Hot Seat

A show where people have to figure out which negative responses are lies.

Two married couples played against each other one at a time. One of the spouses had to try and guess what the other would say when asked a round of three questions.

The spouse sitting in the "hot seat" would have their emotions measured by an electronic GSR device. Each question would have two choices. The player at the podium would select one answer and the spouse would respond to each choice with a negative response. The arch above the "hot seat" would feature a meter which indicated which answer was more of a lie; the answer that was the most true (the one which had the most lights lit up) was considered the correct answer.

The three questions were worth $100, $200, and $400. The couple with the most money at the end of the show could take either an additional $500 or play the bonus round for a trip and a new car. Whichever option was not chosen went to their opponents.

Broadcast
ABC 1976

Host
Jim Peck

Music
"Bumpity-Bump" by Stan Worth

Inventor
Merrill Heatter & Bob Quigley