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52 Episodes 1952 - 1953
Episode 1
Tue, Dec 1, 1953
Sponser: Clorets Panel: Gene Rayburn, Joan Alexander, Bill Stern 1st Round - Jack and Jill [olsow pronounced "also"] 2nd Round - A. Bum 3rd Round - George Raft wants to be 21 again 4th Round - Marlene Dietrich.
Episode 1
Tue, Dec 2, 1952
Hal Block, Joan Alexander, Meredith Wilson First Round - Merry Christmas Second Round - Nelson Eddy Celebrity Round - Nelson Eddy [would like to be Robert Q. Lewis] Last Round - A. Bath.
Episode 2
Tue, Dec 8, 1953
Episode 2
Tue, Dec 9, 1952
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Cliff Norton, Joan Alexander, Meredith Willson 1st Round - A. Hip 2nd Round - Aly Kahn 3rd Round - Celebrity Zasu Pitts wants to be Mamie Eisenhower 4th Round - I. Blush.
Episode 3
Tue, Dec 15, 1953
Episode 3
Tue, Dec 16, 1952
Sponser: Johnson's Wax Panel: Cliff Norton, Joan Alexander, Meredith Willson 1st Round - I. Hula 2nd Round - Jerry Mahoney 3rd Round - Celebrity Caesar Romero wants to be Santa Claus 4th Round - A. Bloomer.
Episode 4
Tue, Dec 22, 1953
Episode 4
Tue, Dec 23, 1952
Sponsor: Swanson Panelists: Jerry Lester, Joan Alexander, Meredith Wilson First Round - Jerry Lester [guessed by Joan Alexander] Second Round - Venus De Milo [guessed by Joan Alexander] Celebrity Round - Joe E. Brown [would like to be Joe Di Maggio] No Winner Last Round - A. Punch {Agnes} [No Winner]
Episode 5
Tue, Dec 29, 1953
Episode 5
Tue, Dec 30, 1952
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax Jerry Lester, Joan Alexander, Meredith Willson First Round - Ingrid Bergman Second Round - A. Dame Celebrity Guest: Jeanette MacDonald wants to be Bing Crosby Fourth Round - P.T. Barnum Last Round - Alexander Hamilton.
Episode 6
Tue, Jan 5, 1954
Episode 6
Tue, Jan 6, 1953
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Jerry Lester, Joan Alexander, Meredith Wilson First Round - Walter Winchell Second Round - A. Torso Third Round - Celebrity Guest Arthur Treacher wants to be Hopalong Cassidy Fourth Round - Julius Caesar.
Episode 7
Tue, Jan 12, 1954
Sponser: Swanson 1st Round - Mamie and Ike 2nd Round - A. Father 3rd Round - Phil Silvers would like to own a Turkish Bath 4th Round - Terry Moore.
Episode 7
Tue, Jan 13, 1953
Sponser: Johnson's Wax Bill Cullen, Joan Alexander, Meredith Wilson First Round - Harry Truman Second Round - Monty Woolley Celebrity Guest: Monty Woolley wants to be Johnny Ray Last Round - May Love.
Episode 8
Tue, Jan 19, 1954
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Gene Rayburn, Joan Alexander, Bill Stern 1st Round - Mother Hubbard 2nd Round - Ava Gardner 3rd Round - Salvador Dali wants to draw his version of Robert Q. Lewis.
Episode 8
Tue, Jan 20, 1953
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Bill Cullen, Joan Alexander, Meredith Wilson First Round - A. Kick Second Round - Mamie Eisenhower Third Round - Celebrity Guest Piper Laurie wants to be Francis (the talking) Mule Fourth Round - June Groom.
Episode 9
Tue, Jan 26, 1954
Episode 9
Tue, Jan 27, 1953
Sponser: Johnson's Wax 1st Round - Herbert Hoover 2nd Round - I. Caress 3rd Round - June Havoc wants to be Cleopatra 4th Round - Jack Benny.
Episode 10
Tue, Feb 2, 1954
Episode 10
Tue, Feb 3, 1953
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Jerry Lester, Joan Alexander, Meredith Wilson First Round - A. Back Second Round - Hans Christian Anderson Third Round - Celebrity Guest Chester Morris wants to be Buffalo Bill Cody Fourth Round - Jackie Gleason.
Episode 11
Tue, Feb 9, 1954
Episode 11
Tue, Feb 10, 1953
Sponser: Johnson's Wax Jerry Lester, Joan Alexander, Meredith Wilson First Round - Robert Montgomery Celebrity Guest: Robert Montgomery wants to be Ollie [of Kukla, Fran and Ollie] Third Round - Guglielmo Marconi Last Round - Will Kiss.
Episode 12
Tue, Feb 16, 1954
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Basil Rathbone, Bess Myerson, Gene Rayburn, Joan Alexander 1st Round - Mamie and Ike 2nd Round - A. Father 3rd Round - Phil Silvers would like to own a Turkish Bath 4th Round - Terry Moore.
Episode 12
Tue, Feb 17, 1953
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Jerry Lester, Joan Alexander, Meredith Wilson First Round - Richard Nixon Second Round - A. Green Lemon Third Round - Celebrity Guest Dennis O'Keefe wants to be Popeye Fourth Round - Will Kick.
Episode 13
Tue, Feb 24, 1953
Sponser: Johnson's Wax Panel: Jerry Lester, Joan Alexander, Meredith Willson 1st Round - Scarlett O'Hara 2nd Round - A. Clinch 3rd Round - Morton Downey wants to be Bob Hope 4th Round - Ernest Hemingway.
Episode 14
Tue, Mar 2, 1954
Sponser: Clorets Panel: Basil Rathbone, Bess Myerson, Gene Rayburn, Joan Alexander 1st Round - Bess Myerson 2nd Round - Mickey Rooney 3rd Round - Celebrity Mickey Rooney wishes to judge a Miss America contest 4th Round - Scotch and Soda.
Episode 14
Tue, Mar 3, 1953
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Jerry Lester, Joan Alexander, Meredith Wilson First Round - Enrico Carusa Second Round - A. Baby Third Round - Celebrity Guest Leslie Caron wants to be Louella Parsons.
Episode 15
Tue, Mar 9, 1954
Episode 15
Tue, Mar 10, 1953
Sponser: Johnson's Wax Panel: Jerry Lester, Joan Alexander, Meredith Willson 1st Round - Will Faint 2nd Round - Henry Ford 3rd Round - Frances Langford wants to be Lucille Ball 4th Round - Hazel Nut.
Episode 16
Tue, Mar 16, 1954
Episode 16
Tue, Mar 17, 1953
Sponser: Swanson Jerry Lester, Joan Alexander, Meredith Wilson First Round - Perry Como Second Round - A. Maid (Young Girl) Celebrity Guest: Edward Everett Horton wants to be Mr. America Last Round - Benjamin Franklin.
Episode 17
Tue, Mar 23, 1954
Episode 17
Tue, Mar 24, 1953
Episode 18
Tue, Mar 30, 1954
Episode 18
Tue, Mar 31, 1953
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Jerry Lester, Joan Alexander, Meredith Willson 1st Round - Rocky Marciano 2nd Round - Mrs. Meredith Willson 3rd Round - Celebrity Gypsy Rose Lee wants to be "Myself" 4th Round - Thomas A. Edison.
Episode 19
Tue, Apr 6, 1954
Sponser: Clorets Panel: Arnold Stang, Bess Myerson, Gene Rayburn, Joan Alexander 1st Round - Arnold Stang 2nd Round - Othello and Desdemona 3rd Round - Art Carney wishes everybody in the audience was built like Bess 4th Round - A. Scratch.
Episode 19
Tue, Apr 7, 1953
Sponser: Johnson's Wax Guest Host: Conrad Nagel Jerry Lester, Joan Alexander, Meredith Wilson First Round - Woodrow Wilson Second Round - Capt. Kidd Celebrity Guest: Denise Darcel wants to be Danny Kaye Last Round - A. Male.
Episode 20
Tue, Apr 13, 1954
Episode 20
Tue, Apr 14, 1953
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Carl Reiner, Joan Alexander, Meredith Wilson First Round - Wendell Willkie Second Round - Charles Coburn Third Round - Celebrity Guest Charles Coburn wants to be Romeo Fourth Round - I. Flirt.
Episode 21
Tue, Apr 20, 1954
Sponser: Clorets Panel: Arnold Stang, Bess Myerson, Gene Rayburn, Joan Alexander 1st Round - Pocahontas 2nd Round - Thomas Mitchell 3rd Round - Celebrity Thomas Mitchell wants to do "Nothing" 4th Round - A. Mom.
Episode 21
Tue, Apr 21, 1953
Episode 22
Tue, Apr 27, 1954
Episode 22
Tue, Apr 28, 1953
Episode 23
Tue, May 4, 1954
Episode 23
Tue, May 5, 1953
Episode 24
Tue, May 11, 1954
Episode 24
Tue, May 12, 1953
Episode 25
Tue, May 18, 1954
Episode 25
Tue, May 19, 1953
Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle appeared on this episode of the classic game show in the "I'd like to be..." segment. The panel had to find out through yes or no questioning that Mickey would have liked to have been Prince Phillip of England, if he wasn't himself. Two strong clues give away the date of the original airing of this episode. Host Robert Q. Lewis mentioned to Mantle that he had watched the Yankee game the day before the show's taping and remarked that it was a very long game. The Yankees in fact played an extra inning game in New York on Sunday, May 17, 1953 that lasted 3:33. This episode must have been taped in a theatre on Monday, May 18 for broadcast on Tuesday night May 19. The Yankees did not play the day of the taping, which is the only way Mantle could have appeared as a guest on the show. The second clue exposed that Prince Phillip was married to Princess Elizabeth whom panelist Joan Alexander remarked "is going to be a star in a ceremony shortly." Elizabeth II's coronation ceremony was held on June 2, 1953, just two weeks after Alexander made the comment on the show.
Episode 26
Tue, May 25, 1954
Episode 26
Tue, May 26, 1953
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Carl Reiner, Joan Alexander, Meredith Willson 1st Round - Dorothy Lamour 2nd Round - A. Stork 3rd Round - Mickey Mantle wants to be Prince Philip 4th Round - Tommy Manville 5th Round - Henry Clay.
Episode 27
Tue, Jun 1, 1954
Episode 27
Tue, Jun 2, 1953
Episode 28
Tue, Jun 8, 1954
Episode 28
Tue, Jun 9, 1953
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Carl Reiner, Joan Alexander, Dane Clark 1st Round - Jane Russell 2nd Round - A. Husband 3rd Round - Eve Arden wants to be The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe 4th Round - Virginia Beach 5th Round - Jenny Lind.
Episode 29
Tue, Jun 15, 1954
Episode 29
Tue, Jun 16, 1953
Episode 30
Tue, Jun 22, 1954
Episode 30
Tue, Jun 23, 1953
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Carl Reiner, Joan Alexander, Dane Clark 1st Round - Shirley Booth 2nd Round - A. Wrinkle 3rd Round - Zsa Zsa Gabor wants to be Lady Godiva.
Episode 31
Tue, Jun 30, 1953
Sponser: Johnson's Wax Panel: Carl Reiner, Joan Alexander, Bill Stern 1st Round - Bill Stern 2nd Round - Robin Hood 3rd Round - Gracie Fields wants to be Salome 4th Round - A. Brain 5th Round - Rudyard Kipling.
Episode 32
Tue, Jul 6, 1954
Episode 32
Tue, Jul 7, 1953
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Carl Reiner, Joan Alexander, Gene Rayburn 1st Round - Huey P. Long 2nd Round - Ruby Lips 3rd Round - Peter Lawford wants to be Peter Rabbit.
Episode 33
Tue, Jul 14, 1953
Sponser: Johnson's Wax Panel: Carl Reiner, Joan Alexander, Meredith Willson 1st Round - John Dillinger 2nd Round - Steve Allen [Jr.] 3rd Round - Celebrity Steve Allen wants to be Gene Autry 4th Round - A. Muscle.
Episode 34
Tue, Jul 20, 1954
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Arnold Stang, Bess Myerson, John Newland, Joan Alexander 1st Round - A. Man 2nd Round - Robert Cummings 3rd Round - Celebrity Robert Cummings wants to judge the Miss Universe Contest 4th Round - Grandma Moses 5th Round - Annie Oakley.
Episode 34
Tue, Jul 21, 1953
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Carl Reiner, Joan Alexander, Bill Stern 1st Rnd - A. Fish 2nd Rnd - Ronald Reagan 3rd Rnd - Celebrity Ronald Reagan wants to be Edmund Hillary [climbed mt. Everest] 4th Rnd - Abraham Lincoln 5th Rnd - Al Smith.
Episode 35
Tue, Jul 27, 1954
Sponser: Chicken Of The Sea Panel: Arnold Stang, Bess Myerson, John Newland, Joan Alexander 1st Rnd - A. Mouse 2nd Rnd - Roy Campanella 3rd Rnd - Celebrity Roy Campanella wants Robert Q. to pitch for the Giants 4th Rnd - Dagwood Bumstead.
Episode 35
Tue, Jul 28, 1953
Sponser: Johnson's Wax Panel: Carl Reiner, Joan Alexander, Bill Stern 1st Round - Robinson Crusoe [Possibly 1st African American on show] 2nd Round - A. Hen 3rd Round - Mel Torme wants to be Billy the Kid 4th Round - Ed Sullivan.
Episode 36
Tue, Aug 3, 195430 mins
Episode 36
Tue, Aug 4, 1953
Sponser: Swanson Panel: Carl Reiner, Joan Alexander, Bill Stern 1st Round - Marilyn Monroe 2nd Round - Michael Angelo 3rd Round - Gloria DeHaven wants to be Eve 4th Round - A. Harem.
Episode 37
Tue, Aug 10, 195430 mins
Sponser: Chicken Of The Sea Panel: Arnold Stang, Bess Myerson, Gene Rayburn, Joan Alexander 1st Round - A. Zipper 2nd Round - Dennis O'Keefe 3rd Round - Celebrity Dennis O'Keefe bets he can tell who is kissing him [Bess or Joan].
Episode 37
Tue, Aug 11, 1953
Episode 38
Tue, Aug 18, 1953
Episode 39
Tue, Aug 25, 1953
Episode 40
Tue, Sep 1, 1953
Episode 40
Tue, Aug 31, 1954
Episode 41
Tue, Sep 8, 1953
Episode 42
Tue, Sep 15, 1953
1st Round - Robert Q. Lewis 2nd Round - Miss America 3rd Round - Evelyn Ay [Miss America 1954] wants to be the mother of three children 4th Round - A. Tongue.
Episode 43
Tue, Sep 22, 1953
Episode 44
Tue, Sep 29, 1953
Episode 45
Tue, Oct 6, 1953
Episode 46
Tue, Oct 13, 1953
Episode 47
Tue, Oct 20, 1953
Episode 48
Tue, Oct 27, 1953
Episode 49
Tue, Nov 3, 1953
Episode 50
Tue, Nov 10, 1953
Episode 51
Tue, Nov 17, 1953
Sponser: Johnson's Wax Panel: Gene Rayburn, Joan Alexander, Bill Stern 1st Round - Goodson and Todman [2 kids] 2nd Round - A. Redhead 3rd Round - Paul Whiteman would like: Men should wear short pants year round 4th Round - Myrna Loy.
Episode 52
Tue, Nov 24, 1953