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25 August 1958 (USA) morePlot:
Two contestants revealed pieces of a rebus-like puzzle by matching 15 pairs of cash amounts and prizes, then tried to solve it before the other. full summaryPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy. moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Producer Muir Dies (From WENN. 28 October 2008, 9:09 AM, PDT)
Game-show Host Jack Narz Dead At 85
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 17 October 2008, 10:35 AM, PDT)
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Original Puzzle Game moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 6 of 20) | Paola Diva | ... | Herself - Model (1 episode, 1958-1973) |
| Wayne Howell | ... | Himself - Announcer (1 episode, 1969-1973) |
 | Johnny Carson | ... | Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1969) |
| Jack Kelly | ... | Himself (1 episode, 1970) |
 | Joan Rivers | ... | Herself (1 episode, 1970) |
| Bob Clayton | ... | Himself - Host (1 episode, 1973) |
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30 min (3796 episodes)Country:
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MonoCertification:
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KTTV/Fox Television Center - 5746 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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This was the last of NBC's black and white shows to convert to color, on 7 November 1966. It made NBC-TV the first all-color television network. moreSoundtrack:
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Jack Berry productions came up with this in 1958. The secret to it's success through the 1960's was host Hugh Downs. Downs was such a consummate host that he went on to help ABC start the news magazine 20/20 and between those shows had a long career.
The game is played by matching the prizes on a board by turning over number tiles & remembering the prizes behind them. Spice was added by having tiles that would give your opponent a prize / take one of their prizes / or a wild card which would give you any prize chosen with it. Each time a match is made, it revealed pieces of a puzzle behind. since the winner had to solve the puzzle, it did not matter who made the most matches which makes it a little different from most games. Being the best puzzle solver was really the key to winning.
Downs made the show exciting & when he retired from it in 1969, the hosts who replaced him just never got back the original spirit he gave the show.