Game show hostng record
Dave Mock
hosted at once (daily 'Classic Concentration,' 'To Tell the Truth' and
'Jeopardy?' And how frantic was it for him -- or was one of the shows
on a taping hiatus at the time?
D
Zach Horan
>hosted at once (daily 'Classic Concentration,' 'To Tell the Truth' and
>'Jeopardy?'
I can't think of any other hosts hosting three daily game shows at one time.
Cullen hosted the weekly nighttime $25K Pyramid in the 70s, while hosting
another daily network show for Bob Stewart(Blankety Blanks, Pass the Buck), and
sub-hosting and or being a panelist on the Syndicated To Tell the Truth.
Matt Ottinger
For hosting three daily shows at the same time, yes. There were probably
other game show hosts who hosted three games at about the same time, but
one or more would be weekly. (Although not even Bill Cullen was HOST for
three shows at the same time. He juggled two host jobs and a panel job
several times in his career.)
As for the workload, I don't know Alex so I don't know how "frantic" it
was for him, but most daily shows would tape five episodes in a single
day. That would mean, roughly, that he was putting in three full workdays
a week, hardly a backbreaking schedule.
--Matt
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N2Nuno
or number of years on shows.
James R. Owen
same time, but that is not to say he was the busiest man on the planet.
Hugh Downs was probably the best at multi-tasking, hosting two hours of
"Today" live every weekday morning and then hosting "Concentration,"
later that morning. (of course, he did take many vacations from both in
the six or so years of hosting both concurrently.) Hosts who also did
radio shows at the same time as hosting game shows (Geoff Edwards, Bill
Cullen and Wink Martindale among others) also had a lot to juggle. Pat
Sajak did both WOF and his talk show for a while. Larry Blyden did
stage work while doing game shows, etc.
bcla...@webtv.net
multi-tasking king of them all, Dick Clark, who in 1985-86 hosted....
"American Bandstand" (ABC)
"The [New] $25,000 Pyramid" (CBS)
"TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" (NBC)
"The $100,000 Pyramid" (syndicated)
Plus, he was hosting the "Rock, Roll & Remember" and "National Music
Survey" radio programs.
Is Dick the first person to simutaneously be a part of four first-run TV
shows on three different networks?
Curt Alliaume
Geoff, Dick Clark, and Gene Rayburn also had to juggle coast-to-coast commutes.
Cullen hosted the most shows, but many of them had very short runs (Winning
Streak, Blankety Blanks, Pass the Buck).
Downs did a *lot* of live television for many years -- Home (1954-57), Jack
Paar (1957-62), Concentration (1958-69 -- when did that switch from live to
videotape?), and Today (1962-71). That's a lot of hours in front of a camera.
Trebek did the most game shows simultaneously with three five-a-week shows
(TTTT, Classic Concentration, Jeopardy). For what it's worth, he only did this
for four months.
Dick Clark did the most work simultaneously ($25,000 Pyramid, $100,000 Pyramid,
Bandstand, and TV Bloopers, plus his radio shows).
And Barker has logged the most years on the air -- 45 and counting (although
not consecutive; there was about a one-year gap between T or C going off NBC
and starting in first run syndication).
It all depends on what question you ask.
-- Curt Alliaume
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Brett A. Pasternack
He was definately the first (and, I think, still the only) person with
shows on all three networks at the same time.
alphabetics
> Though not all of these shows are game shows, let's not forget the
> multi-tasking king of them all, Dick Clark, who in 1985-86 hosted....
>
> "American Bandstand" (ABC)
> "The [New] $25,000 Pyramid" (CBS)
> "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" (NBC)
> "The $100,000 Pyramid" (syndicated)
>
> Plus, he was hosting the "Rock, Roll & Remember" and "National Music
> Survey" radio programs.
>
There was one other. I don't think it lasted beyond Fall 1985, but Dick
hosted a weekly show on TV in syndication called "Dick Clark's Nighttime '85".
I don't remember if it was a 30 or 60 minute show.
Frank Genovay
hosting Game Shows at 24
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AlfonzoS
at the same time on The Family Channel. Too bad the no one eve thought of
having fun with that. It would have been amusing to show a tape giving the
illusion of Wink running from studio to studio between shows. Of course, all
the shows were taped on different days but they could have had some fun with
three back-to-back shows with the same host.
Alfonzo Smith
Zach Horan
>Jumble
>at the same time on The Family Channel
Actually, Trivial Pursuit was in reruns from September 1993-July 1995. Boggle
Jumble and Shuffle all aired off and on between March and December 1994. Boggle
and Shuffle premiered in March, and Jumble premiered in June.
The basic format of Shuffle may or may not have inspired the Fastest Finger
round on Millionaire :)
DSmith
> No Bill Cullen AKA The Dean Of Game Show Hosts holds the record of
> hosting Game Shows at 24
>
the original questio...however, you are right in the regard that Bill
has hosted the most shows.
Mark J.
>round on Millionaire :)
WHA?
ZHIFOS...
Mark Jeffries--Yes I did, Geoff.
Zach Horan
>>round on Millionaire :)
>
>WHA?
>
The basic format of SHuffle interactive was to put items in order. Wink would
show four items, and then ask a question like which of these came first, and
then the follow-up question would be which of these came second. You're right,
though, a little-seen cable game show was not likely viewed by the Britons when
creating Cash Mountain AKA WWTBAM.
Nick Gates
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Not to mention that putting four things in order was already done by Celador
for the Final Round of Everybody's Equal back in the late Eighties.
Bye!
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Mark J.
>for the Final Round of Everybody's Equal back in the late Eighties.
Wasn't "Everybody's Equal" (aka "Whittle") a Grundy show? I recall a few years
ago seeing an item saying that Pearson was looking at a U.S. version of
"Whittle."
Chris M. Dickson
<mjsa...@aol.comNOSPAM> writes
>Wasn't "Everybody's Equal" (aka "Whittle") a Grundy show? I recall a few years
>ago seeing an item saying that Pearson was looking at a U.S. version of
>"Whittle."
Definitely Celador, probably Celador for Thames. Unless I'm more
confused than usual, Pearson own both Grundy and Thames these days. It
might be quite interesting to know the nature of the relationship
between Grundy and Thames and whether there is any practical difference
between shows released under the two production company banners or not.
A US version of Whittle has a fairly good chance of being "not bad to
pretty good" in an Inquizition sort of way, but probably little more.
Cheers!
Chris
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