Make the Connection (1955)
Make the Connection (1955)
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Release Date
July 7, 1955
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
13
Running Time
30m
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Make the Connection is an American game show, sponsored by Borden, that ran on Thursday nights from July 7 to September 29, 1955, on NBC. Originally hosted by Jim McKay, he was replaced after the first four episodes by Gene Rayburn, who debuted as a game show host on August 4, 1955.
The series was a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production, and as such it had many things in common with the other shows developed by the company. Like I've Got a Secret, there were four celebrity ists who were each given a timed period in which to ask questions. Each ist that was stumped earned the contestants money.
Betty White made one of her earliest game show appearances as a ist on the series (her first on national television was a few weeks earlier on "What's My Line?"). The regular ists were White, Gene Klavan, Gloria DeHaven, and Eddie Bracken.