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Joker's Wild was a British comedy panel show produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network. Airing in the late 1960s and 1970s, the program featured a panel of four comedians who were given topics and required to tell as many jokes as possible. The series was chaired by Barry Cryer and featured regular panelists such as Ted Ray and Arthur Askey. It was designed for audiences looking for rapid-fire traditional joke-telling and light comedic banter.
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Who was the chairman of Joker's Wild?
The show was chaired by comedian Barry Cryer, the longtime British comedy writer and performer. He kept order over a panel of four competing comedians.
When did Joker's Wild air and who produced it?
It ran on ITV from around 1969 to 1974, produced by Yorkshire Television at its Leeds studios. It was a fixture of the network's daytime and early-evening comedy lineup in the early 1970s.
How did the format of Joker's Wild work?
Each episode gave the four panelists a topic, and the comedians competed to tell as many jokes on that subject as possible. It was a joke-telling contest rather than a quiz, with Cryer awarding points for the funniest contributions.
Is the British Joker's Wild related to the American game show of the same name?
No, the two are unrelated apart from the name. The American Joker's Wild, hosted by Jack Barry, was a slot-machine-style quiz show that debuted on CBS in 1972, while the British series was a comedy panel program.
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