#classicgameshows — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #classicgameshows, aggregated by home.social.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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“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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"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!