QUICKY QUIZ #19 WHERE IS NORTH AMERICA'S LARGEST OUTDOOR FAIR HELD EACH YEAR?

Year Published: 1918

Format: 16mm

Description: This short film is one of a series entitled "Quicky Quiz!", which were developed and produced by Los Angeles TV personality Jim Hawthorne. Billed as the "TV's biggest, little show", each Quicky Quiz! posed a question for viewers to answer. In this case, the question is "Where is the largest annual exhibition (in North America) held?" If you got the right answer, you must be very smart so take a bow! Footage shows aerial footage of the world's largest show and shots of the opening ceremonies -- we cannot mention the name because spoiler alert! -- but it takes place on the third Friday of August leading up to and including Canadian Labour Day, the first Monday in September. With approximately 1.5 million visitors each year, the event promotes agriculture and technology and is an annual tradition. Short format shows of this type don't really exist today, but back in the early era of television -- especially during the live era when show lengths were irregular -- programs such as Quicky Quiz! were important to fill dead air. Jim Hawthorne (1918 –2007) was a beloved radio personality, disc jockey and TV comic actor who produced (in addition to Quicky Quiz!) the short format show "Jim Hawthorne's Funny World". He worked for a variety of TV stations including KLAC / Los Angeles Channel 13, where he created the first late evening talk show on television, "This Is Hawthorne."