Professional game show celebrity
-
Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — TV General
Thor-Delta — 9 years ago(September 30, 2016 03:55 AM)
Particularly in the 1970s, but also in the 50s, 60s, and 80s, there were certain people who appeared as the celebrity guest on game shows very frequently.
Peggy Cass
is a good example of this. Betty White spent years as such a person. For a period in the 1980s
Jamie Farr
became an example of this, as did
Lauri Hendler
and
Richard Kline
.
Which others could also be described as a "professional game show celebrity"? I guess it's a better fate for a performer than appearing on reality TV (hellany fate is better for a performer than reality TV).
Have you played Atari today? -
amyghost — 9 years ago(September 30, 2016 04:32 AM)
Paul Lynde with
The Hollywood Squares
is the very definition of this. Although Lynde had had a long-running career in stage, film, and television it's my bet that audiences of a certain generation knew him more from his appearances on that show than from anything else he'd ever done.
50 Is The New Cutoff Age. -
Thor-Delta — 9 years ago(September 30, 2016 08:54 AM)
Jm J Bullock also appeared on over 20 episodes of
Body Language (1984)
, a show I've been needing to check out (well, it's a Mark Goodson Production, which is always a good sign). The shows cast list seems to include a lot of professional game show celebrities (Betty White, Charles Nelson Reilly, Tom Poston, Jo Anne Worley, etc.)
Have you played Atari today? -
Thor-Delta — 9 years ago(September 30, 2016 08:58 AM)
Bill Cullen appeared as host on more game shows than anybody else, often hosting several shows at the same time, AND still found time to be a guest celebrity on others. There were at least two shows where Cullen both hosted and appeared as guest celebrity (For example, he hosted the syndicated version of "Pyramid" and appeared as celebrity guest on the daytime version. He also appeared as both substitute host on "Password Plus" and a celebrity guest on "Super Password").
Have you played Atari today? -
Thor-Delta — 9 years ago(September 30, 2016 11:07 AM)
Unfortunately, I read that only one complete episode and one partial episode survives of that series. Producer Bob Stewart did not begin regularly keeping the tapes of the shows he produced until around 1977/1978.
Have you played Atari today? -
rycki1138 — 9 years ago(September 30, 2016 02:03 PM)
Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Fannie Flagg, Richard Dawson (he was a regular on Match Game before getting the hosting job on Family Feud).
Nipsey Russell
I don't know what they have to say. It makes no difference anyway. Whatever it is, I'm against it. -
getyourdander — 9 years ago(October 01, 2016 06:16 PM)
An obvious one is Richard Dawson who went from Hogan's Heros, to Match Game, to Host of Family Feud. Without the game shows, Dawson had little career.
Wally Cox on Hollywood Squares and really Peter Marshall whose major memory for most is the host of them.
George Goebel was a major one on Hollywood Squares. I once saw him live doing 90 minutes of stand up and believe me without tv and games he would not be remembered.
A Smile is priceless and Can Be Addicting