Game Shows describe fixed-format shows in which contestants compete for prizes.

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    Whoopi Goldberg on rebooting The Hollywood Squares as producer and being "Center Square", and on memorable moments from the show and how the show was run

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    Vanna White on her fashions on Wheel of Fortune

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    Herbert Stempel on finally being "defeated" by Charles Van Doren on Twenty-One

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    Bob Stewart on how The Price is Right almost never got on the air

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    Monty Hall on co-creating Let's Make a Deal with Stefan Hatos

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    Chuck Barris on his difficulties hosting The Gong Show

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    Berle Adams

    Berle Adams on negotiating deals for Ralph Edwards for his shows Truth or Consequences and This Is Your Life

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    Alan Alda

    Alan Alda on how his TVQ rating from game show appearances may have helped him get cast on M*A*S*H

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    Army Archerd

    Army Archerd on the celebrity game show, The Movie Game

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    Bob Barker

    Bob Barker on the origin and premise of the game show The Price is Right

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    Bob Barker on the secret to The Price is Right's longevity

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    Bob Barker on the success and inclusiveness of The Price is Right

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    Chuck Barris

    Chuck Barris on developing The Dating Game

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    Chuck Barris on developing The Newlywed Game

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    Chuck Barris on developing The Gong Show

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    Chuck Barris on The Newlywed Game

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    Chuck Barris on the staff and legacy of The Gong Show

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    Joseph Behar

    Joe Behar on directing Let's Make a Deal and memorable moments from the show

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    Joe Behar on directing the pilot of Let's Make a Deal and the premise of the show

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    Tom Bergeron

    Tom Bergeron on hosting Hollywood Squares

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    Frank Biondo

    Frank Biondo on getting a job as a cameraman on Supermarket Sweep, which shot on location

    02:36

    Sam Bobrick

    Sam Bobrick on his first official writing job for Make Me Laugh, hosted by Robert Q. Lewis, and on writing for Captain Kangaroo

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    Al Borden

    Al Borden on being propmaster for You Bet Your Life

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    Frances Buss Buch

    Frances Buss Buch on CBS Television Quiz

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    Frances Buss Buch on directing The Missus Goes A-Shopping

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    Frances Buss Buch briefly on directing CBS Television Quiz

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    Frances Buss Buch on seeing Winner Take All many years later and thinking it was dull

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    Frances Buss Buch on directing What's It Worth?

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    Harvey Bullock

    Harvey Bullock on writing for Johnny Carson on Who Do You Trust?,  and on writing McKeever & the Colonel 

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    Allan Burns

    Allan Burns on being a page on Queen for a Day and having to kick someone off the show

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    Robert Caminiti

    Robert Caminiti on the fast pacing and structured environment of being part of a crew on a game show

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    Robert Caminiti on stage managing for Goodson-Todman Productions' game shows

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    Robert Caminiti on what he enjoyed about working on game shows, particularly What's My Line?

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    Robert Caminiti on stage managing for various game shows including Concentration, Jeopardy! and Winning Streak

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    Steve Carlin

    Steve Carlin on creating and producing The $64,000 Question  (Part 1)

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    Steve Carlin on creating and producing The $64,000 Question (Part 2)

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    Steve Carlin on creating and producing The $64,000 Question (Part 3)

    08:05

    Steve Carlin on creating Jackie Gleason's infamous You're in the Picture  game show

    11:38

    Gilbert Cates

    Gilbert Cates on the Quiz Show scandal surrounding Dotto

    02:38

    Gilbert Cates on the Quiz Show scandal surrounding Dotto (contd.)

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    Cyd Charisse

    Cyd Charisse on appearing as a mystery guest on What's My Line?

    01:19

    RuPaul Charles

    RuPaul Charles on hosting RuPaul's Drag Race

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    Nick Clooney

    Nick Clooney on hosting the game show The Moneymaze

    04:22

    Anderson Cooper

    Anderson Cooper on appearing on Jeopardy!

    02:03

    Bill Daily

    Bill Daily on being a panelist on Match Game

    04:07

    Richard Dawson

    Richard Dawson on Family Feud

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    Milton Delugg

    Milton Delugg on playing accordion on Treasure Hunt

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    Milton Delugg on working with Herb Shriner on Two for the Money

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    Milton Delugg on working on Beat the Clock and Dollar a Second

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    Milton Delugg on composing the theme to What's My Line

    01:34

    Milton Delugg on composing music for Chuck Barris' The Newlywed Game and The Dating Game

    02:49

    Milton Delugg on the 1974 short-lived revival of Your Hit Parade

    01:32

    Milton Delugg on conducting the "Milton Delugg and the Band with a Thug" band on The Gong Show, and on the outrageous acts on the show

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    Milton Delugg on The Gong Show, including how contestants were chosen and on working with some of the celebrity judges

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    Milton Delugg on working on The Chuck Barris Rah Rah Show

    01:01

    Milton Delugg on working on Three's A Crowd

    00:33

    Milton Delugg on working on Camouflage and the revivals of The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game

    00:52

    Vin Di Bona

    Vin Di Bona on producing Animal Crack-Ups

    09:04

    Hugh Downs

    Hugh Downs on hosting the popular game show Concentration and security on the show during the Quiz Show Scandals

    05:41

    Charles S. Dubin

    Charles S. Dubin on directing Twenty One, produced by Dan Enright just before the Quiz Show Scandals broke, and on being called to testify about it

    05:10

    Patty Duke

    Patty Duke on how her managers gave her the answers for the $64,000 Challenge; on testifying during the Quiz Show Scandals

    04:10

    Ralph Edwards

    Ralph Edwards on the pilot, idea, and initial response to the radio version of Truth or Consequences; on typical acts and successful war drives

    12:31

    Ralph Edwards on memorable moments on Truth or Consequences and the show's move to television; on producing Truth or Consequences on film using new techniques of live television (a technique credited to Al Simon)

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    Dick Enberg

    Dick Enberg on hosting the show Sports Challenge  and producing the show The Way it Was

    04:55

    Dick Enberg on hosting several game shows including Perfect Match  and Baffle

    02:01

    Bob Eubanks

    Host Bob Eubanks on the role of the host on The Newlywed Game

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    Nanette Fabray

    Nanette Fabray on appearing on Password

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    Nanette Fabray on appearing on The Hollywood Squares

    02:08

    Jamie Farr

    Jamie Farr on his involvement with The Gong Show

    08:22

    Ruth Duskin Feldman

    Ruth Duskin Feldman on being a panelist on Quiz Kids  (Part 1)

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    Ruth Duskin Feldman on being a panelist on Quiz Kids  (Part 2)

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    Ruth Duskin Feldman on being a panelist on Quiz Kids (Part 3)

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    Ruth Duskin Feldman on appearing as a panelist on Quiz Kids (Part 4)

    29:09

    Charles Fox

    Composer Charles Fox on composing for Goodson-Todman game shows early in his career

    05:24

    Sonny Fox

    Sonny Fox on his short-lived time as host of $64,000 Challenge

    11:02

    Fred Foy

    Fred Foy on being an announcer for game shows and changing his voice for that genre

    14:59

    Albert Freedman

    Albert Freedman on contestants knowing the answers ahead of time of The Big Surprise and the reasons for "fixing" panel and quiz shows

    08:42

    Albert Freedman on his dealings with Twenty One contestant James Snodgrass during the Quiz Show Scandals

    03:02

    Albert Freedman on the format of the quiz show, Tic Tac Dough and how winners were selected ahead of time based on pre-test results

    04:24

    Albert Freedman on the most difficult pre-test of all the quiz shows - on Twenty One - and how producers selected which answers to give contestants

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    Albert Freedman on specific contestants on Tic Tac Dough

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    Albert Freedman on becoming a producer on Twenty One, coaching contestants, and convincing Charles Van Doren to become a contestant on the program

    29:12

    Albert Freedman on Charles Van Doren becoming a celebrity because of his appearances of Twenty One; on the beginning of the Quiz Show Scandals; on not wanting to implicate Charles Van Doren

    28:55

    Albert Freedman on being indicted during the Quiz Show Scandals, being blacklisted, going to Mexico, and returning to the U.S. to testify again after Charles Van Doren agreed to testify

    28:38

    Albert Freedman on reaching out to Charles Van Doren's lawyer to explain the circumstances under which Freedman would be testifying before the Grand Jury for a third time, on Robert Redford's movie "Quiz Show" and whether or not the film was accurate, and the impact of the Quiz Show Scandals on the medium of television - the end of the intelligent era of live TV

    28:16

    Albert Freedman on whether today's quiz shows are affected by the Quiz Show Scandals

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    Harry Friedman

    Harry Friedman on writing and producing Hollywood Squares (Part 1)

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    Harry Friedman on writing and producing Hollywood Squares (Part 2)

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    Harry Friedman on writing and producing Wheel of Fortune (Part 1)

    15:18

    Harry Friedman on producing Wheel of Fortune (Part 2)

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    Harry Friedman on producing Wheel of Fortune (Part 3)

    05:44

    Harry Friedman on producing Jeopardy! (Part 1)

    13:12

    Harry Friedman on producing Jeopardy! (Part 3)

    06:26

    Pamela Fryman

    Pamela Fryman on working on The New Hollywood Squares

    01:12

    Melissa Gilbert

    Melissa Gilbert on appearing on Hollywood Squares and dining with Paul Lynde

    02:14

    Whoopi Goldberg

    Whoopi Goldberg on rebooting The Hollywood Squares as producer and being "Center Square", and on memorable moments from the show and how the show was run

    05:52

    Mary Lynn Gottfried

    Mary Lynn Gottfried on writing questions for game shows, including Card Sharks

    01:31

    Mary Lynn Gottfried on booking talent for Hollywood Squares

    03:08

    Monty Hall

    Monty Hall on briefly hosting Twenty-One and the subsequent quiz show scandals that emerged

    04:33

    Monty Hall on the impact of the Quiz Show Scandals on game shows

    03:23

    Monty Hall on co-creating Let's Make a Deal with Stefan Hatos

    12:57

    On the budget, cast, crew, and format of Let's Make a Deal; on the diversity of Let's Make a Deal contestants and costumed contestants

    19:37

    Monty Hall on the great and "zonk" prizes on Let's Make a Deal

    04:34

    Monty Hall on the production schedule of Let's Make a Deal

    08:22

    Monty Hall on Dick Clark getting Let's Make a Deal back on the air

    05:57

    Florence Henderson

    Florence Henderson on her game show appearances and the popularity of game shows

    03:39

    Michael King

    Michael King on distributing Joker's Wild and Tic Tac Dough for King World

    04:42

    Michael King on King World distributing Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!

    35:08

    Roger King

    Roger King and syndicating Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!

    09:42

    Roger King on King World selling The Joker's Wild

    04:15

    Roger King on the success and legacy of Jeopardy!

    01:27

    Roger King on King World reviving, producing, and distributing The Hollywood Squares with Whoopi Goldberg as the center square, and on distributing Martha Stewart Living

    01:32

    Jeff Kisseloff

    Jeff Kisseloff on his interview with Twenty-One producer Al Freeman, Jr.

    04:01

    Mort Lachman

    Mort Lachman on doing warmup on Truth or Consequences hosted by Ralph Edwards

    01:53

    Perry Lafferty

    Perry Lafferty on his first television job, directing Celebrity Time

    04:29

    Perry Lafferty on directing Name That Tune

    03:27

    Vicki Lawrence

    Vicki Lawrence on hosting Win, Lose, or Draw and her advice to TV hosts

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    Richard Lewis

    Richard Lewis on producing Blind Date

    09:33

    Charles Lisanby

    Charles Lisanby on designing sets for the $64,000 Question

    01:46

    Stewart MacGregory

    Stewart MacGregory on being stage coordinator for Americana and Barney Blake, Police Reporter

    04:19

    Rose Marie

    Rose Marie on her long tenure as a panelist on The Hollywood Squares

    08:32

    Peter Marshall

    Peter Marshall on hosting Hollywood Squares

    11:52

    Peter Marshall on hosting Hollywood Squares

    29:20

    Wink Martindale

    Wink Martindale on what makes a good game show host, and on game show hosts he admires like Bill Cullen

    02:35

    Wink Martindale on hosting Dream Girl of '67 and How's Your Mother-in-Law?

    05:08

    Wink Martindale on becoming a game show host

    01:24

    Wink Martindale on hosting Can You Top This produced by Morey Amsterdam

    02:59

    Wink Martindale on hosting Las Vegas Gambit, and on appearing on The Hollywood Squares

    06:16

    Wink Martindale on hosting Tic Tac Dough

    20:31

    Wink Martindale on creating and hosting Headline Chasers

    04:42

    Wink Martindale on hosting High Rollers

    02:12

    Wink Martindale on hosting Trivial Pursuit

    04:32

    Wink Martindale on hosting Second Honeymoon and Bumper Stumpers

    03:19

    Wink Martindale on being a contestant on Tattletales, and on his later friendship with Elvis Presley

    03:55

    Wink Martindale on being a celebrity contestant on Password

    00:50

    Wink Martindale on Tic Tac Dough being his favorite show, and on his enjoyment of hosting Las Vegas Gambit

    02:48

    Kent McCray

    Kent McCray on working with Groucho Marx on You Bet Your Life

    05:08

    Bob McGrath

    Bob McGrath on one of his first jobs in television, working on the game show, To Tell the Truth

    00:38

    Ed McMahon

    Ed McMahon on being announcer for Who Do You Trust? and on meeting Johnny Carson

    06:31

    Ed McMahon on being the announcer for Who Do You Trust?

    07:54

    Ed McMahon on hosting Star Search

    04:13

    Barney McNulty

    Barney McNulty on doing cue cards for Groucho Marx on You Bet Your Life and on Bill Cosby's remake of the show

    03:26

    Barney McNulty on doing cue cards for Queen for a Day

    02:49

    Barney McNulty on doing cue cards for Let's Make a Deal, Ralph Edwards, and The Carol Burnett Show

    01:59

    Jayne Meadows

    Jayne Meadows on getting a job as a panelist on I've Got a Secret and meeting Steve Allen

    06:35

    Jayne Meadows on being a panelist on I've Got a Secret

    17:23

    John Moffitt

    John Moffitt on producing the relaunched Hollywood Squares

    04:42

    Robert Mott

    Robert Mott on working on To Tell the Truth and on working with a laugh track

    03:22

    Robert Mott on appearing on What's My Line?

    02:29

    Robert Mott on appearing as a contestant on What's My Line?  with host John Daly

    02:32

    E. Roger Muir

    E. Roger Muir on leaving NBC, and on developing and producing The Newlywed Game with Chuck Barris

    06:40

    Jan Murray with Emerson College

    Jan Murray on becoming the host of Blind Date

    02:44

    Jan Murray on hosting Dollar a Second after Blind Date was canceled

    01:21

    Jan Murray on hosting Treasure Hunt and the popularity of the show

    00:32

    Jan Murray on being the first comedian to host a live game show

    04:40

    Gary Owens with Emerson College

    Gary Owens on being the original host of The Gong Show, and on Murray Langston, "The Unknown Comic"

    07:06

    Don Pardo

    Don Pardo on The Price is Right; on a typical day and his duties as announcer; on appearing on-camera while filling in for Bill Cullen; on blowing the surprise of a contestant winning a trip to "Rooooooome" on an early Price is Right episode; on rehearsals

    10:21

    Don Pardo on working with Bill Cullen on Jeopardy! "tell them what they've won, Don"

    01:44

    Don Pike

    Don Pike on returning to NBC in 1967 as a technical director and acting as technical director on the Miss America Pageant

    06:42

    Jeff Probst

    Jeff Probst on hosting Rock and Roll Jeopardy!

    12:21

    Sally Jessy Raphael

    Sally Jessy Raphael on appearing on the show Quiz Kids when she was a child

    01:39

    Stanley Ralph Ross

    Stanley Ralph Ross on developing Challenge of the Sexes

    02:08

    Pat Sajak

    Pat Sajak on doing the weather for KNBC Los Angeles and impressing Merv Griffin and offering Sajak Wheel of Fortune

    05:27

    Pat Sajak on production of and memorable moments on Wheel of Fortune

    04:06

    Pat Sajak on Wheel of Fortune

    23:31

    Pat Sajak and Vanna White on the atmosphere on the set of Wheel of Fortune

    13:19

    Pat Sajak on Wheel of Fortune

    28:39

    Lew Schneider

    Lew Schneider on Make the Grade, a children's game show1

    03:45

    Jack Shea

    Jack Shea on working on Truth or Consequences, one of the first shows he directed

    03:16

    Fred Silverman

    Fred Silverman on going up against NBC's game shows starting with scheduling Joker's Wild , Gambit and bringing back The Price is Right

    02:14

    Fred Silverman on Goodson-Todd, Heatter-Quigley, Monty Hall, and Chuck Barris.

    01:36

    Garry Simpson

    Garry Simpson on directing Tic Tac Doug h

    01:36

    Ira Skutch

    Ira Skutch on Campus Hoopla featuring Eva Marie Saint as a regular before her greater fame as a movie actress

    01:31

    Ira Skutch on the quiz show Face to Face

    01:26

    Ira Skutch on the challenges of staging and directing a game show, specifically What's My Line? and how the audience was filmed

    02:48

    Ira Skutch on budgets and prizes on shows like Match Game

    01:25

    Ira Skutch on the game show Two for the Money

    01:32

    Ira Skutch on directing Beat the Clock

    02:03

    Ira Skutch on producing the game show Play Your Hunch

    02:16

    Ira Skutch on directing Match Game, hosted by Gene Rayburn

    07:04

    Herbert F. Solow

    Herbert F. Solow on working with the game shows for NBC

    06:55

    Frank Stanton

    Frank Stanton on the Quiz Show Scandals

    01:35

    Herbert Stempel

    Herbert Stempel on appearing as a contestant on the rigged quiz show Twenty-One

    15:25

    Herbert Stempel on appearing as a contestant on the rigged quiz show Twenty-One  (Part 2)

    28:46

    Herbert Stempel on appearing as a contestant on the rigged quiz show Twenty-One  (Part 3)

    25:17

    Bob Stewart

    Bob Stewart on the genesis of The Price is Right

    01:03

    Bob Stewart defines the genres of game shows versus panel shows

    01:31

    Bob Stewart on the creation and production of Password

    10:45

    Bob Stewart on his preference for game shows featuring celebrities

    00:48

    Bob Stewart on the process of creating game shows and how his company was run

    07:11

    Bob Stewart on how the popularity of word games waned

    01:23

    Producer Bob Stewart on what makes a good game show host

    01:26

    Dick Stiles

    Dick Stiles on doing production design for The Wizard of Odds

    02:33

    Dick Stiles on doing art direction for Wheel of Fortune

    19:13

    George Sunga

    George Sunga on being Production Supervisor on Password

    05:15

    William Tankersley

    William Tankersley on how the Quiz Show scandals (which started with NBC shows) affected CBS Standards & Practices

    04:30

    Alex Trebek

    Alex Trebek on hosting Jeopardy

    28:24

    Alex Trebek on hosting Jeopardy!

    24:29

    Robert Trout

    Robert Trout on hosting Who Said That?, produced by Fred Friendly, first on radio and later on television on NBC

    04:20

    Leslie Uggams

    Leslie Uggams on appearing on Name That Tune as a teenager

    02:08

    Leslie Uggams on her game show Fantasy

    02:26

    Jimmie Walker

    Jimmie Walker on appearing on Match Game and Hollywood Squares

    04:42

    Jimmie Walker on appearing on Battle of the Network Stars

    02:38

    Matthew Weiner

    Matthew Weiner on appearing as a contestant on Jeopardy!

    04:01

    Betty White

    Betty White on her affinity for game shows

    05:09

    Betty White on appearing on Password with eventual husband Allen Ludden

    07:25

    Betty White on the enduring popularity of Goodson/Todman game shows

    01:48

    Betty White on attempting to host three different game shows, including Just Men!

    04:48

    Betty White on appearing on What's My Line?, I've Got a Secret, and To Tell the Truth

    01:52

    Betty White on appearing on Match Game

    01:29

    Vanna White

    Vanna White on the longevity, staff and production of Wheel of Fortune

    09:31

    Vanna White on Wheel of Fortune  

    11:10

    Vanna White on Wheel of Fortune

    19:08

    Alan Zweibel

    Alan Zweibel on being offered a job to write for Paul Lynde on Hollywood Squares

    02:37

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