Party Game (game show)

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Party Game was a Canadian television game show in the 1970s. The show was produced by Hamilton independent station CHCH from 1970 to 1980, and aired throughout Canada in syndication.

Hosted by Bill Walker, the show featured contestants competing against celebrity regulars Jack Duffy, Dinah Christie and Billy Van, collectively known as the "Home Team", in a charades competition. Answers were usually complex phrases based around a pun or some other form of wordplay.

The show's theme music was "Bond Street" by Burt Bacharach.


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Party Game was produced by Rafeal(Riff) Markowitz the Executive Producer (and star) of The Randy Dandy Show and Executive Producer of The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. Party Game was produced in a double suite at the original 'hide-away hotel of Hollywood stars', the Windsor Arms Hotel at 22 St. Thomas Street in Toronto, Canada.

The set was a simple living room type with couches and a few wall pictures and pieces. It was a low budget production that had a long run on television.