Down You Go
| Down You Go | |
|---|---|
| Presented by |
Bergen Evans (1951-1956) Bill Cullen (1956) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 24-26 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
DuMont (1951-1955) CBS (1955) ABC (1955-1956) NBC (1956) |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | May 30, 1951 – September 8, 1956 |
Down You Go was an American television game show originally broadcast on the DuMont Television Network. The Emmy Award-nominated series ran from 1951 to 1956 as a prime time series primarily hosted by Dr. Bergen Evans. The program aired in eleven different timeslots during its five-year run.
Down You Go is one of only six series — along with The Arthur Murray Party, Pantomime Quiz, Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, The Ernie Kovacs Show, and The Original Amateur Hour — shown on all four major television networks of the Golden Age of Television (ABC, NBC, CBS, and DuMont).
Down You Go was similar to "Hangman", with a group of four celebrity panelists who were asked to guess a word or phrase submitted by a home viewer. The phrase "down you go" came about when a panelist would be eliminated from play for guessing an incorrect letter, which would be signified by the eliminated panelist pulling a handle to switch their name to "DOWN YOU GO".
Among the regular panelists were comedian Fran Allison, journalist Phyllis Cerf, editor Francis Coughlin, actress Patricia Cutts, actress Carmelita Pope, actor Boris Karloff, author Jean Kerr, and athlete Phil Rizzuto.
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