Says You!
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| Genre | Panel game |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Home station | WGBH |
| Syndicates | Pipit & Finch |
| Hosts | Richard Sher |
| Creators | Richard Sher |
| Producers | Zach Moore |
| Exec. producers | Richard Sher |
| Website | Official website |
Says You! is an American panel radio show distributed by Pipit & Finch in the United States. Although many NPR stations carry it, it is independently produced. It was created by host Richard Sher, and is produced in Boston, Massachusetts, by Pipit & Finch. Its tagline is "A game of bluff and bluster, words and whimsy." It has a similar format to the long-running BBC program My Word! (1956-1990).
The show's website is integrated with the show. Audience members can suggest questions for the show through the website.[1][2]
[edit] Format
The show features a regular group of panelists divided into two three-person teams. The team makeup varies from week to week. The program is recorded before live audiences at locations throughout the United States. Both in its panel-game format and its literary bent, the show's debt to the BBC's now defunct My Word! is evident. Rounds 1, 3, and 5 vary from week to week, and consist of word games, brain teasers, trivia, and parlor games. Typical games include "What's the Difference?," "Odd Man Out," "What Came First?," "Melded Movies," and variations of anagrams, homonyms and other language games.
Rounds 2 and 4 are the same each week, known as the Says You! bluffing round. It's a variation on the popular word game fictionary. The three members of one team are given an obscure word; one of them gets the actual definition, and the other two must bluff with fake definitions composed within a minute or so. The other team attempts to select the correct definition. Points are awarded for guessing or bluffing successfully. During the time while the panelists are making up their definitions, there is a musical interlude, which for many years was provided by an acoustic house band named "The Dactyls" whose humorous tag line was "Second takes are for wimps." In recent years many different (local) acts have been featured.
On rare occasions rounds 2 and 4 are replaced with segments where three panelists present one true and two fictional stories explaining why some obscure person is notable, and the other team has to guess which story is correct.
With the expansion to one hour in October 2006, an occasional new round was added called the Spotlight Round. This is a highlights portion of the show featuring memorable rounds from the first ten years of the show. These highlights are taken from listener requests.
[edit] Personnel
- Richard Sher (creator, producer and host)
- Francine Achbar (panelist)
- Carolyn Faye Fox (panelist)
- Tony Kahn (panelist)
- Paula Lyons (panelist)
- Barry Nolan (panelist)
- Arnie Reisman (panelist)
- Phil Salkind (producer)
- The Dactyls (house band)
- Zach Moore (associate producer)
[edit] Notes
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