Blankety Blanks

Blankety Blanks was a popular Australian game show hosted by Graham Kennedy. Initially beginning on Network Ten, many celebrities made regular appearances on the show such as Ugly Dave Grey, Noeline Brown and Stuart Wagstaff. It lasted from 1977 to 1979.

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Australia - Game show - Graham Kennedy - Network Ten - Ugly Dave Grey - Noeline Brown - Stuart Wagstaff - 1977 - 1979

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Daryl Somers in 1985 hosted the first of two revivals. It moved to the Nine Network but had little success.

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Daryl Somers - 1985 - Nine Network

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The second revival came in 1996, again on the Nine Network, with Shane Bourne as host. This had slightly more success lasting two seasons. Celebrities on this version included Marty Fields, Rhonda Burchmore, Ann Rigby, Tim Smith, Nicky Buckley, Ian "Molly" Meldrum and Sam Newman

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1996 - Shane Bourne - Marty Fields - Rhonda Burchmore - Ann Rigby - Tim Smith - Nicky Buckley - Ian "Molly" Meldrum - Sam Newman

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Blankety Blanks was based on the US version called Match Game which was created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. In fact, the set of the 70s version looked strikingly similar to that of its American counterpart.

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Match Game - Mark Goodson - Bill Todman

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