Author Topic: "Eye Guess" had celebrities...? (Read 2440 times)

TwoInchQuad · « **on:** July 08, 2009, 04:44:21 PM »

To quote Dick Martin: "I didn't know that..."

Here's a link to an auction that supplied that little bit of info, which I'm guessing comes from the little blurb that is often pasted to the back of these type of promo photos:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NBC-GAME-SHOW-SERIES-M...emZ170355153954

(not my auction, no connection to seller, etc...)

Anyone have any memories of seeing familiar faces on the show (apart from Bill's that is)?

-Kevin

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #1 on:** July 08, 2009, 06:10:59 PM »

Actually, Adam Nedeff and I (your two intrepid Cullen chroniclers on the WWW) were all over this, based on an earlier Cullen photo auction that Adam discovered.

The press release that must have come with the photo was touting a special celebrity week of shows, which aired October 17-21, 1966. It was a big week for NBC's daytime lineup, what with the debut of The Pat Boone Show as well as the premiere of some sort of new tic-tac-toe game played with celebrities.

Celebrities for the Eye Guess week were as follows:

Monday: Joan Fontaine and Darren McGavin
Tuesday: Betsy Palmer and Barry Nelson
Wednesday: Julia Meade and Mel Brooks
Thursday: Marty Allen and Steve Rossi
Friday: Bill and his wife Ann as contestants, Jack Clark hosting

Interestingly, Mel Brooks was such a low-wattage star at that point, he's not mentioned in the press release.

This'll all turn up on a way-overdue Bill Cullen Homepage update soon.

TwoInchQuad · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2009, 03:58:44 AM »

That's why I love this place...

Thanks, Matt!

-Kevin

calliaume · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2009, 10:00:07 AM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'219797\' date=\'Jul 8 2009, 05:10 PM\']Interestingly, Mel Brooks was such a low-wattage star at that point, he's not mentioned in the press release.[/quote]
In 1966, Mel Brooks would have been best known as the creator of Get Smart and as The 2,000 Year Old Man. The Producers was two years away, and he really hadn't made a lot of on-camera appearances.