The game involves two 15-minute periods, in which a random person would be asked to act out or re-enact a famous Hollywood movie scene (such as the race scene from the 1964 movie Viva Las Vegas). They would then be helped out by Adams and guest celebrities who appeared on the show. Usually, Adams would direct; however, on occasion, he would act along with the contestant and the guest celebrity, and another celebrity would direct. Blunders such as forgotten lines, failures of props, and celebrities ad-libbing would provide additional comedy.
A second contestant would do the same. At the end, both contestants would see their screen tests, and the contestant whose screen test was judged to be better by a well-known director (different for each episode) was declared the winner and given a walk-on part on an upcoming movie or television show.
Episode statusedit
The series is held in its entirety (including the hour-long pilot taped May 16, 1975) by Universal Television[1] but has not been seen since its original airing.
Notesedit
^Clip of an episode, posted by a staff member who worked on the series
Referencesedit
The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows, 2nd ed., 1995, Schwartz, Ryan, and Wostbrock
adams, screen, test, american, game, show, that, aired, syndication, season, hosted, actor, adams, announcer, charlie, donnell, adams, show, hostcreated, bydon, adamspresented, bydon, adamsnarrated, bycharlie, donnellcountry, originunited, statesno, episodes24. Don Adams Screen Test is an American game show that aired in syndication for one season It was hosted by actor Don Adams and the announcer was Charlie O Donnell Don Adams Screen TestAdams as the show s hostCreated byDon AdamsPresented byDon AdamsNarrated byCharlie O DonnellCountry of originUnited StatesNo of episodes24 1 pilot ProductionRunning time24 mins Production companyStacey ProductionsOriginal releaseNetworkSyndicatedReleaseSeptember 7 1975 1975 09 07 September 19 1976 1976 09 19 Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Episode status 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksGameplay editThe game involves two 15 minute periods in which a random person would be asked to act out or re enact a famous Hollywood movie scene such as the race scene from the 1964 movie Viva Las Vegas They would then be helped out by Adams and guest celebrities who appeared on the show Usually Adams would direct however on occasion he would act along with the contestant and the guest celebrity and another celebrity would direct Blunders such as forgotten lines failures of props and celebrities ad libbing would provide additional comedy A second contestant would do the same At the end both contestants would see their screen tests and the contestant whose screen test was judged to be better by a well known director different for each episode was declared the winner and given a walk on part on an upcoming movie or television show Episode status editThe series is held in its entirety including the hour long pilot taped May 16 1975 by Universal Television 1 but has not been seen since its original airing Notes edit Clip of an episode posted by a staff member who worked on the seriesReferences editThe Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows 2nd ed 1995 Schwartz Ryan and WostbrockExternal links editDon Adams Screen Test at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Don Adams 27 Screen Test amp oldid 1203230910, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
