Let's Pop The Question

''Let's Pop the Question'' was an American television series which aired from 1947 to 1948. While only aired on a single station, it is of some interest as an early example of a television game show. It aired on Philadelphia station WFIL-TV, and was a half-hour show. It is not known if it ever had a sponsor (it is listed in a 1947 edition of ''Billboard'' as not having one during the episode reviewed, see below). George Cahan was the host of the "telephone quizzer". In the show, pictures of famous people were shown, and contestants at home tried to identify them. There were also local celebrity guests. It is unlikely that any episodes survive of the series, as only a very tiny handful of kinescopes exist of 1940s local programming (mostly from New York City and Los Angeles, such as an episode of '' Swing Into Sports'', a couple of episodes of '' Photographic Horizons'', along with a few other kinescopes)

Reception

November 22 1947 edition of ''Billboard'' called the series "a lively and entertaining weekly half-hour stanza", and called the host "a cheerful and gracious lad". ''Billboard'' said it was one of the few genuinely entertaining series being produced in Philadelphia at the time.{{Cite web , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ayAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22shown+before+the+camera%22+%22ted+estabrook%22&pg=PA17 , title = Billboard, date = 1947-11-22

References

External links

''Let's Pop the Question'' on IMDb

1947 American television series debuts
1948 American television series endings
Lost television shows
English-language television shows
Black-and-white American television shows
Local game shows in the United States
American live television series
Television in Philadelphia