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Rhyme and Reason
| Rhyme and Reason | |
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| Premiere | July 7, 1975 |
| Finale | July 9, 1976 |
| Creator | Steve Friedman |
| Host | Bob Eubanks |
| Network/Provider | ABC |
| Style | 30-minute game show |
| Company | J.T. Naud Productions |
| Episodes | 225 |
| Origin | USA |
Rhyme and Reason was a game show airing daytime in ABC. It was created as ABC's answer to Match Game on CBS.
Like Match Game, Rhyme and Reason involved two contestants and a panel of six celebrities. A couplet phrase for a prospective poem is shown (Example: The Mona Lisa is smiling and the reason could be...), after which each contestant secretly writes down a word that will rhyme with the last word of the couplet. The contestants in turn select a celebrity, who now completes the couplet. Contestants score points if a celebrity matches the word they've written.
Three points wins the game. The winning player now selects a celebrity to try and match three words to a bonus phrase for $5,000. The chosen celebrity has thirty seconds to do so.
On the final telecast of Rhyme and Reason, the celebrity panel began to dismantle the set piecemeal.
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