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Play Your Hunch was an American game show first hosted by Merv Griffin (who would occasionally sing during the show, and play a song from his piano) from 1958 to 1962, and was then hosted by Robert Q. Lewis until 1963. The announcer for the whole show's run was Johnny Olson. In 2001, Play Your Hunch was ranked #43 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...
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Mervyn Edward Merv Griffin, Jr. ...
Gene Rayburn (December 22, 1917 – November 29, 1999) was an Emmy-nominated American radio and television personality. ...
Robert Q. Lewis (April 5, 1921 – December 11, 1991) was an American radio and television personality, game show host and actor. ...
John Leonard Johnny Olson (May 22, 1910 – October 12, 1985) was an American radio personality and television announcer, most notable for announcing 32 game shows from Mark Goodson-Bill Todman productions, from the late 1950s through the mid 1980s. ...
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Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Mervyn Edward Merv Griffin, Jr. ...
Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Robert Q. Lewis (April 5, 1921 – December 11, 1991) was an American radio and television personality, game show host and actor. ...
Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
John Leonard Johnny Olson (May 22, 1910 – October 12, 1985) was an American radio personality and television announcer, most notable for announcing 32 game shows from Mark Goodson-Bill Todman productions, from the late 1950s through the mid 1980s. ...
Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
TV Guide cover from January 27, 2001, featuring game show hosts Alex Trebek of Jeopardy! and Regis Philbin of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. ...
Play Your Hunch was a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production. It has been considered to be something of a "spin-off" of another more successful Goodson-Todman game, To Tell the Truth. Mark Goodson (January 14, 1915 – December 18, 1992) was an accomplished American television producer who specialized in game shows. ...
Bill Todman (July 31, 1916-July 29, 1979) was an American television producer born in New York City. ...
Nipsey Russell, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen and Kitty Carlisle from the 1969-78 version. ...
Broadcast history The show first aired on CBS from 1958-1959. ABC picked it up in the same year, and then NBC aired it for the rest of its run, concluding in 1963. During the NBC run, two different prime time versions aired, one in 1960, and one in 1962.
Hosts and announcers The show had a few hosts, with the longest tenured being Merv Griffin. After Merv left to begin his talk show, Robert Q. Lewis took over for the rest of the run. It was also hosted by Gene Rayburn of Match Game fame for one month in 1962, as he had subbed for Merv. The Merv Griffin Show was a long-running American television talk show, starring singer Merv Griffin. ...
Gene Rayburn (December 22, 1917 – November 29, 1999) was an Emmy-nominated American radio and television personality. ...
The Match Game was an American television game show, most often hosted by Gene Rayburn. ...
This was Johnny Olson's first regular announcing job with longtime employer Mark Goodson. Olson is better known as the first announcer on the Bob Barker version of The Price is Right, and as the announcer for every version of The Match Game, until the Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...
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The Match Game was an American television game show, most often hosted by Gene Rayburn. ...
Game play Two couples (or occasionally pairs with other relationships) competed. The game revolved around "problems" which involved a choice between three possibilities (often three people) which were always labeled X, Y, and Z. The choices were usually visual. Some questions would have an element of observation; for example, one couple was asked which of three labeled musicians amongst the show's band was not playing his instrument and was merely pretending. Other problems depended mainly on luck in choosing correctly.
The game began with the opposing team. The teams were alternatively presented with problems and had the choice to play or pass after the choices were unveiled but before the problem was described. The couple who played the problem discussed the answer amongst themselves until a chime rang and the couple had to answer. If the couple was wrong, the opponents had the choice between the remaining two answers. If either couple got the right answer, they earned a point, with three points winning the game. At least once every show, the couples would also have to solve a "come-closer" problem, which involved coming up with a mathematical average to a problem (example: how many coffee beans in a displayed container); the team "coming closer" to the actual answer would score the point.
Couples remained on the show as champions until they were defeated. On the CBS version, a bonus game was played by the winning couple for a prize, like a trip, an appliance, a car, etc. Either the show's assistant, or announcer Johnny Olson himself would hide behind one of three "doors" onstage; the couple would simply have to guess which "door" either of them was hiding behind. On the NBC version, each point scored during the game was worth $100.
Episode Status At least some episodes exist. GSN has aired a handful of episodes of the Griffin version in the past (Most recently on early Monday morning August 20, 2007.). The Game Show Network (GSN) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows and interactive television games. ...
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