5.8 /10 1 Votes
Directed by Hal Persons Country of origin United States No. of episodes 5 Final episode date 31 August 1951 Genre Game show | 5.8/10 IMDb Starring Peter Donald (host) Original language(s) English First episode date 3 August 1951 Number of episodes 5 Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Producer(s) Hal Persons
Ted Persons Similar Game show, Alcoa Theatre, The Murder of Mary Phagan, Masquerade Party (Original) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Ad-Libbers is a CBS comedy sketch game show that aired in 1951. A summer replacement for Mama, five live shows were broadcast before the series ended.
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Format
Home viewers were invited to send in story ideas. The host would read the story outline to the performers, who would then attempt to ad-lib dialogue to fit the story.
Cast
The show was hosted by Peter Donald. Regulars included Jack Lemmon, Charles Mendick, Patricia Hosley, Joe Silver, Earl Hammond and Cynthia Stone.
Background
The series was based on a similar program titled What Happens Now? The program aired on local New York station WOR-TV in 1949 and was hosted by Nelson Olmsted. Regulars on the 1949 program included Ross Martin, Carol Ohmart and Larry Blyden.
References
The Ad-Libbers Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA