Break the Bank - LIVE! (December, 1955)

[@allenjones3130]

Very well-behaved and well-dressed contestants! And Bert was a great singer!

[@nyccatholic2765]

Amazing SHOW from the Producers to the MC to the LIVE Ads to the lovely CONTESTANTS!! Really miss those GREAT OLD DAYS OF CLASSY TALENTED GOODNESS! Much Thanks for your fab Vintage TV Channel! All subscribed🗽🇺🇸

[@altfactor]

Until the previous June (1955), "Break The Bank" probably offered the biggest cash prizes of any TV game show. But in June, 1955, "The $64,000 Question" came on the air, which offered cash jackpots many times bigger.

[@witherblaze]

What was the highest jackpot on this show before the 64k question debuted?

[@spannmona]

And then BTB upped their prize to $250,000. It didn’t work, no one won more than $60K.

[@ninnerj6400]

Got to love Bert and his shtick!

[@sfdcar3d]

This is my wife's family. She is the youngest.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

John Schafer She must have amazing memories of this!

[@thewkovacs316]

was the show rigged? make her tell the truth

[@witherblaze]

@@thewkovacs316 This was not one of the shows accused of being rigged

[@thewkovacs316]

@@witherblaze they were all rigged.

[@wschmrdr]

Those who watched Jumanji and wondered what the heck Robin Williams was doing after starting the car should probably watch that first commercial.

[@davidjackino8831]

I keep expecting jack barry to scream "YOU BREAK THE BANK!" 21 years too early.

[@andrewschroy6368]

Or Joe Farago to scream the same thing 31 years too early. (ducks from tomatoes)

[@Rlotpir1972]

"Break the Bank" was the only game show that was produced by three different companies.

[@Juliaflo]

Three months earlier, Mr. Parks began hosting the Miss America Pageant.

[@nickmad887]

thanks

[@jehobden]

Ceylon is now the independent nation of Sri Lanka.

[@zacheryalderton8787]

Christmas is coming up on Tuesday I am excited

[@mycitywasgone4216]

1300 dollars in 1955 = 12,232.32 in 2019 Not bad money 💰 for “55” ✅

[@anwarwashington5856]

The name ''Break The Bank'' will resurrect 20 years later as a first game show by the men who've been blackballed from the Quiz Show Scandals of the late-50's, Jack Barry & Danny Enright which features 2 contestants playing against 9 celebrity players in a rip-off of Heatter-Quigley's succesful ''Hollywood Squares'' and 9 years later, former B&E executive producer Dick Kline and former B&E staff formed a new production company called ''Kline & Friends'', bringing back the ''BtB'' name this time with 2 married couples playing for seconds(later money)by answering questions that use as a puzzle to a solution, that version was hosted by Gene ''Mr. Match Game'' Rayburn and later future late night infomercial host, Joe Farago:^D!!

[@witherblaze]

No that honor would go to Line Em Up in Canada.

[@allenjones3130]

The Barry & Enright/ABC version of "Break the Bank" was hosted by Tom Kennedy.

[@fromthesidelines]

As seen on ABC's Wednesday night schedule at 9:30pm(et).

[@allenjones3130]

I just loved the logo ABC was using at that time.

[@zacheryalderton7797]

Met in college

[@zacheryalderton7797]

She turned 19 today

[@zacheryalderton7797]

What are the rules

[@psalm37v4]

Contestants were drawn from the studio audience and brought up on stage to play a quiz game. The contestant was asked a series of questions, each worth progressively more money. The goal was to provide enough correct answers (eight, later seven) before making two mistakes. The final question was the "break the bank" question worth all the money in the bank, which began at $1,000. The first incorrect answer returned the player to the previous cash level, and a second miss ended the game and the contestant kept his or her current winnings. The same amount would then be added to the bank. At first, the question values before the bank were $10, $20, $50, $100, $200, $300, and $500. By the mid 1950s, the first right answer won the contestant $25, and the values increased to $50, $100, $200, $300, $500, and finally the bank. On the short-lived daytime edition, the values were $10, $20, $30, $50, $100, $200, $300, and the bank which started at $500.

[@andrewschroy6368]

Game Show Wiki is your friend... gameshows.fandom.com/wiki/Break_the_Bank_(1)

[@nextbarker2702]

Is the only game show Johnny Olson that wasn't a G-T show?

[@Rlotpir1972]

I think Johnny Olson announced an unsold pilot for Jack Barry Productions in 1971 called "Simon Sez", hosted by Bob Barker.

[@zacheryalderton8787]

$ 1300 is not very much money

[@zacheryalderton7797]

Great show i got a new girlfriend Whitney

[@robertbowman984]

When he was dancing with the contestant: Was he holding the question card where the contestant could see the awnser??

[@zacheryalderton8787]

$ 1,300 is not very much in the bank

[@blobydude420productions4]

This was 1955 it was alot 9f money back then i checked the inflation calculator and in today money it would be 12097.31

[@andrewschroy6368]

It's the 50s. What did you expect-- that the bank should start at $1 million? I see you've got a case of "Mo' money syndrome", my friend. ;-)

[@thewkovacs316]

bert was creepy around children

[@classicsportsradionetwork7357]

What the hell is wrong with you?