[quote name=\'JohnTheGameMan\' date=\'Aug 15 2005, 06:05 PM\']I believe what Hugh said was "The object of the game is to try and solve a puzzle. It could be a person, place, or something you know?" I may not have the exact wording on this but I'm sure Hugh did say this as he approached his podium.
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Don't remember it exactly, but close enough.
And Bob Clayton continued to use the (probably Bob Noah-written) verbiage to the end--although in later years, him saying it, along with the door-closing music cue, was usually an indication that they were running out of time and needed to kill 20 seconds (they tended in later years to either start the game after a break or have the doors close during the interview when there was a closeup of the new contestant). They'd do the whole "Let's play 'Concentration!'" bit, with the object, and Clayton would go, "Maureen, you're our challenger...first...two...num [doorbell "time's up" SFX]...well, I guess we'll start later. We'll return with more 'Concentration' after this message."
IIRC, Clayton didn't do a Jack Barry and ask the contestants if they could come back tomorrow, but until the end if a game was interrupted at the end of the show he continued to read off the card "We'll finish this game in the studio and show you the results tomorrow..."