From The TV IV

Blackout was a game show airing daytime on CBS in 1988.

Two teams, each of a celebrity captain and a civilian participated. One member of a team is partitioned off with earphones as his/her partner describes a word in 20 seconds. The partitioned player is brought back and now hears the playback of the description, only the opponent now uses a device with a plunger--a "blackout box"--to edit out up to ten seconds of the description. The player must identify the word.

Each word becomes one of four blanks to a riddle with a pun. The object is to guess the words and try to complete the riddle. For example:

The captain used a _______ when he sailed to _______ so he could get his _______ _______.

The words in this case would be STRAIGHT, ALASKA, BEARING and COMPASS. Correctly placing them in the blanks makes it read as such:

The captain used a COMPASS when he sailed to ALASKA so he could get his BEARING STRAIGHT. (The pun is at the end, for "Bering Strait." Get it?)

The team solving two riddles wins and tries for $10,000 in the bonus game. One member faces a board, the other with his/her back to it. With 70 seconds posted, clues to words start appearing. Once enough clues are up, the member facing it says "Solve it!", the other player turns and tries to get the word. Five words correctly solved wins the $10,000.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 In-Depth 4 DVD Releases 5 External Sites

[edit] Cast

Person	Role	Duration
Main Cast
Bob Goen	Host	1
Johnny Gilbert	Announcer	1
Jay Stewart		1

[edit] Seasons

[edit] In-Depth

At a Glance: Additional information about the series

[edit] DVD Releases

[edit] External Sites