Eye Bet

Eye Bet was a Canadian television game show hosted by Jim Perry, which aired on CTV from 1972 to 1974.^[1] Perry's announcer, as with most Jim Perry game shows in Canada, was smooth-voiced CFTO-TV weatherman Dave Devall. The object of Eye Bet was for contestants to view old Hollywood movie clips, then answer questions about each clip, testing their skills of observation.^[2]

This game show is similar to that of an ABC game show, The Reel Game, hosted and produced by Jack Barry which was a weekly nighttime series that lasted for a little more than three months.

The series was cancelled by CTV in 1974.^[3]

According to TV North, a book about the history of Canadian television by Peter Kenter, production of Eye Bet was cancelled when the costs of licensing the movie clips became prohibitive.

1. ^ Sheila McCook, "We'll skip the toast to Melba". Ottawa Citizen, May 31, 1972.
2. ^ "CTV plans new shows". Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune, June 2, 1972.
3. ^ Blaik Kirby, "11 new Canadian shows planned by CTV". The Globe and Mail, May 20, 1974.

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