#classicgameshows — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #classicgameshows, aggregated by home.social.
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Tonight in 1962 — Carol Burnett guest starred on the primetime premiere of PASSWORD on CBS.
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Today in 1978 — CARD SHARKS debuted on NBC.
#JimPerry, #BobEubanks, #BillRafferty, #PatBullard and #JoelMcHale have hosted over the years, but Perry is the ace.
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Today in 1974 — #Tattletales debuted on CBS.
#BertConvy hosted the "game of celebrity gossip.”
Along w/ #MatchGame, this Goodson-Todman production introduced '70s kids to a whole new world.
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“Everybody brings up the confetti. I must do it pretty well, for them to remember it!”
Actor, comedian, voice artist, game show host/panelist and "King of Confetti" #RipTaylor (1931-2019) would have been 92 today.
📷 w/ #Debbie Reynolds in 1981
#BornOnThisDay #Nostalgia #1970s #1980s #Comedians #ClassicTV #ClassicGameShows
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Tonight in 1968 — #TheHollywoodSquares debuted on NBC in primetime.
The daytime show had premiered in Oct, 1966. #PeterMarshall hosted both versions.
#OnThisDay #ClassicTV #ClassicGameShows #1960s #1960sTV #Nostalgia
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"We went on the air, I had a hit TV show, and I didn’t know how to do it! In today’s marketplace, I would have been fired the first week…But they let me learn.”
— #BobEubanks, on hosting #TheNewlywedGameThe veteran game show host is 85 today.
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Today in 1983 — #JustMen debuted on NBC.
Host #BettyWhite became the first woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host!
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Tonight in 1962 — #Password debuted on CBS primetime (just 3 months after the daytime version began).
#CarolBurnett and #GarryMoore — both stars of #TheGarryMooreShow— were host #AllenLudden’s first guests!
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Today in 1963 — #LetsMakeADeal debuted on NBC.
Co-creator and producer #MontyHall hosted 4,700 episodes between 1963-1991! And the show is still going strong with #WayneBrady on CBS.
#OnThisDay #ClassicTV #ClassicGameShows #1960sTV #1970sTV #Nostalgia
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“It takes a special skill to do it, which I happened to have.”
#MatchGame host #GeneRayburn (1917-1999) was #BornOnThisDay.
Before emceeing one of TV’s greatest game shows, he starred in #ByeByeBirdie and #ComeBlowYourHorn on Broadway!
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Today in 1965 — #TheDatingGame debuted on ABC.
#ChuckBarris created this frequently-revived classic, with #JimLange hosting.
#SallyField guested on the primetime premiere in 1966. And #FarrahFawcett made her TV debut as a contestant in 1969!
#OnThisDay #ClassicTV #ClassicGameShows #1960s #1960sTV #Nostalgia
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Tonight in 1956 — #ToTellTheTruth debuted on CBS.
“Will the real [blank] please stand up?” host #BudCollyer asked 3 contestants, after questions from a celebrity panel.
Subsequent versions were hosted by #GarryMoore, #JoeGaragiola and others. Frequent panelists included #PeggyCass and #KittyCarlisle.
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“I don’t like to be sad, so I’ve played mostly happy, silly characters.”
— #JoyceBulifantMurray’s wife from #TheMaryTylerMooreShow is 85 today.
She’s been a familiar face since the 1960s in movies like #Airplane and #TheHappiestMillionaire, game shows like #MatchGame, and more.
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"On most of the other shows, there are contestants between 20 and 40 who are physically attractive. They're pre-selected, they’ve learned the game, and they don’t have the same attitude as people right out of an audience. We’re the only show that does that….It looks different, it feels different, and it is different.”
— Bob Barker, on the enduring popularity of #ThePriceIsRightThe game show legend is 99 today.
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“I came to California in 1959 and I’ve never been out of work.”
Happy birthday (belatedly), #WinkMartindale!
The host of #ClassicGameShows like #TicTacDough is 89 — and still working as a radio DJ.
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"I had a ball on that show because I could do anything I wanted to. Of course, I got fired for it!"
— #JayePMorgan on her late '70s stint on #TheGongShowThe singer, actress, and (notorious) game show panelist is 91 today!
#BornOnThisDay #ClassicTV #1970s #1970sTV #ClassicGameShows #Nostalgia
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"People of all ages say to me…’I grew up with you. Thank you for all the good times.' If that’s my legacy, that’s pretty good.”
#DickClark (1929–2012) would have been 93 today.
#BornOnThisDay #ClassicTV #1970sTV #AmericanBandstand #NewYearsRockinEve #ClassicGameShows
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#JackCarter once said (on #Tattletales) that he couldn't talk to his wife Roxanne in the morning until she had "a pot of coffee and 3 or 4 cigarettes."
I don't drink coffee and I quit smoking, but I totally get it.
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Actor and game show icon #RichardDawson (1932-2012) would have been 90 today.
Are you Team #MatchGame or Team #FamilyFeud? 🤔
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#JackNarz (1922-2008) would have been 100 today.
The host of #Concentration, #BeatTheClock and #NowYouSeeIt was also the brother of game show host Tom Kennedy!