DSmith is pretty much right. Stewart in some ways is an incredibly clever producer - he comes up with ideas that have some merit, such as the pun puzzles. Unfortunately, he has a tendency to kill a decent idea with poor execution. So many of his shows look "just slapped together", and Blankety Blanks was one of them. The "link the half-phrases" prelim was weak, like his spell the answer prelim for Winning Streak. A lot of his games have a good "hook", but his prelim games to get to that hook aren't as good as the hook. I think a lot of his end games are super. The one special memory I have of Blankety Blanks was when the contestants came up with a better answer than the producers, and they disallowed it. I think it was Larry Linville and partner - "When Snoopy goes on a camping trip, he sleeps in a "blankety blank". They came up with "doggie bag" - which was funnier than Bob's "pup tent". The audience expressed their disapproval. With the object being "determine the clever answer" on BB, you'd think the judges would allow for a little creativity if it really fit the puzzle. But that's just me.....
