- Two contestants attempt to correctly guess words based on definitions given by children ages five to nine.
- A light but funny gameshow which enjoyed only a blip run during the early '80s, "Child's Play" pitted the wits of two contestants in a guessing game of deceptive simplicity. Young children were interviewed and asked to give their descriptions or definitions of everyday items, phrases, or events without using the actual word itself. Sometimes the responses were helpful; other times, inaccurate or misleading; but very often humorous and always insightful. Upon viewing such clips the contestants then had to guess at what the children were describing, with the player who had figured out the most correct answers winning the game.—Kay-22
- Two contestants competed in this word meaning game, that's defined by elementary school kids, aged 5 to 9. In Round 1, the child on tape had to define the word that the contestant guessed on. As long as the child blurted out the word, then an "OOPS," will appear on a child's mouth. If a player came up with the right word, then he/she got 1 point. If he/she came up with a wrong word, then, a bullseye passed to his/her opponent, while he/she got to see the clip of another child defining the same word. If he/she got it wrong, then, the first contestant who guessed before, got to see the rest of the video of another little child. In Round 2, two contestants competed in Fast Play, where the round featured jump-in definitions to words given from children, and each correct word a contestant buzzed in earned him/her 2 points, while a wrong guess on a word, allowed the opponent to watch the remaining clip, before guessing the word. On occasion, if a contestant watched the entire clip, before it was over, buzzed in and got it wrong, their opponent automatically guessed the word. The contestant with the most points when time ran out won the game along with $500, and a chance to win more money in the bonus round. During its one-year-run on CBS, there were 2 bonus rounds: from September 1982-May 1983, the winning contestant competed in Triple Play. In this bonus round, there were three written definitions written by three separate children (Child "A", Child "B", and Child "C"), and the contestant had to guess the word associated with the three definitions in 45 seconds. A wrong guess on a definition, forced the contestant to pick another, also a contestant can pass a definition, and move on to another, if after all three definitions have been revealed, he/she came up with a wrong word and/or pass, then the contestant moved on to a new word of three definitions. If he/she guessed all six words associated with three definitions, then the contestant will win $5000, if not, then its $100 for every word a contestant got to. From May-September 1983, Triple Play's bonus round had changed into Turnabout, in a "Pyramid" clone. In this bonus round, 5 children (to whom they were videotaped before the show) were brought in the studio, and the role was reversed. The winning champion had 45 seconds to describe a maximum of 7 words to children, and as before, only the contestant can pass on a word and comeback to it if time permits. An illegal clue forfeited the contestant's chance of winning $5,000. Acing all 7 words, from children, will win the contestant $5000 (as the children split $1000), if not, then its $100 for every word that a child guess (as the children split $100).—Gary Richard Collins II (hugsarealwaysinorder@yahoo.com)
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