Play Your Cards Right (Game Tin PYCR)

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We asked 100 children aged 11-14: 'Do you think school children should be allowed to go on strike?' How many said yes? We asked 100 small shop keepers: 'If you went into someone else's shop and the assistant gave you too much change, would you tell them about it?' How many said yes?

Why not use this little app to do the work for you, theres no need to shuffle cards, and drag a board around We asked 100 married couples: 'Do you think it should be easier for people to obtain a divorce?' How many said yes? We asked 100 butchers: 'Which would worry you more, a visit from the Income Tax or a visit from Public Health?' How many said Public Health? We asked 100 men: 'If you attended a miss nude beauty pegeant, would you bring binoculars with you?' How many said yes?

The fourth question in each round was a "sudden death" question in which someone would win the game on the next turn of the cards. Whoever won control of the board had the opportunity to play the cards (and could change the base card if desired) or pass them to theirs opponents (who could not change the base card and had to successfully clear the remainder of the row). If either team guessed incorrectly, their opponents automatically won the game. We asked 100 barmaids: 'Have you ever deliberately spilt a drink on a customer's lap?' How many said yes? We asked 100 air hostesses: 'If the pilot of your plane turned up with a parachute, would you be concerned?' How many said yes?

When Card Sharks was slated for a revival in 1986, Forsyth himself was considered as possible host by creator/producer Mark Goodson (Forsyth, at the time, was in the United States filming the short-lived Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak). The job ultimately went to Bob Eubanks and Bill Rafferty. We asked 100 married men who own dogs: 'when you come home from work, who greets you first, your dog or your wife?' How many said thier dog? Among Forsyth's other quips, he would, at the beginning of some shows, say, "What a lovely audience! You're so much better than last week." The joke was that the same audience was used for more than one show, therefore it was the same one. Bruce started each show with his trademark "It's nice to see you, to see you nice" (whereby the audience join in on the last "nice".). When a pair was revealed, he'd say "You don't get anything for a pair, not in this game.", and the audience would join in with the "not in this game" part. On the 2002 series in particular, he would often start the show with a made-up quote.We asked 100 school children: 'If your school burned down, would you be happy or sad?' How many said happy? Forsyth also presented a parody of the format, Play Your Iraqi Cards Right (working title: Play Your Kurds Right), when he was guest host on the satirical BBC TV series Have I Got News for You in June 2003. On 15 October 2005, it made a one-off return as part of Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon, celebrating 50 years of ITV. It made another one-off return in 2007 again part of Gameshow Marathon.