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Matches 'n Mates was an American syndicated game show created and produced by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir[1] that aired from 1967-1968, and was taped at both WJW-TV in Cleveland, OH and WAGA-TV in Atlanta, GA. It was a Nicholson-Muir Production in association with 20th Century Fox Television.

The show was hosted by Art James, with Dave Michaels and Bob McClain announcing.

Matches 'n Mates was a word game in which two Husband and Wife teams attempted to match questions to answers in order to reveal letters of a mystery word called the "Hidden Item".

One member of each couple, in turn, calls out a letter between "A" and "I" and an incomplete statement was read ("To paint a fence you would use...")[2]. The other member called out one of twelve numbers, each representing a different answer. If the statement and answer matched, a letter or space was revealed on the nine-space Hidden Item Board. The first team to identify a Hidden Item won the round, and the first team to win three rounds won the game and a bonus prize.

References

  1. ^ Hevesi, Dennis. "E. Roger Muir, 89, Dies; Backed Howdy Doody", The New York Times, October 28, 2008. Accessed October 28, 2008.
  2. ^ Schwartz, D. Ryan, S. Wostbrock, F. (1999) "The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows, 3rd Edition", New York: Checkmark Books


Matches 'n Mates photograph with host Art James from the "Game Show Forum"