Author: Alex Barris. Published by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Toronto, ON., 1981, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside except for some aged-yellow glue on the inside front page (probably had a newspaper clipping at one time), tight spine. Size: 11 x 8.5 inch, 128 pages including index.
FRONT PAGE CHALLENGE, 25th Anniversary Edition by Alex Barris, is "the inside story of the pleasant little summer show that's become a Canadian institution, now celebrating its 25th anniversary, with an all-star cast that reads like a Who's Who of statesmen and superstars, heroes and hell-raisers, prophets and politicians, the movers and shakers and headline-makers who have kept 2 million Canadians glued to their television sets every week for a quarter of a century."
The long-running series FRONT PAGE CHALLENGE featured notable journalists attempting to guess the recent or old news story with which a hidden guest challenger was linked by asking him or her questions, in much the same manner as the American game shows, What's My Line? and To Tell the Truth. Each round of the game started with news footage that introduced the news story in question to the studio audience and home viewers out of earshot of the panelists. After the guest was identified and/or the news story determined, the journalists then interviewed the guest about the story or about achievements or experiences for which he or she was known.
