Child's Play 

Two contestants attempt to correctly guess words based on definitions given by children ages five to nine.

Stars:

Michael Bondi, Gary Cohen, Jeff Cohen

Cast

Credited cast:
Michael Bondi	...	Himself
Gary Cohen	...	Cast Member (1982-1983)
Jeff Cohen	...	Cast Member (1982)
Bill Cullen	...	Host (1982-1983)
Johnny Gilbert	...	Announcer (1982)
Cary Greenberg	...	Cast Member (1982-1983)
Jewels Hanson	...	Cast Member (1982)
Bob Hilton	...	Announcer (1982)
Jesse Irwin	...	Cast Member (1982-1983)
Andrew James Kushner	...	Cast Member (1982)
Breckin Meyer	...	Cast Member (1982)
Chris Onjian	...	Cast Member (1982)
Tara Reid	...	Cast Member (1982)
Fred Saxon	...	Announcer (1982)
Sascha Segan	...	Cast Member (1982-1983)

Storyline

A light but funny gameshow which enjoyed only a blip run during the early '80s, "Child's Play" pitted the wits of two contestants in a guessing game of deceptive simplicity. Young children were interviewed and asked to give their descriptions or definitions of everyday items, phrases, or events without using the actual word itself. Sometimes the responses were helpful; other times, inaccurate or misleading; but very often humorous and always insightful. Upon viewing such clips the contestants then had to guess at what the children were describing, with the player who had figured out the most correct answers winning the game.

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Plot Keywords:

non fiction | 

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Genres:

Family | Game-Show

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 September 1982 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mark Goodson Television Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The show was never able to make ratings headway against either Wheel of Fortune (1975) or Sale of the Century (1983), two hit game shows that NBC aired opposite it. CBS ended this series on September 16, 1983 and replaced it with Press Your Luck (1983).

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Connections

Version of Child's Play (1984)

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Soundtracks

Child's Play
Performed by Score Productions, Inc.

User Reviews

Child's Play - funniest game show ever!

Back in 1982 my family was visiting my parent's home in California and I stumbled across Child's Play. We live in Canada and didn't get the show up there so every morning my husband and I just had to watch Bill Cullen and the kids. The funniest episode I still can visualize is when a little boy named Sascha was on. My husband and I laughed until we cried. I've always loved Bill Cullen as a game show host and this was truly his finest! We now get GSN and I wish so much they would replay this game show again. I thoroughly enjoy game shows and usually prefer those where you can learn stuff, but the ones that make you laugh are a lot of fun and good clean fun is so hard to find!