Haggis Baggis
US television program
Haggis Baggis is an American game show that aired on NBC from 1958 to 1959. Jack Linkletter hosted the primetime version while Fred Robbins and Dennis James did the daytime show. The announcer was Bill Wendell, with some editions announced by Jerry Damon.
The series was produced by Rainbow Productions, otherwise known as Joe Cates Productions, and created by William T. Naud.
Game play
Two players, usually women, competed. The object was to identify an image of a celebrity's face, that was concealed behind a 5×5 grid, with the horizontal dimension showing letters and the vertical dimension showing categories. The host announced a category and one of the letters. Then the player in control had to come up with a word or phrase that fit the category. For each acceptable answer given, a piece of the picture connected to the category and letter was revealed. When a signal was sounded after four combinations were played (two per player), the game continued with the player choosing a category, then a letter, and finally an answer that fit both criteria.
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