Wisdom of the Ages

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Wisdom of the Ages
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Genre Panel show
Presented by Jack Barry
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time23-25 minutes
Original release
Network DuMont
ReleaseDecember 16, 1952 (1952-12-16) 
June 30, 1953 (1953-06-30)

Wisdom of the Ages is a panel show aired on the DuMont Television Network from December 16, 1952, to June 30, 1953. The show combined the ideas of Juvenile Jury and Life Begins at Eighty , with a combined panel of youth and the elderly. Wisdom of the Ages aired Tuesdays at 9:30pm ET, and replaced Quick on the Draw which ended December 9, 1952.[ citation needed ]

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The show was hosted by Jack Barry, and was a production of Barry & Enright Productions. Viewers submitted often-amusing questions or problems to be discussed by five panelists from different age groups – under 20 (Ronnie Mulluzzo, age 8), 20-40 (Marcia Van Dyke, age 28), 40-60 (Leo Cherne, age 40), 60-80 (Mrs. H. V. Kaltenborn, age 64), and over 80 years old (Thomas Clark, age 82). [1]

Episode status

An episode from June 16, 1953, survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. [2]

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References

  1. Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 – Present, page 689, Ballantine Books, 1979
  2. UCLA Library

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