VINTAGE NETWORK GAME SHOWS

GAME SHOW COMPILATIONS

DVDs FEATURING ALL THE CLASSIC GAME AND QUIZ SHOWS FROM THE 1950s, MANY WITH ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS, EXACTLY AS FIRST BROADCAST!

301 GAME SHOW PROGRAM, I

1. DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE? This 1956 show stars Edgar Bergen and his famous dummies. Couples predict how much they know about each other. Sponsored by L&M Cigarettes.
2. THE PRICE IS RIGHT (1957). Bill Cullen hosts the original version of this top game show. Complete with commercials.
3. PLAY YOUR HUNCH with Merv Griffin from 1960. Who's telling the truth: X, Y, or Z? Play along with the contestants. Complete with Sealtest Dairy commercials.

--- 90 MINUTES --- BLACK AND WHITE ---
DVD: $12.95

302 GAME SHOW PROGRAM, II

1. PEOPLE ARE FUNNY (1958). Art Linkletter gets his contestants involved in the craziest stunts!
2. CONCENTRATION (1968). Hugh Downs hosts this game of puzzles and prizes.
3. I'VE GOT A SECRET (1967). Host Steve Allen gives clues to a panel of celebrities, who try to determine guests' secrets. Pearl Bailey guests; complete with comm.

--- 90 MINUTES --- BLACK AND WHITE ---
DVD: $12.95

304 GAME SHOW PROGRAM, III

1. THE PRICE IS RIGHT (1957). Another classic episode from this vintage series, complete with original commercials.
2. TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES (1966). Bob Barker hosts the fun and laughs in this popular stunt show; a color kinescope.
3. THE FACE IS FAMILIAR (1966). This game show scrambles the faces of celebrities. June Lockhart and Bob Crane are the team captains. Complete with orig. comm.
4. PDQ (1965). Dennis James hosts this, the original pilot to the successful game show of the 1960s. Teams try to guess phrases from seeing a few letters at a time.

--- 110 MINUTES --- BLACK AND WHITE ---
DVD: $14.95

309 GAME SHOW PROGRAM, V

1. BEAT THE CLOCK (1956). Here's another zany half hour of hilarious stunts, complete with original Hazel Bishop commercials.
2. THE $64,000 QUESTION (1956). Hosted by Hal March, here's a great sampling of one of TV's biggest ratings champs. This episode contains original Revlon commercials. Everything's here: the nervous contestants, isolation booth, and famous "think" music.
3. QUEEN FOR A DAY (1963). We've uncovered one of the few surviving kinescopes of this classic daytime show, hosted by Jack Bailey, and sponsored by Pepsodent Toothpaste. A real collector's item!

--- 90 MINUTES --- BLACK AND WHITE ---
DVD: $12.95

310 GAME SHOW PROGRAM, VI

1. THE $64,000 CHALLENGE (1956). This spinoff of "The $64,000 Question" is hosted by Sonny Fox. All the contestants on the show were previous winners of the former series. This episode contains original commercials.
2. DOLLAR A SECOND (1955). Jan Murray hosts this famous game show of the fifties, in which contestants win money for every second they appear on the show. Commercials, too!
3. PLACE THE FACE (1954). Bill Cullen hosts this interesting game show, in which contestants try to recognize faces from their past. Xavier Cugat is a guest. Complete with original commercials.
4. TWO FOR THE MONEY (1957). Humorist Sam Levinson hosts this game show that is almost identical to "You Bet Your Life". His announcer is Ed McMahon, fresh from local hosting duties in Philadelphia. An interview reveals this is McMahon's first big break on a network show; complete with original commercials.

--- 120 MINUTES --- BLACK AND WHITE ---
DVD: $14.95

312 GAME SHOW PROGRAM, VIII

1. CHANCE OF A LIFETIME (1955), with host Dennis James. It's "Star Search" of the 1950s once again, as the audience decides who wins. Complete with comm.
2. BINGO AT HOME (1955). Here's a lesson in really bad TV. Monty Hall hosts this unbelievably awful game show where viewiers compete against a bunch of frumps in the studio audience. Complete with commercials, but this is only the first half of a 60-minute (!) show. Believe us, 30 minutes is enough!
3. TIC TAC DOUGH (1957). A RARE kinescope from the nighttime version of the original game. Were the contestants briefed? You be the judge; they're unusually smart. Jay Jackson hosts. (Note: Missing comm. and titles; game is complete.)
4. TO TELL THE TRUTH (1958). Here's a live kinescope of the popular game show hosted by Bud Collyer, and complete with original commercials.

--- 115 MINUTES --- BLACK AND WHITE ---
DVD: $14.95

313 GAME SHOW PROGRAM, IX

1. PANTOMIME QUIZ (1955), complete with original commercials. Mike Stokey hosts this classic game of TV charades. Celebrity guests include Hans Conried and Jerry Lester. It's amazing how rude and nasty Stokey is to the teams, constantly telling them to shut up so he could talk, and he even goes so far as to cut Lester off during his allotted time. Stokey's one mean dude!
2. PASS THE LINE (1954). If you thought "Bingo at Home" in Volume VIII was bad, then you ain't seen nothing yet! This show actually looks like it was shot in someone's kitchen! A professional artist draws something, then a panel of celebrities (including a very young Jonathan Winters) tries to duplicate it.
3. DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE? (1956). A classic episode of the game show starring Edgar Bergen, and complete with original commercials.
4. PEOPLE ARE FUNNY (1957). Another hilarious episode with Art Linkletter as your host, complete with original commercials.
SHOWS 3 AND 4 ARE FROM THE MICHAEL HALPRIN COLLECTION

--- 120 MINUTES --- BLACK AND WHITE ---
DVD: $14.95

314 GAME SHOW PROGRAM, X

1. OKAY, MOTHER! (1947). Most likely one of the earliest-surviving records of a TV game show, and from the Dumont Network, no less. Dennis James is the host, who poses interesting questions to women in the studio audience. Complete with commercials.
2. QUICK AS A FLASH (1952). Hosted by Bill Cullen, this game show has two teams trying to identify famous events from seeing bits of film clips. Boris Karloff and Wendy Barrie are the celebrity guests.
3. DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE? (1958), an early daytime episode, with Johnny Carson as the host in the pre-Ed MacMahon days. With comm.
4 QUEEN FOR A DAY (1960). Don't ask us how, but we did it - we found another RARE RARE RARE episode, with Jack Bailey, and original comm.

--- 115 MINUTES --- BLACK AND WHITE ---
DVD: $14.95

315 GAME SHOW PROGRAM XI

1. BEAT THE CLOCK (10/13/51). An early episode of the classic stunt series, with host Bud Collyer and Roxanne. Complete with Sylvania commercials.
2. PANTOMIME QUIZ TIME (1951). The famous TV charades game is back with host Mike Stokey and panelists Hans Conried, Vincent Price, Jackie Coogan, Frank De Vol, and others.
3. BREAK THE BANK (1955), starring Bert Parks as your singing host, and complete with Dodge commercials. Contestants answer questions that double in value and may also win a big jackpot, too!
4. TWENTY ONE (12/5/56). The original, �rigged� version of the game, with host Jack Barry. This is the landmark episode - the one that triggered the quiz show scandals. Contestant Herb Stempel takes a pre-arranged dive on a movie question, which later on in the episode costs him his championship to Charles Van Doren (the �Quiz Show� film took a little liberty with what actually happened). Now you�ll see for yourself why this program created so much excitement when it first aired, and it�s complete with Geritol commercials.

--- 115 MINUTES --- BLACK AND WHITE ---
DVD: $14.95

317 GAME SHOW PROGRAM, XII

1. PANTOMIME QUIZ TIME (6/23/50). Here�s the very first live network broadcast of the popular Charades show of the 1950s. Celebrities include Hans Conried, Vincent Price, Frank De Vol, Adele Jurgens, and Walter Brennan. The host is Mike Stokey, who is his usual rude self yelling �shut up� during the show.
2. BEAT THE CLOCK (11/23/53). Another great episode with host Bud Collyer, Roxanne, and those crazy stunts for big prizes and cash!
3. TREASURE HUNT (3/20/58). Jan Murray is the host of this popular game show in which contestants are asked questions and when they answer them correctly, they get to pick out a treasure chest that is hopefully filled with expensive prizes.
4. IT COULD BE YOU (9/10/58). A nighttime episode of the series. Hosted by Bill Leyden, unsuspecting contestants are plucked right from the studio audience to be reunited with loved ones and given prizes.
ALL SHOWS ARE COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS

--- 120 MINUTES --- BLACK AND WHITE ---
DVD: $14.95

318 GAME SHOW PROGRAM, XIII

1. ON YOUR WAY (1954). Bud Collyer hosts this rare game show from the Dumont Network. Part Strike It Rich, part Queen for a Day, part Earn Your Vacation, this show allows contestants who don�t have money to travel a golden opportunity to do so by answering questions correctly. Jackie Cooper is the celebrity guest. This kinescope ends just after the last commercial. The rest of the show, including the game play, is intact.
2. STOP THE MUSIC (1955). You can play along as you watch; in fact, that�s just what the home contestants did when the show aired live. Bert Parks hosts the competition in which studio contestants team with home viewers over the phone in an attempt to win $10,000 by correctly identifying tunes as quickly as they can. Jaye P. Morgan is the featured singer.
3. THE $64,000 QUESTION (1956). A great episode from the classic quiz show hosted by Hal March. Randolph Churchill makes his first appearance in this episode, and is so flustered that March actually �helps� him answer the first question so he can continue. What? You think the show was rigged? Get outta here!
4. THE PRICE IS RIGHT (1957). We�ve found another daytime live episode of the original version of the show with host Bill Cullen, a lot of wonderful prizes, and terrific contestants.
ALL FOUR PROGRAMS CONTAIN ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS

--- 120 MINUTES --- BLACK AND WHITE ---
DVD: $14.95

319 GAME SHOW PROGRAM, XIV

1. STRIKE IT RICH (8/26/55). Warren Hull hosts this program in which contestants in desperate need of help attempt to win money by answering a series of questions in different categories. In this episode, a man tries to raise money to help flood victims, and a Broadway actor also plays. Complete with original commercials and network ID. From the personal kinescope library of Robert Seger.
2. TWENTY ONE (7/8/57). A classic episode of the game show famous for contributing to the quiz show scandals of the late 1950s. Jack Barry hosts, and it�s another nail biter as two contestants each try to win over $100,000. Also complete with original commercials.
3. QUEEN FOR A DAY (1958). Get your hankies out now - this has to be the most heart-tugging episode of the program we�ve yet to find. In this rare 45-minute program, host Jack Bailey interviews FIVE (not 4) contestants with sad tales of woe ranging from crippled children to believe it or not...needing to stock a family supermarket! Just who will win? You�ll have to watch to find out. Complete with original commercials. From the kinescope library of Robert Seger.
4. ART LINKLETTER PEOPLE ARE FUNNY PAPER MATE GAG REEL (1955). Here are excised outtakes and goofs from some Paper Mate commercials shot on the set of People Are Funny for insertion into future broadcasts of the game show. Rated R for strong language.

--- 110 MINUTES --- BLACK AND WHITE ---
DVD: $14.95

320 GAME SHOW PROGRAM, XV

1. TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES (1955). Jack Bailey hosted the network prime time version of the comedy game show during the 1954-55 season, and here is an episode from that run, complete with cigarette commercials, and live from Hollywood!
2. PENNY TO A MILLION (1955). Actor Bill Goodwin is the host of this game show in which a team of four contestants answer questions in turn. The value of the first question is one cent, and the amount continues to double as long as the questions are answered correctly. Team members drop off as they make mistakes and the player left wins whatever money has been accumulated up to that point.
3. BEAT THE CLOCK (1956). An episode from the run of the series that included a big jackpot stunt. In this episode, the jackpot is up to a whopping $53,000...can the contestants win it? Watch and find out! Bud Collyer hosts the fun and laughs. The show is complete with original commercials.
4. DR. I.Q. (1958). Based on the radio show of the same name that created the popular catch phrase, �I have a woman in the audience, doctor�. Tom Kennedy is the host of this program (and he�s never referred to by name - just by �doctor�) in which studio audience members are awarded silver dollars every time they answer a question correctly. A fast-moving and very entertaining program! Also complete with commercials.

--- 120 MINUTES --- BLACK AND WHITE ---
DVD: $14.95

321 GAME SHOW PROGRAM, XVI

1. NAME THAT TUNE (1959). The original version of the show with host George De Witt. George shows clips from some of the best moments of the previous season. The show has original commercials.
2. PANTOMIME QUIZ TIME (1954). Mike Stokey is back hosting the classic celebrity charades game with great guest stars!
3. DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE? (7/24/56). It�s the famous husband and wife quiz show, hosted by Edgar Bergen and featuring his famous dummies Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, and Effie Clinker. Complete with original commercials.
4. PEOPLE ARE FUNNY (1959). Art Linkletter returns with crazy stunts and hilarious contestants in 30 minutes of comedy and fun!

--- 110 MINUTES --- BLACK AND WHITE ---
DVD: $14.95

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