The Lawbreaker was played by Paul Soles, who is best known as the voice of Hermey the Elf in Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Contestants were then asked to identify what law was broken. This 70s game show featured a completely absurd premise: short films were shown depicting a character called The Lawbreaker breaking an obscure Canadian law.
The winning family won, literally, a second honeymoon - while the remaining families drove home in awkward silence. That single final question about the father was worth more points than all questions involving the mother. More points were awarded for kids' knowledge of their fathers than their mothers, and in the final round, Mom joined the action, in a high-stakes mother-child attempt to know the mind of the family patriarch.
Host Wayne Cox asked kids to figure out how their parents had responded to a series of questions. In a twist on The Newlywed Game, 1987's Second Honeymoon brought three married couples and their children on television, then proceeded to put virtually all the pressure on the kids. Jump to 1:10 if you want to see the show.or start at the beginning to enjoy some retro Canadian commercials. Note, this is not to be confused with Headline Chasers, hosted by Wink Martindale. It's a bit like Jeopardy, but weirder and more stressful, with a clackity teletype noise going as the contestants listen to headlines. The game featured three players trying to guess a word based on faux news headlines related to that word. Headline Hunters spanned the 70s through the early 80s, and was hosted by Jim Perry. The most notable thing about this game show is that it debunks the notion that Canadians say "aboot." Enjoy the shoulder pads: 5. The more keywords are mentioned, the more money the teams get. It bore striking similarities to the 1986 board game Outburst: teams are given a topic and encouraged to talk about that topic, hoping to hit on specific keywords. Talk About only aired for one season in Canada, from 1989-1990. The rounds of the game include, no kidding, "Piece of Ass," "Up Your Ass," and "Ass on the Line." It aired on Canada's Comedy Network.
This slightly pervy game show appears to be a standard trivia quiz.except each round is ass-themed. Graphologist: "You've had problems dealing with the shoulders and head region."īEHOLD (seriously, at least stick around until you see the panelists): 3. Graphologist: "In November 1931 you entered a service, and you were very active until November 1949." Armed only with a birth chart, a handwriting sample and a personal possession, the psychic panel tries to guess the identity of the hidden guests." Panelists were given points for each "correct surmise." Although this seems like such an easy game to rig, the panel frequently failed to identify the guest - though their cold readings are hilarious to watch. According to the CBC, "The panelists included an astrologer, graphologist and a clairvoyant. This short-lived psychic game show ran for three years, starting in 1977. Here's a clip from an early episode, showcasing the super-awkward gender dynamics of 70s TV: 2. Host Gene Wood left the show after a contestant was injured during a paperboy stunt Don Harron from Hee Haw filled in after that. This early 70s show pitted men against women "physically, mentally, and any other way you can think of." The most awkward element of the show was the requirement that the teams perform physical stunts, acting out stereotypically male or female jobs like "paperboy" or "chorus girl" (the latter involved putting on panty hose, garters, then kicking in sync). Here's a rundown of the most awkward Canadian game shows. But in Canada, the game show landscape has featured plenty of painfully weird ways to win a few bucks (sorry, Loonies). Hayley Dollery, 19, is a pounds 130-an-hour escort girl.Some of America's best-known game show hosts are actually Canadian - including Alex Trebek, Monty Hall, and Alan Thicke. LWT bosses are already under fire for "smutty" content onĪnd they are still reeling after it was revealed that contestant
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