Pictionary

The Pictionary was a rapid rate broadcast on German television. The game show ran from 1969 to 1972 under the title dot, dot, comma, dash on Southwest 3 and was initially hosted by Fred Sackmann, 1971 by Frank Elstner. After some conceptual changes the program in 1974 went under the title The Pictionary with Frank Elstner in the evening program on German television broadcast.

The end of the TV show

There were always four groups against each other. Two groups of children, as well as two adult groups, which consisted of celebrities. First two children were playing groups against each other, then the adults. The aim of the game was to guess as many words as possible in a given time. These in turn had always been a candidate of the group come forward at a drawing board with light pen and paint the given term. The term was not allowed to be said or written by the painter himself. The other group members had to guess meanwhile.

Often compound terms were chosen to make it more difficult. A typical fast rate of attack was the phrase " dog, cat, mouse ," however, only rarely led to the goal, but was also sometimes varied.

At the end the winner group of children were playing against the winner of the adult group, the children were using their imaginations tend to be much more successful.

Moderators

The program was broadcast from 1974 to 1979 with Frank Elstner as a presenter on German television. After leaving the show was a short period of Reinhard Mey moderated. Subsequently, the moderation was handed over to Sigi Harreis whose last program was broadcast in 1996.

List of broadcast with Frank Elstner

List of broadcast with Reinhard Mey

List of broadcast with Sigi Harreis

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