Say When!! January 6, 1961 Episode 5

[@jasonstone5953]

Thank you for sharing these gems!

[@NJack-uu8ej]

What a joy to see this! My young friends and I used to watch this back in the day and never missed an episode. We even created our own 'home version' for many hours of fun. Thanks for posting!

[@ericsamuelson5656]

A new episode of Say When! Thank you so much! Art James would be surprised.

[@davidsherman7739]

I remember this episode! I was in first grade, and was home sick with the Chicken Pox.

[@psalm37v4]

Oh thank you so much!!! I’ve only seen two episodes of the show, the pilot and another episode. I wish there were more. But I’m so glad to find a new one (to me anyway). It’s shows like this that I wish I could make a comeback.

[@mcmlxii4419]

Interesting! It's a rare show all right! I've never heard of it, and I'm a huge classic TV buff. Anyway, thank you for the upload! I love watching the old "What's My Line" episodes from the 1950s on KZbin, so I was definitely interested to see this!! Again, many thanks!

[@christopherangel6690]

I used to have thr home game, pretty fun!

[@Juliaflo]

Thank you a MILLION times over for posting this. Don't figure out my age, but I remember watching this program on my days off from school--this was when the quotidian television fare consisted of game shows, daytime dramas (a/k/a soap operas), and reruns of popular television programs, particularly situation comedies. I also give thanks for the glory of You Tube.

[@kbobdonahue1966]

Awesome, Thank you for uploading this. My brother, Dolf, was born January 21, 1961, one day after JFK was inaugurated and 15 days after this episode aired.

[@jmdocs]

Wow - great find. Sustaining, which is interesting.

[@tomservo56954]

This episode has paid commercials--not sustaining.

[@jmdocs]

@@tomservo56954 Sorry - thanks for clarifying!

[@LaptopLarry330]

The program had commercials, but there was space to insert local commercials to the program.

[@LaptopLarry330]

Also, because of the Quiz Show Scandals, the FCC made it illegal to have corporate sponsor names directly displayed during the program (panel shows were exempted for a time, before this practice ended by around 1963).

[@tomservo56954]

@LaptopLarry330 And the network would run a promo/PSA if the local station didn't cut away because it didn't sell the time.

[@Football-Sidelines-NO]

This is the first time I see this game show, really neat, has a good pace, makes you think in a restricted time format, I think it would work today

[@paulmatulavich7321]

I turned 8 years old on that same day. Now I'm 70. My gosh!

[@tirmyta]

Thank you!

[@ConradMason-ei8hm]

Thanks for posting this ( with the Original Commercials in tact ) i watched the one that was posted sometime back from ( i believe ) 1969 with the 2 ladies playing against each other. This one was way before James did the Marble Machine. please post more of these if availible.

[@danielanderson4726]

Wayne Howell not only did this show, but he was the voice of Concentration in its later years and the Miss American Pageant for many years.

[@keithhyttinen8275]

This is edge of your seat excitement! LOL

[@michaelwascom62]

I vaguely remember this game show. Probably watched it, as a kid. It APPEARS to be a parody of "The Price is Right"; which at the time (1961) was an enormously popular game show, with host Bill Cullen. NOTE that Art James mentions Montgomery Ward --- a venerable retailer from yesteryear.

[@marktubeie07]

16:05 😂😂😂😂😂😂 just my sense of humor...

[@ferociousgumby]

This reminds me of Pass the Line, one of the deadliest game shows ever.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

You can kinda see the scanline separating the middle of the screen of this kinescope.

[@tonypanzarella9387]

Art James, whose given name was Arthur Simeonovich Efimchick. His parents didn't know when to ... "say when".

[@RangerJohnreid]

Big deal! Arthur Simeonovich Efimchicks are a dime a dozen!

[@Heres_Johnny.]

He’s a little dull

[@jamesqualls8125]

Interesting, send the trivia question to Bob Goen Game Show Network radio

[@spannmona]

11:09 CLUTCH!

[@gnirolnamlerf593]

Where on earth have you found these kinescopes? Thank you for posting them, though. This was one of my favorite game shows when I was a little kid. I had the home version too and played it with my family. About 15 years later, I was a contestant on the 3W's with Art James. He was a great host.

[@stevengolden9009]

Art James was a great host. It is so sad that so little of his work survives. I was also a big fan of The Who, What, or Where Game. Would LOVE to see more of those.

[@donnapodhurst6552]

crazy stuff

[@AdamJ617]

Pretty addictive for the time.

[@njadakaboles9999]

It reminds me of price is right pricing pick a pair or bonus game

[@davidbarbaree3160]

Did Art James intentionally flip a bird at the 0:40 mark? Or was that just a random eyebrow rub?

[@JIMOTOOLE1949]

Wow! From the very first week Say When was on the air! Camouflage, hosted by Don Morrow, premiered the very next week. Those were the days.

[@Juliaflo]

You hit me where I live with Camouflage. I loved that show. Yes, I guess I'm slightly giving away my age (21-plus).

[@hf6150]

I can only think of one other game show that used a guitar for main music - the daytime "Let's Make a Deal."

[@2005dave]

Well, Ivan Ditmars had other instruments in his LMAD Orchestra besides a guitar, but it was very predominant. With Say When, it was just Carmen Mastren and his guitar. Quite a unique sound.

[@foxmccloud7055]

Rumor has it that this inspired the show "Give 'N Take" created by Bill Caruthers.

[@edmondedwards6729]

was that les paul playing those short fills during the prize reveals?

[@mbclev]

No, it was Carmen Mastren.

[@witherblaze]

Any other game shows you got?

[@chumrain]

I have more game shows on film, and will be posting them as time permits.

[@witherblaze]

@@chumrain nice! Can't wait to see 'em!

[@tomservo56954]

​@@witherblazeSame here

[@miketuttle9319]

3:12

[@labeef1953]

Vacation in Puerto Rico for $396!!😅😅😅

[@ScottNapolitan]

How about that? Aired precisely 25 years to the day before the $1 million COAL premiered. Also Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak. (Not to mention 1-6-61 is a palindrome.)

[@debers59]

I like that game that game i also love whats my line

[@jonathanmccool2871]

A 28 piece set of Le Creuset for $234??? You couldn’t get a lid for that now.

[@allenjones3130]

SAY WHEN! was produced by Goodson/Todman for NBC. The contestants were well dressed.😢

[@mcfunwow]

Has a lot of elements of The Price is Right, unsurprisingly, as that was also Goodson/Todman.

[@Juliaflo]

@@mcfunwow Goodson-Todman virtually OWNED the game show industry.

[@williamdunphy352]

Introduced by Wayne Howell.

[@wmbrown6]

Sounds like Roger Tuttle on the "Bell Telephone Hour" promo at the end.

[@RangerJohnreid]

The show was a flop. It ran three months. There was a home game though!

[@artkurtz9238]

Say When!! ran 4 1/4 years on NBC.

[@shoredude2]

It ran from January 1961 to March 1965.

[@rebeccadavis7219]

i forgot how sexist

[@darlalove8863]

Go away with your load of crap.

[@TGUlricksen]

That game was so rigged omg.