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I had my own "Up the butt" moment. The 25 point bonus question was "What is your husband's favorite condiment." I couldn't understand why they were answering ketchup, mustard, mayonaisse, etc. The only thing that stuck in my head while watching the show was "trojans" and being in disbelief they were asking such a question.

Not that "trojans" is my brand. I was only 10 years old or so at the time. It was just the only brand name I knew.

That horrible version with that Rodrigues guy~!! The Bob Eubanks version was THE classic game show, IMHO!!!( "....a special grand prize, chosen especially for you!" )

When Columbia-TriStar Television brought it back with Gary Kroeger but changed the rules so much that the new version had almost no resemblance to the original -- no "whoopee" questions and none of the "Which one of your friends . . . First names only, PLEASE!" questions that defined the classic show. Dishonorable mention: Paul Rodriguez as host.

I agree with the above post, is Bob Eubanks the best they could do? This guy is what the game show host stereotype is based on. He has all the intelligence and personality of an automated voice and not in an ironic way, i.e. Gary Owens. Give me a Gene Rayburn-like host anytime.

When Bob Eubanks up and left the 2nd incarnation of The Newlywed Game in the middle of the 1988 season. Bob leaves, takes the yellow "double ring" set, the familiar theme music and 20+ game rules & format with him. Enter Comedian Paul Rodriguez (Who???), a set that looks like the living room of "Welcome Back Kotter", they now play The Monotones' 1958 song "Book Of Love" and call it their 'new' theme, and they now play for money per question and wager for the win on the final question (like Jeopardy). Obviously, after Bob returned in the 1990s, he pretty much brought back everything that he took with him on that cold night in December '88.

NEVER JUMPED...premise of show very good....but is bob eubanks the best they could do? the guy should have been instructed to keep both hands on the podium at all times...cause when they weren't, he had a different look/laugh...and after watching a few shows, that about did it for me.

That toupee of Bob's was getting flat out tired as the show went on through the 1980's. Everybody had the fads of their race - you had the big hair, the jeri curl, the farrah fawcett feather, the ducktail, the mohawk, GOD, MAKEUP PLEASE. and bob, the toupee sucks.

This show, jump? HA! This show never jumped, thanks to Bob Eubanks' questions about times you and your wife made "whoopee", and those fabulous prizes. I remember they made a new Newlywed Game in 1996, and had Gary Kroeger (who now announces Whammy!) hosting with DJ Ellen K announcing. The format was overhauled from the Bob-era. In 1997, Kroeger and K were replaced by you-know-who (Bob!) as host with John Cramer as announcer. The grand prize was now a trip. I hear the show is going to be revived with "The Dating Game" later this year on NBC, but, we're not sure if Bob returns as host, although NBC is pretty happy with him.

To the poster that mentioned the "Up the Butt" moment, that sequence was long thought to be a myth: Something that people swore happened, but nobody has a tape of it. Turns out it DID happened, but not the way everybody remembers it! I caught a rerun of NBC's special "The Most Outrageous Game Show Moments". The highlight was a "lost" clip of 'The Newlywed Game" where Bob asks "What's the strangest place you ever had the urge to make whoopee?" After about a minute, the female contestant said "In the ass!" Even Bob Eubanks HIMSELF was shocked to find out that the footage actually existed because he was telling people for years it never happened. Must have been suppressed in his memory.

When I realized that the "prize chosen especially for you" was the same for everyone.

Another classic question: "From your house from your part of the neighborhood, which direction does the sun rise? North, south , east or west?" Of course, none of the couples matched! Only one of the husbands had the sense to say, "Honeeeee! It ALWAYS rises in the east, no matter where you are!"

Of course the show was degrading! It was a Chuck Barris show! All of Barris' shows were meant to humiliate and embarrass contestants! Remember the Gong Show singers who were off-key? Remember $1.98 Beauty Show? Remember Treasure Hunt?

This show JTS when its purpose was the public humiliation of couples so cerebrally challenged that even the average TV viewer could feel superior to them. Here is an actual question that they couldn't answer: "How may digits would you say your spouse has?" Watching them stammer out nonsensical answers was supposed to be a hoot, but I felt pity for them and disgust for the show.

"The Newlywed Game," IMHO, has got to have given birth to the most imitators and rip-offs of any game show. Anyone remember "Perfect Match?" "The Neighbors" (Regis Philbin's first game show)? "Burt Luddin's Love Buffet?" There's many more out there. If you're going to do a game show about relationships, do it right and get the master (Bob Eubanks) to host. For all the criticisms this show has received (both deserved and unwarranted), it ranks as one of the all-time best game shows of all time. I especially loved the arguments when couples didn't match answers. Bob and the audience just didn't make it easier for the poor couple! But at least it was all in good fun; besides, a strong marriage will outlast any embarrassment from this show. If a couple gets divorced directly because of the "Newlywed Game," then the marriage probably wasn't that strong to begin with.

This show jumped after a few years. It got wayyy too personal and the questions were designed to lead to marital trouble." Ruth, how many times a day would you say your new husband, passes gas in front of you,once, twice, or three times in front of a lady?" Be specific. Now you go figure, what outlying consequences does this sort of question have to do with a long lasting relationship? We as an audience could care less if this guy shits his Haines on a daily basis, if she can tolerate it, so what? Is anybody perfect? What if, SHE farts like a ocean liner fog horn whenever?One other comment, the prize at the end was sort of cheap. It was either an appliance, or a trip. In this day and age, a huge chunk of cash would be nice.