The show first aired on NBC on January 13, 1950, then on DuMont from March 21, 1952, to July 24, 1955, and finally on ABC. The last show was aired on ABC on February 25, 1956. In its ABC run, Life Begins at Eighty was aired opposite two anthology series, Appointment with Adventure on CBS and The Loretta Young Show on NBC. Prior to its television run, the show began on radio in 1948.
The show was hosted by Jack Barry, and consisted of viewers at home writing questions for the octogenarian panel to answer. There were usually four panelists; the two permanent spots on the panel were given to Broadwayactress Georgiana Carhart, and Fred Stein, cousin of writer and poet Gertrude Stein.
Life Begins at Eighty was a spin-off of the popular panel discussion series Juvenile Jury, in which young children answered questions from the viewers at home. The panels were combined in Wisdom of the Ages, which ran on DuMont from December 1952 to June 1953.
The series was parodied in a Sesame Street game show sketch starring Guy Smiley titled, Happiness Begins at 40.
Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN0-345-31864-1
External links
Life Begins at Eighty at IMDB
DuMont historical website
December 31, 2022
life, begins, eighty, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, september, 2021, learn, when. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Life Begins at Eighty news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Life Begins at Eighty is an American panel discussion television series which aired from January 1950 to February 1956 Life Begins at EightyGenrePanel showPresented byJack BarryCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionRunning time25 minutesReleaseOriginal networkNBC 1950 52 DuMont 1952 55 ABC 1955 56 Picture formatBlack and whiteAudio formatMonauralOriginal releaseJanuary 13 1950 1950 01 13 February 25 1956 1956 02 25 Contents 1 Broadcast history 2 Episode status 3 See also 4 Bibliography 5 External linksBroadcast history EditThe show first aired on NBC on January 13 1950 then on DuMont from March 21 1952 to July 24 1955 and finally on ABC The last show was aired on ABC on February 25 1956 In its ABC run Life Begins at Eighty was aired opposite two anthology series Appointment with Adventure on CBS and The Loretta Young Show on NBC Prior to its television run the show began on radio in 1948 The show was hosted by Jack Barry and consisted of viewers at home writing questions for the octogenarian panel to answer There were usually four panelists the two permanent spots on the panel were given to Broadway actress Georgiana Carhart and Fred Stein cousin of writer and poet Gertrude Stein Life Begins at Eighty was a spin off of the popular panel discussion series Juvenile Jury in which young children answered questions from the viewers at home The panels were combined in Wisdom of the Ages which ran on DuMont from December 1952 to June 1953 The series was parodied in a Sesame Street game show sketch starring Guy Smiley titled Happiness Begins at 40 Episode status EditOne episode is in the collection of the Paley Center for Media and two episodes are held in the J Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress See also EditList of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcastsBibliography EditDavid Weinstein The Forgotten Network DuMont and the Birth of American Television Philadelphia Temple University Press 2004 ISBN 1 59213 245 6 Alex McNeil Total Television Fourth edition New York Penguin Books 1980 ISBN 0 14 024916 8 Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows Third edition New York Ballantine Books 1964 ISBN 0 345 31864 1External links EditLife Begins at Eighty at IMDB DuMont historical website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Life Begins at Eighty amp oldid 1093761977, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
