Underplayed Gems

Cash and Carry (1946)

Cash and Carry poster
Genre
game show
Country
United States
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
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

Contestants answer questions to win prizes in a mock grocery store. The show was an early television game show broadcast on the DuMont Network.

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What happens

Cash and Carry is an American television game show hosted by Dennis James that ran on the then-both affiliates of the DuMont Television Network from June 20, 1946, to July 1, 1947. This made it not only the sole program aired on Thursday nights by the network (although it moved to Tuesday nights in April), but also the first "network" television game show (all previous television games and quizzes were aired on only one station). A July 6, 1947 newspaper TV listing showed the show was broadcast on WABD on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m., immediately following DuMont's popular Small Fry Club. This series was sponsored by Libby's Foods, and produced by Art Stark, later producer of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1962 to 1969. The show was set in a grocery store, with contestants taking cans, which had questions for them to answer, off the shelves. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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