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Call My Bluff (U.S. game show)

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Directed by
  
Mike Garguilo

No. of episodes
  
125

Presented by
  
Bill Leyden

Genre
  
Game show

Executive producers
  
Mark Goodson, Bill Todman

Country of origin
  
United States

Final episode date
  
24 September 1965

Number of episodes
  
125

Program creators
  
Mark Goodson, Bill Todman

Created by
  
Mark Goodson Bill Todman

Narrated by
  
Johnny Olson Wayne Howell

Location(s)
  
NBC Studios New York, New York

Similar
  
Game show, Play Your Hunch, Match Game, The Web, Match Game‑Hollywood Squares

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Call My Bluff was an American game show from Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions that aired on NBC daytime from March 29 to September 24, 1965. Bill Leyden was emcee, with Johnny Olson and Wayne Howell as announcers.

Contents

Call My Bluff originated from Studio 6A at NBC Studios in Manhattan's Rockefeller Center.

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Main Game

Two teams, each consisting of two contestants and one celebrity, competed. The object was for the teams to earn points by determining the correct definitions to obscure words.

Both teams were given a word. Each player on one team was provided a definition for that word, one of which was correct and the other two being "bluffs". The opposing team had to then determine which one was the correct definition. If the correct choice was made the team earned one point, if not, the bluffing team earned one point. Both teams alternated turns bluffing and determining definitions.

The first team to earn two points wins the game and $100. Towards the end of the show's run, this was amended to three points.

Bonus Game

Both teams participated, with the winning team playing for a cash jackpot starting at $200 and the losing team playing to stay in the game. A guest with an unusual or interesting story was introduced, who then gave brief clues as to the identity of his/her story. The winning team was given three cards, one with the correct story and the other two with blank cards allowing those players to make up bluffs. The losing team then tried to determine the correct story by determining which winning player had the correct story.

If the correct choice was made, the losing team earned the right to play another game and $200 was added to the jackpot for the next bonus game. However, if one of the bluffs was chosen, the winning team won the cash jackpot and the losing team was defeated and replaced.

Celebrities

Among the celebrities who appeared on Call My Bluff were Bill Cullen, Art James, Gene Rayburn, Betty White, Peggy Cass, Abe Burrows, and Lauren Bacall.

Board Game

Despite its short run, Milton Bradley issued a board game adaptation of Call My Bluff in 1965.

Episode status

Call My Bluff is believed to be destroyed due to network practices at the time. Two rehearsal shows are known to exist, one of which is held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

References

Call My Bluff (U.S. game show) Wikipedia