Amateur's Guide to Love
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| Amateur's Guide to Love | |
|---|---|
| Format | Game Show |
| Created by | Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley |
| Starring | Gene Rayburn as host, Kenny Williams as announcer |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 Minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | March 27, 1972 – June 23, 1972 |
The Amateur's Guide to Love was a short-lived American television game show, created by Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley, that ran on CBS in 1972. Gene Rayburn, between two runs of his famous Match Game, was the emcee, while Kenny Williams was the announcer. The network aired the program at 4 p.m./3 Central, succeeding reruns of Gomer Pyle, USMC. Reruns of the situation comedy Family Affair replaced it in that time slot, as Amateur's Guide was unsuccessful against competition on ABC and NBC.
[edit] Gameplay
This game somewhat resembled Candid Camera, a show involving guest celebrities and unsuspecting civilians. These people were involved in a comedy situation, taped on location in Southern California using a hidden camera. The subjects in the particular situation were faced with two choices, one of which they needed to choose, that were somehow related to sex, marriage, or love. A celebrity panel voted upon which choice would have been the smartest, and the civilian who picked that particular decision won merchandise prizes.
[edit] Episode Status
Due to wiping, a common practice used for daytime television at that time, it is unknown how many episodes of Amateur's Guide exist. One episode is known to exist as of 2008.
[edit] Notes
Amateur's Guide was CBS' first daytime game since the cancellation of the daytime version of To Tell the Truth in 1968.
