Underplayed Gems

Missus Goes a Shopping (1944)

Missus Goes a Shopping poster
Genre
game show
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In this game show from the 1940s, a host in a store setting invites housewives to answer questions and earn groceries. It was one of the first game shows on live television and once featured a surprise visit from Jimmy Durante.

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What happens

Missus Goes A-Shopping is one of the earliest game shows to be broadcast on live television. The show first aired on CBS Radio from February 17, 1941 to December 21, 1951. The daytime TV version began November 19, 1947. It was "CBS's first commercial daytime series." The show was "set very simply in a store", with John Reed King as master of ceremonies. It was televised locally on WCBW in New York City as early as December 1944. That same month, Jimmy Durante made an unannounced appearance on the program. On August 3, 1944 the early CBS Television network began airing a primetime TV version until January 22, 1946. The original host was King. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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