My Generation

A musical game show where the songs and music videos come from different generations.

Broadcast
VH1 - March 1998 - September 1998

Host
Craig Shoemaker

Announcer
Lindsay Stoddart

Premise
Two team of two from two graduating years (10 or 20 years apart) anywhere from 1960 to 1995 competed in this game of musical knowledge.

Main Game
In the first two rounds, both teams faced a game board of five categories of six questions each (three from one team's generation, and three from the other). Each contestant is equipped with their own buzzer to use to try & answer the question. All questions featured either a music video, a picture, or a skit (ala Remote Control) Correct answers earned points, but incorrect answer lost points. The points doubled for each new question.

Round 1: The Cassette/Singles Round
In the first round, the first question in each category was dubbed "The A-side", and the second question in each category was dubbed "The B-side". One player on the controlling team chose a category along with whichever team's generation and the "A-side" toss-up question was asked. A correct answer added 50 points to the team's score, and the option to go for the "B-side" question which only they can answer for 100 points or choose another category. The team that answered the 100 points question right also earned the option to go for a bonus question worth 200 points with no penalty for a wrong answer or pass it up for the next category. An incorrect answer on either one of the first two questions not only lost the points, but also gave the opponents a chance to steal the points if they wanted to.

The round continued until all questions were played or until time ran out.

Note: Each time a team choose their opponents' generation regardless of the category and answer the "A-side" toss-up question right, that team would also win a prize.

Round 2: The CD Round
The CD round was played the same way as round one except that points are now doubled (meaning that the first question was worth 100 points, the second question was worth 200 points, and the bonus question was worth 400 points), plus the first two questions on both generations and on each category were labeled "Track 1" & "Track 2". Also in this round, each team can opt to challenge the other team to answer the question; this was classified as a "Dedication"; both teams can only do it once this round.

Speed Round
In the speed round, host Shoemaker read a series of rapid-fire question to both teams for the next 30 or 45 seconds. On each question, two bands, song titles or albums were mentioned with a linking word missing; and the teams' job was to buzz-in and guess the missing word. Other times, Craig would name two bands and the contestants would buzz-in and name the song that both band sang. Each correct answer added 200 points but each incorrect answer deducted 200 points. When time ran out, the team with the most points won the game, a prize, and a chance to play the "My Generation Time Warp" for a trip to the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas and another prize package.

Time Warp (Bonus Round)
The "My Generation Time Warp" was played similar to Password's Lightning Round & Pyramid's Winner Circle. In the bonus game one member of the winning team was shown up to ten popular bands and/or singers from different years from the winning team's generation to the losing team's generation. He/she gave one or two word clues to get his/her partner to say the name of the act. Any Illegal clues (giving more than two words or giving away any part of the band/singer's name) disqualified the subject. The clue giver can pass if he/she desired but that person can only pass three times (explanation later). The winning team won small prizes for each act named, and if they can get 7 out of 10 acts correctly in 60 seconds or less, they win the trip.

Trivia
The show was taped on a virtual set.

Link
Rules for My Generation