How's Your Mother-in-Law?

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How's Your Mother-in-Law?
Created by Chuck Barris
Presented by Wink Martindale
Narrated by Johnny Jacobs
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production company Chuck Barris Productions
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseDecember 4, 1967 (1967-12-04) –
March 1, 1968 (1968-03-01)

How's Your Mother-in-Law? is a comedy game show hosted by Wink Martindale that aired on ABC from December 4, 1967 to March 1, 1968. [1]

Contents

The daytime series was produced and created by Chuck Barris during a period which, as he recounted in his autobiography Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, had him creating horrible formats due to the success of The Newlywed Game and The Dating Game (he also created The Family Game earlier in 1967).

Gameplay

Three mothers-in-law were represented by comedians acting as "defense attorneys". On the first week, the comedians were George Carlin, Richard Dawson, and Larry Storch; the show later included Nipsey Russell, Milt Kamen and Richard Dawson.

After each comedian presented his "case", a "jury" of five unmarried men and five unmarried women picked the mother-in-law they'd most like to have. That mother-in-law received $100. Each woman's son-in-law provided information (usually derogatory) to the comedians before the show.

Episode status

Four episodes are held at the UCLA Film and Television Archive – the Premiere, Episode #12 (December 19), and the show's two pilots (titled Here Come the Mothers-in-Law). [2]

References

  1. ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 224. ISBN   978-0823083152 . Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ↑ UCLA Archive: How's Your Mother-in-Law?


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