Mad Libs (game show)
Mad Libs is an American children's game show based on the book/word game series. It aired on the Disney Channel from July 1998 to mid-1999 (with a "special pilot" that aired in February 1997), and was hosted by David Sidoni. Dick Clark and J. D. Roth produced the show.
Gameplay
Mad Libs pitted two teams of two kids (one red and the other blue), in a series of physical/mental related stunts, while trying to score points and win prizes.
The Main Game
Round 1 ("Viewer Mad Lib")
In round one, a video clip of a kid home viewer was shown. The kid recited a Mad Lib that he/she wrote beforehand. That Mad Lib became a game played after the Mad Lib was recited.
The object of the game was to make the most progress within 45 seconds or to be the first team to complete the stunt. The team who won the stunt got 20 points. If both teams won the stunt, they both got 20 points.
Round 2 ("Madder Than You")
In this round called "Madder Than You", a category was given by host Sidoni. Then the contestants came up with a series of words that fit the category. They worked back and forth while passing and controlling a white ball or during a halloween episode, a plastic jack-o-lantern (referred to on the show as the hot potato). The process continued until one team gave a word that does not fit the category, repeated a word (including a different form of the same word), passed the hot potato before answering, or ran out of time.
