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'''You Don't Say!''' was an American television game show that had three separate runs on television. The first version aired on [[NBC]] daytime from [[April 1]], [[1963 in television|1963]] to [[September 26]], [[1969 in television|1969]] (with a nighttime run in 1963-64). InYears the 1970'slater, the show was picked up by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and ran a revival from [[July 7]], [[1975]] to [[November 28]], [[1975 in television|1975]] (replacing ''[[Money Maze|The Money Maze]]''). A final version appeared in syndication during the[[1978 in television|1978]]-79[[1979 TVin seasontelevision|79]], but didn'tdid not last the entire season.

[[Ralph Andrews Productions]] produced all three versions of ''You Don't Say!'', with [[Desilu Productions]] co-producing the original NBC run.

== Hosts and Announcers ==

The original version and ABC version of ''YDS!'' were hosted by [[Tom Kennedy]].; [[Jim Peck]] hosted the syndicated version.

[[Jay Stewart]] and [[John Harlan]] announced for the show (Stewart, on the earliest episodes of the original,; Harlan, the rest of the original and its two subsequent revivals).

== Format, Original version ==

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A famous name (sent in by a home viewer) was given to the celebrity, who tried to convey the name to the contestant by way of clues. Guessing the word on the first clue won $300. The second clue netted $200, and the third, $100.

If a contestant swept the front game and got the name right on the first try, theyhe or she also won a new car.

Players stayed on until losing twice or winning seven times (which was NBC's win limit for quite aat longthat time).

== ABC version ==

When ''You Don't Say!'' returned in 1975, it also returned with a new format, influenced largely by the success of [[CBS]]' ''[[Match Game]].''

Gone were the two teams. Instead, two individual players competed, and awith four celebritycelebrities panelon wasa usedpanel.

The celebrities once again tried to convey the identity of a famous person or place to the contestants. One celebrity gave a clue to the controlling contestant, who had five seconds to guess who it was with a correct word guess. If it wasn't guessed, the next celebrity in line gave a clue to the next contestant. This continued until one player guessed the word, with a maximum of four clues.

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''' '70s Bonus Board '''

The Bonus Board changed as wellalso.

A contestant was faced with the task of giving the clues to four famous names or places to the celebrities. The contestant had a maximum of six (originally five) clues to give to the stars. A celebrity guessing one right was worth $500, two $1000, three $2000, andwith all four stars paidnetting the player $5000. If it only took four clues, the contestant won $10,000.

Again, players competed until losing twice (or hitting the $20,000 ABC winnings limit in place at the time).