Classic Game Shows

[knitwits1975]

I would like to begin this thread by thanking everyone here who introduced us to classic game show clips on youtube. I would also like to ask that if anyone else has some of these clips, to please let us know. Growing up, game shows were my life. The spinning wheels, the lighted sets with fancy lights, the applause, the excitement, and droves of people being made really happy or maybe disappointed, bells, and buzzers, not to mention the fact that people traveled from all over the country to be on these wonders claiming their fifteen minutes of fame. I personally liked GSN better when it was "Game Show Network" as it had more of the good stuff. The CBS game show marathon has intrigued me. I wonder if they might bring back some of these wonders. At this time I would like to recognize some of their hosts, producers, and announcers.

Those Who Are Still Living:
Bob Barker - Truth or Consequences, The Price Is Right. Age now 82
Dick Clark - $10,000 Pyramid, and a few others. Also hosts "New Years Rockin' Eve". Age now 76
John Davidson - Hollywood Squares 1986-89, Pyramid 1990-92, also hosted other shows such as "That's Incredible". Age now 64
Richard Dawson - Family Feud 1977-85, also a frequent Match Game panelist. Age now 73
Bob Eubanks - The Newlywed Game, Card Sharks. Age now 68
Merv Griffin - Producer of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, also The Merv Griffin Show. Age now 80
Monty Hall - Let's Make a Deal. Age now 82
Jim Lange - The Dating Game, Name That Tune, $1,000,000 chance of a lifetime. Age now 72
Peter Marshall - The Hollywood Squares. Age now 79
Wink Martindale - Tic Tac Dough, High Rollers, and numerous others. Is now the spokesman for Orbitz.com. Age now 71
Charlie O'Donnell - Announcer of numerous shows including current Wheel of Fortune. Age now unknown
Pat Sajak - Wheel of Fortune. Age now 59
Alex Trebek - Jeopardy, Classic Concentration. Age now 65
Chuck Woolery - Wheel of Fortune, Scrabble, Love Connection, Greed, and now hosts "Lingo" on GSN. Age Now 65

Those Who Are Deceased:
Jack Barry - Twenty One, The Joker's Wild, also co-produced other game shows with Dan Enright. Died May 2, 1984 of a heart attack. Age 66
Ray Combs - Family Feud, 1988-94, Died June 3, 1996. Suicide by hanging. Age 40
Bert Convy - Win, lose, or draw, Super Password, and a few others. Died July 15, 1991 of brain cancer. Age 58
Bill Cullen - The Price is Right, The Joker's Wild, I've got a secret, and numerous others. Died July 7, 1990 of lung cancer. Age 70
Mark Goodson - Producer along with Bill Toddman of The Price is Right, The Match Game, Family Feud, Card Sharks, Password, and several others. Died on December 18, 1992 at age 77. I'm not sure how he died. I also don't know when or how Bill Toddman died.
Johnny Olson - Announcer for The Price is Right, and Match Game. Died October 12, 1985 of a brain aneurysm. Age 75
Gene Rayburn - Match Game 1962-84, Died November 29, 1999 of heart failure. Age 82
Rod Roddy - Announcer for Press Your Luck, and The Price is Right" Died October 27, 2003 of cancer. Age 66
Peter Tomarken - Press Your Luck, Wipeout. Killed in a plane crash on March 13, 2006. He was 63

And Does Anyone Know Whatever Happened To:
Dan Enright - Co-producer (along with Jack Barry) of Twenty One, The Joker's Wild, Tic Tac Dough, Hot Potato.
Jim Perry - Sale of the Century, Card Sharks.
Jim Peck - Stand in for Joker's Wild, Tic Tac Dough. Also hosted Second Chance, which was the prototype for Press your luck.
Anne Robinson - The Weakest Link, not that she is badly missed.
Susan Stafford - Vanna White's predecessor on Wheel of Fortune.

There are some blanks and frankly, I know I didn't cover everybody. Feel free to volunteer anything you might know, in fact, I would appreciate it. I hope you enjoy this thread.

 

[appnut]

Hugh Downs is still alive, I do believe--ya know Mr. 20/20. He hosted Concentration on NBC in the early 1960s.

I attended a tapingof a couple of Match Games (Gene Rayborn) in July, 1966 when we vacationed in Calif. AT one time, there was another game show, You don't Say, hosted by Jack Narz (sp) that came on right after or before Match Game. Jack Narz had a famous actor brother, but I don't remember who it was, or maybe his brother was another game show host.

Saturday nights weren't complete without watching dating Game & Newlywed Game. Remember all those spacemates given away and other WCI appliances as well as numerous Frigidaire Skinny Minis before GM sold Frigidaire.

I had forgotten Bill Cullen's death. I don't nkow how many of you knew this, but Bill had cerebral palsey. This is why you never, if rarely, saw him standing, much less walking. My parents would point him out to me as a role model.

 

[coldspot]

Bill had Polo as a child.

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[knitwits1975]

WOW! Thanks for the link! Dan Enright is dead, May 22, 1992. Not sure what of though. I forgot to add Gene Wood. Announcer of many quiz shows. He died on May 21, 2004 of Cancer. He was 78. Jim Perry is still alive and he is 71.

 

[petek]

My faves growing up were Truth or Consequences and The Price is Right which I still like to watch occasionally just for the heck of it. It would infuriate my dad who thought all such shows and sitcoms were for morons. I also liked and still like Jeopardy.

I got sweet justice on my dad not long before he died.. We were playing Trivial Pursuit one night, fighting for the win. He got to the center and I got to ask him his final question and picked "entertainment" because I knew he might blow it whereas stuff on history,geography etc he might not.. The question he got was "What was the name of Rhoda's mother in the TV show of the same name" He didn't have a clue and so lost the game. "Ida Morgenstern" played by Nancy Walker.

 

[eluxomarty]

susan stafford

still alive and kicking but not doing anything in show biz. doing something completely different, like a teacher or something in science but i just can't remember what it was. she recently got her star in the palm springs walk of fame. ( ps just can't give up that old hollywood glam connection) that was in the beginning of this year.

 

[sudsmaster]

I remember a hilarious spoof on game shows... either National Lampoon's Radio Dinner, or Firesign Theatre, or something...

Anyway, it was called "Catch It and You Keep It". Needless to say, the stuff being tossed was not very nice... lol...

 

[brettsomers]

does THIS look familiar? is that *Flo* from the show *alice* at the end of contestants row?

 

[brettsomers]

watch this close call on TPIR.

 

[spinout]

Does anybody know whatever happened to

1) the game show SPLIT SECOND? (Circa '70's)

2) Jay, Monty's sidekick from Lets Make A Deal (he may also have been the show's announcer, too).

3) and finally, Carol Marol.

Correct answers will advance to the bonus round...

 

[lavamat_jon]

Anne Robinson is still presenting over here in the UK; she still does the Weakest Link, and also does several other shows in the UK such as Outtake TV and Test The Nation. She regularly appears on chatshows too.

In terms of game shows - the best game shows have to be The Crystal Maze, Fort Boyard, Blockbusters, Fun House (not really a quiz show but was an ace kids game show when I was young), and of course The Generation Game, Going for Gold, all of Bruce Forsyth's gameshows and, a UK classic which will always remain on our screens, Countdown.

Jon

 

[petek]

There were the odd game shows produced in Canada but they were absolutely lame. The sets looked like they were made in the highschool shop and oh the prizes, you've just won a toaster worth $15. No point really since all the US shows were broadcast here as well so we donated Monty Hall and Alex Trebek for the Canadian content.

 

[frigilux]

When I had satellite DirecTV, the Game Show Network used to run oldies from the 50's and early 60's overnight---The Price Is Right, Beat The Clock, To Tell The Truth, and occasionally some lesser-known classics. I'd TiVo them every night. I really wish there was a cable station that played nothing but TV from the 50's. That would be SO great. Remember back when Nick used to run My Little Margie and other super-oldies at night?

If we can have an entire channel dedicated to golf, I should think a 'Golden Age of Television' channel would be successful. After all, we boomers are nothing if not nostalgic.

 

[hoover1060]

One that was not mentioned

was called "HIGH ROLLERS" and it was on middle 70's sometime. Hosted by Alex Trebek and assisted by Ruta Lee, it was one I liked to watch.

Last year the VCCC had their convention in LA, Fred and I stayed over a few days after to be tourists, and one of the things we did was attend a taping of "The Price is Right". Fred is a huge fan, but I was equally as excited when we took our seats 5th row back from contestants row in the Bob Barker theater. It was a huge thrill!

 

[brettsomers]

jay stewart was also an announcer on *sale of the century* starring Jim Perry. *sale* was a good show, and maybe the first to use male prize models. Jay Stewart died of a self-inflicted gunshot. Carol Merrill is mention on the LMAD website. she is into health foods and is in great shape. i discoved LMAD on GSN just years ago and was shocked at how classy and subtle and beautiful Carol Merrill seemed compared to TPIR girls.

 

[mixfinder]

Boggle

I remember watching a game show in the 50's, with Jan Murray as the host. Contestants were given a [ieces of paper with sixteen blank spaces, forming a square. As Jan Murray called out letters, the contestants wrote them in the blank spaces. Points were awarded on the finished words.
I can't remember the name of the show.

 

[spinout]

Just thought of another one to add to the list:

Truth or Consequences

 

[maytagbear]

Jeopardy......

I liked the original, daytime Jeopardy with Art Fleming a lot more than I like the current Jeopardy with Alex Trebek (and I really hate the fact that he shaved off his moustache!). Don't get me wrong, I like Jeopardy, a great deal, but the daytime show just seemed more congenial somehow.

I am so very glad that "Wheel of Fortune" dropped the shopping bit/ I mean, who the heck wants a ceramic lifesize Dalmatian?

As for vingage shows, I loved Password and its clone, You Don't Say.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[Unimatic1140]

Truth or Consequences...

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