Take Your Choice

Take Your Choice was an unsold comedy quiz show pilot hosted by the late Fred Allen.

Gameplay
Contestants selected their very own questions (in three different topics) for their partner to answer in an attempt to win $5,000.

Trivia
On Buzzr's official website, on the schedule bar on top, it said "Take Your Choice '46" when the pilot was indeed taped in '54. In the into, you can see Fred Allen "awkwardly" standing beside the logo. One of the contestants on this pilot was Professor Roger Holmes of Mt. Holyoke College, inventor of a "thinking machine". Variety articles from May and June 1954 indicate that this was pitched by Goodson-Todman for NBC's 1954-55 season, essentially replacing their previously short-lived game show Judge For Yourself (also hosted by Allen) which had ended in May. It is likely due to Allen's heart condition not allowing him to emcee a more "strenuous" game or quiz show, the hostess (i.e. Hoffa) and announcer (i.e. Antoine) did much of the heavy lifting. This had been the case on Judge For Yourself which had been created by Goodson-Todman specifically to accommodate Allen, who on that show did little more than interview th contestant and introduce the acts. This was the first unsold Goodson-Todman pilot where the logo was present but neither the name nor announcement were never said at the end. The second Goodson-Todman pilot It's Predictable hosted by the late Gene Rayburn also did that sixteen years later in 1970. The pilot is held at UCLA Film & Television Archive. In September 2015, a brief clip of this show can be seen in the promo for Buzzr's Lost & Found week. Six years later, the full pilot was seen on Buzzr as part of their 6th Annual Lost & Found marathon on September 25, 2021.