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23 March 1950 (USA) more
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Classic game show where couples (and sometimes families) competed to win prizes by completing stunts within a time limit. full summary
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The Producers of Fear Factor and Dog Eat Dog Should Watch this Show more (7 total)
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(Series Cast Summary - 2 of 11)| Bess Myerson | ... | Herself (1 episode, 1952) | |
| Dolores Rosedale | ... | Roxanne (1 episode, 1952) |
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The show's main sponsor was Sylvania. In fact, they supplied all the televisions and radios that were awarded as the jackpot prizes. more
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Referenced in "The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time" (2006) more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for "Beat the Clock" (1950)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| I was on the show in Jan of 1956 | rayndonna |
| Beat the Clock episode 09/04/54 | magicman2113 |
| IMDB Corrects | Paul-308 |
| Beat the Clock | NIKKILOU41 |
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| "Beat the Clock" | "Let's Make a Deal" | "Shop 'Til You Drop" | "Video Village" | "The Price Is Right" |
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This is truly one of the classic game shows from the golden era of television. This show is definitely better than shows like "Fear Factor" and "Dog Eat Dog", which to me take the premise of "Beat the Clock" to a rather unwatchable extreme. At least the contestants of BTC didn't humiliate themselves or put themselves in great danger as they tried to win prizes every week. You really could tell that even if they lost on the show that they still had fun and really had a good time and it was for the whole family. The other two shows just seem like they take pride in trying to sicken as many people as they possibly can and they also seem to take great pride in humiliating people and putting them in all sorts of dangerous situations. Hopefully, a new generation can see why "Beat the Clock" was so beloved and then question why such garbage as the other two shows are still on the air.