July 17, 1961 (1961-07-17) – September 1969 (1969-09)
It first aired as a local production on KTLA in Los Angeles, California in 1961 with Mike Stokey as host and Stan Chambers as announcer. Dennis James succeeded Stokey as host in 1962, and the last episode aired in August 1963. The format was revived for syndication, debuting nationally on December 16, 1968 with Johnny Gilbert as host and Bill Baldwin as announcer. This version of the show lasted until September 1969.[1]
In the show, contestants competed to form words after being given the first letter, last letter, and number of overall letters. For example, if the letters revealed on the two side by side windows on the game board were G and E, and the indicator called for a word of 5 or more letters, "garage" would be an acceptable answer. If a face belonging to a character called "The Whammy" appeared in a window, a player lost their turn. Each correct word won 10 points, with 100 points winning the game.[1] ("The Whammy" was revived in modified form for Carruthers' Press Your Luck in the 1980s.)
^ abSchwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1999). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (3 ed.). Facts on File, Inc. p. 17. ISBN0-8160-3846-5.
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beat, odds, song, song, american, game, show, created, bill, derman, bing, crosby, productions, created, bybill, dermanpresented, bymike, stokeydennis, jamesjohnny, gilbertnarrated, bystan, chambersbill, baldwincountry, originunited, statesproductionproduceral. For the song see Beat the Odds song Beat the Odds is an American game show created by Bill Derman for Bing Crosby Productions Beat the OddsCreated byBill DermanPresented byMike StokeyDennis JamesJohnny GilbertNarrated byStan ChambersBill BaldwinCountry of originUnited StatesProductionProducerAlan NeumanRunning time22 minutesProduction companyBill Derman Productions for Bing Crosby ProductionsOriginal releaseNetworkKTLASyndicatedReleaseJuly 17 1961 1961 07 17 September 1969 1969 09 It first aired as a local production on KTLA in Los Angeles California in 1961 with Mike Stokey as host and Stan Chambers as announcer Dennis James succeeded Stokey as host in 1962 and the last episode aired in August 1963 The format was revived for syndication debuting nationally on December 16 1968 with Johnny Gilbert as host and Bill Baldwin as announcer This version of the show lasted until September 1969 1 In the show contestants competed to form words after being given the first letter last letter and number of overall letters For example if the letters revealed on the two side by side windows on the game board were G and E and the indicator called for a word of 5 or more letters garage would be an acceptable answer If a face belonging to a character called The Whammy appeared in a window a player lost their turn Each correct word won 10 points with 100 points winning the game 1 The Whammy was revived in modified form for Carruthers Press Your Luck in the 1980s Bill Carruthers attempted to revive the format for ABC in 1975 filming a pilot with Chuck Henry as host This pilot did not sell The Whammy was represented as a blue lightning bolt References edit a b Schwartz David Ryan Steve Wostbrock Fred 1999 The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows 3 ed Facts on File Inc p 17 ISBN 0 8160 3846 5 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Beat the Odds amp oldid 1145378643, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
