The timing of this show -- one of my favorites -- was off by just about a year. "Fair Exchange" was launched in September of '62, had its last hour-long airing in December, and reappeared in March of '63 in a half-hour format. And then...gone forever! Had it come to life just one year later, it would have coincided with Beatlemania and the rest of the British Invasion of popular music. I'm certain such timing would have given wings to this British-accented comedy and, perhaps, it would be in reruns today! Neville Finch lead singer of a British pop group? Larry Walker fronting a competing American band? There's an hour show! CBS: you were just a year too early!
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Camouflage
(1961– )
my mother was a contestant
19 May 2007
I remember this show vividly and was such a huge fan that in early 1962, my mother took me and my sister to sit in the studio audience. After filling out a form, my mother was one of several audience members chosen to appear on the show. It aired live at 12 noon, so I remember running home from school for lunch to watch her play. When Johnny Gilbert, who was hosting that day, asked her about her children, my mother actually said to me on the air, "Now, Scotty, remember to eat your lunch." I was kidded about this for weeks afterward. My mother lost to a teacher because she couldn't make out a hidden drawing of a banana. She came home with a cosmetics tote bag and Camouflage home game. (Yes! There actually was one!) I already had the game, so my parents talked me into giving away the brand new one to my cousin. I liked Camouflage. And I liked it even more when I saw my mother on it!
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