''It's Your Move'' was a Canadian

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-style game show originally produced in the mid-1960s. Created by Art Baer and Ben Joelson (producers of ''

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''), the show's original host was Paul Hanover. On the program, teams bid against each other as to who could act out an answer to their teammate in less time. Doing so scored one point which the other team scored if the acting team failed. Three points won a prize, and $15 if the team scored at least one point on their own. The winners chose one of the three words they scored and revealed either a merchandise item, up to $250 in cash, or dinner for two. Two games won the match, and five games won a grand prize such as a trip. ''It's Your Move'' was broadcast on the

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for its full run, but was shown in United States syndication from September 18 to December 15, 1967 with

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as host. The series was revived by producer-director Sidney M. Cohen in Canada from 1974 to 1979.

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An episode of ''It's Your Move'' from 1978
1960s Canadian game shows 1970s Canadian game shows Black-and-white Canadian television shows CTV Television Network original programming Television shows filmed in Montreal 1964 Canadian television series debuts 1967 Canadian television series endings 1974 Canadian television series debuts 1979 Canadian television series endings {{Game-tv-prog-stub