Talk About (game show)
Canadian Game Show
Talk About is a game show produced in Canada by CBC Television, which bears some similarities to the board game Outburst. Originally produced by CBC for the 1988–89 season, it was later picked up for American television syndication, airing from September 18, 1989, to March 16, 1990, with repeats later airing on the USA Network from June 28 to December 31, 1993; on GameTV from January 3, 2011, to September 2015; from July 1, 2019, to September 12, 2021; and since February 28, 2022; and on Buzzr starting May 30, 2022. Taped at stage 40 at the CBC Vancouver studios via local station CBUT in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show was hosted by Wayne Cox with local radio personality Dean Hill as announcer, while Doc Harris (announcer on Cox's previous show Second Honeymoon) filled in for Hill during Season 1.
During its original run on CBC, a concurrent prime time edition titled Celebrity Talk About was also added, which premiered on January 10, 1989.
Gameplay
Two teams of two people, one team usually returning champions, played.
Control of the game alternated between teams, starting with the champions. The team not in control for a particular round was stationed at a desk to the side of the play area, wearing headphones and standing with their backs to the opponents so they could neither see nor hear anything. The captain of the playing team chose one of two subjects offered by Cox and decided which member would play first.
Each team member was given 20 seconds to describe the subject, attempting to match as many keywords as possible in a list of 10 secretly chosen by the show's producers. If the team said every word, they scored 10 points and received a CA$500 bonus.
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