The Newlywed Game

Shown below are the rules from a long lost black and white kinescope episode of The Newlywed Game from July 26, 1966.

Main Game: In round one, the husbands are sent offstage where they cannot hear what is going on. Bob Eubanks asks the wives three five-point questions in which they have to predict what their husbands would say. After the commerical break, the husbands are brought on stage and are asked the same questions first posed to the wives. The husbands have to match the wives' predictions. If there is a match, they get five points. In round two, the roles are reversed and the questions are then worth ten points.

End Game: After the ten-point questions, the husbands are asked the 35-point bonus question. When the wives are on stage and all the questions are asked but the final question, Bob asks the wives the bonus question. If their answers matched, they got 35 points. Whoever had the highest score at the end of the game won a grand prize chosen for them. If there was a tie, they would show a card with their prediction on how close their final score would be. Whoever came closest won. If their prediction went over, the other couple had a chance to win. If all of the predictions exceeded the final score, the couple coming closest would win.

INTERESTING FACTS AND TRIVIA

If one couple scored a perfect game, they would acheive a maximum score of 80 points!

Before Johnny Jacobs, the announcer who served briefly on this show was Scott Beach.

The set that was used in the early days was different than the set used from the late 60s to 1974 and from 1977 to 1980.

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