You're in the Picture
| You're in the Picture | |
|---|---|
Promotional photo for the show | |
| Created by | Don Lipp Bob Synes |
| Written by | Sydney Zelinka James Shelton ("special material") |
| Directed by | Seymour Robbie |
| Presented by | Jackie Gleason (game) Dennis James (spokesman for Kellogg's) |
| Starring | Pat Harrington Jr. Pat Carroll Jan Sterling Arthur Treacher |
| Narrated by | Johnny Olson |
| Composer | Jackie Gleason |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Steve Carlin |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Idees Grandes, Inc. and Solar Enterprises, Inc., in association with the CBS Television Network |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | January 20 – January 27, 1961 |
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You're in the Picture is an American television game show that aired on CBS for only one episode on Friday, January 20, 1961 at 9:30pm.
The show, created by Don Lipp and Bob Synes, was an attempt by its host and star Jackie Gleason to "demonstrate versatility" after his success within variety shows and The Honeymooners. Gleason was joined by Johnny Olson as announcer and Dennis James doing live commercials for sponsor Kellogg's cereals.
Technically, the show could be said to have run for two episodes, since the following Friday, Gleason appeared at the same time, but in a studio "stripped to the brick walls" and using the time to give what Time magazine called an "inspiring post-mortem", asking rhetorically "how it was possible for a group of trained people to put on so big a flop." Time later cited You're in the Picture as one piece of evidence that the 1960–61 TV season was the "worst in the 13-year history of U.S. network television."