The Family Feud theme, fittingly called “The Feud,” was actually part of the music package for The Price is Right, remixed with some banjos added in. But the game show crossovers didn’t stop there. A lot of these survey questions enjoyed a second life on Card Sharks. This first prompt had the top answer of the first president: George Washington. These are not facts rather, they are the most frequent replies the pollsters received.Īs for the early days of questions, the very first prompt ever used: Name a famous George. It’s also worth noting that while Family Feud provides a lot of answers, it is not a trivia show the same way Jeopardy! is. Do you think you’ve shared an answer that ended up on the board? Let us know in the comments. But the catch is people aren’t told it’s for Family Feud. Their go-to polling firm is called Applied Research-West, which these days randomly calls people asking survey questions.
But how did the show figure out what answers were most popular?īack in the day, Family Feud used a mailing list. The questions are more or less timeless and relatable, while also being topical.
What would Family Feud be without its surveys? Probably just two families standing around, hoping for a car. Question Selection The scoreboard is a star in its own right / Everett Collection ‘Name a vegetable you have to peel to eat.’ They’d say grape, and I‘d say ‘good answer.’ Dawson had grace and style, and made Family Feud a household favorite. He once explained, “Usually, I say ‘good answer,’ in a sarcastic way. He saw even the outrageous answers as perfectly befitting the show, even saying they made sense to him. That’s his style.īut Dawson did things a little differently. Current Family Feud host Steve Harvey will hear a silly answer and unabashedly share his thoughts on it, verbally obliterating whoever spoke. But he did something else that’s different – without even referring to the kissing yet. That’s where Dawson tapped into his past work.īeginning in 1976, people tuned in for Dawson’s quick wit that he honed on Match Game and paired with his familiar dryness from Hogan’s Heroes. And aside from the format, the host has to bring some chemistry to the table. Game shows need a lot of variables to align to enjoy success. Name the biggest factors for success Richard Dawson became the first host of Family Feud and remains beloved by viewers today / © ABC /Courtesy Everett Collection Goodson heard Dawson’s message loud and clear and recruited him as host. Dawson was that show’s strongest participant this sabotage could bring its early end. When Dawson heard that, he set an ultimatum: let him host, or for the rest of his time on Match Game, he would become the most boring, unlikable guy imaginable. This actually disrupted Goodson’s plans, as he was looking at William Shatner or Jack Narz for the gig. And so when the next Goodson–Todman project began, Dawson wanted to audition for the host job.
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