Anything You Can Do (game show)

Anything You Can Do is a Canadian stunt-based game show that aired on that country's CTV network and in syndication in the United States from 1971 to 1974. The host in the show's first season was Gene Wood, who at the time was also the announcer on Beat the Clock. For the last two seasons, Don Harron was the host. Bill Luxton was the announcer for the series, which was taped at the studios of CJOH-TV in Ottawa, Ontario.

Anything You Can Do
Directed byLorne Freed
Presented byGene Wood (1971–1972)
Don Harron (1972–1974)
Narrated byBill Luxton
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
Production
Executive producerDon Reid
ProducersLorne Freed
Alan J. Shalleck
Running time30 minutes
Production companyDon Reid Productions
Original release
NetworkCTV (Canada)
Syndicated (US)
ReleaseSeptember 13, 1971 (1971-09-13) –
September 1974 (1974-09)

The game was billed as a "battle of the sexes" and was played by two teams of three, men against women.

Rules

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Two teams of three, men against women, competed. Center stage was a board containing the names of occupations that are (or were, at the time) generally performed by men, and occupations generally performed by women. The men picked from the women's side of the board; the women, from the men's. The object was to complete a stunt related to the chosen occupation in 90 seconds or less. The time required to complete the stunt was added to the times for completing previous stunts; the team with the least total time at the end of the show won and received prizes, while the losing team received prizes of lesser value.

There was also a "brain game" about midway through the show; the teams would have to complete some activity such as spelling or unscrambling a word, reciting a tongue twister, etc. The time taken to complete the task was added to the team's overall time.

Schedule

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In Canada, the series aired as a daily daytime show as well as a weekly nighttime show. Some U.S. stations aired it daily while others only showed it once a week.

References

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David Hammett, "A Conversation With Gene Wood," May 27, 1996.

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