"....It's in the Archive, Bob!" - "The Newlywed Game" turns 45

Forty five years ago, on July 11, 1966, The Newlywed Game premiered on ABC with host Bob Eubanks. Eubanks is most closely associated with the show although there were many other hosts throughout its run. Produced by Chuck Barris (who also wrote the catchy theme song), the show was created by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir, and focused on newly married couples who were asked a series of revealing questions about their spouse to determine how well they knew, or didn't know, one another.

The series also has the reputation for airing one of the most notorious bloopers ever -- a response by a contestant named "Olga" in 1977 to the question "Where specifically, is the weirdest place that you personally have ever gotten the urge to make whoopee?"

In his Archive interview Bob Eubanks debunks the myth of this blooper, and reveals what Olga actually said:

Here is the clip as it aired on television in 1977:

Bob Eubanks' complete Archive of American Television interview can be viewed here.