Pot o' Gold was radio's first big-money giveaway program, garnering huge ratings within four weeks of its 1939 debut.
"[1] The premise of the radio program, created by Ed Byron, was that any person who picked up the telephone when host Horace Heidt called would automatically win $1,000.
[4] A new show by the same name returned on ABC for a run from October 2, 1946 to March 26, 1947 hosted by singing clown Happy Felton with music by the Harry Salter Orchestra and vocalists Vera Holly[5] and Jimmy Carroll (1913–72).
[7] Two months later, however, the DOJ declined to prosecute, essentially giving Pot o' Gold a "clean bill of health.
Directed by George Marshall and produced by James Roosevelt, the movie Pot o' Gold was released April 3, 1941, eight months before the NBC radio series came to an end.