[citation needed] With the success of Groucho Marx and his show, You Bet Your Life, which aired on NBC, Mark Goodson was looking for a similar format that was as much a showcase for the host as it was a game.
Shriner had help in judging correct answers from Mason Welch Gross, a professor from Rutgers University.
Actor Walter O'Keefe and humorist and TV personality Sam Levenson served as Shriner's substitutes.
Kenny Williams (who from 1960, until before his death in 1984, would be the "voice" of nearly all the game shows produced by Merrill Heatter & Bob Quigley) was the announcer.
The show was also remade in the United Kingdom for the then-new ITV network in 1956, lasting only one series.
One episode is included in the set "Classic Game Shows & More", released by Mill Creek Entertainment.
A review of Levenson's second episode in the trade publication Variety said that the show "appears to be uneven in entertainment qualities, rising and dipping according to the human interest of the contestants.
"[3] Specifically, the review noted that in that episode Levenson's "humor clicked" with one couple, while the segment with another pair of contestants lacked spontaneity.