Can do no can do

[lipb...@gmail.com]

Does anyone remember a TV show of the 1950's called Can do no can do?

[Mark Jeffries]

I remember reading about a show called "Can Do," which ran on NBC in prime time right before the quiz scandals.  It was fronted by Jack Barry and from what I read was a cross between a big money quiz show and a panel game show (the thing had Burl Ives as a panelist, IIRC).  Seems to me that it went off the air as the quiz scandals broke and replaced by a prime time version of "Concentration," which had just started in NBC daytime and with Barry hosting.  That went off six weeks later, as Barry and Dan Enright became persona non grata at the network and all of their shows save the daytime shows ("Concentration," the allegedly unrigged daytime "Tic Tac Dough" and the music quiz "Dough Re Mi") were taken off the air and their names stricken from the credits.

Mark Jeffries
Saints Spotlight Editor
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On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 2:44 PM, <lipb...@gmail.com> wrote:

Does anyone remember a TV show of the 1950's called Can do no can do?

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[K.M. Richards]

Brooks & Marsh confirm air dates November 26-December 31, 1956.

They describe it as offering contestants "the opportunity to win up to $50,000 for correctly guessing whether famous show-business personalities could successfully perform certain stunts."   Typical of the period, the first round was relatively low ($1,500) and doubled with each round and an incorrect guess meant the contestant took home 10% of what he or she had won up to the miss (i.e., the second round guess was worth $3,000 if correct and $150 if incorrect).

The only two celebrities identified by B&M were Sal Mineo (operating a construction crane) and Rory Calhoun (performing an archery feat).

[K.M. Richards]

Should have included:  Airtime 9:00pm ET/8:00 CT, host Robert Alda (Alan's father).