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MTWelles

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Oct 31, 1999, 2:00:00 AM10/31/99
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Hello.

Sorry if this has been answered before somewhere, but who was the first black game show host? I thought it was Flip Wilson hosting " People Are Funny" in 1984 (I'm only guessing), but a co-worker tells me that the first black game show host was much earlier.

MTWelles
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Vinylfan

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Oct 31, 1999, 2:00:00 AM10/31/99
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>Hello.
>
> Sorry if this has been answered before somewhere, but who was the =

>first black game show host?

I believe it was singer Adam Wade who hosted "Musical Chairs" in 1974.

"We'll be back in a flash with the cash!"-- Adam Wade, "Musical Chairs".

AMWBEATLE

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Oct 31, 1999, 2:00:00 AM10/31/99
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It was Adam Wade. He hosted "Musical Chairs" in 1975, not 1974.


Adam

Vinylfan

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Oct 31, 1999, 2:00:00 AM10/31/99
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>From: amwb...@aol.com (AMWBEATLE)
>Date: Sun, 31 October 1999 07:55 AM EST

>It was Adam Wade. He hosted "Musical Chairs" in 1975, not 1974.
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> Adam

oops, thanks.

Matt Ottinger

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Oct 31, 1999, 2:00:00 AM10/31/99
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Vinylfan wrote:

> >From: amwb...@aol.com (AMWBEATLE)
> >Date: Sun, 31 October 1999 07:55 AM EST
>
> >It was Adam Wade. He hosted "Musical Chairs" in 1975, not 1974.

Showing a staggering ignorance of game show history, TV GUIDE ran an
article while Caesar's Challenge was running that said Ahmad Rashad
was the first black host. Wade, Nipsey Russell and Lynn Swann had
all hosted network shows by that time, and many other black hosts
had helmed cable shows as well.

--Matt
otti...@acd.net

Jake Tanner

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Oct 31, 1999, 2:00:00 AM10/31/99
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On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 15:51:45 -0500, Matt Ottinger <otti...@acd.net>
wrote:

Matt Matt Matt...you didn't read the article clearly! It very clearly
stated that Ahmad Rashad was the first black host of a game show that
was taped in Las Vegas under the Rosner name that had the name of a
tasty salad in the title and a scantily clad male gladiator featured.


TV Guide NEVER makes errors like that! :)

Jake

Bo Bielefeldt

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Oct 31, 1999, 2:00:00 AM10/31/99
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MTWelles, speak to me!

> Sorry if this has been answered before somewhere, but who was the first


black game show host? I thought it was Flip Wilson hosting > " People Are
Funny" in 1984 (I'm only guessing), but a co-worker tells me that the first
black game show host was much earlier.

The first African-American game show host was Adam Wade of "Musical Chairs".
The year was 1975.

Bo Bielefeldt


Zach Horan

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Nov 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/1/99
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> Sorry if this has been answered before somewhere, but who was the =
>first black game show host? I thought it was Flip Wilson hosting " =

>People Are Funny" in 1984 (I'm only guessing),

People are Funny isn't necessarily considered a game show, but Flip did host
the 1984 NBC revival of that show. Adam Wade hosted Musical Chairs on CBS in
1975, he was the first. Nipsey Russell on NBC's Your Number's Up in 1985 and
Ahmad Rashad on Caesar's Challenge on NBC in 1993-94 followed suit, among
others.

Zach Horan

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Nov 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/1/99
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>Showing a staggering ignorance of game show history, TV GUIDE ran an
>article while Caesar's Challenge was running that said Ahmad Rashad
>was the first black host.

I remember the article, they said African-American, not black ,but still.

Jake Tanner

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Nov 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/1/99
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Zach, don't mince words...I think you clearly know what was meant...

Jake

Jake Tanner

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Nov 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/1/99
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Both versions of "People Are Funny" are considered game shows. Both
versions are listed in the EOTVGS and I would agree that performing
stunts for prizes would follow a basic game show format. The 50s
version even spawned a home game.

Jake


XYBoyCols

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Nov 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/1/99
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Don't forget BET's Spencer Christian on the revival of Triple Threat

Zach Horan

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Nov 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/1/99
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>Don't forget BET's Spencer Christian on the revival of Triple Threat

I think all the hosts of BET game shows(Tell Me Something Good, Family Figures,
etc.) were African-American, but Clint Holmes did the All-Star Campus Chalenge
on that channel.

SadieGIutz

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Nov 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/1/99
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>but Clint Holmes did the All-Star Campus Chalenge
>on that channel.

Is this the same Clint Holmes that had a hit with "Playground in My Mind"?

(Oh jeez, just the mention of it, and now ~my name is Michael, I've got a
nickel...~ is stuck in my head!)

Zach Horan

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Nov 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/1/99
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>>but Clint Holmes did the All-Star Campus Chalenge
>>on that channel.
>
>Is this the same Clint Holmes that had a hit with "Playground in My Mind"?

C'est him

Cat

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Nov 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/2/99
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Better Q...who was the first African-American ANNOUNCER? Cat

Zach Horan

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Nov 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/2/99
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>Better Q...who was the first African-American ANNOUNCER?

Burton Richardson on Rodeo Drive in 1990 comes to mind, but maybe there was
someone before that. Lynn Swann and Burton on TTTT90 were the first
African-American host/announcer team on a game show.

kw...@my-deja.com

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Nov 4, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/4/99
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> Hello.

> Sorry if this has been answered before somewhere, but who was the =
> first black game show host? I thought it was Flip Wilson hosting " =

> People Are Funny" in 1984 (I'm only guessing), but a co-worker tells
me =


> that the first black game show host was much earlier.

I think I know who is the first Black Female game show host. Her name
is Sue Taylor. She hosted a mini game show called "The Big Job Hunt" on
some episodes of a children's show called "Vegetable Soup" in 1978. The
gs challenged two teams of three grade-school students in some general
questions. The leading team had a chance to guess what the mystery job
is by looking at a film from the eye of a big "robot head" game board
called Max. Max is almost one of those mulit-use game boards. His left
eye was for looking at films, his right eye was a wheel that selected
categories, his mouth was used for dispensing questions and as a
razzing tounge if a person gave a wrong answer. James Earl Jones was
also featured as the villian Long John Spoilsport who sometimes want to
confuse contestants' answers and wants to damage Max any way he can.
This show (I think) only featured students from New York City schools.
Sue Taylor gives Max trophies to every team at the end of the game and
the regular show goes back to its regular filmed segments.


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