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

Vanna White on her fashions on Wheel of Fortune

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

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

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

Chuck Barris on his difficulties hosting The Gong Show
Who talked about this genre
Berle Adams
Berle Adams on negotiating deals for Ralph Edwards for his shows Truth or Consequences and This Is Your Life
Alan Alda
Alan Alda on how his TVQ rating from game show appearances may have helped him get cast on M*A*S*H
Army Archerd
Army Archerd on the celebrity game show, The Movie Game
Bob Barker
Bob Barker on the origin and premise of the game show The Price is Right
Bob Barker on the secret to The Price is Right's longevity
Bob Barker on the success and inclusiveness of The Price is Right
Chuck Barris
Chuck Barris on developing The Dating Game
Chuck Barris on developing The Newlywed Game
Chuck Barris on developing The Gong Show
Chuck Barris on The Newlywed Game
Chuck Barris on the staff and legacy of The Gong Show
Joseph Behar
Joe Behar on directing Let's Make a Deal and memorable moments from the show
Joe Behar on directing the pilot of Let's Make a Deal and the premise of the show
Tom Bergeron
Tom Bergeron on hosting Hollywood Squares
Frank Biondo
Frank Biondo on getting a job as a cameraman on Supermarket Sweep, which shot on location
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
Al Borden
Al Borden on being propmaster for You Bet Your Life
Frances Buss Buch
Frances Buss Buch on CBS Television Quiz
Frances Buss Buch on directing The Missus Goes A-Shopping
Frances Buss Buch briefly on directing CBS Television Quiz
Frances Buss Buch on seeing Winner Take All many years later and thinking it was dull
Frances Buss Buch on directing What's It Worth?
Harvey Bullock
Harvey Bullock on writing for Johnny Carson on Who Do You Trust?, and on writing McKeever & the Colonel
Allan Burns
Allan Burns on being a page on Queen for a Day and having to kick someone off the show
Robert Caminiti
Robert Caminiti on the fast pacing and structured environment of being part of a crew on a game show
Robert Caminiti on stage managing for Goodson-Todman Productions' game shows
Robert Caminiti on what he enjoyed about working on game shows, particularly What's My Line?
Robert Caminiti on stage managing for various game shows including Concentration, Jeopardy! and Winning Streak
Steve Carlin
Steve Carlin on creating and producing The $64,000 Question (Part 1)
Steve Carlin on creating and producing The $64,000 Question (Part 2)
Steve Carlin on creating and producing The $64,000 Question (Part 3)
Steve Carlin on creating Jackie Gleason's infamous You're in the Picture game show
Gilbert Cates
Gilbert Cates on the Quiz Show scandal surrounding Dotto
Gilbert Cates on the Quiz Show scandal surrounding Dotto (contd.)
Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse on appearing as a mystery guest on What's My Line?
RuPaul Charles
RuPaul Charles on hosting RuPaul's Drag Race
Nick Clooney
Nick Clooney on hosting the game show The Moneymaze
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper on appearing on Jeopardy!
Bill Daily
Bill Daily on being a panelist on Match Game
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson on Family Feud
Milton Delugg
Milton Delugg on playing accordion on Treasure Hunt
Milton Delugg on working with Herb Shriner on Two for the Money
Milton Delugg on working on Beat the Clock and Dollar a Second
Milton Delugg on composing the theme to What's My Line
Milton Delugg on composing music for Chuck Barris' The Newlywed Game and The Dating Game
Milton Delugg on the 1974 short-lived revival of Your Hit Parade
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
Milton Delugg on The Gong Show, including how contestants were chosen and on working with some of the celebrity judges
Milton Delugg on working on The Chuck Barris Rah Rah Show
Milton Delugg on working on Three's A Crowd
Milton Delugg on working on Camouflage and the revivals of The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game
Vin Di Bona
Vin Di Bona on producing Animal Crack-Ups
Hugh Downs
Hugh Downs on hosting the popular game show Concentration and security on the show during the Quiz Show Scandals
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
Patty Duke
Patty Duke on how her managers gave her the answers for the $64,000 Challenge; on testifying during the Quiz Show Scandals
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
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)
Dick Enberg
Dick Enberg on hosting the show Sports Challenge and producing the show The Way it Was
Dick Enberg on hosting several game shows including Perfect Match and Baffle
Bob Eubanks
Host Bob Eubanks on the role of the host on The Newlywed Game
Nanette Fabray
Nanette Fabray on appearing on Password
Nanette Fabray on appearing on The Hollywood Squares
Jamie Farr
Jamie Farr on his involvement with The Gong Show
Ruth Duskin Feldman
Ruth Duskin Feldman on being a panelist on Quiz Kids (Part 1)
Ruth Duskin Feldman on being a panelist on Quiz Kids (Part 2)
Ruth Duskin Feldman on being a panelist on Quiz Kids (Part 3)
Ruth Duskin Feldman on appearing as a panelist on Quiz Kids (Part 4)
Charles Fox
Composer Charles Fox on composing for Goodson-Todman game shows early in his career
Sonny Fox
Sonny Fox on his short-lived time as host of $64,000 Challenge
Fred Foy
Fred Foy on being an announcer for game shows and changing his voice for that genre
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
Albert Freedman on his dealings with Twenty One contestant James Snodgrass during the Quiz Show Scandals
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
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
Albert Freedman on specific contestants on Tic Tac Dough
Albert Freedman on becoming a producer on Twenty One, coaching contestants, and convincing Charles Van Doren to become a contestant on the program
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
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
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
Albert Freedman on whether today's quiz shows are affected by the Quiz Show Scandals
Harry Friedman
Harry Friedman on writing and producing Hollywood Squares (Part 1)
Harry Friedman on writing and producing Hollywood Squares (Part 2)
Harry Friedman on writing and producing Wheel of Fortune (Part 1)
Harry Friedman on producing Wheel of Fortune (Part 2)
Harry Friedman on producing Wheel of Fortune (Part 3)
Harry Friedman on producing Jeopardy! (Part 1)
Harry Friedman on producing Jeopardy! (Part 3)
Pamela Fryman
Pamela Fryman on working on The New Hollywood Squares
Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Gilbert on appearing on Hollywood Squares and dining with Paul Lynde
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
Mary Lynn Gottfried
Mary Lynn Gottfried on writing questions for game shows, including Card Sharks
Mary Lynn Gottfried on booking talent for Hollywood Squares
Monty Hall
Monty Hall on briefly hosting Twenty-One and the subsequent quiz show scandals that emerged
Monty Hall on the impact of the Quiz Show Scandals on game shows
Monty Hall on co-creating Let's Make a Deal with Stefan Hatos
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
Monty Hall on the great and "zonk" prizes on Let's Make a Deal
Monty Hall on the production schedule of Let's Make a Deal
Monty Hall on Dick Clark getting Let's Make a Deal back on the air
Florence Henderson
Florence Henderson on her game show appearances and the popularity of game shows
Michael King
Michael King on distributing Joker's Wild and Tic Tac Dough for King World
Michael King on King World distributing Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!
Roger King
Roger King and syndicating Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!
Roger King on King World selling The Joker's Wild
Roger King on the success and legacy of Jeopardy!
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
Jeff Kisseloff
Jeff Kisseloff on his interview with Twenty-One producer Al Freeman, Jr.
Mort Lachman
Mort Lachman on doing warmup on Truth or Consequences hosted by Ralph Edwards
Perry Lafferty
Perry Lafferty on his first television job, directing Celebrity Time
Perry Lafferty on directing Name That Tune
Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence on hosting Win, Lose, or Draw and her advice to TV hosts
Richard Lewis
Richard Lewis on producing Blind Date
Charles Lisanby
Charles Lisanby on designing sets for the $64,000 Question
Stewart MacGregory
Stewart MacGregory on being stage coordinator for Americana and Barney Blake, Police Reporter
Rose Marie
Rose Marie on her long tenure as a panelist on The Hollywood Squares
Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall on hosting Hollywood Squares
Peter Marshall on hosting Hollywood Squares
Wink Martindale
Wink Martindale on what makes a good game show host, and on game show hosts he admires like Bill Cullen
Wink Martindale on hosting Dream Girl of '67 and How's Your Mother-in-Law?
Wink Martindale on becoming a game show host
Wink Martindale on hosting Can You Top This produced by Morey Amsterdam
Wink Martindale on hosting Las Vegas Gambit, and on appearing on The Hollywood Squares
Wink Martindale on hosting Tic Tac Dough
Wink Martindale on creating and hosting Headline Chasers
Wink Martindale on hosting High Rollers
Wink Martindale on hosting Trivial Pursuit
Wink Martindale on hosting Second Honeymoon and Bumper Stumpers
Wink Martindale on being a contestant on Tattletales, and on his later friendship with Elvis Presley
Wink Martindale on being a celebrity contestant on Password
Wink Martindale on Tic Tac Dough being his favorite show, and on his enjoyment of hosting Las Vegas Gambit
Kent McCray
Kent McCray on working with Groucho Marx on You Bet Your Life
Bob McGrath
Bob McGrath on one of his first jobs in television, working on the game show, To Tell the Truth
Ed McMahon
Ed McMahon on being announcer for Who Do You Trust? and on meeting Johnny Carson
Ed McMahon on being the announcer for Who Do You Trust?
Ed McMahon on hosting Star Search
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
Barney McNulty on doing cue cards for Queen for a Day
Barney McNulty on doing cue cards for Let's Make a Deal, Ralph Edwards, and The Carol Burnett Show
Jayne Meadows
Jayne Meadows on getting a job as a panelist on I've Got a Secret and meeting Steve Allen
Jayne Meadows on being a panelist on I've Got a Secret
John Moffitt
John Moffitt on producing the relaunched Hollywood Squares
Robert Mott
Robert Mott on working on To Tell the Truth and on working with a laugh track
Robert Mott on appearing on What's My Line?
Robert Mott on appearing as a contestant on What's My Line? with host John Daly
E. Roger Muir
E. Roger Muir on leaving NBC, and on developing and producing The Newlywed Game with Chuck Barris
Jan Murray with Emerson College
Jan Murray on becoming the host of Blind Date
Jan Murray on hosting Dollar a Second after Blind Date was canceled
Jan Murray on hosting Treasure Hunt and the popularity of the show
Jan Murray on being the first comedian to host a live game show
Gary Owens with Emerson College
Gary Owens on being the original host of The Gong Show, and on Murray Langston, "The Unknown Comic"
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
Don Pardo on working with Bill Cullen on Jeopardy! "tell them what they've won, Don"
Don Pike
Don Pike on returning to NBC in 1967 as a technical director and acting as technical director on the Miss America Pageant
Jeff Probst
Jeff Probst on hosting Rock and Roll Jeopardy!
Sally Jessy Raphael
Sally Jessy Raphael on appearing on the show Quiz Kids when she was a child
Stanley Ralph Ross
Stanley Ralph Ross on developing Challenge of the Sexes
Pat Sajak
Pat Sajak on doing the weather for KNBC Los Angeles and impressing Merv Griffin and offering Sajak Wheel of Fortune
Pat Sajak on production of and memorable moments on Wheel of Fortune
Pat Sajak on Wheel of Fortune
Pat Sajak and Vanna White on the atmosphere on the set of Wheel of Fortune
Pat Sajak on Wheel of Fortune
Lew Schneider
Lew Schneider on Make the Grade, a children's game show1
Jack Shea
Jack Shea on working on Truth or Consequences, one of the first shows he directed
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
Fred Silverman on Goodson-Todd, Heatter-Quigley, Monty Hall, and Chuck Barris.
Garry Simpson
Garry Simpson on directing Tic Tac Doug h
Ira Skutch
Ira Skutch on Campus Hoopla featuring Eva Marie Saint as a regular before her greater fame as a movie actress
Ira Skutch on the quiz show Face to Face
Ira Skutch on the challenges of staging and directing a game show, specifically What's My Line? and how the audience was filmed
Ira Skutch on budgets and prizes on shows like Match Game
Ira Skutch on the game show Two for the Money
Ira Skutch on directing Beat the Clock
Ira Skutch on producing the game show Play Your Hunch
Ira Skutch on directing Match Game, hosted by Gene Rayburn
Herbert F. Solow
Herbert F. Solow on working with the game shows for NBC
Frank Stanton
Frank Stanton on the Quiz Show Scandals
Herbert Stempel
Herbert Stempel on appearing as a contestant on the rigged quiz show Twenty-One
Herbert Stempel on appearing as a contestant on the rigged quiz show Twenty-One (Part 2)
Herbert Stempel on appearing as a contestant on the rigged quiz show Twenty-One (Part 3)
Bob Stewart
Bob Stewart on the genesis of The Price is Right
Bob Stewart defines the genres of game shows versus panel shows
Bob Stewart on the creation and production of Password
Bob Stewart on his preference for game shows featuring celebrities
Bob Stewart on the process of creating game shows and how his company was run
Bob Stewart on how the popularity of word games waned
Producer Bob Stewart on what makes a good game show host
Dick Stiles
Dick Stiles on doing production design for The Wizard of Odds
Dick Stiles on doing art direction for Wheel of Fortune
George Sunga
George Sunga on being Production Supervisor on Password
William Tankersley
William Tankersley on how the Quiz Show scandals (which started with NBC shows) affected CBS Standards & Practices
Alex Trebek
Alex Trebek on hosting Jeopardy
Alex Trebek on hosting Jeopardy!
Robert Trout
Robert Trout on hosting Who Said That?, produced by Fred Friendly, first on radio and later on television on NBC
Leslie Uggams
Leslie Uggams on appearing on Name That Tune as a teenager
Leslie Uggams on her game show Fantasy
Jimmie Walker
Jimmie Walker on appearing on Match Game and Hollywood Squares
Jimmie Walker on appearing on Battle of the Network Stars
Matthew Weiner
Matthew Weiner on appearing as a contestant on Jeopardy!
Betty White
Betty White on her affinity for game shows
Betty White on appearing on Password with eventual husband Allen Ludden
Betty White on the enduring popularity of Goodson/Todman game shows
Betty White on attempting to host three different game shows, including Just Men!
Betty White on appearing on What's My Line?, I've Got a Secret, and To Tell the Truth
Betty White on appearing on Match Game
Vanna White
Vanna White on the longevity, staff and production of Wheel of Fortune
Vanna White on Wheel of Fortune
Vanna White on Wheel of Fortune
Alan Zweibel
Alan Zweibel on being offered a job to write for Paul Lynde on Hollywood Squares