Party Game (game show)

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Party Game was a Canadian television game show in the 1970s. The show was produced by Hamilton independent station CHCH from 1970 to 1980, and aired throughout Canada in syndication.

Hosted by Bill Walker, the show featured two teams of 3 consisting of the challenger team composed of the contestant joined with 2 guest star players. They were pitted against the all-celebrity “Home Team” with regulars: Jack Duffy, Dinah Christie and Billy Van, in a charades competition. The guest-stars would appear either for a single day or the whole week. Answers were usually complex phrases based around a pun or some other form of wordplay. The voice-over announcer who announced each charade was known as "Gardiner Westbound" an obvious knod to a stretch of The Gardiner Expressway in Downtown Toronto (it was actually producer Rafael Markowitz).

The show's theme music was "Bond Street" by Burt Bacharach.

Party Game was produced by Rafael Markowitz, the executive producer (and star) of The Randy Dandy Show and executive producer of The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. Party Game was produced in a double suite at the Windsor Arms Hotel in Toronto.

The set was a simple living room type with couches and a few wall pictures and pieces. It was a low budget production that had a long run on television.

[edit] External links

• The Canadian Encyclopedia: Dinah Christie (references the show)
• Party Game (game show) at the Internet Movie Database
• Party Game clip on YouTube