The Big Payoff

The Big Payoff was a quiz game show where contestants would have a chance to win prizes.

Broadcast
NBC 1951-1953

CBS 1953-1959

Syndicated 1959-1962

Hosts
Randy Merriman (1951-1957)

Bob Paige (1957-1962)

Bert Parks (1962)

Announcers
Ralph Paul Mort Laurence

Assistant
Bess Myerson (1959)

Models
Susan Sayers

Pat Conlon

Phyllis Hunt

Nancy Walters

Marion James

Pat Conway

Fran Miller

Gameplay
Contestants were selected from men who mailed in letters explaining why the women in their lives deserved prizes. The men were asked four questions (delivered on a silver tray by "Question Girl" Susan Sayers) in order to win prizes like a mink coat or a vacation. Late in the network run, the format changed to three competing couples. For the 1962 revival, there were only two couples.

Music
"A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody (Theme Song)" - Irving Berlin

Vocals- Betty Ann Grove, Denise Lor, and Judy Lynn