MonsterPerfect
Good idea lost in the noise
Breakinger
A Brilliant Conflict
Logan
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
edwagreen
Typical game show of the 1950s, where groups competed for prizes by engaging in stunts to be completed before the time stopped. It could become hilarious, but after a while, boredom could set in.As far as Bud Collier, forget it.Many people conveniently forget the controversy he was in that might have cost him his job.A contestant appeared and Collier made sure to ask him his name, standard procedure on any game show. The problem was that Collier said to Mr. Cone: How do you spell it? C-o-n-e? He had to make sure that everyone had to know that people with the last name of Cohen never appeared on the program. Since when were contestants asked to spell their last names on any show? This was bigotry at its worst and Collier and the show executives were put on the spot by a barrage of nasty letters, telegrams, etc. to the network.No wonder they had a black family on. They had to cut down on the prejudice.
mitchbear
I began about a couple of years ago watching Kinescope repeats of Beat the Clock on "the Game Show Network". It brought back many memories from when I originally watched it live when I was a kid. One night, among the repeats, I notice the inclusion of an African American family as contestants. I was surprised, and I guess so were a lot of the viewers in the fifties. Because the only time you seen Black people on Television in the fifties, were ether-portraying servants, or Musical entertainers appearing on Variety shows. But I did thought it was interesting that "Beat the Clock" included an African American Family that I think on their next appearance on the show to continue with their stunts, they had no sponsor.... It was too bad, but understandable that "Hazel Bishop Cosmetics " pulled their sponsorship on the family's second appearance. But one has to remember that in fifties and into the early sixties, Television networks and their sponsors did not want to offend their racist Network affricates in the South. So any appearance of Black on Television then was nil.... But I have applause Bud Collier and the producers for being bold enough to take the risk to include a Black Family on the show at a time when Black were beginning to make progress in terms of respect and dignity in the media.
Robert Champ
Whatever happened to Dolores Rosedale? Is she still alive? If so, she would in her late seventies. I've come across more than one site that identifies her with Roxanne Arlen--so the IMDb is not alone in this. I'm not certain how the confusion started, unless Ms. Arlen (who died today, Feb. 22) herself did some game shows. The two women are the same physical types (curvacious blondes), but it is quite obvious, from the pictures of the two at a Roxanne-dedicated website, that they are different people. It's curious that someone who was once so famous could slip so completely into oblivion. You'd think that some TV historian would be scrambling after her story.
bigboy1069
A truly wonderful 50's era show. In addition to Sylvania, this show was also sponsored by Fresh deodorant makers and also by Hazel Bishop, a cosmetics line manufacturer. When the husband/wife teams won the jackpot prize, Sylvania gave away TV sets as prizes while Fresh gave away a wide variety of things such as washer/dryers, refrigerators, or Air Conditionors. The stunts always had an element of humor to them and at times did seem rather difficult, but more often than not teams were able to complete them. There was also a super bonus round which was attempted after the $200 clock had been beaten. This involved a very difficult stunt. For every unsuccessful attempt, $1,000 was added to the prize bonus. The most difficult stunt that I saw had the husband wearing a football helmet with a small plate turned upside down attached to the top of the helmet. The husband then had to balance a wooden dowel attached to a fishing pole on top of the plate. This stunt reached the mid $60 thousands figure before it was successfully completed.
