Players
spin a giant slot machine and answer general knowledge questions.A simple description for
a durable
series, remembered today as the successful return to network television
for Jack Barry, who had been disgraced in the quiz scandals of the late
fifties. The show ran for three years on the CBS daytime
schedule,
then after a two-year hiatus, began a long and successful run in
syndication
in the fall of 1977.
In 1984, during Jack
Barry's long
illness, Jim Peck filled in as host.
Following
Barry's death in May, Bill became the regular host at the start of the
1984 season. This would be Bill's last series.
VIDEO
All of Bill's episodes are
assumed
to exist. Remarkably, even the earliest CBS network shows with
original
host Jack Barry survive.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Screen grabs and more specifics at Adam Nedeff's Bill Cullen's World
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