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You Don't Say! is a game show that aired on NBC from 1963 to 1969. It originated as a local show on KTLA in Los Angeles and was popular enough to go national.

As host Tom Kennedy points out "It's not what you say that counts, it's what you don't say." Two teams, each of a celebrity and a civilian, try to identify famous names. The person shown the name gives a clue by forming a sentence with the last word left out, and that word sounds like part of the name. The word can be spelled like the part of the name but cannot directly correspond to it. Proper names cannot be used as clues as well. Correct guesses score a point, and three points wins the game.

The winning team goes to the bonus board, where three clues to a famous name is presented. Each clue shows where the missing word is placed in the name phoenetically. If the contestants gets the name on the first clue, it's worth $300 in cash. If he/she gets it on the second clue, it's worth $200, and for getting it on three clues, it's worth $100. In 1965, the names and clues for the bonus board were furnished by home viewers, and in 1966, this wrinkle was added: If a player won the game by a 3-0 score and identified the name on the bonus board on the first clue, he/she won a new car.

During the first season, Tom Kennedy's podium stood between the two teams, and Goodson-Todman charged that the set-up resembled Password too much. Faced with a lawsuit, Ralph Andrews acquiesed and had the podium placed to the two teams' right side (viewers' left side).

A nighttime edition ran briefly in 1964. It was revived for ABC in 1975, where it ran only five months. It returned again, in syndication, in 1978 with Jim Peck hosting.

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

[edit] Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast
Tom Kennedy	Host	1	2	3	4	5	6
Jay Stewart	Announcer	1
John Harlan	Announcer	1	2	3	4	5	6

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