Rhyme and Reason

[@halffasthaiku7526]

I’d never seen or even heard of this show! Thanks for posting.

[@fleekawadog]

I been thinking about this show for 45 Years. I knew I wasn’t dreaming.

[@MrWildcat2009]

Didn’t know there was an episode of this that survived. Great to have the chance to see this!

[@SweptAway529]

That was fun - some of the responses were a little bawdy for daytime television though!!

[@kingporter67]

Rhyme and Reason was a super 1975 game show!!

[@prestonharper6745]

I hope somebody might find a full video of the final episode of "Rhyme And Reason", Where they destroy the set at the end of the show.

[@MikeTeaveeJr]

R&R had a different theme tune for the better part of its run, and the phrase cues were all variations of it, as opposed to the ones used here, the instrumental version of the Amboy Dukes' Journey to the Center of the Mind, the opening notes of the Savers and the same piece heard as the contestants were writing down their rhymes. And the match win piece was the Newlywed Game's Grand Prize winner cue as well. Hopefully we'll see an R&R reboot at a future NATPE convention.

[@pernelldh]

Would be to have an updated version of Rhyme and Reason.

[@RJSchex]

"Come along if you care, Come along if you dare..."

[@SyncopateTheShot]

Joker's Wild Theme at around 2:38.

[@Mrtv1017]

I sure wish this show would be on Buzzr's Lost And Found

[@jehobden]

Jack has a pair of specs to do CNR proud.

[@howardcobb4992]

when rhyme and reason first aired on abc nippsy russell was the host

[@jehobden]

I wonder if the celebs were given rhymes. I'd think it would be hard for them to come up w/ good, witty rhymes, and it would be ok as long as the contestants didn't know what the rhymes were.

[@jad8123]

When, where & what network? I don’t recall this show at all.

[@markschildberg1667]

1975 on ABC in the afternoons

[@RJSchex]

@@markschildberg1667 July 7, 1975 to July 9, 1976. Replaced "The Big Showdown", and was replaced by "Family Feud".

[@joefagan6244]

Mark Goodson hated this show. It's match game with a rhyme.

[@austinl169]

Indeed! It wasn't even from the game show packagers that normally ripped off other shows, Barry & Enright, although word has it that "W. T. Naud" was a pseudonym for Dan Enright, half of B&E. This series was ABC's answer to CBS's blockbuster "Match Game." Naturally, Mr Goodson wouldn't like it! 😂

[@Chainsawslots]

It's obvious some of these were pre written by the producers You can see the celebrity's look down at the pre written answer.

[@nealgordon3712]

J.p.Morgan like on the "Gong show" is still her old dirty self. She was eventually fired from The Gong Show because she said a great deal of words and gestures that couldn't be aired.

[@newstarcadefan]

I heard of the story of how she got fired from the Gong Show...she just flashed the audience, and Standards and Practices weren't having it.

[@howardcobb4992]

she even told chuck barris "kiss my dariaire."

[@pernelldh]

The Rhyme and Reason logo is almost similar to Oscar Mayer logo. Don’t you think 🤔?

[@louistenore2185]

They stole Richard Dawson from the Match Game

[@witherblaze]

Ironic considering this show was panned by Mark Goodson because it was similar to Match Game

[@megamanj2004X]

@@witherblazeAnd Mark Goodson wanted abc to cancel this show in order for them to even get Family Feud (which replaced this show) on the air in the 1st place.

[@witherblaze]

@@megamanj2004X I thought they were both on the air at the same time

[@megamanj2004X]

@@witherblaze Nope. When abc cancelled this show, on July 12, 1976 Family Feud replaced this show. Even Bob Eubanks commented about how Feud did 9 times better than his show Rhyme and Reason and also touched on how Mark Goodson hated Rhyme and Reason.

[@petervance6777]

this show was so incredibly stupid! how did it last that long?!🤬