Wisdom of the Ages

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.[1]

Wisdom of the Ages
GenrePanel show
Presented byJack Barry
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time23-25 minutes
Release
Original networkDuMont
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original releaseDecember 16, 1952 (1952-12-16) 
June 30, 1953 (1953-06-30)

The show was hosted by Jack Barry, and was a production of Barry & Enright Productions.

Episode status

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

See also

References

Bibliography

  • David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
  • Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
  • Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1
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