Keep Talking was a primetime television game show broadcast in the United States from the summer of 1958 to the spring of 1960.

Production

The show was a hosted panelist/game show produced by Wolf Productions and broadcast in the United States the summer of 1958, and in both the 1958-59 and the 1959-60 primetime television seasons, though on different days, times, and networks each season.

CBS

CBS

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 broadcast the show on three different days in various timeslots:

• 7:30-8 PM (EST) on Tuesdays from July 15, 1958 through October 1958, with Monty Hall
  Monty Hall
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   as host
• 10–10:30 PM (EST) on Sundays (November 1958 through February 1959) with Carl Reiner
  Carl Reiner
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   as host
• 8–8:30 PM (EST) on Wednesdays (February 1959 through September 1959) with Carl Reiner as host.

During this CBS run, other celebrities, such as Vincent Price

Vincent Price

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, filled in as host when needed. These shows were filmed in CBS Studio 51 in New York City.

The show moved to ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 for the 1959-60 season, filmed in the ABC Studios in California with Merv Griffin as host — the show was broadcast back on Tuesday again, but at a later time, 10:30-11 pm (EST). The last show was broadcast May 3, 1960.

Format

Six celebrity panelists, divided into two teams, would try to guess a secret word given to one player on each team. These two players would then proceed to tell a story to their team involving that word, yet not using that word. Narration of the story would jump from team-mate to team-mate, often leaving the new narrator at a loss as to how to continue the story. Little attention was paid to scoring and points—the point was for the panelists to build their ad-lib story seamlessly and entertainingly.

Stars

Among the panelists who appeared during the run of the show were:

• Morey Amsterdam
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• Paul Winchell
  Paul Winchell
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• Peggy Cass
  Peggy Cass
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• Pat Carroll
  Pat Carroll
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• Orson Bean
  Orson Bean
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• Joey Bishop
  Joey Bishop
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• Danny Dayton
  Danny Dayton
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• Ilka Chase
  Ilka Chase
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   (CBS run only)
• Elaine May
  Elaine May
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   (CBS run only)
• Audrey Meadows
  Audrey Meadows
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  (CBS run only)

External links

• Keep Talking webpage on the IMDB website