Ah, the late, lamented DuMont Network. Jackie Gleason got his start there, and so did prolific game show announcer Johnny Olson, who was Gleason's announcer in the final years of Gleason's CBS variety series, and worked on seemingly a bazillion Goodson-Todman games in the 60's, 70's, & 80's, from The Price is Right & Double Dare to Match Game and Body Language, just to name a few.
The history books tell that Olson hosted a variety show, Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room, which, right now, is not available on YouTube. However, DuMont's Kids & Company, from 1951, is. Let's check out this rarity.
Johnny would later appear on camera for skits on the current Price in the 70's up until his passing in the late 80's, and also filled in as a panelist on Match Game.
No rating. Just a public service.
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