Get the Message was a television
game show produced by
Mark Goodson and
Bill Todman. It aired on
ABC's daytime schedule for nine months in 1964, with its last airing on
Christmas Day.
The show was first hosted by
Frank Buxton, who was replaced by
Robert Q. Lewis on September 28. The announcer was
Chet Gould.
Main game
There are two teams of three people, including one contestant and two celebrity guests. One team is all female and one all male. On each turn, the celebrities are shown a message (persons, places, things, common phrases, etc.) on the screens before them. All four celebrities write down a one-word clue on index cards without any discussion, raising their hand when they have completed their clue. Both celebrities on the team playing first show and read their clues to their team-mate, who must then guess the message. If incorrect, play then passes to the opposing team who do the same. If the opposing contestant fails to guess the message, one more round of clue-writing and -reading is performed, and then the message is discarded if not guessed. A correct answer is worth one point. The first team to reach three points wins the game, and a $100 prize.