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Jim:
The new Lucy biography, "Ball of Fire" notes that Desilu pitched a game show for the 1963-64 TV season.  No further details were given.  First time I ever heard of Desilu tinkering in that genre.

PeterMarshallFan:
That would be "By The Numbers," must likely. A home game was released even though the show never got out of California. Jay Stewart was the host.

zachhoran:
[quote name=\'Jim\' date=\'Oct 14 2003, 07:13 PM\'] The new Lucy biography, "Ball of Fire" notes that Desilu pitched a game show for the 1963-64 TV season.  No further details were given.  First time I ever heard of Desilu tinkering in that genre. [/quote]
 I think Desilu had some stake in the 60s You DOn't Say as well. Tom Kennedy mentioned it to Lucy when she did a week of Password Plus, and she'd seemed to have forgotten about it.

uncamark:
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Oct 14 2003, 07:57 PM\'][quote name=\'Jim\' date=\'Oct 14 2003, 07:13 PM\'] The new Lucy biography, "Ball of Fire" notes that Desilu pitched a game show for the 1963-64 TV season.  No further details were given.  First time I ever heard of Desilu tinkering in that genre. [/quote]
I think Desilu had some stake in the 60s You DOn't Say as well. Tom Kennedy mentioned it to Lucy when she did a week of Password Plus, and she'd seemed to have forgotten about it.[/quote]
That's correct--they were listed as co-producers with Ralph Andrews and Bill Yeagmann.  When Lucy sold the company to Gulf + Western in 1967, I believe that the Paramount name appeared in the credits for a while.

chris319:
[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Oct 14 2003, 05:18 PM\'] That would be "By The Numbers," must likely. A home game was released even though the show never got out of California. Jay Stewart was the host. [/quote]
 Was this a local L.A. game show?

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