$64,000 Question

Slaan@aol.com writes:

@:) I believe the show was a 50s thing called "You Bet Your Life", and
@:) the prize was actually $64.  Rampant inflation, I guess.

  I don't know if the show was actually called "The $64,000 Question"
(I think it was) but I'm certain that there was such a question and
that the prize for it was in fact $64,000.  This was during the peak
of the quiz show hype when you could make pretty good money.  I don't
know if many people answered the question, though.

-joachim