Seriously, whatever happened to Supermarket Sweep? What an original concept that was. Forget Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, this is a true game show. For those of you who don't remember what it was all about (by the way, shame on you!) here is the rundown of Supermarket Sweep:

• The game was played between three teams of two related individuals, such as a parent and child, spouses, siblings, or best friends. In the last two rounds, the team members wore sweatshirts of the same color.




• First came the question round. The question round was divided into 3 sub rounds. One player from each team played, then their partner went and the last sub round was a round robin with all of the players.



• Some of the questions were:Guessing which item a series of interesting facts had described, guessing which item went with a particular slogan or jingle, determining the brand name of a product, the picture of which had the brand name edited out and filling in the blanks to reveal a product's name; contestants were either given the clues and/or the letters that were progressively added.



• The next round was the most important round. THE BIG SWEEP! THE BIG SWEEP was the chance for the teams to run throughout the aisles and to grab whatever they could off of the supermarket shelves. The clock was set to the highest time that was earned by the three teams. The runner for that team was sent out into the market, with the other runners entering when their time had remained on the clock. The only rules were each team could only take up to 5 of the same item, any items that were dropped and/or knocked over had to be put back on the shelf or in one's cart and only one member of each team had to be in the store at a time. The other team member was required to remain at the checkout counter to unload the groceries.



• The team with the highest grand total, including bonuses from the question round, won cash in the amount of their Sweep total and a chance to play in the Bonus Sweep.



• The Bonus Sweep: The winning team was given 60 seconds to find three products in the market. They were given a clue to the first product, after which the time started. The second clue was affixed to the first product, and the third clue was on the second product. If the team found the third product, they won $5,000.

So remember kids: The next time you're at the checkout counter and you hear a beep, think of all the fun you could be having on SUPERMARKET SWEEP!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y44tyEDb_I