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The $64,000 Question was created by Louis G. Cowan, formerly known for radio's Quiz Kids and the television series Stop the Music and Down You Go.Cowan drew the inspiration for the name from Take It or Leave It, and its $64 top prize offering.
The $64,000 Question was a British quiz show based on the American format of the same name.The show originally ran from 19 May 1956 to 18 January 1958 produced by ATV and was originally hosted by Jerry Desmonde, and called simply The 64,000 Question with the top prize initially being 64,000 sixpences (£1,600), later doubling to 64,000 shillings (£3,200).
March was arguably best known as the host of The $64,000 Question, which he helmed from 1955 to 1958. In addition to his hosting duties, March also sang a version of the show's theme music in 1956, titled "Love Is the Sixty-Four Thousand Dollar Question."
Playing off the success of "The $64,000 Question," "The Big Surprise" offered a top prize of $100,000 to contestants who could correctly answer difficult trivia questions.
During the 1940s, "That's the $64 question" became a common catchphrase for a particularly difficult question or problem. In addition to the common phrase "Take it or leave it", the show also popularized another phrase, widely spoken in the 1940s as a taunt but now mostly forgotten (except in Warner Bros. cartoons).
Joyce Diane Bauer Brothers (October 20, 1927 – May 13, 2013) was an American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer.. In 1955, she won the top prize on the American game show The $64,000 Question. [1]
Ross, through earlier winnings on The Big Surprise and a new appearance on The $64,000 Question, reached $164,000. [19] Ross's total was surpassed by ten-year-old Robert Strom, [20] [21] on The $64,000 Question on April 16. [22] Strom would go on to win $242,600 in various game show appearances by mid-1958.
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