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You're Putting Me On
You're Putting Me On! is an NBC game show in which celebrities tried to communicate the identities of famous people through odd and interesting clues. Bill Leyden was the original host, with Larry Blyden taking over halfway through the run. The program was broadcast from June 30 to December 26, 1969, at 1:30 pm.
Gameplay.
Three teams, composed of a "regular" celebrity and a guest celebrity, were each given 100 points to start the game. Each team played
behind the microphone, Leyden's chronic health problems limited his on-screen work in the latter half of the 1960s (Bill Cullen and Larry Blyden filled in for Leyden on "You're Putting Me On", with Blyden becoming the permanent host of the show when Leyden suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in September 1969. He died six months later at the age of 53). For his television work, Leyden received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Game shows.
- "You're Putting Me On