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'''''Judge for Yourself''''', at first subtitled '''The Fred Allen Show''', is a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman]] [[television]]] series which focuses on a nontraditional court show and quiz program, with comedian Fred Allen (1894-1956) as the emcee. It aired on [[NBC]] from August 18, 1953, to May 11, 1954. Don Pardo (1918-2014) was the announcer, with Dennis James (1917-1997) doing plugs for the primary sponsor, Old Gold [[cigarette]]s.<ref name=guide>{{cite book|url=ttp://books.google.com/books?id=DyS3t8z6_ckC&pg=PA622&lpg=PA622&dq=Judge+for+Yourself+(1953+TV+series)source=bl&ots=RemEYokyS8&sig=WQ_G-E4volU2LYjM4dn3Zp0fuLc&hl=en&ei=LffyTafwJseutwf81JyDBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Judge%20for%20Yourself%20(1953%20TV%20series)&f=false|title=Judge for Yourself in Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, A Complete Directory to Prime Time Cable and Network TV Shows, 1946 – Present, p. 622|publisher=New York: Random House Publishing|date=2003|accessdate=June 11, 2011}}</ref><ref> name=amtt>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television," p. 441.</ref>

'''''Judge for Yourself''''', at first subtitled '''The Fred Allen Show''', is a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman [[television]] series which focuses on a nontraditional court show and quiz program, with comedian Fred Allen (1894-1956) as the emcee. It aired on [[NBC]] from August 18, 1953, to May 11, 1954. Don Pardo (1918-2014) was the announcer, with Dennis James (1917-1997) doing plugs for the primary sponsor, Old Gold [[cigarette]]s.<ref name=guide>{{cite book|url=ttp://books.google.com/books?id=DyS3t8z6_ckC&pg=PA622&lpg=PA622&dq=Judge+for+Yourself+(1953+TV+series)source=bl&ots=RemEYokyS8&sig=WQ_G-E4volU2LYjM4dn3Zp0fuLc&hl=en&ei=LffyTafwJseutwf81JyDBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Judge%20for%20Yourself%20(1953%20TV%20series)&f=false|title=Judge for Yourself in Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, A Complete Directory to Prime Time Cable and Network TV Shows, 1946 – Present, p. 622|publisher=New York: Random House Publishing|date=2003|accessdate=June 11, 2011}}</ref><ref> name=amtt>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television," p. 441.</ref>

Each week three performers – [[singer]]s, [[Dancing|dancers]], [[music]]ians, or [[Comedy|comedians]] – were judged by two panels, one of professional entertainers and the other from the studio audience. If one of the amateur judges rated the acts 1, 2, or 3 in the same order as the celebrities, that individual would win a $1,000 prize. Two instrumental jazz groups that appeared on ''Judge for Yourself'' had considerable success thereafter, libraphonist  Terry Gibbs and the Marian McPartland Trio.<ref name=guide/>

Each week three performers – [[singer]]s, [[Dancing|dancers]], [[music]]ians, or [[Comedy|comedians]] – were judged by two panels, one of professional entertainers and the other from the studio audience. If one of the amateur judges rated the acts 1, 2, or 3 in the same order as the celebrities, that individual would win a $1,000 prize. Two instrumental jazz groups that appeared on ''Judge for Yourself'' had considerable success thereafter, libraphonist  Terry Gibbs and the Marian McPartland Trio.<ref name=guide/>