Game Shows FAQ
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Game Shows FAQ

All That's Left to Know About the Pioneers, the Scandals, the Hosts and the Jackpots

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eBook - ePub

Game Shows FAQ

All That's Left to Know About the Pioneers, the Scandals, the Hosts and the Jackpots

About this book

TV game shows are an American pastime, broadcast ratings champ, and cultural institution. Lavishly illustrated and filled with entertaining titbits, Game Shows FAQ presents an unprecedented look at how the game show genre has evolved in the past hundred years. From its earliest days as a promotional tool for newspapers, to the high-browed panel games on radio, to the scandalous years of the quiz shows, to the glitzy and raucous games of the 1970s, to the prime-time extravaganzas of the modern era – this book examines the most relevant game shows of every decade, exploring how the genre changed and the reasons behind its evolution.

Packed with photos and mementos to give a feel of how game shows evolved over the years, the book includes interviews and insights from the shows' beloved hosts, including Wink Martindale and Marc Summers, executives Bob Boden and Jamie Klein, and producers Aaron Solomon and Mark Maxwell-Smith, among others. Game Shows FAQ offers a richly detailed lineage of this American television institution.

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Information

Publisher
Applause
Year
2000
eBook ISBN
9781540033178
Edition
1
Subtopic
Radio

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Introduction
  3. 1 The Pre-History: In The Beginning
  4. 2 The Uncle and the Professor: The First Big Things
  5. 3 On the Tube: When TV Got Turned On
  6. 4 The Brain Trust: Well, What Do You Know?
  7. 5 Hit the Jackpot: Call, Collect
  8. 6 TV Takes Over: DO Touch That Dial!
  9. 7 A Human Puzzle: Who Do They Think You Are?
  10. 8 When Goodson Met Todman: Some Guys Get All The Credit
  11. 9 Funny Guys: Hitting the Joke-pot
  12. 10 The Stunt Men: Time to Win
  13. 11 Tear Jerkers: A Year’s Supply of Tissues
  14. 12 Big Money, Big Lies: Do You Want to Know a Secret
  15. 13 A Pocketful of Ideas: Bob Stewart’s Moment of Truth
  16. 14 Free Doughnuts and Bob Barker: Beulah Gets Buzzed
  17. 15 Back to Normal: It’s Safe to Play Again
  18. 16 Con+¢entr+8ion: A Rebus is Puzzling
  19. 17 And This is My Partner: Hitch Your Wagon to a Star
  20. 18 The Lady or the Tiger: Deal Me In!
  21. 19 What’s the Question: Who is ... Art Fleming?
  22. 20 Popcorn for the Mind: A Barris of Riches
  23. 21 Square Biz: A Nine-Star Revue
  24. 22 Renaissance: Let’s Do It Again
  25. 23 CBS Names Its Price: The Tiffany Network Comes Out to Play
  26. 24 Pyramid Climbing: Game Shows Get Their Money Back
  27. 25 Change of Fortune: Merv Griffin Goes for a Spin
  28. 26 The One-Hour Experiment: Daytime TV Takes Its Time
  29. 27 Talk Dirty to Me: Tell Me You Didn’t Just Say That!
  30. 28 Nighttime Is the Right Time: Games You Play in the Dark
  31. 29 Bang the Gong Slowly: Talentless Show
  32. 30 The Redemption of Barry and Enright: Back in Business
  33. 31 Putting the Games Back on the Shelf: Let’s Play Something Else
  34. 32 Out of Their Prime: “Feud” Holds Down the Fort
  35. 33 Spinning Wheel: The Boom Begins
  36. 34 Mr. Know-It-All: Nowhere-Near-Final Jeopardy!
  37. 35 Game Glut: They’re Everywhere! They’re Everywhere!
  38. 36 Changing Fortunes: For Every Flow, An Ebb
  39. 37 Drought: Where Have All the Game Shows Gone?
  40. 38 Youth Movement: Letting the Kids Out to Play
  41. 39 Cable Guys: Taking the Game Somewhere Else
  42. 40 The Comeback Kids: Everything Old is New Again
  43. 41 Is That Your Final Answer? Ask the Audience, and They Want More
  44. 42 Reality Biting: The Tribe Speaks
  45. 43 Shiny Floor Games: When Game Shows Became an Event
  46. 44 Social Superstars: When Game Shows Became an Event
  47. 45 The Summer of the Phoenix: Play it Again!
  48. 46 What’s in the Future? Where Are We Going Now?
  49. Bibliography
  50. Backmatter