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| Created by | Carruthers Co. Productions |
| Starring | Jim Lange; announcer: Johnny Jacobs |
| Country of origin |  United States |
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| Running time | 30 Minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 8 1975 – November 28 1975 |
Give-n-Take was an American television game show based partly on Blackjack that starred Jim Lange and aired on CBS for 60 episodes between September 8 and November 28, 1975. The show – dominated by LED displays and buzzers — was considered a time filler until CBS was ready to unveil its hour-long The Price is Right format. The series was canceled shortly after the 60-minute TPiR premiered.
This was Lange's second consecutive CBS daytime game show flop following Spin-Off, which ended its run the Friday before Give-n-Take premiered.
Rules of the Game
Four female contestants competed, including a returning champion. Each contestant was seated in one portion of an eight-spaced board, shaped like a daisy.
Each contestant's bank was staked with a prize and the dollar value revealed to all contestants.
A prize was described (but not the prize's value) and Host Lange asked a question. The contestant who buzzed in and gave the correct answer took control of the four neutral spaces on the board, in addition to their own, giving them a total of five spaces. The other three contestants controlled the spaces in which they sat.
The contestant who answered the question correctly stopped a large arrow from spinning in the middle of the board. The contestant on whose space the arrow stopped won control of the prize. That contestant could then do one of the following:
- Keep the prize, in addition to whatever prizes she had already banked.
- Keep the prize and pass any other prize(s) she had banked to an opponent.
- Pass the prize, keeping all other prizes banked.
- Pass the prize and any other prize(s) banked.
After a prize was assigned, a bell or buzzer was heard indicating whether or not that contestant's bank value was below $5,000. The actual value of the bank was never revealed, only whether or not they were below the $5,000 target. Play then repeated in the same manner, with a new prize described.
A contestant could freeze at any point if she thought she was close to the $5,000 limit, preventing her from receiving any other prizes passed to her from her opponents.
If a contestant's bank value was over $5,000, that player was "frozen" and unable to accept any other prizes passed to them by their opponents. The player was then required to answer another question in the manner described above, passing one or more prizes in order to reduce the value of their bank.
The player whose bank was closest to $5,000 won all the prizes in their bank and advanced to the bonus round. The other players left with parting gifts.
Bonus Round
The champion was given one final spin, and if the arrow landed in a pre-selected space (a 1-in-8 shot), they won a bonus $5,000 in cash plus the other prizes that their opponents had received during that game (usually about $10,000-$15,000). A player competed for up to five days or until reaching CBS's $25,000 limit.
Episode status
This show's status is unknown, and rumored to be completely destroyed. One episode exists on the trading circuit.
See also
- Say When!! (a 1960s game show similar to Give-n-Take)
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