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Gameshows have a surprisingly rich history. First, on the radio then on TV. How rich? Here are 28 men who have hosted gameshows.

How many do you remember? And how many more can you name?

I remember 17. Mostly because I watched too damn much Game Show Network for a couple of years before my cable replaced it with a different channel.  :teddyr:

I remember almost all of them.  I thought Bob Barker was most remembered for Truth Or Consequences..?
Also, Art James was on The Who, What Or Where Game as well as Blank Check and The Magnificent Marble Machine.
I can think of others, I'm sure.

9 of 'em but I'm not big into game shows.

Also, Geoff Edwards (Jackpot!, Shoot For The Stars, Starcade, etc.).
Larry Blyden (What's My Line).
Jack Barry (Joker's Wild, Break The Bank).
Jack Clark (Crosswits, Dealer's Choice).
Jim Peck (Second Chance, Big Showdown).
Peter Tomarken (Press Your Luck, Wipeout).

I liked the host of Family Feud...the one after Dawson.  Combs, I think his name was? He ended up committing suicide. :bluesad:

Ray Combs hosted FF after Dawson.  He committed suicide on 6/2/96.  He was only 40.  RIP.

He was really quite funny.  I remember him appearing in Overboard.

Quote from: retrorussell on April 25, 2012, 09:16:01 PM
Ray Combs hosted FF after Dawson.  He committed suicide on 6/2/96.  He was only 40.  RIP.

He was really quite funny.  I remember him appearing in Overboard.

That's him.

I couldn't remember if it was Ray or Roy.  Used to watch it every night as a kid, sandwiched between Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.

Family Feud was never the same without Richard Dawson.

Drew Carey is terrible as the host of The Price is Right.

Match Game and The Gong Show are my all-time favorites.

I remember 14 of them.  Can't picture some of them in my head, but those names are really familiar.  There didn't used to be a heck of a lot else to watch sometimes when I was a kid.

I remember Alex Trebeck from Jeopardy and Bert Convy from Match Game.  I'm sure I've seen many, many episodes of the Hollywood Squares, but Peter Marshall is just a black hole in my mind.

I remember most of them....I loved Gene Rayburn especially. :wink:

20.

It always seemed to me the Chuck Barris was on high on something.
Cocaine,I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NgAP7FOqQQ

Quote from: RCMerchant on April 30, 2012, 04:34:10 AM
20.

It always seemed to me the Chuck Barris was on high on something.
Cocaine,I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NgAP7FOqQQ

Hmmm....I sometimes suspected that myself. :wink:

Continuing from before, here are 28 trivia facts about the 28 gameshow hosts previously mentioned. See if you can match the fact with the host. Degree of difficulty runs from what I think is the easy to the hard.

But first, a couple of title corrections. "High Rollers" is actually "The New High Rollers" and "Truth or Consequences" is really "The New Truth or Consequences."

01. Hosted a popular NYE's show from Times Square in NYC,
02. One of five brothers who were in show business.
03. Worked on a popular TV sitcom with Tim Allen.
04. Was the voice of the cartoon Superman.
05. Was the long running announcer for the L.A. Dodgers.
06. Claimed he once worked for the C.I.A.
07. Served in the army in Vietnam.
08. Had a hit record with "Deck of Cards."
09. First credited film appearance was in a film directed by Roger Corman.
10. Received hate mail, after he kissed a black woman during the show.
11. For the Canadians out there. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba,  Canada.
12. Has an auditorium named after him in the town named for his radio show.
13. His older sister was actress Joanne Dru.
14. Graduated from Notre Dame University with a degree in sociology.
15. Could be heard, if not seen, in the Walt Disney World attraction Sounds Dangerous.
16. Was married to actress Betty White.
17. Had the longest running carer on network commercial TV till surpassed by another gameshow host.
18. His brother and brother-in-law were also gameshow hosts.
19. His last film appearance was in the Disney film "The Strongest Man in the World."
20. Opened for Diana Ross in Las Vegas.
21. Made his theatrical film debut in 1996 at the age of 72.
22. Holds the current record for gameshows hosted at 24.
23. Was once Dolly Parton's agent.
24. Performed on Broadway in "Bye, Bye Birdie."
25. Appeared on "Laugh-in." You don't say.
26. Speaks six languages.
27. Was an usher at the wedding of one of President Nixon's daughters.
28. Was once a sales rep for Pillsbury, but he couldn't make enough dough.

Next time: the answers.

Quote from: BoyScoutKevin on May 02, 2012, 03:15:20 PM
Continuing from before, here are 28 trivia facts about the 28 gameshow hosts previously mentioned. See if you can match the fact with the host. Degree of difficulty runs from what I think is the easy to the hard.

But first, a couple of title corrections. "High Rollers" is actually "The New High Rollers" and "Truth or Consequences" is really "The New Truth or Consequences."

01. Hosted a popular NYE's show from Times Square in NYC,
02. One of five brothers who were in show business.
03. Worked on a popular TV sitcom with Tim Allen.
04. Was the voice of the cartoon Superman.
05. Was the long running announcer for the L.A. Dodgers.
06. Claimed he once worked for the C.I.A.
07. Served in the army in Vietnam.
08. Had a hit record with "Deck of Cards."
09. First credited film appearance was in a film directed by Roger Corman.
10. Received hate mail, after he kissed a black woman during the show.
11. For the Canadians out there. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba,  Canada.
12. Has an auditorium named after him in the town named for his radio show.
13. His older sister was actress Joanne Dru.
14. Graduated from Notre Dame University with a degree in sociology.
15. Could be heard, if not seen, in the Walt Disney World attraction Sounds Dangerous.
16. Was married to actress Betty White.
17. Had the longest running carer on network commercial TV till surpassed by another gameshow host.
18. His brother and brother-in-law were also gameshow hosts.
19. His last film appearance was in the Disney film "The Strongest Man in the World."
20. Opened for Diana Ross in Las Vegas.
21. Made his theatrical film debut in 1996 at the age of 72.
22. Holds the current record for gameshows hosted at 24.
23. Was once Dolly Parton's agent.
24. Performed on Broadway in "Bye, Bye Birdie."
25. Appeared on "Laugh-in." You don't say.
26. Speaks six languages.
27. Was an usher at the wedding of one of President Nixon's daughters.
28. Was once a sales rep for Pillsbury, but he couldn't make enough dough.

Next time: the answers.

Answers:
01. Dick Clark
02. Groucho Marx
03. Richard Karn
04. Bud Collyer
05. Vin Scully
06. Chuck Barris
07. Pat Sajak
08. Wink Martindale
09. Bert Convy
10. Richard Dawson
11. Monty Hall
12. Ralph Edwards
13. Peter Marshall
14. Regis Philbin
15. Drew Carey
16. Allan Ludden
17. Hugh Downs
18. Jack Narz
19. Jack Bailey
20. Howie Mandel
21. Bob Barker
22. Bill Cullen
23. Bob Eubanks
24. Gene Rayburn
25. Tom Kennedy
26. Alex Trebek
27. Art Fleming
28. Chuck Woolery

Next time: Final Comments

Only 4, Bob Barker, Drew Carey, Howie Mandel, and Regis Philbin

I got 12.  I watch a lot of GSN

I can also remember Combs, and Louie Anderson was host of FAMILY FEUD for a while too.  Good times.

     I remembered them all, plus....

ADAM WADE, Musical Chairs
MERV GRIFFIN, Play Your Hunch
BILL CULLEN, Eye Guess
GEOFF EDWARDS, New Treasure Hunt
STEVE HARVEY, Family Feud
DENNIS JAMES, The Price Is Right
RIP TAYLOR, $1.98 Beauty Show
MIKE STOKEY, Stump The Stars
BURT REYNOLDS, Pictionary
DON ADAMS , Don Adams' Screen Test
STUBBY KAYE, Shennanigans
ROD SERLING, The Liars' Club
JACK NARZ, Video Village
BOB EUBANKS, Diamond Head

As all those were just off the top of my head, and as has been pointed out here, there were alot of game show hosts and/or game shows that I missed. But, here are some more that I remember.

"Storybook Squares" w/ Peter Marshall, the host of "Hollywood Squares"
The children's version of "Hollywood Squares," which was on Saturday monrings.

"House Party" w/ Art Linkletter.
I didn't know what to do with this one, so I kept it off my list, but at times it was like a gameshow. On weekday afternoons.

And here are more gameshows, which were not included in my original  poll, because I could not for the life of me, remember who were the hosts.

Sundays
"College Bowl" (afternoons)
This was later revived for a short time on the Disney Channel.

Mondays
"I've Got a Secret" (evenings)
Which came on just after "To Tell the Truth," and to tell the truth I actually prefered "I've Got a Secret."

Saturdays
"The Dating Game" (evenings)
Just before "The Newlywed Game"

And gameshow hosts with gameshows I can't remember.

Tom Kennedy
Who had another gameshow on weekday afternoons just before or just after Gene Rayburn's "The Match Game."

Robert Q. Lewis

Johnny Carson
Who when he was just starting out in Hollywood hosted several gameshows. None of the titles which I can remember.

Jackie Gleason
Who hosted a gameshow, whose title I can't remember, but it was something like "In the Frame" or something like that, but the show is best remembered because only two episodes were ever aired. The first episode, and then the second episode, which consisted of Jackie Gleason apologizing to anyone and everyone who had watched the first episode.

And thank-you everyone and anyone for playing.

Quote from: BoyScoutKevin on May 23, 2012, 03:06:10 PM
Jackie Gleason
Who hosted a gameshow, whose title I can't remember, but it was something like "In the Frame" or something like that, but the show is best remembered because only two episodes were ever aired. The first episode, and then the second episode, which consisted of Jackie Gleason apologizing to anyone and everyone who had watched the first episode.

YOU'RE IN THE PICTURE, 1961 CBS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_in_the_Picture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_in_the_Picture)

Quote from: retrorussell on May 23, 2012, 05:41:59 PM

Quote from: BoyScoutKevin on May 23, 2012, 03:06:10 PM
Jackie Gleason
Who hosted a gameshow, whose title I can't remember, but it was something like "In the Frame" or something like that, but the show is best remembered because only two episodes were ever aired. The first episode, and then the second episode, which consisted of Jackie Gleason apologizing to anyone and everyone who had watched the first episode.

YOU'RE IN THE PICTURE, 1961 CBS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_in_the_Picture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_in_the_Picture)

Thank-you for that, retrorussell. I just couldn't think of it off hand, though I knew it had something to do with pictures. That's a karma for you.

He he he.. that show is often in the conversation of "Worst TV show ever".  Supertrain, You're In The Picture, Life With Lucy, Pink Lady, The Diamond Head Game.. the list goes on and on.