Rhyme and Reason (Part 1 of 3)

[AphorisMax]

8:25 holy crap her eyes got wide!

[MsSuzyQ88]

Who the hell names their kid Yensin???

[JohnK086]

How ironic of Jaye P. to give her Lady Godiva response. It was a premonition of something she did, in reverse, during a "Gong Show" within 2 years time.

[Kinoakim]

Wow this show is right up Nipsey's alley. :)

[Netstryke]

3:21>> To quote Bill Rafferty "It's a proper answer. it's a wrong answer but it's a proper answer."

[KevolutionNow]

The sound effect used at 2:43 and at 4:55 to reveal the phrases sounds like the opening notes to the original theme of "The Joker's Wild"

[QBCNetwork]

Rhyme & Reason was in a really bad mood,

because ABC replaced it with Family Feud!

[bbbbbbbbbbbbb100]

Was this the first game show to use light pens?

[Rlotpir1972]

@bbbbbbbbbbbbb100 I believe CBS's "Now You See It" was the first.

[MPL029]

My goodness..that Patrick contestant is a hottie..I thought he was Robert Urich at first.

[EscherVox]

My family and I attended a taping of this show. We watched them tape five shows. At the end of it, the stage manager came out and invited us to stay and watch the taping of a brand new show... "Family Feud". :)

[sageofsuccess]

I actually remember this show. I must have been four years old when it was in. I remember the set and remember that Nipsey was on it.

[RJSchex]

1:17—camera visible on set.

[Stratman78]

Does anybody have the final episode (July 9, 1976)? Where Charlie Brill, Pat Harrington, Mitzi McCall and J.P. Morgan destroyed the Rhyme & Reason set by breaking seats, smashed light panels, tore down the 'Rhyme & Reason' signage, and ripped apart the carpeting.

As Bob Eubanks said goodbye, the four trashed Eubanks' podium.

[nextbarker]

Is this Bob's first game show following the Newlywed Game?

[nextbarker]

The Family Feud pilot, I believe was shot that year, right?

[gameshowfreak2007]

oh lighten up!

[johnissoevil]

@gameshowfreak2007 I wish she had said titties, I need a good laugh this early in the morning. :-)

[zekepig]

The celebrity panel "cleaned up" the set at the close of the finale. Probably because "Family Feud" had a more elaborate floor plan.

[johe64]

With the colorful language they used (for the day), this show must have been on AFTER midnight!

[RJSchex]

@johe64

Actually, it aired at 2:30 PM ET, replacing "The Big Showdown". On December 29, following the cancellation of "Showoffs", R&R was moved to 1:30, to make room for "The Neighbors".

[bigweezey]

Here is the slogan: Home of the Eubanks

[a1cjlock]

Ah the 70s with all the different shades of brown!

[nickellodeon55]

As I recall, Bob Eubanks once referred to the well-built Conny Van Dyke as "Connie Van Dress". Amusing....

[the06bug]

Videowriters of the time were quite trippy! I mean, they're so sensitive you can see their handprints as they write^ :)

[colBoh]

A weak format, but you gotta love the early 70's get-up!

[tapeduk]

I watched this because Jaye P Morgan was on it

[the06bug]

Didn't she get kicked off the Gong Show?

[colBoh]

Yep, for flashing.

[the06bug]

I thought so. :P

[kellter70]

love the bass riff in the opening song

[frankd1965]

Jack was excellent at playing villans. He appeared on Columbo 4 times.

[hooligan2005]

Jack Cassidy around 6:00 "Who cares waht you think midle America" What a pompous twit

[frankd1965]

R.I.P. Nypsy Russell & Jack Cassidy.

BTW Jack has two sons David & Shawn and was married to Shirley Jones.

[ire4along]

Jack has 4 sons altogether

He has 11 grandchildren altogether.

Jack also has two grandchildren named after him.

[frankd1965]

I see. thanks for the tidbit. He was married to Shirley Jones.

[ire4along]

People said many remarks on games shows that were kind of on the edge.

BY the way, Jack has 2 grandchildren named after him. One is 10 years old.

His kids are trying to get him a STAR on the Walk of Fame

BY the way it is WHAT not Waht.

[bluebear1985]

Looks like a "Match Game" ripoff. I can see why it only lasted a few months.

[gameshowfrk]

It's also interesting that Richard Dawson was a panelist, because when "R & R" was cancelled, it was replaced by "Family Feud". Additionally, did you notice when Bob Eubanks came out, he said "hello stars", just like Peter Marshall on the "Squares".

[frankd1965]

Richard was Sgt. Newkirk on the 1960's comedy "Hogan's Heros".

[devares2006]

Did she just said "titties" at 3:19?

[dagdogg]

Yep

[torchkit]

@devares2006

Wow. And it wasn't bleeped.

[tyrese3745]

@devares2006 Yeah

[tyrese3745]

@devares2006 Obviously that word cannot be said on daytime television.

[PatrioticPirate]

@devares2006 I don't believe it, either, but she did! They didn't bleep it out, either?!

[76carmel]

@devares2006

Yep, and they forgot the bleeper button. Then again, nobody knew that word had to be censored!

[taratupa73]

Thanks for the memories! Back in the pre-cable mid-70s, when I worked nights, I had nothing to watch, all day, but Soaps and Game Shows, and this is one of my all-time favorites! I never missed it!

[nextbarker]

When did Bob do that Hawaiian Game show?

[zekepig]

Just before this one

[frankd1965]

circa 1975 at The Kuilima Hotel & Resort .Now called The Turtle Bay Hilton Resort

[frankd1965]

It was called "The Diamond Head" game.

[rcktmanil]

WOW I remember this show!!! I used to watch it when I was a kid-- mind you I was 4 or 5 in 1975-76. It was replaced by "Family Feud"... WHY do I remember these things??

[joebradio]

I seem to remember a much different theme when the show actually aired .. My memory was that this was designed to tap into the popularity of Match Game and also build around the poet of TV Nipsey Russell. I find it interesting that Dawson was on the panel, considering that we a popular regular on MG. Also, did anyone notice the clue music at 2;44was also use on The Jokers Wild.

[bryan10983]

Oh, hey, Lee Meriwether played Catwoman in the 1966 Batman move and Adrienne Barbeau voiced Catwoman in Batman: TAS.

Freaky!

[nextbarker]

What this Bob's first game show following the newlywed game?

[gameshowfreak2007]

not sure, but I think this was the only celeb.-based show Bob did

[tjm3774]

Bob hosted another celeb-based game show in 1979 called "All Star Secrets", which ran on NBC from January 8 to August 10 of that year. There are a couple of clips of that show here on YouTube.

[hockeybagged]

Is this the pilot episode? I'm wondering if that's why J.P.'s answer wasn't bleeped.

[kes1963]

how long after the original newlywed game was cancelled did this premiere?

[RJSchex]

About six months and a week. Rhyme & Reason premiered on July 7, 1975; replacing "The Big Showdown". By the way, The Big Showdown was the show that replaced "Newlywed Game", on December 23, 1974.

[RJSchex]

Way too much yellow on the set. And those score displays are extremely difficult to read.

[nextbarker]

Was Richard Dawson doing a Pilot for Family Feud this year?

[RJSchex]

A year later. By the way, Family Feud was the show that replaced Rhyme & Reason on ABC.

[mthivier]

Could you say "titties" on network TV in '75?

[furrykef]

Surely not. Heck, I don't think you can say it *now*.

[terjer01]

Leave it to Jaye P. to say that. How ironic she said that word considering she exposed them on that (in)famous Gong Show Episode on the NBC daytime version.

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

never mind. (i should've known that bob told the celebs that both players had the same word.)

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

what the? they both had the word sell. how did patrick score.

[AlbieGray]

Nuts! Very very nuts! :)

[tcidolfan]

you talk about too HOT for TV!!! LOL LOL