Body Talk

''PILOT OPENING: This is the stage, these are the players! for the ladies: Jacklyn Zeman (Jacklyn: Hi!) and Marcia Wallace! for the men: Richard Simmons and Bill Kirchenbauer! and the name of the game, BODY TALK! Here's the star of Body Talk, VICKI LAWRENCE-SCHULTZ!!!''

Body Talk was an unaired unsold pilot for ABC similar to Body Language and Showoffs before that.

Gameplay
Two teams of three players (consisting of two celebrities & one contestant), played this game of charades in a "battle of the sexes" manner (three men vs. three women). The women were dressed in red and the men were dressed in blue.

Rounds 1 & 2
In the first two rounds, each team had 60 seconds to act out a phrase or a name and win $200.

Round 3
The third & final round was similar to the "Bid-A-Note" round from Name That Tune. Each team would send up one celebrity, and both were shown a word. One of the celebs would bid how much time they could do the word in. The other celebrity could either choose to beat that time or challenge the other celebrity to do it. The celebrity that won the bidding got act out the word in the time allotted. If the first team can beat the clock they won the word, otherwise the opposing team won the word. The first word was worth $300 and each new word went up by $100. The first team to win $2,000 or more wins the game and goes on to the bonus round.

Bonus Round
In the bonus round, 10 members of the studio audience come on stage and THEY act out the words while the team guesses. Each correct word was worth $100, and if the team guessed seven words before time ran out the contestant won $7,000.

Music
Edd Kalehoff for Score Productions - The theme was later used on Illinois Instant Riches & Bonus Bonanza.

Links
Body Talk @ usgameshows.net

YouTube Video
Pilot Intro