The Jackie Gleason Show (1961– )

The four panelists put their heads through a cutout in a board. They did not know what was painted on the board and their job was to guess what it was.

Creator:

Allan Sherman

Stars:

Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Bobby Darin

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jackie Gleason	...	Himself - Host (2 episodes, 1961)

Storyline

The four panelists put their heads through a cutout in a board. They did not know what was painted on the board and their job was to guess what it was.

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Plot Keywords:

television flop | audience participation | quiz show | short lived | non fiction | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Game-Show | Talk-Show

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 January 1961 (USA)

Also Known As:

You're in the Picture

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio 52, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Idees Grandes, Solar Enterprises, CBS Television Network

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A second episode with the game show format was filmed but never aired. Johnny Carson stated that he appeared in that episode.

User Reviews

The shortest run game show on TV

"You're in the Picture" was to be a summer replacement game show. Contestants would stick their heads through a cut-out board and guess what character they were. The first installment was so much of a failure that on the second week of the time slot Jackie Gleason came out, sat in a chair, and talked about how horrible the first show had been. He was hilarious. He was so funny that, as he explained to the television audience during the third installment as he sat in the same chair in his solo slot, following the second show the producers had a meeting and suggested that they purposely put on a supremely stupid game show again so that Jackie Gleason could the next week come out and lament how horrible it was. (Has anyone seen "The Producers"?) "The problem with that," Gleason explained to the audience, "is that we have alternate sponsors, and neither of our sponsors wanted to sponsor the stupid game show." I really did not expect IMDb to have "You're in the Picture" listed. I am extremely impressed that they do.