Figure It Out is an American children's game show

Game show

A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...

 hosted by Summer Sanders

Summer Sanders

Summer Elisabeth Sanders is a sports commentator and reporter, TV show host, actress and retired Olympic gold medalist in swimming.- School and swimming :...

 that aired on Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...

 for four seasons from July 7, 1997 to December 12, 1999.

Kids with special skills or unique achievements competed as contestants on the show while a panel of four Nick celebrities tried to guess the predetermined phrase that described the contestant's talent. The series is considered a loose adaptation of What's My Line?

What's My Line?

What's My Line? is a panel game show which originally ran in the United States on the CBS Television Network from 1950 to 1967, with several international versions and subsequent U.S. revivals. The game tasked celebrity panelists with questioning contestants in order to determine their occupations....

and I've Got a Secret

I've Got a Secret

I've Got a Secret is a panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. Created by comedy writers Allan Sherman and Howard Merrill, it was a derivative of Goodson-Todman's own panel show What's My Line?...

, both established panel shows created by Mark Goodson

Mark Goodson

Mark Goodson was an American television producer who specialized in game shows.-Life and early career:...

 and Bill Todman

Bill Todman

William S. "Bill" Todman was an American television producer born in New York City. He produced many of television's longest running shows with business partner Mark Goodson.-Early life:...

.

Shortly after the series aired its last first-run episode, Figure It Out began airing repeats on Nick GAS

Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids

Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids was an American cable television network that was part of MTV Networks's suite of digital cable channels. The channel was available to all Digital cable providers and satellite provider Dish Network...

 until the network ceased at the end of 2007. The series was recorded at Nickelodeon Studios

Nickelodeon Studios

Nickelodeon Studios was a television taping studio as well as an original attraction at Universal Studios Florida.-History:...

 at Universal Studios

Universal Studios

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 in Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

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.

Gameplay

Each episode had two sets of three one-minute rounds, in which the panel took turns asking yes-or-no questions to try to guess the contestant's talent. Each time a panelist mentioned a word that was part of the phrase that described the secret talent, the word was turned over on Billy the Answer Head, a game board that displayed a puzzle (the solution being the contestant's secret).

Billy showed which words of the phrase were guessed, along with blanks denoting unguessed words. Prepositions and article

Article (grammar)

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s, such as "of" and "an," were provided automatically. The contestant won a prize after each round that his or her talent remained unguessed, and winning all three rounds won a trip. In Season 1 prizes consisted mainly of leftover props from then-defunct Nickelodeon shows such as All That, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and Global Guts. Merchandise prizes (such as a Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64

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) and gift cards for stores including Kids Foot Locker, Toys 'R' Us, and Loew's

Loews Cineplex Entertainment

Loews Theatres, aka Loews Incorporated , founded in 1904 by Marcus Loew and Brantford Schwartz, was the oldest theater chain operating in North America until it merged with AMC Theatres on January 26, 2006. From 1924 until 1959, it was also the parent company of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. The...

 began to appear as prizes during later seasons. If Round 3 ended with at least one word left unrevealed, each panelist took one final guess as to what the contestant's talent was (any correct words given during the final guess were revealed, as during the game). The game ended when a panelist guessed the secret talent or if no panelist guessed the secret talent correctly after the "last guess" stage.

During each Round, the panelists received one clue as a hint to one of the words of the secret phrase. The clue usually took the form of physical objects – such as dates to indicate a clue about calendars – sounds (rarely used), or pantomime (the "Charade Brigade", usually two or three cast members that act out a word from the phrase during Round 3).

At the end of the game, after the secret talent was revealed, the contestant demonstrated or displayed their skill and talked about it with the host and panel.

Secret Slime Action

Prior to Round 2 in each game, a randomly-selected member of the studio audience played for a prize (a merchandise prize, such as a Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64

The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...

 or a mountain bike, in Season 1; a Figure It Out-branded article of clothing from Seasons 2-4) if at least one panelist performed the Action (and is subsequently "slimed") by the end of Round 3.

The action designated as the Secret Slime Action was typically simple and almost guaranteed; touching a clue, looking to the left (which was reflexive, as clues were commonly wheeled out on a small track from a tunnel to the panel's left), using the phrase "Are you..." or "Is it...", looking to the audience behind the panel (who was sometimes used for clues), saying "I don't know

You Can't Do That on Television

You Can't Do That on Television is a Canadian television program that first aired locally in 1979 before ultimately airing internationally in 1981...

", having a certain name, and even being a panelist were all used as Actions. Despite this, and contrary to popular belief, the Secret Slime Action was NOT always performed.

Some Actions were logically unenforceable, such as "thinking about coconuts" or "thinking about mushroom soup"; throughout the run, and especially in the last two seasons, a successful Action was mostly a foregone conclusion – the variables were only when it would be triggered, and by who (not necessarily a panelist).

When the Secret Slime Action was triggered, all play stopped (including the clock) while the panelist was slimed and the Action revealed, after which gameplay resumed. Sanders knew of the Action, and would sometimes trick panelists into performing it by making them say or touch something (in one episode, the Action was "touching your head"; Sanders touched her head and said "Have you done something with your hair?", which caused the panel to touch their heads in reaction).

There has only been one contestant who was able to make it through all three rounds without having a single hint figured out. Aaron Newman, from Scarsdale, New York achieved this feat with his talent "able to fit fist into mouth."

Panelists

Either three or all four panelists were taken from Nickelodeon shows airing at the time. Regulars included All That

All That

All That is an American live-action, sketch comedy-variety show that aired on the Nickelodeon cable television network featuring short comedic sketches and weekly musical guests. The theme song for All That was performed by TLC...

cast members Amanda Bynes

Amanda Bynes

Amanda Laura Bynes is an American actress, comedian, singer, and fashion designer. Bynes appeared in several successful television series, such as All That and The Amanda Show, on Nickelodeon in the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s, and in 2002, she starred in the TV series, What I Like About You...

, Lori Beth Denberg

Lori Beth Denberg

Lori Beth Denberg is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her work as an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, and for her role as Lydia Liza Gutman on The WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show.-Acting background:Denberg began acting in community...

 (who left in Season 4), and Danny Tamberelli

Danny Tamberelli

Daniel "Danny" Tamberelli is an American actor and musician.-Biography:Tamberelli played Jackie Radowski on the television series The Baby-Sitters Club shortly before more notably playing Little Pete on the Nickelodeon television show The Adventures of Pete & Pete and provided the voice for Arnold...

 (who also starred in the Nick show The Adventures of Pete and Pete).

The first seat on the panel was usually reserved for an older-aged panelist, either an older actor from Nick (usually Kevin Kopelow of All That) or a non-Nickelodeon celebrity (such as Taran Noah Smith

Taran Noah Smith

Taran Noah Smith is an American actor. He is most notably known for his portrayal of youngest son, Marcus "Mark" Jason Taylor, on the sitcom Home Improvement.-Personal life:...

 of Home Improvement). At one point, CatDog

CatDog

CatDog is an American animated television series which premiered on April 4, 1998, and ended with an unaired episode on September 22, 2004. The series was created for Nickelodeon by Peter Hannan. It was also shown as a sneak peek in theaters with The Rugrats Movie...

 and Cousin Skeeter

Cousin Skeeter

Cousin Skeeter is a television show which ran on Nickelodeon from 1998 to 2003. It starred Robert Ri'chard as Bobby, a young boy, whose life changed when his strange cousin Skeeter comes to live with his family. With Skeeter's help, Bobby learns life lessons and tackles the general ups and downs of...

 were panelists.

Other guest panelists included Coolio

Coolio

Artis Leon Ivey Jr. , better known by the stage name Coolio, is an American musician, rapper, actor and record producer.-Late 80s:He recorded two singles in the late 80s, titled "Watcha Gonna Do" and "You're Gonna Miss Me"...

 (semi-regular on the 1998 Match Game

Match Game

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), Mike O'Malley

Mike O'Malley

Michael Edward "Mike" O'Malley is an American actor and playwright who has appeared in films and television series. He hosted Nickelodeon GUTS, and he starred in the CBS comedy Yes, Dear...

 (host of Nick's Get the Picture and GUTS

Nickelodeon GUTS

Nickelodeon GUTS is an American television reality "action sports" competition series hosted by actor/comedian Mike O'Malley and officiated by British actress Moira "Mo" Quirk. The series was broadcast by the cable television network Nickelodeon from 1992 to 1995...

from 1991–1995), Colin Mochrie

Colin Mochrie

Colin Andrew Mochrie is a Scottish Canadian actor and improvisational comedian, most famous for his appearances on the British and US versions of television improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.-Early life:...

 (regular on Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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), Paul Wight

Paul Wight

Paul Donald Wight, Jr. , better known by his ring name, Big Show, is an American professional wrestler and actor, currently signed to WWE on its Raw brand....

 (WWE's "The Big Show"), Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho

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 also from WWE, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan

Jim Duggan

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 (WWE Hall of Fame

WWE Hall of Fame

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r), and Rondell Sheridan

Rondell Sheridan

Rondell Jerome Sheridan is an American actor, comedian and television director, best known for his seven-year portrayal of Victor Baxter, the goofy-yet-lovable father of a psychic teenager, in the Disney Channel sitcoms That's So Raven and Cory in the House. Sheridan is an alumnus of Marquette...

 (regular on the 1998 Match Game).

There was also an episode where Lori Beth and Summer switched roles, and Summer took Lori Beth's seat as a panelist, and Lori Beth took Summer's role as the host.

List of Panelists

• Aaron Carter
  Aaron Carter
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• Adam Busch
  Adam Busch
  Adam Busch is an American actor who played the recurring character Warren Mears on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He first appeared on Buffy in season 5, in an episode called "I Was Made to Love You".-Career:Early roles include Noah Allen from Nickelodeon's the Mystery Files of...
  
  
• Alisa Reyes
  Alisa Reyes
  Alisa Reyes is an American actress , best known for three seasons that she appeared on Nickelodeon's All That ....
  
  
• Amanda Bynes
  Amanda Bynes
  Amanda Laura Bynes is an American actress, comedian, singer, and fashion designer. Bynes appeared in several successful television series, such as All That and The Amanda Show, on Nickelodeon in the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s, and in 2002, she starred in the TV series, What I Like About You...
  
  
• Arjay Smith
  Arjay Smith
  Arjay L. Smith is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his teenage role portraying the titular character of the Nickelodeon children's television series, The Journey of Allen Strange. Most recently, he portrayed terrorist Laurent Dubaku during Season 7 of the Fox thriller/drama 24...
  
  
• Paul Wight
• Bob Sanders (father of Summer Sanders)
• Boris Cabrera
  Boris Cabrera
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• Carla Overbeck
• Carrot Top
  Carrot Top
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• CatDog
  CatDog
  CatDog is an American animated television series which premiered on April 4, 1998, and ended with an unaired episode on September 22, 2004. The series was created for Nickelodeon by Peter Hannan. It was also shown as a sneak peek in theaters with The Rugrats Movie...
  
  
• Cedric Ceballos
  Cedric Ceballos
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• Chris Jericho
  Chris Jericho
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• Christy Knowings
• Colin Mochrie
  Colin Mochrie
  Colin Andrew Mochrie is a Scottish Canadian actor and improvisational comedian, most famous for his appearances on the British and US versions of television improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.-Early life:...
  
  
• Coolio
  Coolio
  Artis Leon Ivey Jr. , better known by the stage name Coolio, is an American musician, rapper, actor and record producer.-Late 80s:He recorded two singles in the late 80s, titled "Watcha Gonna Do" and "You're Gonna Miss Me"...
  
  
• Cousin Skeeter
  Cousin Skeeter
  Cousin Skeeter is a television show which ran on Nickelodeon from 1998 to 2003. It starred Robert Ri'chard as Bobby, a young boy, whose life changed when his strange cousin Skeeter comes to live with his family. With Skeeter's help, Bobby learns life lessons and tackles the general ups and downs of...
  
  
• Curtis Williams, Jr.
• Danny Tamberelli
  Danny Tamberelli
  Daniel "Danny" Tamberelli is an American actor and musician.-Biography:Tamberelli played Jackie Radowski on the television series The Baby-Sitters Club shortly before more notably playing Little Pete on the Nickelodeon television show The Adventures of Pete & Pete and provided the voice for Arnold...
  
  
• Dave Aizer
  Dave Aizer
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• Dennis Haskins
  Dennis Haskins
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• Doug E. Doug
  Doug E. Doug
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• Eleanor Noble
  Eleanor Noble
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• Ellen David
  Ellen David
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• Erin J. Dean
• Evander Holyfield
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• "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
• Hardy Rawls
  Hardy Rawls
  Hardy Rawls is an American character actor from Florida. His most notable role was as "Dad" Don Wrigley on the Nickelodeon television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete...
  
  
• Irene Ng
  Irene Ng
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• Jack Hanna
  Jack Hanna
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• Jenna Leigh Green
  Jenna Leigh Green
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• Jesse Camp
  Jesse Camp
  Jesse Camp was the winner of the first Wanna Be a VJ contest on MTV. He beat out Dave Holmes for a VJ job on the popular music video show Total Request Live , and also hosted the short-lived Lunch with Jesse, which was canceled in 2002.-Controversy:During the course of Wanna Be a VJ, it was...
  
  
• Joe Namath
  Joe Namath
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• Josh Server
  Josh Server
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• Judy Grafe
  Judy Grafe
  Judy Grafe is an actress who has had roles as a news woman in the movies Basket Case 2, Frankenhooker, and *batteries not included, as well as Joyce "Mom" Wrigley in the Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Her television guest appearance was on Judging Amy. She is a native of Los...
  
  
• Julius Erving
  Julius Erving
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• Kareem Blackwell
• Kel Mitchell
  Kel Mitchell
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• Kenan Thompson
  Kenan Thompson
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• Kevin Kopelow
  Kevin Kopelow
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• Kordell Stewart
  Kordell Stewart
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• Leon Frierson
  Leon Frierson
  Leon Curtis Frierson is an American actor and comedian, best known for his work on the Nickelodeon comedy show, All That.-All That:...
  
  
• Lindsay Felton
  Lindsay Felton
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• Lori Beth Denberg
  Lori Beth Denberg
  Lori Beth Denberg is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her work as an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, and for her role as Lydia Liza Gutman on The WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show.-Acting background:Denberg began acting in community...
  
  
• Marc Weiner
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• Mark Saul
  Mark Saul
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• Meagan Good
  Meagan Good
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• Michelle Trachtenberg
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• Mike Maronna
  Mike Maronna
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• Mike O'Malley
  Mike O'Malley
  Michael Edward "Mike" O'Malley is an American actor and playwright who has appeared in films and television series. He hosted Nickelodeon GUTS, and he starred in the CBS comedy Yes, Dear...
  
  
• Moira Quirk
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  Moira Shannon Quirk is a British actress, voice actress and sex symbol who was the referee of the Nickelodeon game show Nickelodeon GUTS for four seasons....
  
  
• Mýa
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• Neil Smith
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• Penny Hardaway
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• Phil Moore
• Preslaysa Edwards
  Preslaysa Edwards
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• Richard Simmons
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• Robert Ri'chard
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• Rondell Sheridan
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• Schuyler Fisk
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• Shane Sweet
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• Sherman Hemsley
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• Steve Burns
  Steve Burns
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• Steve Purnick
• Summer Sanders
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• Tara Lipinski
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• Taran Noah Smith
  Taran Noah Smith
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• Tiffany Roberts
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• Travis White
• Vanessa Baden
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Format changes

For Season 3 (Fall 1998), the series became Figure It Out: Family Style, featuring two or three contestants who were related, typically parent-child or siblings. Sometimes on the 2nd half, the panel can have a family member of the contestant. Sometimes, the Charade Brigade can have family members of the panelists and the host. Figure It Out: Family Style also features Little Billy. If the panelists figured out the contestants' secret, then Little Billy (a miniature version of Billy the Answer Head with hair and on wheels) would come out. Summer reads a question about the family's talent and then each panelist try to guess one (impossible) answer. If they can't figure it out, then the answer in Little Billy would reveal and which gives the family another chance to win a prize (usually the Figure It Out apparel).

For Season 4 (Fall 1999) – the final season – the show was retitled Figure It Out: Wild Style and focused solely on talents involving animals; in addition, Billy the Answer Head was reshaped into various animals. During these episodes, the panelists went wild with hair, wigs and make-up, sporting a different, distinctive look. Lori Beth Denberg

Lori Beth Denberg

Lori Beth Denberg is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her work as an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, and for her role as Lydia Liza Gutman on The WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show.-Acting background:Denberg began acting in community...

 never appeared in any of those episodes, because she left Nickelodeon and went on to The Steve Harvey Show

The Steve Harvey Show

The Steve Harvey Show is an American sitcom that aired for six seasons from August 25, 1996 to February 17, 2002 on The WB Television Network. It was created by Winifred Hervey and directed by Stan Lathan.-Synopsis:...

, so during these episodes, panelists such as Steve Burns

Steve Burns

Steven Michael "Steve" Burns is an American entertainer. He is best known as the original host of the long-running children's television program Blue's Clues.-Early career:...

, Shane Sweet

Shane Sweet

Shane Sweet is an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Josh Stevenson, Robbie's younger brother, on Nickelodeon series The Journey of Allen Strange....

, Erin J. Dean, Christy Knowings, Irene Ng

Irene Ng

Irene Ng is an American actress best known for playing Shelby Woo on Nickelodeon's The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, which aired from 1996 to 1999.-Early life:...

 and Kareem Blackwell replacing Lori Beth in the chair on the right end.

Cardinal Games released a board game

Figure It Out (board game)

The Figure It Out board game was based on the popular children's game show Figure It Out on Nickelodeon. It was produced by Cardinal Games in 1998 and included a Billy the Answer Head board that was coated to allow for writing and erasing with crayon, two sets of game cards, and a...

 based on the series in 1998. Cardinal games included "Name That Thingy", "Name That Critter", "The Drench Bench", "The Last Laugh" "Lightning Letters", "Little Billy" and "The Secret Panel Match Up."

Seasons

Name	Run	Episodes
Figure It Out	1997	40
Figure It Out (Season 2)	1997–1998	40
Figure It Out: Family Style	1998–1999	41
Figure It Out: Wild Style	1999–2000	41