HOT SEAT
Broadcast history: ABC Daytime July 12, 1976 - October 22, 1976
Host: Jim Peck
Announcer: Kenny Williams
Two married couples competed. The first couple was introduced and one member of the team was hooked to a lie detector. Jim asked a question to the player standing outside of the booth with two choices for an answer. After an answer was chosen, Jim re-read the choices for the player hooked up and asked them to say something to the tune of "No, I would not." The lie detector would show how much of a lie that statement was. If the responses agreed with the choice of the first player they got $100. The second question was for $200, and the last for $400. A second couple was then brought out.
After both pairs played, the highest scoring couple made a decision. They could take $500 or go for a prize package. Whichever they did not chose went to the other couple. If the couple matched on one last question, they kept their money and won the prize package. New couples played each show.NOTES
The buzzer for an incorrect answer was the same as "Family Feud's" strike buzzer at the time.
The pilot had one major difference from the series. The higher-winning couple played a bonus game for a prize. Each team member was put into seclusion from one another. In the pilot, the husband had a special hot seat before a turntable, and the wife saw his reactions in another booth. A prize was shown and the husband had to say "No, I would not like that prize." The rainbow would shoot to the right to indicate how much of a lie that was, like the main game. The wife simply picked, based on these reactions, which prize they wanted. Here now, quoted from the late Randy Amasia, is what happened: