6.4 /10 1 Votes
5.7/10 TV No. of episodes 13 Original network NBC Final episode date 29 September 1955 Genre Game show | 7.2/10 IMDb Country of origin United States Running time 30 Minutes First episode date 7 July 1955 Number of episodes 13 Program creators Mark Goodson, Bill Todman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by Mark Goodson
Bill Todman Original release July 7 – September 29, 1955 Presented by Jim McKay (July 7–28), Gene Rayburn (August 4-September 29) Similar Game show, The Name's the Same, Play Your Hunch, Break the Bank, Snap Judgment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Make the connection 1955 with panelist betty white
Make the Connection was an American game show, sponsored by Borden, that ran on Thursday nights from July 7 to September 29, 1955 on NBC. Originally hosted by Jim McKay, he was replaced after the first four episodes by Gene Rayburn for the final nine episodes.
Contents
The series was a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production, and as such it had many things in common with the other panel shows developed by the company. Like I've Got a Secret, there were four celebrity panelists who were each given a timed period in which to ask questions. Each panelist that was stumped earned the contestants money.
Betty White made one of her earliest game show appearances as a panelist on the series. The regular panelists were White, Gene Klavan, Gloria DeHaven, and Eddie Bracken.
Rules
The object of the game was for the four celebrity panelists to "make the connection" between two people who would sit on both sides of the host. Each time a panelist failed to make the connection within 30 seconds, the contestant earned $25. The game ended after a panelist guessed the connection or the guest earned $150. Like many of its sister panel shows, it also featured the obligatory appearance by a celebrity guest, who would play the game as a contestant.
Episode status
Only a handful of the thirteen episodes exist, including at least one McKay episode and a Rayburn-hosted edition which featured an overly animated J. Fred Muggs, the Today Show chimpanzee sidekick. GSN has occasionally shown an episode (mostly those hosted by Rayburn) in its "black and white" programming blocks.