''Face to Face'' is an American television
game show
A game show (or gameshow) is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment where contestants compete in a game for rewards. The shows are typically directed by a game show host, host, who explains the rules of the program as well as commentating a ...
. It began broadcasting on the
NBC Television
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's ...
network on June 9, 1946, and ran until January 26, 1947, on Sundays at 8:00 pm EST,
immediately before ''
Geographically Speaking
''Geographically Speaking'' was an American travel series that debuted on June 9, 1946, on NBC, and aired Sundays at 8:15 pm EST immediately following the game show '' Face to Face''.
Originating at WNBT-TV in New York City, the weekly 15-minut ...
''.
Overview
The concept of the show was for a
cartoonist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the litera ...
to make a drawing of a person whom he had never seen, based on a description given by other people. Originally, the unseen person was in another room. Later in the show, the person was moved onto the stage, separated from the artist by a curtain. This allowed the audience to see the person's face as the drawing took shape.
There were also quiz questions, in which participants had to identify people based on clues.
The show featured Eddie Dunn as the interviewer and
Bob Dunn as the cartoonist. During the show's run, a woman only identified as "Sugar" joined the cast as "a kind of
emcee".
[
Originating at WNBT-TV in New York City, ''Face to Face'' was sponsored by ]Standard Brands
Standard Brands was a packaged foods company, formed in 1929 by J. P. Morgan & Co. with the merger of:
* Fleischmann Company
*Royal Baking Powder Company
* E. W. Gillett Company of Canada (1929) - Toronto-based baking goods company (maker of Ma ...
.
See also
* 1946-47 United States network television schedule
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 0129680, Face to Face
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
Face to Face