Substitute Hosts
Over the nine-year run, various people sat in Cullen's place while he was on vacation.
- Sonny Fox (June 10, 1957; first substitute host)
- Sam Levenson (March 11, 1958- for 2 weeks)
- Merv Griffin (July 28/August 5, 1959 nighttime)
- Jack Narz (month of May, 1960; Bill's brother-in-law, later that year he began hosting Video Village; his brother Tom Kennedy later hosted a syndicated version of the 1972 The Price Is Right revival during the 1985-86 season.)
- Arlene Francis (February 1, 1961 nighttime; at this point, she was a rare occurrence of a woman hosting a game show)
- Don Pardo (December 31, 1959/December 28, 1962)
- Robert Q. Lewis (December 27, 1963 {Cullen himself was the celebrity guest})
- Johnny Gilbert (specific date unknown)
- Bill Cullen (late February - March 12, 1965; Dorothy Lamour, Anita Louise, and Dennis O'Keefe were among the celebrity guests over the weeks he filled in)
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