| Host/Co-Producer | |
| Brian Robbins | |
| Hostess | |
| Julie Friedman as Felicity | |
| The Judge | |
| Earl Boen as Stanley J. Hartless (pilot) Rick Zumwalt as Judge Mental (series) | |
| Announcer | |
| John Cramer (pilot) Harry Stevens (series) | |
| Broadcast | |
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| Packagers | |
| Barry & Enright Productions Quantum Media Incorporated | |
| Distributor | |
| MCA Television | |
PILOT:
(gameplay)
"CRAMER: That's right, it's a bullfighter! And welcome to the show where your guess is probably better than mine, it's...
AUDIENCE: PICTIONARY! (APPLAUSE)
KIDS: Pig?
(SFX)
KIDS: Nope, pick!
KIDS: Sun! No...no shin!
KIDS: (cough) air!
KIDS: Hair!...Hairy!
KIDS: oh, Pictionary!
CRAMER: And now, here's our host, Brian Robbins!"
SERIES:
"One of these two teams will win great prizes for drawing words! Felicity will keep score of the words they draw and our square judge will make sure that they don't break the rules. So play along as we play PICTIONARY! Now, let's meet a guy who (insert funny comment), BRIAN ROBBINS!"
In this version of Pictionary, six child contestants divided into teams (three for each team) played a drawing game to win prizes.
Gameplay[]
Main Game[]
Round 1[]
The team in control had 60 seconds to draw as many pictures on a telestrator for his/her teammates as possible. In the pilot, the team that guessed the opening drawing went first, while the series saw the winners of a pre-show coin toss go first. In the series the words & phrases fit under a certain category chosen by the opposing team from a choice of two. Players alternated turns at drawing, and could only draw for 20 seconds (15 in the pilot) n any one picture. After the 60 seconds ended, the opposing team had a chance to play. The team with the most pictures guessed at the end of the round received 10 points. In case of a tie, both teams received 10 points.
Round 2[]
Pilot[]
In Round 2, a swamp pool was place at center stage. One player from each team was selected by the judge to enter the pool. Each contestant played one at a time. The player on the team in control dug in the pool for plastic fish. On each fish was a number that matched a square on a nine square puzzleboard numbered 1 to 9. Behind each number was a piece of the picture puzzle. The home viewer saw the puzzle on green screen panels, while the contestants saw it on an offstage monitor. Each time a fish was found, the diver placed it in a bucket, and the corresponding puzzle piece was revealed. The other member of the team started guessing while play was going on. As soon as the team guessed the puzzle, their turn was over. This round was a time trials round. The first team set the time with the clock counting upwards, and the second team tried to beat the time as the clock counted down. The team with the fastest time scored the 10 points.
Series[]
In Round 2, seven picture drawings were all clues to a puzzle. Prior to each drawing, Brian would call out the number of the word the team was going for and when guessed correctly, the word behind the appropriate number was flipped over. One member of each team drew for the entire 60 seconds. If the team solved the puzzle after the 60 seconds, they scored 10 points; otherwise the opposing team had 30 seconds to draw more clues and finally steal the points by guessing the puzzle. Each team received one puzzle, but one team could score up to 20 points.
Round 3[]
Pilot[]
Each team played their own 90-second round of seven pictures each. Each set of seven fit under a specific category. There were four to start and each team choose one category to play. When the clock started, the team started drawing and guessing. Should the team in control get stuck on a word, they can pass and come back to it, time permitting. After three minutes of this, the team who guessed the most pictures scored 20 points. If both teams got all seven right, the team with the fastest time scored the points. In case of a tie at less than seven, another drawing was played but this time one the buzzers; the team who guessed it right scored.
Series[]
This round was played in a 90-second speed round format. Each team chose a player to draw in the round, but once again only 20 seconds could be spent on draw any one picture. The first team to buzz-in had a chance to answer. If the team was correct, they scored the picture, but a wrong answer gave the opposing team the right to make unlimited guesses for the remaining 20 seconds. The team with most pictures guessed won 30 points. If there was a tie at the end of the round, both teams scored 30 points.
Near the end of the run, guest stars from children's entertainment took over drawing duties during this round, and all six contestants attempted to guess the pictures.
Winning[]
At the end of the three rounds, the team with the most points won, and advanced to the Waterworks round for a chance at the grand prize. If both teams were tied, another drawing was played, the team who guessed it right won. The most points possible was 60 (10 points in the first round, 20 points in the second, and 30 points in the third). If a team won the game 60 to 0, an additional prize was awarded.
Bonus Round[]
Pictionary Triathalon[]
The bonus was played with three events and a 90-second time limit. Event #1: Two players from the winning team stick their heads out of pictures with head hole. All the third player had to do was spray them with whip cream and give them heads of hair. Event #2: Two players from the winning team sat on a seesaw to paint leaves on a blank cardboard tree. The third player would assist by bringing them paints. Event #3: On the floor was a picture drawing covered up by 16 squares numbered 1 to 16. The task for one of the players was to uncover the picture in numerical order while the other team members try to guess what it is. To uncover a space, the revealer had to pick them up using his/her shoes with suction cups underneath. As soon as the team guessed what the picture was, they stopped and win the game.
For every event completed, the team won a prize and if they complete all three, they also win the grand prize. For the pilot, it was a trup to U.S. Space Camp.
Waterworks[]
The object of the bonus round was to guess a caricature of a famous person that was covered by rainbow-colored plastic balls in a tank. To do this, the team had to work together to transfer water from one side of the studio to the other and into the tank.
The first player was placed in a booth with two hoses (one of them with water running out of it). The contestant had to connect the two hoses to allow the water to reach a tank suspended above the second player's head. The second player stood under the tank with several pitchers, which he or she had to hold over his or her head to catch the water. The third player, who was required to wear flippers to make it difficult to walk, was responsible for pouring the collected water into the tank of balls (which caused them to rise out of the way of the picture, revealing it from the bottom up), and to return the pitchers to the second player. The team had 90 seconds to transport as much water to the tank as possible, and then had ten seconds to think about an answer to the picture. If they correctly guessed who was in the picture, they won the grand prize.
Other Photos[]
Trivia[]
When the show went to a commercial break, the home viewers were given a drawing to identify themselves. The answer was written down when the show returned.
Rating[]
Music[]
John Hodian
Studio[]
Studio 1, The Production Group, Los Angeles, CA
Inventors[]
Based on the board game of the same name by Angel Games, now Mattel & Hasbro.
Adapted by Robert Pittman & Brian Bedol
See Also[]
1997 Version
2000 Pilot
2021 Version
Tagline[]
"Speaking for the judge, Felicity, myself, the Red/Blue Team, thanks for being here. We'll see ya next time where we'll prove once again that the pen is mightier than just about anything on Pictionary. SEE YA!" - Brian Robbins
Links[]
Rules for Kid's Pictionary
Pictionary (1989) @ Game Show Garbage
Videos[]
Full Pilot
Clip of the last two segments
Karate Red vs. Singing Blue