Fun for the Money

Fun For The Money is a game show where the rules of baseball were inspired by it, which featured two teams competing in various stunts and games, each round of which constituted an 'inning'.

Broadcast
ABC Primetime June 17-December 9, 1949

Host
Johnny Olson

Gameplay
On this show, set in a baseball-like atmosphere, members of four-main teams had to perform tasks given them, such as putting a diaper on a doll or hitting a football with a croquet mallet. Performance of each stunt constituted an inning of the game and the team with the most points won cash prizes and a chance to earn more by answering a jackpot question.

Trivia
Fun For The Money was the only game show that was emceed by veteran game show announcer of Goodson-Todman Johnny Olson. Olson did host numerous variety and talk shows for the Dumont network in the late 40's and early 50's.