Soap Stars in Other Places: 3rd Degree!

3rd Degree! was a short-lived game show hosted by Bert Convy.  The episode discussed below and linked here includes soap opera performers Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor from The Young and the Restless) and Stuart Damon (Alan Quartermaine from General Hospital). The other celebrities were Mark McEwen (who appeared as a game show host on Guiding Light years after this aired) and Marsha Warfield (Roz from Night Court who also was a host).


The panel's job was figuring out the relationship of the contestants. If the panel is completely stumped they get $2,000. The men and the women worked as two separate teams. The syndicated show ran for one season 1989-1990. The two contestants in this episode were Alberta and Alvina. Mark and Stuart questioned the ladies first, than it was Marsha and Jeanne's turn. (The second group of contestants were first queried by Marsha and Jeanne and the third group by Mark and Stuart again.) After each questioning period, the celebrities could try to guess what Alberta and Alvina did. After four rounds of questions, (2 from each pair), the relationship wasn't discovered. Marsha and Jeanne came close, but while they discovered that Alberta and Alvina were cooks, they didn't know it was for Elvis. Alvina admitted that she made the famous Elvis peanut butter and banana sandwiches. She made some for Bert and the panelists to try.

The second group of contestants were Gary, Sue, Tony and Alaina. Tony, who is 11, flew his parents and sister around the world. At the time, he was the youngest person to fly around the world. When he was nine, he did a flight across the US, and beat the record. The panelists weren't even close. Some footage of Tony's flight was shown. The third contestants were Charlene and Dick, who were both quick draw shooters. The panelists weren't able to figure this out either. At the end, they showed everyone their skills.

Unfortunately there is only one other full episode available online, and the episode I linked is missing the closing credits. This playlist has what is on YouTube as of this posting. This program was a lot like the earlier "What's My Line" or "I've Got a Secret", or if you are into Nickelodeon game shows "Figure it Out" depending on what the celebrities were guessing. The biggest difference was the use of "teams" and a time clock instead of a "no answer" being the reason someone else became the inquisitor.