Concentration (1958)
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Quick Facts
- Premiered
- Aug 1958
- Runtime
- 30 mins
- Language
- English
- Status
- Ended
Networks
NBC
Storyline
Producers Jack Barry and Dan Enright created this classic game show, based on the children's matching memory game Concentration. The first match aired on August 25-29, 1958, but it seemed doomed when Barry and Enright (because of their roles in the fast-unfolding Quiz Show Scandals) were forced to relinquish their ownership of the game. However, NBC-TV took over production and the rest is history. 2 contestants, including a returning champion, competed to solve a rebus hidden beneath a board of 30 numbers (1-30). The board itself concealed the names of prizes(good or joke),wild cards and other action cards (described below). Each player in turn, called out a pair of numbers. No match gave his/her opponent control of the board, but a match gave whatever prize was printed on the card or allowed him/her to perform an action.
Episodes
Cast
Gene Wood
Announcer
Johnny Olson
Announcer
Wayne Howell
Announcer
Art James
Announcer
Bill McCord
Announcer
Jim Lucas
Announcer
Alex Trebek
Host
Jack Narz
Host
Hugh Downs
Host
Bob Clayton
Host
Don Pardo
Substitute Announcer
Vic Roby
Substitute Announcer
Jack Barry
Host - Nightime Version