My Generation (game show)
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My Generation is a game show on VH1 that was hosted by comedian Craig Shoemaker. It aired for a brief period in 1998.
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[edit] Format
Two teams of two contestants from the same graduating class compete in a game of musical knowledge, with the winners having a shot at a trip to the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas.
Each game pits two teams of two contestants against each other. The teams are made up of two people from the same graduating year, from 1960 to 1995. The difference in years was different each time, but was from ten to twenty years apart.
[edit] Round 1: The Cassette Round
The team who won the coin toss or got the last question right chooses a category from the board. The board had five categories, and a question packet for each team's generation, for 30 questions a round. Similarly to Remote Control, questions revolved around a skit or presentation of some kind, then the actual question followed. The first team to buzz in (each person has their own button/buzzer) gets to try. A right answer is worth 50 points to the team. A wrong answer deducts 50 points, and the other team gets to try. The team that gets the 50 point toss-up then gets to try a 100 point follow-up question if they choose. If they play for it, the partner of the player who answered the 50 point question must play it. A wrong answer deducts the points, and the other team can steal the points. The team that gets the 100 point question right then can play a 200 point bonus question, where no points are in jeopardy.
The team that gets the last question right chooses the next topic and the game continues until time ends or all the questions are used up. As a bonus: if a team chooses a topic from the opposing teams' generation, and gets the first question right, they win a small prize, typically the Billboard encyclopedia or something like that.
[edit] Round 2: The CD Round
Played the same as round 1, except the point values were doubled, and brand-new categories were put on the board. The trailing team gets the first choice in this round.
[edit] Round 3: The Speed Round
The speed round was a 30 (or 45) second game where two bands (one from each generation) and one word from each band is blanked out (the same word). The teams try to buzz in and name the missing word. Each correct answer is worth 200 points, while incorrect ones loses 200 points. The team with the most points wins a prize, and moves through to the Time Warp bonus. Sometimes the teams were given two bands, and they had to name the song title that both bands released.
[edit] Bonus Round: The Time Warp
In the Time Warp, one team member gives one or two-word clues to get the partner to say the name of the performing act on the screen (a la Password). They start with the year they represent by winning the game, and travel towards that year represented by their opponents. The team must get 7 of 10 in 60 seconds in order to win the trip, and smaller prizes are awarded for each correct guess.
