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What's My Line (1950)
''What's My Line?'' is a panel game show that originally ran in the United States on the CBS Television Network from 1950 to 1967, originally in black and white and later in color, with subsequent U.S. revivals. The game uses celebrity panelists to question contestants in order to determine their occupation, i.e. their "line of work". The majority of the contestants were from the general public. However, there was one weekly celebrity "mystery guest" for which the panelists were blindfolded. It is on the list of longest-running U.S. primetime network television game-shows. Originally moderated by John Charles Daly and most frequently with regular panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf, ''What's My Line?'' won three Emmy Awards for "Best Quiz or Audience Participation Show" in 1952, 1953, and 1958 and the Golden Globe Awards for Best TV Show in 1962. Some nostalgia writers have used the adjective ''live'' to describe the series as it existed for 17 years, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Alter
Paul Alter (March 11, 1922 – June 11, 2011) was an American television director, specializing in game shows for Mark Goodson Productions. Alter was best known as the original director of ''Family Feud'' from the show's origin in the mid-1970s until the early 1990s and the director of ''The Price Is Right'' from 1986 until 2000. Early life and career Born in Chicago, Illinois, Alter studied piano with Teddy Wilson, from the Benny Goodman Quartet. Alter became a talented musician. Later on, Alter would put his talent to use composing the 1969 theme for '' To Tell the Truth''. Television work His first job as a game-show director was on the original CBS version of ''Beat the Clock'' in 1950. He then began a long association with Mark Goodson - Bill Todman Productions, where he worked on many of their shows including ''What's My Line?'', ''I've Got a Secret'' and '' To Tell the Truth''. Alter directed both versions of ''The Price Is Right'', beginning with the original NBC ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
