The Big Payoff

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The Big Payoff
Format	game show
Starring	Randy Merriman, Bob Paige, Bert Parks, Bess Myerson
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC/CBS
Original run	31 December 1951 – 16 October 1959 (network), 1962 (syndicated)
External links
Official website

"The Big Payoff" was a daytime and primetime game show that premiered on NBC in 1951, and ended its network run on CBS in 1959. It had a brief syndication revival in 1962^[1].

Contestants were selected from men who mailed in letters explaining why the women in their lives deserved prizes. The men were asked four questions (delivered on a silver tray by Question Girl Susan Sayers) in order to win prizes like a mink coat or a vacation. Late in the network run, the format changed to three competing couples. For the 1962 revival, there were only two couples.

The theme song was "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" by Irving Berlin, and the sponsor was Revlon.

[edit] Full Cast

Hosts - Randy Merriman (1951-1953), Bert Parks (1953-1957 and 1959), Bob Paige (1957-1959 and 1962)
Hostess - Bess Myerson
Announcers - Ralph Paul, Mort Laurence
Models - Susan Sayers, Pat Conlon, Nancy Walters, Marion James, Pat Conway, Fran Miller
Singers - Betty Ann Grove, Denise Lor, Judy Lynn