Abe Burrows spoofed "Treasure Hunt" as "The Worldwide Wicket Treasure Hunt" and the Pirate Girl as "Your Worldwide Wicket Treasure Hunt" in his smash-hit Broadway musical (music and lyrics by Frank Loesser) "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying."
I think the Pirate Girl on part two (2/4) was Marion Stafford, who according to IMDB was one of the earliest Playboy centerfold models (March 1956.) Regardless, this is some super historical footage!
Great footage! I'm still waiting for somebody to unearth some footage of Seven Keys gameplay with Jack Narz. Did any of it survive, to anybody's knowledge?
Just to confirm that the broadcast date of this show was 20 March 1958. There's a reference to "this Friday's" episode of The Thin Man that was broadcast on 21 March; Jan has the little girl pick a postcard from the Thursday door of the big drum; and Jan mentions at the end that tomorrow is the first day of spring. I loved this show when I was a little kid, and it was good to see it again after more than fifty years.
Abe Burrows spoofed "Treasure Hunt" as "The Worldwide Wicket Treasure Hunt" and the Pirate Girl as "Your Worldwide Wicket Treasure Hunt" in his smash-hit Broadway musical (music and lyrics by Frank Loesser) "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying."
Noveltooner 3 months ago
I think the Pirate Girl on part two (2/4) was Marion Stafford, who according to IMDB was one of the earliest Playboy centerfold models (March 1956.) Regardless, this is some super historical footage!
greatseapenguin 7 months ago
Great footage! I'm still waiting for somebody to unearth some footage of Seven Keys gameplay with Jack Narz. Did any of it survive, to anybody's knowledge?
prairielooner 1 year ago
Just to confirm that the broadcast date of this show was 20 March 1958. There's a reference to "this Friday's" episode of The Thin Man that was broadcast on 21 March; Jan has the little girl pick a postcard from the Thursday door of the big drum; and Jan mentions at the end that tomorrow is the first day of spring. I loved this show when I was a little kid, and it was good to see it again after more than fifty years.
caatcher 1 year ago 2
@caatcher Thank you for the confirmation. I think Jan Murray was a great game show host. I'm glad you got to see it again :) -Michael
hwy61media 1 year ago
Very intersting I loved it! Where do you get this shows from?
gorditaangel 1 year ago
@gorditaangel Thank you. Almost everything comes from archive(dot)org. It's all free for everyone.
hwy61media 1 year ago
very weird but somehow entertaining. Jan wanted to do his standup routine in the worst way but ya gots to pay the bills, right?
bigred997 2 years ago
Let me try this again. I posted my reply under the wrong account a minute ago :)
Hi Larry. Sorry for the late response but it is great to hear from you again. You're right about Jan but I really like him in this show.
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
hwy61media 2 years ago
hahaha - I'd just about forgotten this - Jan was pretty good
gnativerson 2 years ago
Yes, I like Jan Murray as host. Lot's of enthusiasm!
hwy61media 2 years ago
Not bad but compared to Groucho this host isn't even half as good as groucho
NaturalBornHedonist 2 years ago