How Do You Play The Newlywed Game?
“From Hollywood, it’s ‘The Newlywed Game.'” Fresh off of the success of “The Dating Game,” Chuck Barris launched this game show in 1966, leading to the cancellation of “Password” and the popularization of “making whoopee” as couples competed for a grand prize chosen just for them. If you’re looking to find out new things about your spouse, here’s how to play. Have each couple predict what their final score will be. This information will be used if the game ends in a tie. Send the wives offstage into the isolation area. Ask the husbands three questions about their wives, the more off the wall and racy the better. (Example: “What will your wife say is the movie monster that best describes her mother?”) Record the husbands’ answers on cue cards and place them in their laps. Bring the wives back on stage and ask them the same questions, revealing the husbands’ answers as the wives give theirs. When a couple’s answers match, award them five points. Take the husbands offstage and ask the wiv
