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[quote name=\'Fan4Sure\' post=\'204940\' date=\'Dec 28 2008, 04:18 PM\']
No. Actually, The pilot was hosted by Jim Lange in the late 1980s. But what are the rules for The Puzzle Game?
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That's OK, Fan4Sure. Some people on this board would rather ridicule others and engage in degrading posts than help, mocking the original poster. Here's the shake-down of the original Puzzle Game, as told to me by Jim Lange's neighbor from Yorba Linda (oddly enough, named Linda Yorba):
Three contestants were given giant jigsaw puzzle pieces. Jim would ask questions, and whoever answered correctly got to put a piece in (hopefully the correct) place. The two people who put the most of their puzzle together by the end of round one moved on. Round two consisted of the two remaining contestants sitting in a mock living room on leather chairs, doing the New York Times crossword puzzle. Whoever filled in the most of the grid by the end of this round went on to the bonus round. Here, Jim asked the contestant five questions that were previously given to a sample of 100 people. The contestant was awarded points based on how many of the 100 people gave the same answer. Then the player's pre-selected partner was brought out and asked the same five questions. If they got more than 200 points, they won $5000. Sadly, the pilot was never approved, due to the similarity of the bonus round to Family Feud, and the boringness of the rest of the game.
If you can, get a picture or screen grab from the pilot. Jim shaved his head in protest Jimmy Carter's grain embargo against the USSR.
\At least, that's what Linda Yorba told me.
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Actually, that should have been a remake of catch phrase.