- All About Faces
:"Not to be confused with the
1960 ABC game showAbout Faces , which had a completely different format."Infobox Television
show_name = All About Faces
genre =Game show
producer =Screen Gems Television
starring =Richard Hayes
country = USA/Canada
language = English
location =Toronto, Ontario, Canada , CFTO-TV
channel = Syndication/CTV
first_aired =August 30 ,1971
last_aired =September ,1972 "All About Faces" was game show which ran from August 30, 1971 to September, 1972; The series incorporated a "hidden camera" format similar to "
Candid Camera " and "Punk'd ". The program was produced in Toronto byScreen Gems , at the studios ofCFTO-TV . Richard Hayes was host, and the show's producer wasDan Enright . The show was short-lived, lasting only one season in UStelevision syndication and on Canada's CTV.Two teams, each consisting of a celebrity and a friend or relative, would be shown a clip of an unsuspecting person placed in an embarrassing situation, recorded by a hidden camera, and as the film was frozen on a closeup of the person's face, the contestants had to wager on how the person would react. For example, a person in a cab is told by the driver that he is nearsighted and color blind; the contestants would guess whether the passenger would exit the cab or not. Each team started with $50 and could bet up to that amount in each round; the team with the most money after four rounds won the game, with their winnings donated to their favorite charity.
This was one of several Canadian game shows Dan Enright worked on following his post-
quiz show scandals exile; he would later make a comeback to American game shows when former partnerJack Barry brought him in to produce the final network season of Barry's own successful comeback series, "The Joker's Wild ".
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