Yes, contrary to what you may have heard, there was a game show called Blankety Blanks that aired in the United States. Yes, it was a fill-in-the-blank to a "ha-ha" riddle or statement type game. Unfortunately, we're not speaking of episodes from the British version of Match Game 73 here. We're talking about a Match Game clone produced by Bob Stewart that, thanks to awful execution and equally unfunny puns, became one of the shortest-lived game shows in daytime television history. Two teams each comprised of a contestant (one a returning champion) and celebrity partner competed. Host Cullen revealed a subject and six numbers, each concealing clues to the subject's identity. Cullen took a card from a rotating wheel and placed it in a reader on his podium; the card randomly selected a dollar amount ($10-100) and one of the four contestants. The selected player then chose a clue and attempted to identify the subject. If correct, that player then tried to solve *gasp* a s
