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The four year old game show where contestants picked prizes while trying not to go over a predetermined amount.

Broadcast
NBC - January 3, 1961-March 25, 1965

Packager
Mark Goodson/Bill Todman Productions

Host
Art James

Models
Ruth Halsey

Emily Banks

Gunilla Knudson

Carolyn White

Kristan Johnson

Elizabeth Ames

Announcers
Wayne Howell

Sub Announcers
Roger Tuttle

Fred Collins

Mel Brandt

Music
Carmen Manstren

Gameplay
On this show, two contestants picked off prizes from a group of four. Each time a prize was chosen, a new one replaced it. For each prize selected, its value was added to the player's score. The goal was to have the total of all the prizes chosen to come closer to a set amount than his/her opponent without going over. Anything over the goal amount was a loss. To prevent this from happening, a player in control could decide to "freeze" if the next prize chosen would put him/her over the top. If the contestant's total matched the goal, he/she not only won the game, but also won a "blank check", good for 100 cases of a product. The first player to win two out of three games won the match.

Peter Pan Blooper
At one time, Art was doing a plug for Peter Pan peanut butter. It seemed like he was doing fine, until the minute he put a knife into the jar, which caused the bottom of it to break off and the knife to go through it. He couldn't stop laughing while he finished doing the commercial.

Merchandise
A Board Game based on the show was released by Parker Brothers in 1961.

Other Trivia
This was Art James' first game show, and his only one for Goodson/Todman Productions.

YouTube Video
The Peter Pan Blooper