Talk About (game Show) - Gameplay

Gameplay

Two teams of two people, one team usually returning champions, played. For each round, the team that was not playing was placed in isolation so they could not hear anything. The champion team always played first.

The team in control was given the choice of two topics to "talk about", with the team's captain making the choice and deciding who would talk first. Both players received twenty seconds to talk, trying to come up with key words from a preselected list of ten. Each word the team got was worth one point. Forms of a word are acceptable as well. If the talking team said all 10 words between them, they won $500 and all ten points available. Otherwise, the opposing team was shown the keywords that the first team did not say and was given an opportunity to guess the topic to try and steal the points. Answering correctly gave the team the points, otherwise they went to the first team. Play continued until one team reached 15 points, at which point that team won the game, $100, and a chance for up to $2,000 in the bonus round. The losing team receives parting gifts. All contestants receive the Talk About home game, champions included. For special celebrity weeks, play continued until time was called and whoever was ahead won the game and prizes for charity.

If a team managed to win five consecutive games they retired undefeated and won the "Grand Game" jackpot, an accumulating prize package that started at $1,000 and had a new prize added each week until someone claimed it.