Who's Your Favorite Game Show Host?

[arwalden]

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. Trust me... he's exaggerating.

[arwalden]

2. Yep... that's my choice too.

I can't help it. I just adore that silly little show.

[Magrittes Pipe]

5. "Although I held my hands so far apart, it's really kind of blank."

[terrya]

3. Art Fleming, the host of the first incarnation of "Jeopardy"

He wasn't smarmy like most of the other game show hosts.

I'm not sure how many people around here remember Art Fleming, though.

[arwalden]

4. Heh... I remember him.

I wish I would have had room to include folks like Garry Moore, Art Fleming, Groucho Marx, Bert Convy, Peter Marshall... lots of good ones. (And plenty of cheesy ones too: Bill Cullen... that guy from Joker's Wild... and that other guy from Card Sharks)

[terrya]

9. No problem

And I liked Garry Moore, also.

Jack Barry, I think, was the host of "Joker's Wild". Damn, I don't remember the host of "Card Sharks"

[Richardo]

6. I do!

:hi:

With the cardboard questions board...

'Jeopardy Classic'

It would be interesting to compare the difficulty of the questions between that version and today. I'm betting they were more difficult then.

[terrya]

8. As I remember, they were more difficult then.

I distinctly recall categories like "16th Century Opera". I don't think the original "Jeopardy" relied so much on popular culture as the current version.

:hi:

[arwalden]

11. Remember the LOW-Tech "Concentration" Board?

And the equally LOW-tech game board for $25,000 Pyramid?

[SiobhanClancy]

23. I loved Art Fleming..

Very natural and charming..unlike Alex Trebek.

[Burma Jones]

25. I do, the old Jeopardy was my favorite show when I was

in elementary school.....could explain the whole nerd thing.....

[WI_DEM]

7. I'll join the Gene Rayburn bandwagon

[Hugin]

10. Oh yeah! Bob Eubanks!

Newlywed Game.

[arwalden]

12. Did You Know That The 2nd Host Of "Family Feud" Committed Suicide?

I can't recall his name right now.

[terrya]

14. Ray Combs

God, I watch a lot of television...

[johnnie]

13. Bob Eubanks

He was pretty funny on The Newlywed Game. Plus he helped finance The Beatles appearance at The Hollywood Bowl.

[arwalden]

15. Good Answer! Good Answer!

[Hugin]

16. *ding* *ding* *ding*

A winner!

:)

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. A bit o' trivia

Peter Marshall's real name is Peter LaCock.

His son played major league baseball.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lacocpe01.shtml

[Deja Q]

18. And Peter changed his name to Marshall because people thought

his surname was synonymous with ___________.


:rofl:

[purr]

19. The dude from Russian Roulette..

god he makes me drool all over myself WOW.. sexy.. umm... sorry :)

[JitterbugPerfume]

20. Garry Moore was absolutely the best

on the long ago Garry Moore show he introduced a lot of stars of the future including Carol Burnett and Don Knotts He really does not get the credit due him

[Radical Activist]

21. Bob Barker will kick your ass if he doesn't win this poll

I only know who three people on this list are.

[arwalden]

22. I'm Afraid He Might Have Me Neutered

[madrchsod]

28. or he will screw your wife or girlfriend....

then put your pets up for adoption

[jmowreader]

24. Damon Killian

Richard Dawson's good in real life, but he was great as the evil game show host Damon Killian in The Running Man.

[Burma Jones]

26. Oh, and Don Pardo turned 88 last week

still works for SNL.....

[madrchsod]

27. no contest-gene

second-chuck barris

[blondeatlast]

29. Ben Stein

KIDDING, I'm KIDDING!

[CBGLuthier]

30. Bill Cullen, anyone remember him.

I liked Bill Cullen when he hosted Joker's Wild (took over from Jack Barry).

Blew me away when I found out he had been exposed to polio and could not walk.

Of course, everyone knows what Jack Barry was best known for. If they don't they should run out and rent Quiz Show.

Actually even if they do know about Barry, anyone who hasn't seen Quiz Show should see it. It says a lot about this country.

[mac56]

31. Allen Ludden

Original host of "Password".

And loving husband of Betty White.