Acting Crazy
Acting Crazy is an early-to-mid-1990s television game show. Produced by Blair Murdoch, and shot at the CKVU-TV studios in Vancouver, it was hosted by Wayne Cox. The format of the show was based on the game of charades.
Each episode of Acting Crazy featured two teams of four, each having one Contestant, one celebrity and two "house players" (recurring players hired by the show), playing several rounds. In each round, one member of each team was brought out onto the centre stage and given a charade to act out to his or her team. That person had one minute to successfully communicate to his/her team whatever (s)he was given. The time it took to complete each charade was added to a score for each team, and at the end of the show, the team which had acted out all of its charades in the fastest aggregated time won a prize for its contestant, and the champion would return the next day to defend against a new player. Should the reigning champion win 5 straight games, he/she would receive a chance to select prizes from the "Acting Crazy Galleria".
Midway through each episode, the contestants switched teams, taking their times with them, and the last round included a side prize which went to the team who had completed its charade the fastest in that round only.
The five house players (of which four would Appear on any given show) were Sue Burge, Melody Davies, Gary Jones, Billy Mitchell and Denis Simpson.
Celebrities who appeared during the 1991-92 tapings:
Jimmie Walker, Jackson Davies, Rip Taylor, Jack Carter, Meredith MacRae, Mickey Dolenz, Leslie Easterbrook, Eric Boardman, Morgan Fox, Jo Anne Worley, Nina Blackwood
Celebrities who appeared during the 1994 tapings:
Sally Struthers, Marcia Wallace, Anna Maria Horsford, Larry Linville, Patrick Wayne, Jim J. Bullock, Meredith MacRae, Peter Noone, Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis Jr., Stu Jeffries
All celebrities appeared for ten shows, except MacRae (twenty shows, ten for each appearance) and McCoo, Davis Jr. and Jeffries (who were in a three-celebrity rotation with one another, each appearing for twenty shows, overall).
Because the 1994 episodes were taped during the late Summer/early Fall, some contestants wore summer clothes on their apperances.
Sue Burge and Melody Davies are sisters. In 2001, they were one of thirteen couples who participated in The Great Race on Travel TV.