Television
| It Pays to Be Ignorant (TV) | |
|---|---|
| Format | Game show |
| Created by | Tom Howard |
| Presented by | Tom Howard (1949/1951) Joe Flynn (1973-1974) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Tom Howard Productions (1949-1951) Hatos-Hall Productions (1973-1974) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS (1949) NBC (1951) Syndicated (1973-1974) |
| Original run | June 6, 1949 – September, 1974 |
The original radio cast brought the show to television. It was first seen on CBS from June 6 to September 19, 1949. After two years, the series returned on NBC from July 5 to September 27, 1951. A spoof of this version was done in the mid-1950s by Jackie Gleason.
The series was revived by Stefan Hatos-Monty Hall Productions as a weekly syndicated series from September 10, 1973 to September, 1974. In this version, host Joe Flynn queried panelists Jo Anne Worley, Billy Baxter and Match Game regular Charles Nelson Reilly. Not long after this version discontinued production, Flynn died from drowning in his swimming pool.
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