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Make the Connection (1955)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox [ Uploaded Sept 2017]
references:
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Goodson-Todman Production
for
NBC
Sponsored by Borden

US Game Show 1955 13 episodes x 30 min

Host: Jim McKay (07-Jul-1955 to 28-Jul-1955)
Host: Gene Rayburn (04-Aug-1955 to 29-Sep-1955)

Announcers: Lee Vines, Durwood Kirby

Regular panelists: Betty White, Gene Klavan, Gloria DeHaven and Eddie Bracken.

Premise:
Four celebrity panelists tried to "make the connection"
between two people sitting on both sides of the host.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUTwowLVZz8

############ Make the Connection #############
############ season Summer 1955 ##############
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NBC Thursday evenings.(07-Jul-1955 to 29-Sep-1955)

[01] Make the Connection [Premiere]
07Jul1955
Host Jim McKay
Celebrity panelists
Betty White
Gene Klavan
Gloria DeHaven
and Eddie Bracken.

[02] Make the Connection
14Jul1955
Host Jim McKay
Celebrity panelists
Betty White
Gene Klavan
Gloria DeHaven
and Eddie Bracken.

[03] Make the Connection
21Jul1955
Host Jim McKay
Celebrity panelists
Betty White
Gene Klavan
Gloria DeHaven
and Eddie Bracken.

[04] Make the Connection
28Jul1955
Host Jim McKay
Celebrity panelists
Betty White
Gene Klavan
Gloria DeHaven
and Eddie Bracken.

[05] Make the Connection
04Aug1955
Host Gene Rayburn
Celebrity panelists
Betty White
Gene Klavan
Gloria DeHaven
and Eddie Bracken.

[06] Make the Connection
11Aug1955
Host Gene Rayburn
Celebrity panelists
Betty White
Gene Klavan
Gloria DeHaven
and Eddie Bracken.

[07] Make the Connection
18Aug1955
Host Gene Rayburn
Celebrity panelists
Betty White
Gene Klavan
Gloria DeHaven
and Eddie Bracken.

[08] Make the Connection
25Aug1955
Host Gene Rayburn
Celebrity panelists
Betty White
Gene Klavan
Gloria DeHaven
and Eddie Bracken.

Special appearance by Diana Lynn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXo5JKllUBY

[09] Make the Connection
01Sep1955
Host Gene Rayburn
Celebrity panelists
Betty White
Gene Klavan
Gloria DeHaven
and Eddie Bracken.

Special appearance by JJ Muggs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TYRN8tq6pE

[10] Make the Connection
08Sep1955
Host Gene Rayburn
Celebrity panelists
Betty White
Gene Klavan
Gloria DeHaven
and Eddie Bracken.

[11] Make the Connection
15Sep1955
Host Gene Rayburn
Celebrity panelists
Betty White
Gene Klavan
Gloria DeHaven
and Eddie Bracken.

[12] Make the Connection
22Sep1955
Host Gene Rayburn
Celebrity panelists
Betty White
Gene Klavan
Gloria DeHaven
and Eddie Bracken.

[13] Make the Connection [Final episode]
29Sep1955
Host Gene Rayburn
Celebrity panelists
Betty White
Gene Klavan
Gloria DeHaven
and Eddie Bracken.

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