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Body Language was a game show airing daytime on CBS. It was essentially an updated version of the 1975 show Showoffs.

The teams here now consist of one celebrity and one civilian per team. One team is on stage and tries to communicate five words and/or phrases in one minute using pantomime. Each correctly guessed word becomes a clue in a word puzzle. There are seven blanks in the puzzle (the remaining two blanks are unacted words and are used as a minor difficulty element). The guesser now tries to solve the puzzle with $100 awarded for being correct. If incorrect, the guesser from the other team has a word in the puzzle revealed and he/she makes a guess. This continues until the puzzle is solved. $500 wins the game.

If after the deciding puzzle the score is tied and neither team reaches $500, a word puzzle is put up and the guessers now take turns in removing words and trying to solve the puzzle.

The team winning two games is the winner and vies for $10,000 in the bonus game. The actor now acts out up to ten words in sixty seconds for the guesser who scores $100 for each word. The celebrity now tries to communicate three words in fifteen seconds. Getting all three words multiplies that money by ten.

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

[edit] Cast

Person	Role	Duration
Main Cast
Tom Kennedy	Host	1	2
Johnny Olson	Announcer	1	2
Bob Hilton	Announcer		2
Gene Wood	Announcer		2

[edit] In Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

[edit] DVD Releases

There has not been a DVD release for this show.

[edit] External Sites