Who's your favorite "classic" game show host?

WI_DEM

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Wed May-26-04 01:32 PM
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Poll question: Who's your favorite "classic" game show host?

Edited on Wed May-26-04 01:35 PM by WI_DEM

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meegbear

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Wed May-26-04 01:33 PM
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1. Wink Martindale!!!!

QED.

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frylock

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Wed May-26-04 02:19 PM
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16. word

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Jim Sagle

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Wed May-26-04 01:34 PM
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2. Jan Murray - "Dollar a Second."

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cosmicdot

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Wed May-26-04 01:55 PM
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12. didn't he do Treasure Hunt, too?

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Jim Sagle

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Wed May-26-04 02:39 PM
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17. Yes - and other shows as well.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0615031/

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Beware the Beast Man

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Wed May-26-04 01:35 PM
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3. Gene Rayburn

Never appreciated his gameshow host stylings until I started watching Match Game reruns on GSN. Not to mention the skinny mic.

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Whitacre D_WI

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Wed May-26-04 01:39 PM
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4. The "anal probe" mic!

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ClassWarrior

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Wed May-26-04 01:39 PM
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5. What about Art Fleming, the original Jeopardy host?

Edited on Wed May-26-04 01:41 PM by ClassWarrior

(Although Alex Trebek is awesome.)

How about Allen Ludden, Betty White's hub and host of Password?

Of course, Wink Martindale gets an honorable mention in the cheese category...

(edited to correctly spell "Trebek")

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x-g.o.p.er

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Wed May-26-04 01:45 PM
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6. Joker.....JoKER....JOKER!!!!!

Jack Berry, Joker's Wild, my all time favorite game show.

Wasn't he part of the 1950's game show scandal, though?

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CO Liberal

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Wed May-26-04 03:11 PM
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20. Yes, He Was

He was out of the industry for a while after the gams show scandal - "Joker's Wild" was his re-entry into game shows; that and a 13-weeker on ABC around 1970 called "The Generation Gap".

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sus

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Wed May-26-04 01:46 PM
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7. Tim Russert

He's a HOOT! and those TIES!

whew...good times.

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PragMantisT

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Wed May-26-04 01:46 PM
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8. Alex rules!

But I have a bias.

Remember High Rollers? Alex was good on that too.

Now go back and spell "Jeopardy" properly 100 times.

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cosmicdot

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Wed May-26-04 01:51 PM
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9. Garry Moore: I've Got a Secret

Edited on Wed May-26-04 01:52 PM by cosmicdot

but, I voted for John Daly - the etiquette and class of that show is an America long gone

(Groucho Marx You Bet Your Life)

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Commendatori

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Wed May-26-04 01:51 PM
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10. Another vote for Rayburn here

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On the Road

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Wed May-26-04 01:53 PM
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11. I Can't Believe Alex Trebek is Losing to Gene Rayburn

Guess it's the camp factor.

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Whitacre D_WI

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Wed May-26-04 01:55 PM
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13. Trebek is a dickhead.

Whereas Gene complimented women on their "pretty nipples."

It's all about being a nice guy.

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On the Road

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Wed May-26-04 02:44 PM
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18. LOL -- Yes, He Certainly Excelled in Decorum

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sundog

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Wed May-26-04 02:01 PM
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14. i live next to truth or consequences, new mexico...

they named the town after that fucking game show

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Zuni

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Wed May-26-04 02:05 PM
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15. Richard dawson

because he made out with other dude's wives on screen and was on Hogan's heroes!

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Feanorcurufinwe

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Wed May-26-04 02:58 PM
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19. Groucho Marx

duh

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mitchum

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Wed May-26-04 03:23 PM
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21. Gene Rayburn always seemed like a good-natured sleaze...

and there's nothing wrong with that :)

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