The Big Surprise game show with host Mike Wallace

Here is an episode of the NBC game show "The Big Surprise", hosted by Mike Wallace. Jack Clark is the announcer, and actor Errol Flynn appears as a contestant. The show ran from 1955 to 1957 and was originally hosted by Jack Barry.

[@ATINKERER]

Mr. Flynn was AMAZING! How anyone could know such trivial minutia about the sea is incomprehensible to me. In order to know such obscure information about seafaring he surely must have been obsessed with the sea from his early childhood. To the names Jock Cousteau, and Robert Ballard, we should now add the name Errol Flynn!

[@sindifizer3326]

shortly after this episode aired, granlund passed away in las vegas - of which he mentioned he was going to next. this show aired april 7, 1956 and he passed away april 21, 1956.

[@LandondeeL]

Even as a game show host, Mike Wallace asked some tough questions!

[@wm631]

Fascinating - and absolutely invaluable in understanding Flynn; a much-maligned and much underrated individual. If he was "acting" here, it was his greatest performance. Thanks, videoarchives!!

[@LeroyBright]

Hard to imagine that in the closing credits, a producer named Merrill Heatter eventually went on to bigger things such as "Video Village", "Hollywood Squares", "Gambit", "High Rollers", to today's "Catch 21"!

[@bigred997]

if this is all on the level, that is amazing. i knew that errol flynn was a maritime expert but, wow!

[@CineRocco]

That was most enjoyable. Thank you.

[@fromthesidelines]

This originally aired live on February 5, 1957, at the time the show was seen on NBC's Tuesday night schedule [8pm(et)]- "ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATRE" (29:20) presented "Error In Judgment: The Case of Prisoner #16688" {starring Harry Townes} that evening [at 9:30].

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

According to Wikipedia, this is the only episode known to exist today, unfortunately.

[@tyrese3745]

Some 13 years later, Mike Wallace would team up with Harry Reasoner (the latter who leave CBS News for the ABC Evening News at the start of the 1970's) for a then-new CBS News magazine program called "60 Minutes" (which BTW is still on even as we speak).

[@Guitarman1943]

Errol looks good and was in better shape than most people. nothing wrong with his brain. guitarman1943

[@tomservo56954]

There was a fascinating documentary on Turner Classic Movies..."The Adventures of Errol Flynn"

[@tmcullen5956]

Oddly, Jack Barry hosted this show early on, to bank on the success of, "The $64,000 Question" on CBS. This show was produced by EPI--the same company which produced, "Question", using much of the same production staff. "Question" was the show targeted by Barry and NBC with, "Twenty One."

[@M200XL]

so this wasn't a part of the quiz show scandal?

[@Psylliumhead]

So does anyone know what happened on Errol Flynn's $100.000.00 question?

[@TheWestendlad]

I rescued George Wright the 3rd I won 1,000 S he answered a question then and won 100,000S.

[@Rugulah1]

The prize of $100,000 is about the same as $1,000,000 today.

[@videoarchives1000]

Sorry I don't have any more of this series. That's very cool that you were on the show. How did you do?

[@thankfulrhino]

Do you have the other segments that Errol Flynn appeared on the show

[@TheWestendlad]

I was on this show back in 1955 do you have any more episodes??

[@williamdunphy352]

Jack Clark is the announcer.

[@videoarchives1000]

@thankfulrhino no