic game show \"Tattletales\" has a history that actually dates back to 1963. Goodson-Todman had developed a game show for NBC called \"It Had To Be You\" but it didn\'t sell, so G-T put it on the backburner until 1969, when it surfaced in syndication as \"He Said, She Said.\" Four years later, G-T tweaked it for a revival on CBS under the name \"Celebrity Match Mates,\" and Gene Rayburn was to host it. However, Gene was tapped for \"Match Game \'73,\" so when the show got renamed \"Tattletales,\" they got Bert Convy, who was already seasoned from being on the panels of \"Match Game\" and \"What\'s My Line?\", to host it.

\"Tattletales\" replaced the lame duck soap opera \"Secret Storm\" at 4 PM, and was an unqualified hit. And it was a high-falutin\' hysterical hoot of a comedy game. Alternately sophisticated and silly, \"Tattletales\" was the perfect companion show to \"Match Game\", which came on immediately before on CBS. There is no possible way to do a revival of \"Tattletales\" today as the current crop of celebrities are about as funny as cardiac arrest. But the show Convy hosted was a cheeky, outrageously funny afternoon cocktail party that rewarded audiences for laughing at the panel\'s antics.moreless

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