With the passing of Paul Winchell, the voice behind Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff, I was wondering if anyone remembers the game show he hosted titled Runaround.

This was a show that aired Saturday mornings from September 1972-September 1973 on NBC. The Heatter-Quigley production featured nine children who were asked questions that contained three possible answers. They ran to one of the three platforms they thought was the correct answer. Winchell then said "When you hear the click, stick", enabling contestants a last chance to switch platforms. The correct answer lit up, with right answers earning players a token and those with wrong answers sent to the penalty box. The game continued until there were two players left, forcing a tiebreaker question. The contestant who answered correctly got an additional token any the remaining players got out of the penalty box.

Additional rounds were played until time ran out. The player with the most tokens won the grand prize. The others didn't leave empty handed, they won a prize.

The show's announcer was veteran Heatter-Quigley voice Kenny Williams, who also announced Hollywood Squares and Gambit.

I remembered that NBC series. One episode had Danny Bonaduce making a guest appearance.

Believe it or not, it was father vs daughter when Runaround was opposite ABC's Kid Power (Wee Pals). Daughter April Winchell voiced Connie.

There wouldn't be another father vs daughter until 1987 when it was Jim Perry (NBC's Sale) opposite his daughter Erin (CBS's $25,000 Pyramid, she was a staff member).