In the earlier episodes in Season 1, Bert Convy would announce that the audience members would go home with their winnings that day due to their "check writing machine". Goodson-Todman did this to save on postage as most payments to contestants were sent out by postal mail.
Tattletales aired on CBS weekday afternoons from 1974 through 1978. CBS picked it up again for a second run from 1982 through 1984. Bert Convy hosted both runs except for shows where he appeared as part of a celebrity couple with his wife Anne.
According to the end credits, celebrities are not informed of the show questions ahead of time but they are asked personal questions and based on their responses, show questions are created.
While the vast majority of celebrity guests were married, the show would occasionally host couples who were merely dating or, in some cases, living together. The latter was still a touchy subject at the time, and while host Bert Convy traditionally introduced his guests as 'her husband' or 'his wife,' he would alter the lead-in for unmarried couples by referring to them as 'her fella' and 'his gal.'
In 1976 there was a special game show host episode. Bob Barker hosted and Bert Convy took a seat with his wife Anne. Other couples on this episode were Jack Narz and his wife Doe along with Richard Dawson and his fiancé Jody.