Earn Your Vacation

Earn Your Vacation was a short-lived summer quiz show in which contestants answered geography questions correctly in order to win their dream getaway.

Broadcast
CBS Primetime May 23-September 5, 1954

Host
Johnny Carson

Announcer
Roy Rowan

Assistants
Jackie Lougherty

Millie Sinclair

Gameplay
Contestants answered questions about geography to earn a trip of their choice. Questions were on four levels of ascending difficulty and each level represented part of the trip. if they completed all four, they won their vacation.

Trivia
Earn Your Vacation began as a radio series on June 26, 1949, on CBS with Jay C. Flippen as host.

the show marked Johnny Carson's first national television apperance as well as hist first national hosting gig.