The name of the game is...

And you can play for any prize you choose, plus $10,000 in cash!

And now here's your host on Caught in the Act...

Jack Clark!

Information

Year: 1979

Host: Jack Clark

Announcer: Jay Stewart

Network: NBC?

Packager: Bob Stewart Productions

 

Gameplay

Three players "compete", but only two do at a time. To begin, two challengers choose a prize (some bizarre prizes, like a used car, your weight in steaks, paying your phone bill, and three mystery prizes is just a sample) from a board of choices (while the champion waits offstage). They then play a game similar to that of Pass the Buck. Jack reads a category, and the players must name things associated with them, one at time (whichever has the light in front of them), hoping what they name is on a board with 9 of the answers on them, in 30 seconds. Once a player names something on the board, they lose control. When time runs out, whoever is in control is "caught in the act." When a player is caught in the act, they are the loser, and the winning player wins their prize. The loser switches positions with the champion. The same type game is played again, and the player caught in the act switches places with the player sitting out. If all 9 of the answers are named, each player win their prizes, win or lose (bonus prizes), and they play another round the same way. When each player has more then one prize, they can go for one of their opponents prizes. The first player to win three games wins the game and goes to the bonus round.

Bonus Round

The object of the bonus game is very similar. In 60 seconds, the player names as much as they can about a subject. There are three subjects, and three things they must name on each on the board. To begin, a player can reveal an answer about any of the subjects. If they can name all three in a subject, they win $500, and three across in a row, they also win $500. Revealing all 9 wins $10,000.

My review

Simple game. Pretty much a variation of Pass the Buck (it even uses it's theme song!). Those prizes, WHAT?!?! Talk about BIZARRE! Jack does a pretty good job. That set...Chain Reaction anyone? Cheapo Bob Stewart probably used every part of that set on it.

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