Contestants on Family Feud during Richard Dawson's tenure as host had to undergo herpes tests on set, according to a new book.
In Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars, writer Kliph Nesteroff reveals that the game show had to order herpes tests for contestants because of the late host's penchant for kissing female contestants on the mouth.
According to an article in the Pacific Daily News, the game show implemented a new policy, stating that both male and female contestants had to "submit to a mouth test with a medical distaff loupe." Nesteroff writes about one contestant's experience, in which a production assistant announced, "OK, everyone in line for your herpes tests," after entering a dressing room with the supplies test.
Testing began after viewers expressed concerns about Family Feud, which Dawson originally hosted from 1976 to 1985. A letter published in the Philadelphia Daily News accused the show of "promiscuous kissing" and called the risk of diseases that could arise from “too loathsome to tell.” .”
"When you watch clips from that era of Family Feud on YouTube and you see Richard Dawson kissing the ladies, a lot of comments in the comments section will say things like, 'Well, those were different times.' That’s how men were back then. It was a different time. People weren’t that sensitive,” Nesteroff told PEOPLE. people were complaining.
PEOPLE has contacted ABC, Fremantle Productions and Debmar-Mercury for comment.
Outrageous takes a look at censorship in entertainment from the days of Vaudeville to the present day. Whether examining racism in 1800s theater or viewer outcry over the pregnancy storyline in I Love Lucy, Nesteroff shows that censorship – and the reasoning behind it – has been a part of the industry for a long time.
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