Love Connection

This Talk Show/Game Show hybrid was basically The Dating Game for The Eighties. Hosted by Chuck Woolery and created by Eric Leiber, Love Connection gave young unmarried contestants a choice of three potential dates, and the Studio Audience voted on whom the contestant would date.

The series originally aired in Syndication from 1983-94, with a revival from 1998-99.

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The following Game Show tropes appear in Love Connection:

• Carried by the Host: Really, there wasn't much of a "game" to speak of, so Chuck's interviews with the contestants were the basis of the show.
• Personnel:
  • The Announcer: Rod Roddy announced from 1983-85 (and filled-in during 1986). He was followed by Gene Wood from 1985-88 (with Rich Jeffries as a substitute announcer during 1987), Johnny Gilbert from 1988-89, and John Cervenka for both the rest of that run and the revival.
  • Game Show Host: Chuck Woolery on the original series, Pat Bullard on the revival.
  • Studio Audience: Voted on the couples.

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Tropes used in Love Connection include:

• Animated Credits Opening: One opening featured animated contestants spinning as if in the windows of a slot machine.
• Catch Phrase: Chuck's "We'll be back in two and two" (complete with a two-fingered hand gesture), referring to what was then the length of a commercial break (two minutes, two seconds). This was later used on his version of Lingo and referenced in an ad for Greed reruns on GSN.
• Happily Married: Out of the nearly 2,800 couples who appeared, a mere 28 actually got married.
• Long Runner: Twelve seasons, encompassing nearly 2,500 episodes.
• Title Drop: Chuck often made reference to the contestant making (or not making) "a love connection".
• Unfortunate Names: Please welcome...Robert Fagot.