The original version of the long-running game show, hosted by veteran host Bob Eubanks. Newlywed husbands and wives would take turns answering (often risque) questions while their spouses were backstage. After answering, the spouses would return and be asked the same questions, earning points if their answers matched their spouse's. The couple that finished with the most points would win a prize. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher

The questions were often risque on this game show, host Bob Eubanks would often try to "put words in the mouths" of the husbands and wives as they tried to match each other's answers to win prizes "chosen especially for" the winning couples...Regarding the "in the butt" episode: The question was "Where is the strangest place you've ever had the urge to make whoopee?" and one of the wives said something that was "bleeped", reading her lips indicated she had said "in the butt?" Bob Eubanks cracked up hard, then said "no, we are looking for a LOCATION, a LOCATION!" Written by Pat Channing

An recent update of the long-running game show, with veteran host Bob Eubanks returning to the show. Newlywed husbands and wives would take turns answering (often risque) questions while their spouses were backstage. After answering, the spouses would return and be asked the same questions, earning points if their answers matched their spouse's. The couple that finished with the most points would win a prize. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher

"The Newlywed Game" surfaced again in the mid-1990s. After a year under a modified format that failed (with another host presiding over the proceedings), the show reverted to its tried-but-true format with Eubanks as host. Four married couples, all married less than two years, answered questions about themselves in an effort to win a "second honeymoon." The husbands answered the questions first while their wives were taken offstage. Correct answers were worth 5 points, while incorrect answers led to often-hilarious arguments (with Eubanks often interjecting himself in the quarrels). The process was repeated with the wives answering a series of questions and the husbands taken backstage, correct answers being worth 10 points. A final bonus question (usually general, answered by the wives) was worth 25 points. The couple with the highest point total at the end of the game won the "second honeymoon." Reruns of the 1997 series (as well as all previous incarnations) are aired on Game Show Network. Written by Brian Rathjen

An updated version of the long-running game show, now with host Paul Rodriguez. Newlywed husbands and wives would take turns answering (often risque) questions while their spouses were backstage. After answering, the spouses would return and be asked the same questions, earning points if their answers matched their spouse's. The couple that finished with the most points would win a prize. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher

The basic premise of the perennial game show "The Newlywed Game" has been copied and imitated many times, but this original show proved to be the one fans loved (or hated) the most. The rules to this 1970s five-day-a-week syndicated series were identical to those in the classic ABC series. Four couples, each married less than two years, answered a series of questions designed to expose how well the spouses knew (or didn't know) each other. The husbands were first to answer the questions while their wives were secluded offstage; many times, the answers involved "whoopie" (a euphemism for "sex"). Matching answers were worth 5 points each, while not matching usually led to high-pitched arguments much to the delight of Eubanks and the audience. The process was repeated with the wives answering a series of questions and the husbands taken backstage, correct answers were worth 10 points. A final bonus question (usually general, answered by the wives) was worth 25 points. The couple with the highest point total at the end of the game won a bonus prize "chosen especially for" them usually a trip, furniture or mode of transportation (other than a car or truck). Reruns of "The Newlywed Game" remains among the highest-rated shows on the Game Show Network. Written by Brian Rathjen

An updated version of the long-running game show, still with veteran host Bob Eubanks. Newlywed husbands and wives would take turns answering (often risque) questions while their spouses were backstage. After answering, the spouses would return and be asked the same questions, earning points if their answers matched their spouse's. The couple that finished with the most points would win a prize. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher