User Reviews

OK Mother was one of the first daytime broadcast television programs. This "audience participation" show was broadcast on the defunct Dumont Television Network at one o'clock. Prizes varied in range from a new Polaroid camera to a box of stockings. The highlight of the show is, of course, a very young Dennis "Jersey City" James who is so hyper, almost like he's on something. He seems to be bouncing off the walls and talking so fast that he's nearly foaming at the mouth. If he did this in every episode he would have stroked out and never would have moved on to be America's most recognizable game show hosts. His job was to spew out rhymes and approach an audience member to complete the rhyme or identify its author. Oh brother, what a show! The audience was nearly all female, nearly all wearing silly hats that were so stylish in the late '40's. A few men were in the audience and were given prizes, perhaps out of sympathy being the only guys there. Live commercials were presented in the show. Bayer aspirin was sold in glass bottles not like today with plastic and a cap requiring a stick of dynamite to take off. OK Mother is a gem from the early days of television. Enjoy.