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| Taped | |
| November 7, 1966 | |
| Run time | |
| 30 Minutes | |
| Host | |
| Ed McMahon | |
| Announcer | |
| Johnny Olson | |
It Had to Be You was an unsold pilot. It has been described as being a predecessor of He Said, She Said, but with civilian, non-celebrity couples only.
Premise[]
Unlike He Said She Said, Tattletales & About Last Night, this series was played with civilians couples instead of celebrity couples. During the opening of the show, half the participants (the spouses seated upfront), were asked by announcer Olson to leave the stage and into a soundproof room.
The spouses still on stage were given three words one at a time. on each word, three of the spouses were required to play raising their hands. Each of them responded with a one or two word clue s/he thought his/her might recognize. Also unlike the latters, they cannot use proper nouns or capitalized words as clues, but they cam use the given word as part of their answer. After giving a clue the spouse who raised his/her hand gave a description associated with the phrase.
After the three words were played. the isolated spouses returned. The couples were given $50 to start and the returning spouses were given the same word. On each word, the answer given by the first set of spouses were given to the mates one at a time. If a when a mate recognized a clue, s/he raised his/her description to that clue. A correct match scored added $30 to their score but an incorrect mismatch lost $10. A couple will also lose $10 if they incorrectly raised their hand and/or the couple who's mate supposed to raise their hand but did it too late.
The second played the same way, but with the tables turned. This means that the spouses in back headed backstage allowing the front spouses to move to the back and respond to McMahon's words.
The couple with the most had their winnings doubled and supposedly returned on the next show to play again. The rest of the couples left with their final total winnings.
Trivia[]
NBC originally considered it as a choice for a replacement for the short-lived, country music-themed variety show Swingin' Country, but it got lost to Reach for the Stars, Ironically, McMahon would later go on to host Snap Judgment which replaced Reach for the Stars.
Despite being an unsold pilot, this was the first game show where a mix of both genders were played instead of the same individually.
Originally, the pilot was uploaded from a YouTube channel called "The W/O/C Archive" on April 26, 2021. Six months later, the pilot was aired on Buzzr as part of their 6th Annual Lost & Found marathon on September 25, 2021.
See Also[]
He Said, She Said
Celebrity Match Mates (1972 proposed pilot)
Tattletales
He Said, She Said (2016 Proposed revival)
About Last Night
Videos[]
