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Bowling for Dollars
Genre
Game show
Created by
Bert Claster
Presented by
Various (see below)
Narrated by
Various (see below)
Country of origin
United States
Production
Production locations
Various locations throughout the United States and Canada
Running time
22–24 minutes
Original release
Network
Various local stations
Release
1960s (1960s) – February 2008 (2008-02)
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Bowling for Dollars is a television game show on which people could play the sport of bowling to win cash and sometimes prizes based on how well they bowled.[citation needed]
Unlike most TV game shows of the time, which were taped in either New York or Hollywood and broadcast nationally, Bowling for Dollars was produced by local TV stations and featured contestants from the immediate area. The show was actually a franchise, created by Bert Claster of Claster Television, also the creator of Romper Room. Episodes of Bowling for Dollars were taped either in a local bowling alley or on a pair of bowling lanes constructed right inside the TV studio.
The show reached its heyday in the 1970s. The most recent station to air the format was Detroit, Michigan independent station WADL, which relaunched Bowling for Dollars in September 2013.[1]
^"Detroit Free Press: "Detroit TV classic 'Bowling for Dollars' returning with Bob Allison", April 26, 2013".
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