'The Price Is Right' debuted in 1956

Q: Could you tell me if "The Price Is Right" was on TV in 1958?

A: Yes, it was. In prime time, even.

"The Price Is Right," although not in the exact same format as the current show, ran on NBC from 1956 to '63 (in a nighttime as well as daytime version) and on ABC from 1963 to '65. The current incarnation was known as "The New Price Is Right" when it made its debut on CBS in 1972.

Q: I remember a show called "Liar's Club" from the 1970s. I would like to know which network carried that show.

A: "Liar's Club" was actually a syndicated series, sold on a station-to-station basis, so it aired in different cities at different times on different networks.

The best-known host was Allen Ludden, and the cast of celebrities would talk about an obscure object. Then the contestants had to guess which celeb was telling the truth and which ones were members of ... the liar's club!

Regular celebs on the show included Betty (Mrs. Ludden) White and Larry Hovis, a comedy writer who also had been a regular on "Hogan's Heroes."

Q: I remember a movie back in the 1970s that I always confuse with "Children of the Corn." The gist of it is that a couple move to this small town that is apparently run by the women, and every year they have a ritual where a gentleman has an encounter with a lady in, I think, a cornfield and then is killed. Any ideas and is it on video?

A: Sounds like it could be "The Dark Secret of Harvest Home," a 1978 TV movie with David Ackroyd, Joanna Miles, Rosanna Arquette and Bette Davis. And it was directed by Sean Penn's father, Leo. It's on video.

Q: I remember seeing a movie as a child that featured Stockard Channing as an ugly, overweight woman who couldn't get a date with any man she tried to pursue.

After a horrible accident, plastic surgery and weight loss, the same guys she wanted to date then wanted to date her because they didn't recognize her. Channing's character then dated each man and killed him for rejecting her when she was ugly and overweight.

What is the name of this movie? When was it released or aired on television? Is it available to purchase?

A: That's the 1973 TV movie "The Girl Most Likely to ...," which also stars Ed Asner and Susanne Zenor; it was co-written by Joan Rivers.

It's on DVD.

Q: My mom and I were talking about the late Steve Allen, and it came up that he used to do "mock interviews."