''Campus Hoopla'' is an American game show that ran on the

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network from December 27, 1946, until it ended on December 12, 1947.

Format

The show was centered on a group of teenagers ("complete with 'cheerleaders' and 'students'") in a

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. Episodes included up-to-date sports scores and film footage from recent games. It began as a half-hour program but "after several months" was cut to 15 minutes.

Cast

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- Host * Bob Stanton - Sports Reporter *

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- Commercial Spokeswoman *Jack Kilty and Anne Crowley - Song-and-dance act

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basketball coach and author

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was also featured on the program.

Production

''Campus Hoopla'' originated from WNBT-TV. Owen Davis, Jr., Ernie Colling, and Ken Young were producers.

Episode status

Episode segments of live TV broadcasts (video and audio) of ''Campus Hoopla'' dating from 1947 exist in the Hubert Chain Collection of the earliest kinescopes still in existence, as preserved in the

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(Moving Image Collection). Audio recordings of live TV broadcasts of this show are also on file at the Library of Congress from the 1946–47 period, as recorded from WNBT-TV.

Sponsor

Eva Marie Saint, the cheerleader who did live

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sneakers commercials on this program, also talks about her performance on this early TV show along with photos in 1947 and 1949 issues of ''

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'' magazine. The show was sponsored by U.S. Rubber (makers of Keds). U. S. Rubber ended its sponsorship for the summer of 1947, leaving the program sustaining during that period.

Critical response

A review of ''Campus Hoopla'' in the trade publication ''

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'' described the program as "good entertainment, running smoothly and offering the right kind of fresh, young divertissement."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0129668, Campus Hoopla NBC game shows 1946 American television series debuts 1947 American television series endings 1940s American game shows Black-and-white American television shows American English-language television shows