What's the Story
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| What's the Story | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Starring | Walter Kiernan John McCaffery Walt Raney Al Capp Harriet Van Horne Jimmy Cannon Robert Sullivan Bosley Crowther Porthos the dog |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | DuMont |
| Original run | July 25, 1951 – September 23, 1955 |
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What's the Story was an American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network from 1951 to 1955. It was a game show originally hosted by Walt Raney. Later moderators included Walter Kiernan (1951-1953), Al Capp (1953) and John McCaffery (1953-1955). The series aired in eleven different time slots during its four-year run.[1]
In each episode, well-known newspaper columnists or other celebrities would appear on a panel. They were asked to try to identify famous events from clues given by the moderator and his assistants.[2] Among the regular panelists were Robert Sullivan of the New York Daily News, Jimmy Cannon of the New York Post and Harriet Van Horne of the New York World-Telegram.
Though What's the Story was reasonably successful, the series is perhaps most notable for being the last regular series to air on the dying DuMont Network. After the series' last broadcast, in September 1955, the network aired only a few scattered sporting events and ceased broadcasting altogether in 1956.[1]
Like most DuMont programs, no known episodes of What's the Story exist today. Although a few episodes of DuMont series survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive or at Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications, there are no copies of What's the Story among either of the archives.[3]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.
- ^ McNeil, Alex. Total Television. Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
- ^ Ingram, C. (2002). "The DuMont Television Network Historical Web Site". Retrieved January 22, 2007.
[edit] References
- McNeil, Alex. Total Television. Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
- Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.
