Hosted by Rip Taylor, the series is a parody of beauty contests, and featured six female contestants (including the occasional overweight ones, as well as celebrities Sandra Bernhard, Rhonda Shear, and actress Teresa Ganzel,[2] and on at least one occasion a male dressed in drag) competing for the title of "$1.98 Beauty Queen".
Round 2 featured each contestant showcasing their "abilities". Round 3 was a swimsuit competition, in which Taylor ushered the contestants on stage and announcer Jacobs cracked jokes about their vital statistics and hobbies.
At the end of each show, Taylor announced the "$1.98 Beauty of The Week." That contestant was presented with a tacky plastic crown, a bouquet of rotten vegetables, and the titular cash prize of $1.98, which Taylor dispensed from a coin holder on his belt.[3]
The outcome was previously arranged, as was noted in the introductory monologue by the announcer[4] and the fine print of the closing credits of each episode.[5]
Music cues used on this show include "Happy Days Are Here Again" (Taylor's theme song), "Oh You Beautiful Doll", and "Ain't She Sweet". In addition, Taylor serenades the winning contestant as a parody of Bert Parks having done the same on the Miss America Pageant.
The show's bandleader, Milton DeLugg, used all the same musicians from the band heard on The Gong Show, plus two additional saxophone players for the first season only.
beauty, show, american, game, show, that, aired, syndication, from, september, 1978, september, 1980, genregame, showcreated, bychuck, barrisdirected, byjohn, dorseypresented, byrip, taylornarrated, byjohnny, jacobscountry, originunited, statesno, seasons2no, . The 1 98 Beauty Show is an American game show that aired in syndication from September 1978 1 to September 1980 The 1 98 Beauty ShowGenreGame showCreated byChuck BarrisDirected byJohn DorseyPresented byRip TaylorNarrated byJohnny JacobsCountry of originUnited StatesNo of seasons2No of episodes78ProductionExecutive producerChuck BarrisProducerPaul PompianCamera setupMulti cameraRunning time22 24 minutesProduction companyChuck Barris ProductionsReleaseOriginal releaseSeptember 4 1978 1978 09 04 September 1980 1980 09 RelatedThe Gong ShowHosted by Rip Taylor the series is a parody of beauty contests and featured six female contestants including the occasional overweight ones as well as celebrities Sandra Bernhard Rhonda Shear and actress Teresa Ganzel 2 and on at least one occasion a male dressed in drag competing for the title of 1 98 Beauty Queen Chuck Barris created the series and was executive producer Johnny Jacobs was the announcer Contents 1 Format 2 Music 3 References 4 External linksFormat editThe show consisted of three rounds during which each contestant was judged by three celebrity panelists These included Jaye P Morgan Jamie Farr Steve Garvey Rosey Grier Patty Andrews Louis Nye Peter Lawford Dorothy Lamour Marty Allen Trini Lopez and the Unknown Comic all of whom had also served as panelists on The Gong Show Emcee Taylor introduced the contestants one at a time Round 2 featured each contestant showcasing their abilities Round 3 was a swimsuit competition in which Taylor ushered the contestants on stage and announcer Jacobs cracked jokes about their vital statistics and hobbies At the end of each show Taylor announced the 1 98 Beauty of The Week That contestant was presented with a tacky plastic crown a bouquet of rotten vegetables and the titular cash prize of 1 98 which Taylor dispensed from a coin holder on his belt 3 The outcome was previously arranged as was noted in the introductory monologue by the announcer 4 and the fine print of the closing credits of each episode 5 Music editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Music cues used on this show include Happy Days Are Here Again Taylor s theme song Oh You Beautiful Doll and Ain t She Sweet In addition Taylor serenades the winning contestant as a parody of Bert Parks having done the same on the Miss America Pageant The show s bandleader Milton DeLugg used all the same musicians from the band heard on The Gong Show plus two additional saxophone players for the first season only References edit 1 98 Beauty Show Game Show Favorites Genzlinger Neil Test The New York Times Retrieved May 25 2010 1 98 Beauty Show on YouTube 1 98 Beauty Show w host Rip Taylor Part 3 YouTube Retrieved November 1 2011 dead YouTube link External links edit 1 98 Beauty Show at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The 1 98 Beauty Show amp oldid 1178258200, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
