One Minute Please

One Minute Please based on the BBC radio show of the same name was a short-lived primetime panel show where the panelists were given a topic and asked to talk nonstop for one minute about the subject. the panelist who talked the most was the winner of that week.

Broadcast
Dumont July 6, 1954-February 17, 1955

Hosts
John K.M. McCarthy Allyn Edwards

Announcer
Don Russell

Packager
Harry S. Goodman Productions

Gameplay
This show was based off a BBC-TV series. Two teams, each composed of three celebrities, were given a topic (such as "How Peter Piper pecked a peck pickled peppers or "How to Begin the Beguine") and each panelists had to incorporate it in a conversation for one minute without undue repetition. Prizes were awarded to members of the studio audience.

Trivia
Allyn Edwards replaced John K.M. McCarthy as host on November 19, 1954. Among the regular panelists were Ernie Kovacs, Hermoine Gingold, Alice Pearce, Annie Burr Marc Connelly and Jimmy Cannon.

The original British version was hosted by Roy Plomley and was broadcasted on BBC Light Programme from 1951-1952 and 1957. Prior to this, the show was the first quiz format from Britain to be sold in American.