Hidden in this picture gallery...
are 10 famous people, who will help us play...
And here to get the game underway is our own leading man...
Allen Ludden!
Information
Host: Allen Ludden
Announcer: Jay Stewart
VTR Date: February 25, 1968
Network: CBS
Packager: Stefan Hatos/Monty Hall Productions
Gameplay
Talking Pictures combined elements of Eye Guess, Hollywood Squares, and Concentration.
10
celebrities were behind doors numbered 1-10. One at a time at the start, each
celebrity 
would
say their name and 
a
fact about themselves, except one, which would be the "silent picture"
throughout the show. 
Then,
two contestants would try to remember which celebrity was behind each door. Host
Allen
Ludden would repeat a fact said by one of the celebrities and the contestant
would have to remember what celebrity was behind a
door by referring to it by number. Sometimes this would have humorous results.
The contestants take turns back and forth. If the correct 
door
is picked, $25 goes to their score. If the incorrect door is picked, it goes
back to it's neutral
position, and later the same clue is repeated. When 9 of the 10 are revealed,
the contestant in control now wins the 
money
by identifying who's behind the last door by name, with no clues or anything.
Round 2 is played the same way, except all the celebrities switch places, and
all the facts revolve around a question asked to them. The winner goes to the
bonus round.
Bonus Game
The
bonus round is played similarly. This time though, all the celebrities reveal
themselves before the round. Allen Ludden repeats a clue from one of the two
rounds about the celebrities, and the player must remember where that celebrity
is located now. This time though, when a incorrect box is picked, it remains
open until the correct one is selected. A player wins however much money they
won in the main game for each correct pick.
My Review
Not a bad little show, which was a typical '60s style celebrity shows. I could see why it didn't sell though. One, it's too much like Eye Guess and Concentration and the celebrities don't talk as much as on Hollywood Squares. Two, you rarely SEE the celebrities, which of course is bad. If you have a celebrity show, you want them to be seen. This was obviously an attempt by CBS to try and catch Hollywood Squares' success from NBC, which itself was a rejected pilot at CBS. Ludden does his usual classic hosting job and does well interacting (the rare times he has the chance too) with the celebrities.