Query: "$64,000 quesiton"

[Wilson Gray]

"Write [Right] with Eversharp!" to coin a phrase, Sam.

-Wilson

On 5/8/07, Sam Clements <SClements at neo.rr.com> wrote:
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> The original radio show was "Take it or Leave It" which debuted in 1940 and
> ran until 1947. They asked questions which went up to a prize of "$64."
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> The phrase "$64 question" was, by 1942, pretty well known to many Americans
> and used in newspaper stories from that date.
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> The ACTUAL radio show "The $64 Question" debuted in 1950 and ran until 1952.
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> The "$64,000 Question" debuted in 1955 and ran until 1958.
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> Sam Clements
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