The Big Payoff Game show (1962)
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- A game show that could have been a one of he most politically incorrect game shows ever if it ever came back to it's original format. Questions were asked, fashions were won, and the big payoff prize was a mink coat.
The host was Bob Paige, who before was actor and singer, and afterwards became a news anchor on KABC-TV in Los Angeles, then a political correspondent for ABC News.
On Tuesdays part of the show was called The Little Big Payoff. Children were the contestants for this part. The host was a girl from my grammar school class names Cathy Macasy. I remember her leaving class early on Tuesdays so she could go to Manhattan to do the show
My grandparents were on the show in 1959. Back then, the women weren't allowed to speak, but could help their husbands by whispering in their ear. My grandmother wrote a complaint to the station and they invited the two of them on, being on the first episode of the show where female contestants were allowed to talk.
I thought "Big Payoff" left the air in 1959, so I wonder if this was a pilot for a revival that didn't get picked-up by a network or go into first-run syndication.
In spite of its political incorrectness, it was interesting that co-host Denise Lor got equal billing alongside Bob Paige during announcer Mort Lawrence's intro for "The Big Payoff".
Denise was once a singing regular during Garry Moore's daytime variety show just a few years earlier on CBS, so her vocal experience came in handy during that second "fashionette".
My brother and I were on The Little Payoff in the 50's. Won prizes. I have been searching for years. I have written letters to t.v. stations and have had no luck at all. I always wondered if I could get a copy of the taping of the show we were on? Bess Myerson was the hostess and I got to sit on her lap.
+Denise Alberga My parents were on the Big Payoff. I'd love to see that taping!! I wish I knew the date, though. That would help tracking it down. Hope you have some luck!
I was also on the Little Payoff in the 50's. I was on with my neighbor Marvin - the both of us were redheads and I won lots of prizes. I too would like to find a copy ofthe taping
If "Big Payoff" were to be revived today, they probably wouldn't be giving away mink coats!
However, they could offer high-end wardrobes and jewelry.
If "Big Payoff" were to be revived today, it would be considered sexist and misogynistic.
I wasn't alive in the 1950's. How and why exactly was this game show so popular at that time?
Cool host and cool show.....Love it.
I need the rules
This is as close to rules that I could find from gameshows.fandom.com/wiki/The_Big_Payoff
"Contestants were selected from men who mailed in letters explaining why the women in their lives deserved prizes. The men were asked up to four questions (delivered on a silver tray by "Question Girl" Susan Sayers) for luxurious prizes like jewelry, appliances, and other prizes. If he correctly answered all of the first three questions, he would be asked a Payoff Question which, if answered correctly, won the couple the "Big Payoff" of a mink coat for the wife, a car for the man, and a trip aboard Pan American Airlines (later KLM Royal Dutch) for both.
"During the daytime edition's final three weeks, the format changed to three couples competing in a guessing game for points. After three questions, the couple with the highest score answered the Payoff Question. For the 1962 revival, there were only two couples."