Host | |
Mike Stokey | |
Announcers | |
Art Fleming Art Gilmore Bill Baldwin Charles Woods Don Morrow Don Russell Ed Reimers Ken Niles Jimmy Blaine Terry O'Sullivan | |
Broadcast | |
KTLA (Weekly): 11/13/1947 – 1/1949 KTTV (Weekly): 1/1949 – 1954? (distributed to WCBS from 9/1949 and in syndication during the 1950s) CBS Primetime: 7/3/1950 – 9/25/1950, 7/2/1951 – 8/20/1951, 7/4/1952 – 9/26/1952, 7/10/1953 – 8/28/1953, 7/9/1954 – 8/27/1954, 7/8/1955 – 9/30/1955, 7/6/1956 – 9/7/1956, 7/5/1957 – 9/6/1957 NBC Primetime: 1/2/1952 – 3/26/1952 DuMont Primetime: 10/20/1953 – 4/13/1954 ABC Primetime: 1/22/1955 – 3/6/1955, 4/8/1958 – 9/2/1958, 6/8/1959 – 9/28/1959 ABC Daytime: 5/18/1959 – 10/9/1959 Unsold Pilot: 1962Unsold Pilot for Daily Syndication: 1983 | |
Packager | |
Mike Stokey Productions | |
Distributor | |
Metromedia Productions (1983) |
Mike Stokey's Pantomime Quiz was the first game show to be based on the parlor game Charades; it gave life to a few other game shows using this type of format.
Gameplay[]
Two teams of four celebrities (consisting of three regulars & one guest) competed in this TV adaptation of Charades. In each round, one member of each team had two minutes to get his/her teammates to say famous phrases, quotes & names. But he/she had to do that by acting it out (using pantomime). The team to do that in the least amount of time won the round, and the team with the fastest time for all phrases won the game.
In addition, home viewers got in on the fun by sending their won phrases to the show. The viewers whose phrases were used on the show won cash or prizes; plus the viewers whose phrases stumped the stars (phrases that were not guessed by the teams in less than two minutes) won a bonus.
Timekeepers[]
- Sandra Spence
- Virginia Dwyer
- Spring Mitchell
Music[]
"Huckleberry Duck" by Raymond Scott
Inventor[]
Mike Stokey
Merchandise[]
Various game booklets were released since 1959. In a thin 11x7" spiral-bound game booklet featuring rules, hints, and 300 "stumpers" that had been used on the long-running charades game.
80's Flyer[]
Taping Locations[]
Los Angeles, CA (1947–1953)
New York City, NY (1953–1959)
International Version[]
An Australian version aired in 1957 on Melbourne station GTV-9 and Sydney station ATN-7, with Harry Dearth, George Foster and Jim Russell among those appearing, but proved to be short-lived, running from March to November.
Rating[]
Trivia[]
- Pantomime Quiz was the first TV show to earn an Emmy.
- The show was revived as Stump the Stars, and later as Celebrity Charades.
- Pantomime Quiz was scheduled to be revived in Fall 1983 with Metromedia as the distributor, but that never occurred.
YouTube Links[]
Guests Elaine Stritch & Hans Conried
Guest Star Vincent Price