Game Shows

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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Tabs

About

“I was a huge game show fan. As a matter of fact, before I moved to Los Angeles, I was a huge fan of ‘Wheel of Fortune.’ I even wrote in to be a contestant on the show. They wrote me back a letter and said, ‘If you’re ever in the Los Angeles area, give us a call and you can come in and audition to be a contestant.’” - Vanna White, Host

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

Highlights

Vanna White on her fashions on Wheel of Fortune

02:41

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

03:24

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

02:18

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

12:57

Chuck Barris on his difficulties hosting The Gong Show

00:42

Ralph Edwards on a typical Truth or Consequences show

02:27

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

02:59

Alan Alda

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

03:22

Army Archerd

Army Archerd on the celebrity game show, The Movie Game

02:21

Bob Barker

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

10:04

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

01:54

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

02:24

Chuck Barris

Chuck Barris on developing The Dating Game

29:01

Chuck Barris on developing The Newlywed Game

09:30

Chuck Barris on developing The Gong Show

34:25

Chuck Barris on The Newlywed Game

25:53

Chuck Barris on the staff and legacy of The Gong Show

04:25

Joseph Behar

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

01:30

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

19:10

Tom Bergeron

Tom Bergeron on hosting Hollywood Squares

27:53

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

04:49

Al Borden

Al Borden on being propmaster for You Bet Your Life

01:34

Frances Buss Buch

Frances Buss Buch on CBS Television Quiz

08:30

Frances Buss Buch on directing The Missus Goes A-Shopping

04:06

Frances Buss Buch briefly on directing CBS Television Quiz

00:25

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

00:53

Frances Buss Buch on directing What's It Worth?

03:51

Harvey Bullock

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

01:47

Allan Burns

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

06:02

Robert Caminiti

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

00:55

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

01:32

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

01:54

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

11:30

Steve Carlin

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

15:14

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

29:36

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.)

15:11

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

21:13

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

58:46

Milton Delugg

Milton Delugg on playing accordion on Treasure Hunt

00:51

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

01:54

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

02:07

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

09:00

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

05:31

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)

22:13

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

05:50

Nanette Fabray

Nanette Fabray on appearing on Password

01:07

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)

22:26

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

29:38

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

29:03

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

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

00:51

Albert Freedman on specific contestants on Tic Tac Dough

01:18

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

01:46

Harry Friedman

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

16:10

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

07:36

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

15:18

Harry Friedman on producing Wheel of Fortune (Part 2)

28:59

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

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 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

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

05:08

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 Wheel of Fortune

28:39

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

04:06

Pat Sajak on Wheel of Fortune

23:31

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 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 directing Match Game, hosted by Gene Rayburn

07:04

Ira Skutch on the quiz show Face to Face

01:26

Ira Skutch on producing the game show Play Your Hunch

02:16

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 Wheel of Fortune

19:08

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

09:31

Vanna White on Wheel of Fortune

11:10

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

13:19

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

13:19

Alan Zweibel

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

02:37