THE BAITING GAME

THE DATING GAME
1965-1974 ABC

THE BAITING GAME
Something Else #3, June 1971
a: Jack Sparling

Game show that has gone through several incarnations since the initial one and been imitated a lot.

The basic premise was that a single woman asked a bunch of questions (often innuendo-laden) to three men behind a wall which she couldn't see (sometimes one was a plant like in the video clips I have) and she would pick one with the prize being a date somewhere.

It is Bob Eubanks being parodied in name here, though he never hosted the show. The host was Jim Lange.

Something Else only lasted three issues. It was a mix between humor and teen magazines, and had holes so you could ostensibly put it in your binder.