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Hostess
Vera Vague (real name: Barbara Jo Allen)
Broadcast
CBS Primetime: 7/7/1953 – 8/18/1953
Packagers
Harrison-Gould Productions/
CBS Television

Follow The Leader was a short-lived audience participation show where studio contestants tried to reenact a scene that had been performed by hostess Vera Vague in order to win prizes.

Gameplay[]

Two three-minute sketches (one in each half of the show) were enacted by the hostess. A selected member of the studio audience then attempted to reenact the same sketch but on a "loaded" set - one that had chairs that fell apart, windows that wouldn't open, etc. Each routine had 10 parts, with $10 awarded for each one performed correctly. The player who won the most money by achieving a performance closest to the original version of their own sketch won bonus prizes.

Rating[]

Studio[]

CBS Television City, Los Angeles, CA

Trivia[]

This summer-replacement game show was broadcast on alternate weeks with Anyone Can Win.

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