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1970's Game Shows: 1950's Game Shows: |
This early panel
show began on television in 1948 after a long radio run and starred
Hollywood DJ Peter Potter.
Occasionally, it
got interesting when the stars ripped
catty remarks off on each other in that oh-so-polite way people
used to have fifty years ago. 'Jukebox Jury' came off like an subdued
version of the Seventies daytime hit Match Game.
Look for a young
Mike ('Mannix') Connors (then known in the business as "Touch" Connors)
in this clip from the KTLA
version of the show, circa 1948. |
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Originally
broadcast for TV on Los Angeles local KNXT, the show went national in
1953 on the ABC network, but lasted only a single network season. No
wonder - it was little more than a radio show brought to life, with
wall-to-wall commercial endorsements and movie plugs (that are still
common on radio).
On
'Jukebox Jury', six young, glamorous late-Forties' B-movie stars and
minor recording artists were on-hand to judge the latest record company
releases. Celebrities like Barry Sullivan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Phyllis
Winger, and Jane Powell form a six pack of stars who line up on either
side of the host. Their job: to sit still and look cool while the three-minute
single played and the TV camera probed them - then offer an opinion
of the record.
