Your First Impression
'Your First Impression' | |
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Starring | Bill Leyden Dennis James |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Picture format | Color |
Original release | January 2, 1962 June 26, 1964 | –
Your First Impression is an NBC daytime game show which aired from January 2, 1962, to June 26, 1964.[1] A panel of three celebrities tried to guess the identity of mystery guests from clues supplied by the host. Bill Leyden was the MC of the program, with Dennis James as a regular panelist or alternating host. Filmed in Burbank, California, Your First Impression was a Monty Hall-Art Stark Production. Hall was the series executive producer. The program aired at Noon Eastern time and followed another game, Concentration, then hosted by Hugh Downs.[2]
Celebrities who appeared on the series included Pat Carroll, Bob Crane, Nina Foch, Ross Martin, , Leslie Nielsen, Inger Stevens, Elena Verdugo, Betty White, and Paul Winchell. Joan Crawford was a mystery guest.[3] Richard Nixon appeared as a mystery guest after his losses to John F. Kennedy for President and Edmund G. (Pat) Brown for governor of California. He got a laugh when he was asked to fill in the blank: "I wish that I __________," and he answered, "had been a PT-boat captain." (This was a reference to JFK's World War II heroics as captain of PT-109.)
References[]
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 484. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 936
- ^ "Your First Impression". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved February 10, 2009.
External links[]
- NBC original programming
- American panel games
- 1960s American game shows
- 1962 American television series debuts
- 1964 American television series endings
- Television series by Stefan Hatos-Monty Hall Productions
- English-language television shows