MIKE STOKEY'S PANTOMIME QUIZ (TV)

Summary

The first of three programs on this tape. One in this series of game/quiz programs. This variation on the popular parlor game charades is played by two teams of four celebrities (some of whom are program regulars) each. Host Mike Stokey presides over the stars. One member of the team acts out the charade (suggested by a home viewer) while the other three members attempt to guess the answer within two minutes. The winning team is the one that solves the puzzle in the least amount of time. "Pantomime Quiz" was first produced locally for KTLA in 1947 and earned the first Emmy award for Best Program. In this installment Rocky Graziano, Sheila Bond, Dorothy Hart, and Jackie Coogan face off against Robert Clary, Rudy Vallee, Carol Haney, and Hans Conried. The teams act out such improbable phrases as "Nightmare: A Horse on the Late, Late Show" and "The Case of the Clean Living Indian Who Refused to Bite the Dust." Includes commercials.

(Network and series run vary. This program aired on all four networks at different points in the 1950s and later went into syndication.)

Details

NETWORK: CBS
DATE: July 8, 1955 8:00 PM
RUNNING TIME: 0:30:10
COLOR/B&W: B&W
CATALOG ID: T85:0354
GENRE: Game/Quiz
SUBJECT HEADING: Game/Quiz programs; Charades; Pantomime
SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1950 - 1957.
COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Baker's Instant Chocolate drink
- TV - Commercials - Gaines Dog Food
- TV - Commercials - Post Grape Nuts cereal

CREDITS

Mike Stokey … Producer
Allan Dinehart … Director
John Hueners … Associate Producer
Jimmie Barnette … Associate Producer
Mike Stokey … Host
Don Russell … Announcer
Julie Conway … Cast, Talent, Baker's Instant Chocolate commercial, Post Grape Nuts commercial
Rocky Graziano … Player
Dorothy Hart … Player
Jackie Coogan … Player
Robert Clary … Player
Carol Haney … Player
Conried, Hans (See also: Conreid, Hans) … Player
Rudy Vallee … Player
Sheila Bond … Player