Bill Cullen
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In the pilot, Bill, Betsy Palmer
and Larry Blyden were the "regular" panelists and in one round, they even
played with civilian contestants.
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regular set of three celebrities, paired each week with three guest celebrities,
tried to identify famous personalities from their partners' responses to
odd questions. ("If you were a piece of furniture, what piece of
furniture would you be?") In a different game played occasionally
by one of the three teams, partners took turns describing famous personalities
any way they could for additional points, a precursor to the Pyramid
main game.
Bill, Peggy Cass and Larry Blyden
made up the original regular team, and Bill Leyden was the host.
Cullen left the show after a few weeks and his chair became a fourth guest
seat. Starting on September 29, approximately halfway through the show's
six-month run, Blyden took over as host. Bill returned the following
week and stayed with the show for the final three months while Blyden's
chair became another rotating position.
All-celebrity games never seem to
click with the viewing public (witness Personality and Password
All-Stars) and this oddity was no exception. It did, however,
manage to draw a few exceptional names in its half year on the air, including
Burt Reynolds, William Shatner and Eli Wallach (see below).
VIDEO
No regular episodes are known to
exist. The pilot, hosted by Broadway and soap veteran Ron Husmann,
is available for viewing at the Museum of Television and Radio in Beverly
Hills.
EPISODE GUIDE
The series is almost certainly lost
forever, but here, courtesy of researcher extraordinaire Brendan
McLaughlin, are the celebrity line-ups for virtually every week of the
series' six-month run. Why? Because he's as obsessive as we
are, and his hard work shouldn't go to waste.
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PILOT
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Bill Cullen
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Betsy Palmer
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Larry Blyden
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Joan Rivers
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Soupy Sales
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Peggy Cass
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June 30
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Larry Blyden
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Totie Fields
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Orson Bean
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Betsy Palmer
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July 7-NO DATA
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July 14
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Larry Blyden
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Brenda Vaccaro
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Jack Cassidy
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Kaye Ballard
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July 21
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Larry Blyden
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Vivian Vance
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Nipsey Russell
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Shari Lewis
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July 28
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Larry Blyden
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Rita Moreno
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Milt Kamen
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Anne Meara
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August 4
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Jack Carter
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Peggy Cass
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Larry Blyden
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Vivian Vance
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Milt Kamen
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Joan Fontaine
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August 11
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Larry Blyden
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Vivian Vance
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William Shatner
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E.J. Peaker
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August 18
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Jack Cassidy
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Peggy Cass
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Larry Blyden
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Nancy Dussault
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Jerry Stiller
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Anne Meara
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August 25
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Eli Wallach
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Peggy Cass
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Larry Blyden
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Chelsea Brown
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Burt Reynolds
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Anne Jackson
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September 1
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Orson Bean
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Peggy Cass
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Larry Blyden
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Brenda Vaccaro
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Robert Morse
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Anne Meara
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September 8
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Jack Carter
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Peggy Cass
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Larry Blyden
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Phyllis Newman
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Jack Cassidy
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Anne Meara
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September 15
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Dick Shawn
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Peggy Cass
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Larry Blyden
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Sheila MacRae
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Corbett Monica
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E.J. Peaker
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September 22
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Marty Allen
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Peggy Cass
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Larry Blyden
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Brenda Vaccaro
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Burt Reynolds
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E.J. Peaker
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September 29
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Milt Kamen
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Peggy Cass
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Mel Torme
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Joan Rivers
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William Shatner
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E.J. Peaker
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October 6
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Jack Cassidy
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Kaye Ballard
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Alejandro Rey
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E.J. Peaker
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October 13
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Nipsey Russell
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Tammy Grimes
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Eli Wallach
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E.J. Peaker
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October 20
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Jack Carter
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Phyllis Newman
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Robert Klein
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E.J. Peaker
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October 27
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Orson Bean
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Brenda Vaccaro
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Barry Nelson
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Phyllis Diller
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November 3
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Marty Allen
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Brenda Vaccaro
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Tiny Tim
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Phyllis Diller
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November 10
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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George Maharis
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Brenda Vaccaro
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John Forsythe
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Emily Yancy
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November 17
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Corbett Monica
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Brenda Vaccaro
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Alejandro Rey
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Joan Fontaine
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November 24
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Dick Shawn
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Totie Fields
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Soupy Sales
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Meredith MacRae
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December 1
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Jack Carter
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Brenda Vaccaro
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Alejandro Rey
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Gwen Verdon
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December 8
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Jim Backus
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Brenda Vaccaro
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James Mason
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Nancy Ames
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December 15
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Peter Lawford
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Brenda Vaccaro
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Corbett Monica
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Rita Moreno
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December 22
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Bill Cullen
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Peggy Cass
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Milt Kamen
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Brenda Vaccaro
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Eli Wallach
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Barbara McNair
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Corbett who? Corbett Monica
(a name we had never heard of until now) was a comedian who had been a
regular on Joey Bishop's sitcom.
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