During the first season tapings, there was a rehearsal game with Melissa Peterman and Steve Schirripa between half-episodes. One of the words was GRAPEFRUIT and the mock contestant said something like fruit salad, and Schirripa followed up with "it's a large fruit" and there was no cuckoo. It was explained that, just as in the Dick Clark era, that FRUIT was established, so all the contestant had to say was GRAPE, and that the giver could repeat the established part of the word.
