Season 1 Episodes
31 episodes1
Monday December 30, 1963 (Debut in Color on NBC)
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1963-1964 season
The pilot episode (which was taped in late 1963), aired on Game Show Network on March 4, 2003 (and was repeated several times).
Among the deals:
• Monty deals with a woman who ends up with an inexpensive fur coat. Near the end of the show, when Monty announced the Big Deal and the coat's winner, Maggie Guth, opted for the Big Deal, Hall revealed one of the coat's pockets had something in them -- five shares of U.S. Steel stock worth $265
Note: The above mentioned deal often was a trick Monty used in the future when contestants won zonks, to tempt them into keeping them or passing it up for another unknown. Yup, there might be a valuable prize (or perhaps, another zonk, and so on) concealed inside. The U.S. Steel stock prize was fairly modest, even by 1963 standards, but many times, there were such things as car keys, plane tickets to exotic destinations and checks/wads of cash worth thousands of dollars hidden inside those cheap furs, dusty living room couches, broken TVs, etc.
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Tuesday December 31, 1963
4
Wednesday January 1, 1964 (Preempted for NCAA Football)
5
Thursday January 2, 1964
6
Friday January 3, 1964
7
Monday January 6, 1964
8
Tuesday January 7, 1964
9
Wednesday January 8, 1964
10
Thursday January 9, 1964
11
Friday January 10, 1964
12
Monday January 13, 1964
13
Tuesday January 14, 1964
14
Wednesday January 15, 1964
15
Thursday January 16, 1964
16
Friday January 17, 1964
17
Monday January 20, 1964
18
Tuesday January 21, 1964
19
Wednesday January 22, 1964
20
Thursday January 23, 1964
21
Friday January 24, 1964
22
Monday January 27, 1964
23
Tuesday January 28, 1964
24
Wednesday January 29, 1964
25
Thursday January 30, 1964
26
Friday January 31, 1964
27
Monday February 3, 1964
28
Tuesday February 4, 1964
29
Wednesday February 5, 1964
30
Thursday February 6, 1964
31
Friday February 7, 1964