Well-known celebrities were disguised in elaborate costumes and makeup when they appeared as contestants on Masquerade Party. The costumes were designed to serve as a clue to the panellists, who questioned the celebrities in an attempt to guess their real identities.
When contestants answered the panellists’ questions they used a special microphone which also disguised their voices.
Any prize money won by contestants was donated to their favourite charities.
Screening for nine seasons, Masquerade Party went through six moderators and a total of 19 regular panellists.
Richard Dawson moderated a syndicated revival of the show during the 1974-1975 season, with regular panellists Bill Bixby, Lee Meriwether and Nipsey Russell.
Moderators
Bud Collyer (1952)
Douglas Edwards (1953)
Peter Donald (1954-1956)
Eddie Bracken (1957)
Robert Q Lewis (1958)
Bert Parks (1958-1960)
Richard Dawson (1974)
Video
Related Posts
Gong Show, The 1 9 7 6 - 1 9 7 8 (USA) For real 'scraping the bottom-of-the-barrel' entertainment, you couldn't go past The Gong…
For Love or Money (USA) 1 9 5 8 - 1 9 5 9 (USA) Contestants chose whether to play for the offered prizes on view…
Winner Takes All 1 9 7 5 - 1 9 8 7 (UK) Jimmy Tarbuck welcomed the guests and the unseen Geoffrey Wheeler…
Dotto 1 9 5 8 (USA) At the time of Dotto’s cancellation in August 1958, it was the highest-rated daytime television…
$64,000 Question, The 1 9 5 5 - 1 9 5 8 (USA) Before the quiz show scandal of the late 1950s, The $64,000 Question was…
