Love and Marriage in Prime Time

Love and Marriage in Prime Time: The Newlywed Game
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The Newlywed Game: Makin' Whoopee
Since its debut in the summer of 1966, The Newlywed Game has been educating the American public on how, when and where married people "make whoopee." In 2009, after a decade off the air, The Newlywed Game returned to the airwaves, keeping faithful to the show's original recipe for success: mix two parts earnest schmaltz with one part wholesome sex talk, stir in matrimonial bliss and garnish with a grand-prize dream vacation for two.

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