Acting Crazy

Canadian television game show

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Acting Crazy

Genre| Game show
Created by| Blair Murdoch
Directed by|

* Johnny Michel (1991-92)
* Floyd Lansing (1994)

Presented by| Wayne Cox
Starring|

* Sue Burge
* Melody Davies
* Gary Jones
* Billy Mitchell
* Denis Simpson

Narrated by| Terry Reid
Composer| Hal Beckett
Country of origin| Canada
No. of seasons| 2
No. of episodes| 130
Production
Executive producer| Blair Murdoch
Producers|

* Blair Murdoch (1991–92)
* Jackie Swanson

Production locations|

* U.TV
* Vancouver, British Columbia

Camera setup| Multi-camera
Running time| 22–26 minutes
Production company| Blair Murdoch Productions
Original release
Network| Global Television Network
Release| September 30, 1991 (1991-09-30) –
December 23, 1994 (1994-12-23)

Acting Crazy is a Canadian television game show. Hosted by Wayne Cox (who previously hosted Second Honeymoon and Talk About), announced by Terry Reid and produced by Blair Murdoch, the show was shot at the U.TV studios in Vancouver and originally aired on the Global Television Network in 1991. It was brought back in 1994, but it was later put into repeat syndication on its sister specialty channel, Prime Television (now known as DTour), both having shown every episode. GameTV aired 26 episodes of the show until it was removed from the channel's schedule in October 2012.

## Rules[edit]

Each episode of Acting Crazy featured two teams of four, each having one contestant, one celebrity and two "house players" (recurring players hired by the show), playing several rounds. In each round, one member of each team was brought out onto the centre stage and given a charade to act out to his or her team. Those charades are movie titles, song titles, TV shows, famous people, phrases, places, quotes, and often, wildflowers, etc. That person had one minute to successfully communicate to his/her team whatever (s)he was given. The clock counted up from zero seconds to one minute.

The time it took to complete each charade was added to a score for each team, and at the end of the show, the team which had acted out all of its charades in the fastest aggregated time won a prize for its contestant, and the champion would return the next day to defend against a new player. Should the reigning champion win 5 straight games, he/she would receive a chance to select prizes from the "Acting Crazy Galleria" (also referred to by Wayne as "Blair's Prize Emporium" during the 1994 tapings), in addition to winning a regular prize in 1994.

Midway through each episode, the contestants switched teams, taking their times with them, and the last round included a side prize which went to the team who had completed its charade the fastest in that round only. In a few early episodes in the 1991-92 season, the time limit in the final round would be 30 or 45 seconds, otherwise it remained one minute for most of the run.

The five house players (of which four would appear on any given show) were Sue Burge, Melody Davies, Gary Jones, Billy Mitchell and Denis Simpson. (Burge and Davies, who are sisters, later competed as one of thirteen teams in the 2001 Travel TV series, The Great Race). All the house players were contestants on Talk About in 1988/89 which was also hosted by Cox.

Celebrities and contestants on the show stayed at the Century Plaza Hotel in Vancouver in 1991, and the Westin Bayshore Hotel in 1994.

## Celebrities who appeared during the 1991–92 tapings[edit]

* Nina Blackwood
* Eric Boardman
* Jack Carter
* Jackson Davies
* Micky Dolenz
* Leslie Easterbrook
* Morgan Fox
* Meredith MacRae
* Rip Taylor
* Jimmie Walker
* Jo Anne Worley

## Celebrities who appeared during the 1994 tapings[edit]

* Jim J. Bullock
* Billy Davis Jr.
* Jenilee Harrison
* Anna Maria Horsford
* Stu Jeffries
* Larry Linville
* Meredith MacRae
* Marilyn McCoo
* Peter Noone
* Sally Struthers
* Marcia Wallace
* Patrick Wayne

All celebrities appeared for ten shows, except MacRae (twenty shows, ten for each appearance) and McCoo, Davis Jr., and Jeffries (who were in a three-celebrity rotation with one another, each appearing for twenty shows, overall).

## External links[edit]

* Acting Crazy at IMDb

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