You're in the Picture

You're in the Picture
Promotional photo for the show.
Created by	Don Lipp Bob Synes
Written by	Sydney Zelinka James Shelton ("special material")
Directed by	Seymour Robbie
Presented by	Jackie Gleason (game) Dennis James (spokesman for Kellogg's)
Starring	Pat Harrington Jr. Pat Carroll Jan Sterling Arthur Treacher
Narrated by	Johnny Olson
Composer(s)	Jackie Gleason
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	2
Production
Producer(s)	Steve Carlin
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Idees Grandes, Inc. and Solar Enterprises, Inc., in association with the CBS Television Network
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	January 20 (1961-01-20) – January 27, 1961 (1961-01-27)
Chronology
Followed by	The Jackie Gleason Show

You're in the Picture is an American television game show that aired on CBS for only one episode on Friday, January 20, 1961 at 9:30pm, the evening of the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy.

The show, created by Don Lipp and Bob Synes, was an attempt by its host and star Jackie Gleason to "demonstrate versatility" after his success within variety shows and The Honeymooners. Gleason was joined by Johnny Olson as announcer and Dennis James doing live commercials for sponsor Kellogg's cereals.

Technically, the show could be said to have run for two episodes, since the following Friday, Gleason appeared at the same time, but in a studio "stripped to the brick walls" and using the time to give what Time magazine called an "inspiring post-mortem", asking rhetorically "how it was possible for a group of trained people to put on so big a flop."Time later cited You're in the Picture as one piece of evidence that the 1960-61 TV season was the "worst in the 13-year history of U.S. network television."

A four-member celebrity panel would stick their heads into a life-sized illustration of a famous scene or song lyric and then take turns asking yes/no questions to Gleason to try to figure out what scene they were a part of. If they were able to figure out the scene, 100 CARE Packages were donated in their name; if they were stumped, the packages were donated in Gleason's name. Live music was provided by a Dixieland band (supposedly arranged by Gleason himself, who had some experience in easy listening arrangements outside his television work) under the direction of Norman Leyden.