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A preceded Wheel of Fortune-like word game where letters were revealed by numbers.

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  • Number Please
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  • A preceded Wheel of Fortune-like word game where letters were revealed by numbers.
  • Game Show produced by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions for ABC and hosted by Bud Collyer which replaced Beat the Clock, a Goodson-Todman game hosted by Collyer. The daytime game had two contestants facing a pair of 19-slot boards (numbered, as you'd expect, from 1-19; the top row belonged to the champion). The contestants each chose three numbers to start the game, then alternated picking one number at a time to reveal either letters or spaces. Originally, each match consisted of a single pair of puzzles. By May, the format was altered to a best-of-three match.
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  • Game Show produced by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions for ABC and hosted by Bud Collyer which replaced Beat the Clock, a Goodson-Todman game hosted by Collyer. The daytime game had two contestants facing a pair of 19-slot boards (numbered, as you'd expect, from 1-19; the top row belonged to the champion). The contestants each chose three numbers to start the game, then alternated picking one number at a time to reveal either letters or spaces. This continued until one of them buzzed-in, in which case s/he then had to give the answer to both their own puzzle and their opponent's exactly as they were on the board. Doing so awarded the puzzle answers (always prizes, and always related to each other), along with a few bonuses. Originally, each match consisted of a single pair of puzzles. By May, the format was altered to a best-of-three match. The show ran from January 30-December 29, 1961 and, while Collyer continued with To Tell the Truth on CBS, Number Please quickly dropped into obscurity thanks to being wiped.
  • A preceded Wheel of Fortune-like word game where letters were revealed by numbers.
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