Get Rich Quick!

The failed Bob Stewart pilot that premiered the format of forming questions, one word at a time.

Broadcast
1977

Packager
Bob Stewart Productions

Host
Steve Edwards

Announcer
Bob Clayton

Celebrity Guests
Robert Urich Lynnie Greene John Ritter Debralee Scott

Premise
Two teams of three (consisting of two celebrities & one contestant) competed in a game of conveying answers.

Main Game
The teams played a series of rounds. In each round, the goal was to get one of the celebrity partners to say four answers as fast you can and in a faster time than the other team. In order to do that, on each answer a celebrity partner and the contestant must form a question by adding one word at a time. As soon as they're finished, they must hit a button to sound a bell; to signal the other celebrity partner to respond. As soon as the team in control came up with the four required answers, the clock stopped. The seconds were indicated by lights; lights turned on one by one when a team sets the time, and they turned off one by one when the other team tried to beat the time. The team with the faster time won the round, and the first team to win three rounds wins the game and the right to play the "Hot Spot" for $5,000.

Hot Spot (Bonus Round)
In the "Hot Spot", the winning team faced nine letters and three categories. The player on the left chose a category, the middle player picked a letter, and then the rightmost player must then give a word or phrase that fits the category starting with the chosen letter. If the word is accepted, the chosen letter turned around to reveal a blank. The roles of the left & right players went back & forth throughout. Each knocked off letter was worth $100, and knocking off all nine letters in 60 seconds or less won $5,000.

Links
Get Rich Quick @ usgameshows.net

YouTube Videos
The entire pilot episode. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3