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| Cop Out | |
|---|---|
| Format | Game Show |
| Created by | Chuck Barris |
| Starring | Geoff Edwards |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | about 24 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Unknown, supposedly CBS |
| Original run | 1972 – 1972 |
Cop Out was a unsold television pilot created by Chuck Barris and hosted by Geoff Edwards that pitted two contestants, playing against each other, and trying to see if celebrities are telling the truth, or "copping-out". Two different pilots were made, for CBS. This was Geoff Edwards' second try at hosting a game show, after the other failed pilot Says Who?. He would finally host his first game show with Hollywood's Talking
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Gameplay
Geoff would ask a celebrity a personal question. The celebrity would then answer by secretly locking in whether they would tell the truth or cop out. He then asked three other panelists to say what they thought. Correct answers were $100, and wrong answers deducted their entire score and gave the opponent an additional $100. The person with the most money at the end of the game won.
Criticism
The game was very hard to do, with only one correct answer by a contestant in the entire pilot. This may or may not have led to it not being sold.
Set
The pilots were presumably shot in Studio 33 at CBS Television City. The studio sets of the two pilots differ. In the first pilot, the word "Cop-Out" was seen on the playing floor, while the other was up upon a pedestal above the celebrities.
Themes
The first pilot's theme was "The Little Russian Song" and the second was "Mother Trucker" from How's Your Mother-In-Law.
Episode Status
The second pilot was last seen in 2000 on GSN. There is an unknown status on the first one, but it more than likely exists, as pilots were never aired, and could escape the standard wiping procedures of daytime television in the 60's and 70's.
