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Search Party

Carol Grow
27 Nov 1999First aired
1Season

The series

This E! Network series could be described as part game show and part athletic competition, but really it is just an excuse for a lot of silly fun in the sunshine. Filmed at beach resort locations in Florida, Hawaii, the Caribbean, Mexico and Australia, Search Party puts together celebrities and E! viewers in ridiculous team sports, the messier the better, and sends them off among the tourists and locals on scavenger hunts in search of bizarre items and even more bizarre behavior. 

Episodes

Season 1 · 76 episodes · 1999

  1. Episode 127 Nov 199930m

    Search Party Marathon (Honolulu)

    Search Party makes its bow with several back-to-back episodes featuring cast members from the syndicated series Baywatch Hawai'i. Two three-person teams, the Red and the Blue, compete against each other for prizes, yes (they're on the mode…

  2. Episode 229 Nov 199930m

    South Beach, Florida (1)

    Surf and Turf round: Surf: Slap Happy Duck Paddle--In the pool, the object is to whack as many of the nine floating ducks as possible out of your end and into the opponent's, using ping-pong paddles. There is much illegal use of the hand…

  3. Episode 330 Nov 199930m

    Antigua (1)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Duck Soup--In the pool, teams try to collect the most ducks using their mouths. Blue wins 6-5. Turf: Fruit Salad Friends--Payer 1 passes fruit to player 2 neck-to-neck, then 2 passes to player 3 mouth-to-mouth.…

  4. Episode 430 Nov 199930m

    Jamaica (1)

    Surf & Turf Round: Surf: Dog and Pony Pool Show--In the pool, player 1 must dive through a series of three hoops while carrying a ball. That ball is then given to player 2 who throws it to waiting player 3 on a bridge above. The balls ge…

  5. Episode 51 Dec 199930m

    Bahamas (1)

  6. Episode 62 Dec 199930m

    Jamaica (2)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Poison Beach Ball Rampage--Teams in the pool must get rid of the ""poison"" beach balls on their side of a volleyball net by knocking them over to the other side using flippers on the hands. Red trounces Blue 14-…

  7. Episode 77 Dec 199930m

    South Beach, Florida (2)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Florida Iceberg Express--Player 1 is on a float in the pool. He is pulled across the pool by player 2, who then loads as much ice as she can on player 1's lap. Player 3 pulls them back and collects the ice, the t…

  8. Episode 88 Dec 199930m

    Antigua (2)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Dolphin vs. Whale--Players in the pool ride on inflatable dolphins and whales and try to bat large beach balls into goals. Red wins 3-0, with a hat trick scored by Alison! Turf: Skip to My Hula My Darling--Two …

  9. Episode 99 Dec 199930m

    Jamaica (3)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Vitamin E!--25 oranges are in the pool; 10 of them contain metal letter ""E""'s. Player 1 is blindfold, but must find oranges and hand them off to player 2, or rather stuff them in their mouths. They are then tak…

  10. Episode 1014 Dec 199930m

    Cancun (1)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Poison Ping Pong Rampage--Wearing flippers on their hands, the teams try to knock 100 ping-pong balls over a net from their side of the pool to the other. Michael cheats by pushing the balls under the net, but hi…

  11. Episode 1115 Dec 199930m

    Hawaii (1)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Bobby's Big Balloon Blowout--Fifteen balloons are in the pool and several of them contain ping-pong balls with the letter ""E"" on them. Players must get the balloons out of the water to a teammate who will pop t…

  12. Episode 1216 Dec 199930m

    Bahamas (2)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Ross' Jumbalaya Rubber Relay--The relay goes from player 1 in a kayak to player 2 on a surf bike to player 3 on a big-wheel water bike, all the while picking up rubber chickens and fish. Jamal of the Red team (a …

  13. Episode 1320 Dec 199930m

    Antigua (3)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Island Hopping Balloon Toss--Players 1 and 2 hop off of an island to grab balloons in the pool, then get back on the islands before throwing the balloons to player 3 at poolside, who catches them and pops them wi…

  14. Episode 1421 Dec 199930m

    Bahamas (3)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Swimming Pool Sumo--Two teammates get in an inner tube and try to push the other team's duo out of a circle in the pool, two out of three ""falls"" wins. Scott is a wild man in this event, leading to a Blue victo…

  15. Episode 1522 Dec 199930m

    Hawaii (2)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Heave, Gab and Ho--Player 1 pulls player 2 in an inner tube through the pool while 2 grabs items (beach balls, toys, etc.) out of the water. Each team's third player is in an inner tube also, trying to impede the…

  16. Episode 1623 Dec 199930m

    Jamaica (4)

    Surf & turf round: Surf: Movie Trivia Pool Plunge--Art throws a bottle with a movie trivia question inside into the pool. Player 1 retrieves it and gives it to player 2 who reads the question. Player 3 then goes into the pool for the ans…

  17. Episode 1727 Dec 199930m

    Antigua (4)

    Surf & Turf round; Surf: Floating Golf Green of Doom--Player 1, in the pool, tosses ""golf balls"" to the other two players poolside, who attempt to hit them onto the floating greens. Velcro balls are worth one points, the plain ping-pon…

  18. Episode 1828 Dec 199930m

    Jamaica (5)

    Surf & Turf round: Head-to-Head Tennis; Beach Ball Basketball. Red team wins the Surf competition, Blue wins the Turf. Silver Screen Scavenger Hunt: 1. Make up a song about corn. 2. Get beachgoers to give up their shoes. 3. Get …

  19. Episode 1929 Dec 199930m

    Cancun (2)

    Surf & Turf round: Turf: Watermelon Salsa--Player 1 hands a greased watermelon to players 2 and 3, who have their hands tied. Those players then split open the melon without using their hands, then gather and spit seeds into a cup on the…

  20. Episode 2030 Dec 199930m

    South Beach, Florida (3)

    Surf & Turf round: 1. Backward Basket Balloon--Player 1 throws balloons from the jacuzzi at one end of the pool to player 2 at the other end, who must throw them through a basketball goal from the bottom up. Player 3 must catch the ballo…

  21. Episode 213 Jan 200030m

    South Beach, Florida (4)

    Surf & Turf round: Turf: Vitamin E--10 of 40 oranges in the Jacuzzi have ""E""s inside of them; the first team to find three wins. Player 1 gives an orange to player 2 mouth-to-mouth. Player 2 must go the length of the adjacent pool and …

  22. Episode 224 Jan 200030m

    Cancun (3)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf--Six balls are in the pool and the teams have 90 seconds to knock them into goals using only super-soakers. Goalies are identifiable by the huge sombreros they wear. Blue wins by the paltry score of 1-0. Turf--T…

  23. Episode 235 Jan 200030m

    Aruba (1)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Mama Snegaroff's Pop Spelling Bee--Players 1 and 2, in the pool, deliver balloons to player 3 poolside, who pops them with her butt. Using the letters on ping-pong ball found inside, the teams spell out their ""s…

  24. Episode 246 Jan 200030m

    Jamaica (6)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: West Indies Wonderful Waterfall Wamp--Player 1 feeds balloons down a waterfall to player 2 in a lagoon who takes them to player 3, who bursts them by using her posterior. Some of the balloons have balls inside th…

  25. Episode 2510 Jan 200030m

    Hawaii (3)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Into the Drink with Your Drink--One player carries a drink across the pool on a float while the others throw things at him or her in an attempt to spill the drink. Red team's Jason Brooks knocks the drink out of …

  26. Episode 2611 Jan 200030m

    Cancun (4)

    Surf & Turf round: Turf: Shake Your Maracas--While blindfolded, two members of each team mix drinks while the third teammate picks them up on a tray and takes them to the garnishing station--all the while shaking the maracas on their hip…

  27. Episode 2712 Jan 200030m

    Bahamas (4)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Sharkey Hockey--Players riding on inflatable sharks hit beach balls with paddles towards goals. By the end of the contest no one is on a shark and no one is using a paddle. A montage of shots of Sean trying to st…

  28. Episode 2813 Jan 200030m

    South Beach, Florida (5)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Watermelon Baby's Bedtime--Player 1 puts oil on the ""baby"" (a watermelon), then gives it to player 2, who takes it across the pool on an inflatable shark to player 3, who powders it, diapers it, and sticks a pa…

  29. Episode 2917 Jan 200030m

    Hawaii (4)

    Surf & Turf round: Turf: Fruit Salad Friends--Player 1 picks up fruit off of a platter without using hands or arms, then transfers it to player 2, under the same restrictions, who deposits it in a bucket, where player 3 makes ""fruit sal…

  30. Episode 3018 Jan 200030m

    Cancun (5)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Duck Soup--One player per team collects floating plastic ducks in the pool, using only his/her mouth. They are brought to player 2 and deposited in a bucket. Player 3 plays defense with a super-soaker. Red takes …

  31. Episode 3124 Jan 200030m

    Honolulu

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Inhuman pyramid--The teams must build a human pyramid on an island floating in the pool and hold it for five seconds. The opposing team can try to stop them with beach balls and super-soakers. Red wins when they …

  32. Episode 3225 Jan 200030m

    Bahamas (5)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Dog and Pony Pool Show--A relay race in the pool. First player transports beach balls to player 2, who must dive through three hoops with a beach ball. The ball is then given to player 3 who takes it via a float …

  33. Episode 3326 Jan 200030m

    Antigua (5)

    Surf & Turf round: Turf: Human Croquet--A large ball is hit with a noodle through wickets made out of teammates. The first team through the course twice wins. Before the game Art brings out Matthew Malach, identified as the head writer, …

  34. Episode 3427 Jan 200030m

    Aruba (2)

    Games include the 1K Chicken and Potato Medley and the Aruba Iceberg Express, where contestants are pulled across the pool with twenty pounds of ice in their laps. Also, Greg is secure enough in his masculinity to cross-dress for his team.

  35. Episode 3531 Jan 200030m

    Aruba (3)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Backward Balloon Basket--Player 1 goes down a water slide with balloons to player 2, who takes balloons to a basketball goal, where they must be thrown through the goal from the bottom up and caught by player 3 t…

  36. Episode 361 Feb 200030m

    Jamaica (7)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Beach Ball Blowout Bonanza--Basically just volleyball played in the pool. Red wins 5-4. Turf: Watch...Those Seeds--Players 1 and 2, with hands tied, take a watermelon to a station, repeat the process, then smas…

  37. Episode 377 Feb 200030m

    Negril, Jamaica

    Games include Dolphin Relay Race. Also, contestant try to catch water balloons in their ""bloomers"" and pies on their bodies.

  38. Episode 388 Feb 200030m

    Ocho Rios, Jamaica

    A ""high wire"" act is performed in the pool, beach hockey is played with aquatic mammals, and the Scramble involves trying to keep egg yolks on a wooden paddle under conditions not suited for the task.

  39. Episode 3910 Feb 200030m

    St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

    Dog and Crab World Cup: A soccer match is first played in the crab position (in four-point stance with torso facing upward) with the ball advanced only with the feet. When a goal is scored, the position changes to dog-style (hands and knee…

  40. Episode 4021 Feb 200030m

    St. Thomas (1)

    Surf & Turf round: Turf: Beach Ball Boxing Derby--Wearing boxing gloves and swim fins, players try to score goals with a large beach ball using the gloves on a small soccer-type field. First team to 3 wins. By consensus, the fins are put…

  41. Episode 4128 Feb 200030m

    St. Thomas (2)

    Surf & Turf round: Balloon Bloomer--Balloons on an island in the pool are tossed by players with flippers on hands into ""bloomers"" (hoop and mesh) that a teammate is wearing. Scott's accurate shooting leads the Blue team to a 19-11 win…

  42. Episode 426 Mar 200030m

    Aruba (4)

    Surf & Turf round: Cry Babes Underwater Fish Toss--Two players rescue the ""fish"" from the bottom of the pool, then they are given to player 3, who tosses the ring-like fish from an island into a kiddie pool. Blue wins 2-1. Hop, Drop …

  43. Episode 4313 Mar 200030m

    St. Thomas (3)

    Carl's Juicy Grape Butt Bash: Player 1 runs to a boat and grabs bunches of grapes from it to throw to waiting player 2, who must catch them in his pants. Player 3 takes the grapes, puts them on a chair, and like the name says, bashes the…

  44. Episode 4416 Mar 200030m

    Jamaica (8)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Sharkey Hockey--Players ride on inflatable sharks and use noodles to try and knock balls into goals. Soon the noodles are abandoned, with hands and sharks being used in their place. Vincent's fine play leads Red …

  45. Episode 4520 Mar 200030m

    St. Thomas (4)

    Surf & Turf round: Surf: Ball Pounding Saucer Scoop--A very loose variation of baseball. A pitched beach ball is batted with the arm. Players run to the bases and collect flying discs at each one. The rules are rather vague and the actio…

  46. Episode 4627 Mar 200030m

    Maui (1)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1. In the city of Lahaina, search for Honeygirl and give her a big, wet kiss--Red tries putting honey on a girl's neck as a substitute. ""Honeygirl"", it turns out, is a pig. 2. Search for the largest group and be their…

  47. Episode 473 Apr 200030m

    Maui (2)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1st task: Win a canoe race--Teams can only have two of their players participate, so what does Scott do? He asks the women to do it! The teams are each augmented by three other locals. Blue wins. 2. Create aloha shirts-…

  48. Episode 4810 Apr 200030m

    St. Thomas (5)

  49. Episode 4917 Apr 200030m

    Maui (3)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1. Search for the translation of the phrase ""a kau ka hau iloke o ko'u lole wawae ke olu olu,"" then do it--It translates to ""Put the ice inside of your pants, please."" Omar and Carol do it for the Red team while Scott…

  50. Episode 5024 Apr 200030m

    Maui (4)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1st challenge--Jump off of ""Black Rock,"" retrieve leis from the water, swim to shore and place leis around Art Mann's neck. Scott Lasky needs to be ""rescued."" 2. Search for most tourists to kiss you in two minutes--…

  51. Episode 511 May 200030m

    Maui (5)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1st task: Sink a 30-foot putt in the fewest strokes--Deidre putts the ball to about three feet from the hole, then Scott sinks it. Omar putts to about the same distance, but Kalani's second stroke just slides by on the le…

  52. Episode 528 May 200030m

    Daytona Beach, Florida (1)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1. Search for someone with the most tattoos--There is some question as to what constitutes one individual tattoo and how to count them. 2. Search for a biker to buy the team a drink at his favorite spot. 3. Search for…

  53. Episode 5315 May 200030m

    Daytona Beach, Florida (2)

    Scavenger Hunt: Ist task--Win a race. Teams compete in a 5-lap go-kart race at Adventure Landing. First team with all three drivers finishing wins. During the course of the race Carol Grow goes from first to last and Amy Hunter does just…

  54. Episode 5422 May 200030m

    Daytona Beach, Florida (3)

    During Bike Week in Daytona an onion-eating contest is held, people are lathered in shaving cream and alligators are wrestled for key lime pies, sort of.

  55. Episode 5529 May 200030m

    Daytona Beach, Florida (4)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1. Search for someone who will let you sample everything in her bag--It's easy to find cooperative volunteers during spring break. 2. Search for someone who will allow you to write ""hit me"" all over his body--Even for…

  56. Episode 5630 May 200030m

    Daytona Beach, Florida (5)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1. Search and build the largest sound effects library using spring breakers--Blue wins 13-7. 2. Search for a man who will dress as a female teammate and walk down the beach--Blue team's pick dresses like Marissa, Red's …

  57. Episode 5731 May 200030m

    Daytona Beach, Florida (6)

    Scavenger Hunt: Task 1: Win a sumo match--Scott and Ryan don padded fat suits and square off in the circle. Being knocked down, falling down, or being pushed out of the ring counts as a fall; best two out of three wins. Scott wins the fi…

  58. Episode 581 Jun 200030m

    Mazatlan, Mexico (1)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1st task: Be the first team to climb a rock wall--Two players from each team participate. Blue wins easily. 2. Search for someone who will let the team throw their underwear off a balcony--Highest floor wins. Red finds …

  59. Episode 596 Jun 200030m

    Mazatlan, Mexico (2)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1st task: Search for someone who can do the most push-ups with a woman on his back--The teams go find their men and bring them back for a head-to-head competition. The premium is also on finding small women to rest on the…

  60. Episode 6013 Jun 200030m

    Mazatlan, Mexico (3)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1. Search for a good golfer--The teams look for one among their own members, but display some of the worst form imaginable. Red wins. 2. Search for someone who will allow an ""E"" to be shaved in his chest. 3. Search …

  61. Episode 6120 Jun 200030m

    Mazatlan, Mexico (4)

    Scavenger Hunt: Task 1: Search for someone who can eat the most oysters--The teams hit the beach to find their contestants. Despite Blue having the more burly of the two, Red's guy outdoes him in a head-to-head match, 20 to 17.5. 2: Se…

  62. Episode 6227 Jun 200030m

    Puerto Rico (1)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1st task--Be the first team to sink a golf ball. But first the putter is blindfolded and spun around, then the others verbally instruct him or her where to go and what to do. Red wins handily as Blue knocks the ball into …

  63. Episode 634 Jul 200030m

    Puerto Rico (2)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1st task--Win a volleyball game while wearing life jackets connected with bungee cords. Blue wins this very awkward game 3-1. 2. Search for someone who'll let the team make an omelette in in his or her bathing suit--Bot…

  64. Episode 6411 Jul 200030m

    Puerto Rico (3)

    Before task 1 of the Scavenger Hunt officially begins, the teams hit the beach and bring back as many people as they can in three minutes (Blue has more). Task 1: Be the first team to get through the obstacle course while tied together--…

  65. Episode 6518 Jul 200030m

    Puerto Rico (4)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1. Search for seven people--The teams hit the beach to recruit folks for an unknown task. This turns out to be a flour bucket brigade. Teams are seated on the beach in single file. A bucket of flour is passed from person …

  66. Episode 6625 Jul 200030m

    Puerto Rico (5)

    Scavenger Hunt: The teams are sent out to gather as many people as possible for an unknown task. Stephanie speaks Spanish so Blue team has that advantage. When the augmented teams return they find their first task is... 1. Win at tug-o…

  67. Episode 671 Aug 200030m

    Surfer's Paradise, Australia (1)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1st task: Musical Boomerangs--From a prone starting position, the six contestants race for five boomerangs stuck in the sand. The losing player is eliminated and the process is repeated with one less player and boomerang …

  68. Episode 688 Aug 200030m

    Surfer's Paradise, Australia (2)

    During the player introductions, Kathleen demonstrates an unusual talent: she puts her whole fist in her mouth! Scavenger Hunt: Task 1: Get the most milk out of a cow--Carol and Tony are probably the most successful; Scott does a fair j…

  69. Episode 6915 Aug 200030m

    Surfer's Paradise, Australia (3)

    Scavenger Hunt: Task 1: Win the relay--All three teammates must fit into one single pair of pants and run a three-legged (?) race down an obstacle course which includes crawling under netting and jumping rope. They all wear one T-shirt t…

  70. Episode 7022 Aug 200030m

    Surfer's Paradise, Australia (4)

    Scavenger Hunt: Task 1: Win the mule and cow race--Red wins a coin flip and chooses to ""race"" the cow. In this case it just means each contestant leading the animal on a leash up and down a short course. The supposedly stubborn mule qu…

  71. Episode 7129 Aug 200030m

    Surfer's Paradise, Australia (5)

    Scavenger Hunt: Task 1: Win the volleyball game--In this game if you lose a point, your team loses a player. Best two out of three match. Despite having a professional player on the court (Jarrod), the general incompetence of the other c…

  72. Episode 725 Sep 200030m

    Surfer's Paradise, Australia (6)

    Scavenger Hunt: Task 1: Win at Twister--All six contestants get on the mat to play the familiar party game. Rachel goes down on just the second spin, no doubt disappointing many viewers. After several more spins Carol is eliminated, foll…

  73. Episode 7312 Sep 200030m

    Surfer's Paradise, Australia (7)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1st task: Feed a wild animal--Both teams very gingerly (and under supervision) feed a bottle of milk to a 300 lb. Bengal tiger. 2. Search for someone who will let team cover them in chocolate and then allow them to lick…

  74. Episode 7419 Sep 200030m

    Surfer's Paradise, Australia (8)

    Scavenger Hunt: Task 1: Search for someone who will win an arm-wrestling contest--Two suitable contestants are found. Blue's ""Mad Max"" beats Noel. When Art offers the chance for the losing Red team to go double or nothing, team captain…

  75. Episode 7526 Sep 200030m

    Surfer's Paradise, Australia (9)

    Scavenger Hunt: Task 1: Musical Boomerangs--Five boomerangs are placed in the ground. The six contestants, starting from a prone position, race to grab one. One player is eliminated in each round. Carol is the first to go, followed by Ra…

  76. Episode 763 Oct 200030m

    Surfer's Paradise, Australia (10)

    Scavenger Hunt: 1. Search for someone who will eat the most meat pies--Blue's pick has difficulty getting through a single pie while the Red team's rather less substantial-looking guy is wolfing down his third. Red wins. 2. Search for …

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