The Ad-Libbers

The Ad-Libbers is a CBS comedy sketch game show that began on August 3, 1951, and ended on September 1, 1951, as a summer replacement for Mama.

Regulars included Jack Lemmon, Charles Mendick, Patricia Housley, Joe Silver, Earl Hammond and Cynthia Stone.

The program aired on local New York station WOR-TV in 1949 and was hosted by Nelson Olmsted.

[4] Regulars on the 1949 program included Ross Martin, Carol Ohmart and Larry Blyden.

"[3] It said that because the actors were not trained in performing spontaneously the demands of the show's format were unrealistic.