The Pressure Pak Show
The Pressure Pak Show is an Australian television game show. It first aired from 1957 to 1958 on the ATN-7 in Sydney and GTV-9 in Melbourne. It was hosted by Jack Davey, who also hosted The Dulux Show and Give it a Go.
The program was a simulcast of a long-running Jack Davey radio programs, broadcast on the Macquarie Radio Network.
Gameplay
According to the National Film and Sound Archive website, it was a guessing game in which the panel and contestants had to determine what phrase the host had picked, within a certain amount of time.[1] According to records of existing episodes, phrases ranged from simple (such as A Worm and Rock Around the Clock) to unusual/humorous (such as A Pygmy On Mt Lofty and Australia's 7th Best Dressed Man)
Episode status
At least 10 episodes are held by National Film and Sound Archive, along with episodes of a radio version.[2] At least one of the surviving television episodes features Jim Russell as one of the panelists[3]
References
- http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=2;parentid=;query=pressure%20pak%20show%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=1;resCount=10
- http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Id%3A138618;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10
- http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=1;parentid=;query=pressure%20pak%20show%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=7;resCount=10