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Having been thoroughly shellacked in audience ratings by CBS's $64,000 Question, the veteran Truth and Consequences last week moved to a new night and a new time (Fri. 8 p.m., NBC). M.C. Jack Bailey also decided that the only way to fight money is with money and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: The Hypnotic Dollars | 10/10/1955 | See Source »

The Big Gamble. To a man with a wife and three daughters to support on $435 a month, "The $64,000 Question" seemed a highly interesting game. In June he wrote a semiserious letter to the producers, beginning: "Being endowed with normal mental faculties . . ." They paid his way to New...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED SERVICES: Semper Chow | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

"Shall he [or she] go for it?" had been asked every week since the program's first contestant drew in sight of the big jackpot. By the time Bible-quoting Mrs. Catherine Kreitzer and Opera Lover Gino Prato stopped at $32,000. newspapers were explaining (often with contradictory results...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Enormity of It | 9/19/1955 | See Source »

Indian Giver. Crumped the San Francisco Chronicle: "As matters stand, the poor fellow who answers the $64,000 question will be able to bank but a small hat ful . . ." The Roanoke (Va.) World-News charged the show was "an illusion-a tax snare" and argued that "Uncle Sam's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Enormity of It | 9/19/1955 | See Source »

With more than 35 million people tuned in, Contestant Kreitzer came to the moment of decision and proved that she has a well-developed sense of both drama and humor. She briskly recalled how confident she had been that she would answer the $8,000, $16,000 and $32,000...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Moderation | 7/25/1955 | See Source »

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