How's Your Mother-In-Law?

Host
Wink Martindale
Announcer
Johnny Jacobs Roy Rowan (sub)
Broadcast
Pilots: 11/7/1966 (as Here Come the Mother-In-Laws), Spring? 1967 ABC Daytime: 12/4/1967 – 3/1/1968
Packagers
Chuck Barris Productions/ ABC Television Productions

How's Your Mother-In-Law? was a short-lived comedy variety game show, where three Mothers-in-Law compete on this show. Three celebrities pair up with the mother-in-laws. There is a jury who has to determine which mother-in-law would be the best to take them home. In the pilot from 1966, it was called Here Come the Mother-in-Laws.

Premise[]

Three mothers-in-law were represented by comedians acting as "defense attorneys".

After each comedian presented his "case", a "jury" of five unmarried men and five unmarried women picked the mother-in-law they'd most like to have. That mother-in-law received $100. Each woman's son-in-law provided information (usually derogatory) to the comedians before the show.

NOTE: In the pilot, the winning mother-in-law returned to play the next game against two new mothers-in-law.