You Don't Say

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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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Regional only remake of an old US gameshow. We gather celebrities had to convey words to their civilian partners by coming up with a sentence and leaving the last word out (hence it isn't what you do say but what ''You Don't Say''). We understand the UK remake added a new endgame. If anyone could fill us in, please get in touch.
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Scheduling curio based on ''Taboo''. There's nothing a Central audience likes more than 1980s board game conversions.
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Mr Ross cajoles four members of the public to join teams led by two world-famous local celebrities such as Stephen Mulhern and Charlie Neil (you know, Charlie Neil!!!?!)
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In the first round, the clue giver has to get their two team mates to say a certain word without themselves saying one of three pre-determined keywords that are taboo.
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The second round is much the same, except now there are five naughty words that must be avoided.
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The third, incongruous, round is played on the buzzer. Here, Paul reads out sets of up to five keywords and the teams have to buzz in to guess the target word.
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The winning pair of contestants go forward to the end game, where five more mystery words have to be described. If the other team member can say them within 60 seconds, they get the £1000 jackpot, with decreasing amounts of money for increasing amounts of fail.
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== Trivia ==
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They had to keep rewinding the tape to ensure that the team members didn't say one of the taboo words, which might explain the bored-sounding audience.
== Inventor ==
== Inventor ==

Revision as of 23:31, 15 August 2009

Contents

Host

Paul Ross

Broadcast

Carlton / Central, 2000

Synopsis

Scheduling curio based on Taboo. There's nothing a Central audience likes more than 1980s board game conversions.

Mr Ross cajoles four members of the public to join teams led by two world-famous local celebrities such as Stephen Mulhern and Charlie Neil (you know, Charlie Neil!!!?!)

In the first round, the clue giver has to get their two team mates to say a certain word without themselves saying one of three pre-determined keywords that are taboo.

The second round is much the same, except now there are five naughty words that must be avoided.

The third, incongruous, round is played on the buzzer. Here, Paul reads out sets of up to five keywords and the teams have to buzz in to guess the target word.

The winning pair of contestants go forward to the end game, where five more mystery words have to be described. If the other team member can say them within 60 seconds, they get the £1000 jackpot, with decreasing amounts of money for increasing amounts of fail.

Trivia

They had to keep rewinding the tape to ensure that the team members didn't say one of the taboo words, which might explain the bored-sounding audience.

Inventor

Bruce Sterten, based on the board game Taboo.

Theme music

Mike Woolmans

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