Now You See It
1974-1975: Jack Narz
1989: Chuck Henry
Opening: Every answer...to every question...is right here before your eyes! Now...You...See...It...Now You See It!
Premise: Contestants try to find words in a search grid in a game whose rules changed with the weather.
Version one: Four contestants are randomly paired. Two are facing the gameboard (four lines of 14 letters) and are asked a question. The first to buzz in calls out the line where the answer can be found. The partner then turns around and calls the position in the line where the answer starts. If correct, the team scores points equal to the line plus position number. Halfway through, the partners trade places, and the high scoring team moves on to the second round.
In round two, the players competed to guess the word described by a clue JAck gave. If no one got it from the clue, the first unrevealed letter was shown until someone guessed. The first to score four words competed round three.
The winner of round two faced the previous day's winner in the third round. The format was the same as round one.
Bonus Game: The winner of round three played the "Solo Round." The winner had 60 seconds to circle the answers of the questions with an electronic pen. Each right answer won $100, and all ten won the jackpot, which began at $5000, and added $1000 each time it was not won.
Version two: Two players play the "Qualifying Round." Letters were displayed, and the players had to find the answers. Five correct answers won the game.
Round two: The champion came up again in the "Championship Round," where the "line, position" scoring was used. When one player reached the 50 point level, the values doubled. Whoever won 100 points played the Solo Round.
1989 Version
Two players raced against time to find answers. When the question was asked the word was worth 100 points, but 15 points were deducted for each second used to find the answer. Point values doubled at the halfway point, and 1000 points allowed the player to face the returning champion.
In the championship game, six related words were in the grid. The host read the category, and the players raced to find one word. That player could win the pot by finding the other five words in :20. If not, the opponent could take the money with one right answer. The first pot was $200, and each pot was $100 more than the last. Whoever won $1000 won the game and played the jackpot round.
In the jackpot round, the player got $100 for each word found in :60, or the jackpot for ten. The jackpot began at $5000, and added that much each time it was not won.