Game Shows
From 1952-64 contestants each week did this in Garry Moore’s ear.
What is whisper their secret identity (whisper a secret in his ear)?
A mental institution, a record company, or Richard Simmon’s place.
What is an asylum?
If you put money in an IRA, you’re putting it in this.
What is an individual retirement account?
Until 5th c. invention of stirrups, horses kneeled to be mounted, like these desert animals.
What are camels?
The Arroyo Seco Parkway was the 1st link in this, L.A’s favorite way to travel.
What is the freeway?
On it Pat says, “Hit bankrupt & lose all your money, but once you buy a prize it’s yours to keep”.
What is Wheel of Fortune?
Garment put on the insane, it’s bound to keep the wearer uptight.
What is a straightjacket?
The name of cookie maker Nabisco stands for this.
What is the National Biscuit Company?
Kumis, a fermented Mongolian beverage, is made from this horse byproduct.
What is mare’s milk?
The city’s largest university, or what happens when the smog lifts.
What is UCLA (“You See L.A”)?
Host who might’ve asked the stars, “Farmer Fred runs his farm backwards, even his cows go..”
Who is Gene Rayburn?
Psychologically revealing verbal faux pas or what Sigmund might have worn in drag.
What is a Freudian slip?
City whose name is derived from Texas, Arkansas & Louisiana.
What is Texarkana?
From the Spanish for “stray”, these wild Western horses are direct descendants of conquistadors’ mounts.
What is the mustang?
Second largest city park in U.S., it’s home to an observatory and zoo.
What is Griffith Park?
The highest score you could amass with going over on “Gambit”.
What is 21?
Word, meaning of unsound mind, it is strictly a legal term & not a medical one.
What is insane (insanity)?
UNESCO, from which America withdrew from, is an acronym for this.
What is United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization?
From Latin “caballus”, meaning horse, comes this word for a unit of soldiers on horseback.
What is a cavalry?
For the 1st few days of 1985, this Los Angeles landmark read “Raffeysod”.
What is the “Hollywood Sign”?
Original host of “The Price is Right”, then hosted “The Joker’s Wild”.
Who is Bill Cullen?
Psychiatrist’s degree which separates them from a psychologist.
What is an M.D?
Al Capp’s students wildly indignant about nearly everything.
What is S.W.I.N.E?
Name of Robert E. Lee’s spirited gray.
What is Traveller?
Of all major pro sports teams these are the only 2 that play in the same division as well as the same city.
Who are the L.A Lakers & Clippers?