Hold It Please

Hold It Please was a short-lived primetime game show where the show's regulars would act out a scene, after which the contestants would try to answer questions about the scene.

Broadcast
CBS Primetime May 8-May 22, 1949

Host
Gil Fates

Regulars
Bill McGraw

Mort Marshall

Cloris Leachman

Gameplay
A cast of regulars "acted" out questions for contestants to answer. The questions could relate to an event in history or be entirely fictional. A contestant who successfully answered the question then played for a $1,000 jackpot. If they won the jackpot, they remain on the show as assistant emcee until there was a new jackpot winner.