Love Handles
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Love Handles is a Canadian
television game show
produced by Blair Murdoch
from 1996 to 1998 on the Global Television Network
, and hosted by Stu Jeffries. The show's announcer was David Kaye
.
The series had the same premise as the United States
show The Newlywed Game
: three married couples or mates competed, including occasional same-sex couples, to determine which couple knew each other the best. Like many of Murdoch's shows, Love Handles was taped at CKVU-TV
in Vancouver
, British Columbia
without a studio audience. The set had each team sitting on a love seat.
Many episodes of Love Handles were rerun from 1999 to 2002 on Prime
, and were later seen on GameTV, beginning in 2007.
after a question was read would answer first, then the other two would answer. If players buzzed in before the question was completed, they had to answer without hearing the entire question or any multiple choice
options, if there were any. Three questions were asked in this manner.
When the partners returned, they had to match answers. Each match was worth five points, except for the team whose partner rang in first, which earned an additional seven-point bonus if they matched. The second round was played identically, with the partners switching roles. Each match was worth 10 points, with the bonus still worth an additional seven.
On some episodes, the first player's answer was shown to the viewers as a lower third graphic while the partner made a guess. In either case, the first player simply told the partner what the initial response was.
The fourth round was played the same with the partners again switching roles. The teams were encouraged to come up with personalized clues to keep the other teams from recognizing the word.
Canada
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television game show
Game show
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produced by Blair Murdoch
Blair Murdoch
Blair Murdoch is a television producer during the mid 1980s to the mid 2000s. He independently produced many television series, mainly game shows, for Global Television Network in Canada and for MGM Television in Los Angeles...
from 1996 to 1998 on the Global Television Network
Global Television Network
Global Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...
, and hosted by Stu Jeffries. The show's announcer was David Kaye
David Kaye
David V. Hope , known professionally as David Kaye, is a Canadian American actor who is better recognized for his work as a voice actor...
.
The series had the same premise as the United States
United States
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show The Newlywed Game
The Newlywed Game
The Newlywed Game is an American television game show that pits newly married couples against each other in a series of revealing question rounds to determine how well the spouses know each other. The program, originally created by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir The Newlywed Game is an American...
: three married couples or mates competed, including occasional same-sex couples, to determine which couple knew each other the best. Like many of Murdoch's shows, Love Handles was taped at CKVU-TV
CKVU-TV
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in Vancouver
Vancouver
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, British Columbia
British Columbia
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without a studio audience. The set had each team sitting on a love seat.
Many episodes of Love Handles were rerun from 1999 to 2002 on Prime
TVtropolis
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, and were later seen on GameTV, beginning in 2007.
Rounds 1 & 2
For the first round, one member of each team was offstage in a soundproof room. The three remaining players were asked questions about themselves or their partners. The first player to buzz inLock-out device
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after a question was read would answer first, then the other two would answer. If players buzzed in before the question was completed, they had to answer without hearing the entire question or any multiple choice
Multiple choice
Multiple choice is a form of assessment in which respondents are asked to select the best possible answer out of the choices from a list. The multiple choice format is most frequently used in educational testing, in market research, and in elections-- when a person chooses between multiple...
options, if there were any. Three questions were asked in this manner.
When the partners returned, they had to match answers. Each match was worth five points, except for the team whose partner rang in first, which earned an additional seven-point bonus if they matched. The second round was played identically, with the partners switching roles. Each match was worth 10 points, with the bonus still worth an additional seven.
On some episodes, the first player's answer was shown to the viewers as a lower third graphic while the partner made a guess. In either case, the first player simply told the partner what the initial response was.
Rounds 3 & 4
The host showed a written word to one member of a couple; that person then had to come up with a verbal question or clue which allowed the second member to say the exact word (synonyms were not accepted). The guessing partner had to push a buzzer to respond. This was repeated with a different word for each couple. However, until the guessing partner sounded the buzzer, the guessing partners from the other two teams could say "steal", and try to respond themselves. If the team giving the clue answered correctly, they earned 25 points; a steal was worth 15.The fourth round was played the same with the partners again switching roles. The teams were encouraged to come up with personalized clues to keep the other teams from recognizing the word.