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Post by vahan on Aug 1, 2018 10:38:36 GMT -5
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Post by johnnyo on Sept 4, 2018 16:21:20 GMT -5
On the episode of Super Password that aired yesterday on BUZZR, Holley Setlock appeared as the challenger. At the time, she was a touring member of the Serendipity Singers. The group is mostly known for its chart success in the 1960's. In the 70's and 80's, the group toured with various line-ups, and a Google search confirms Setlock's involvement in the 80's. Her SP appearance continued today (presumably).
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Oct 13, 2018 17:20:52 GMT -5
Putting some stuff on to DVD right now and I forgot that Diane Amos (aka the Pine-Sol lady) was a contestant on Super Password in May 1987. She was also on $25,000 Pyramid (and won with Robert Mandan) about a year or so before that.
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Post by aaaa on Oct 13, 2018 17:30:18 GMT -5
Diane AMos won over $25K on Super Password in May 1987 with Lindsay Bloom and Jack Carter. Diane Amos was a celebrity on Donny Osmond Pyramid, playing against Subway spokesperson and future voyeur Jared Fogel.
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Post by johnnyo on Nov 30, 2018 1:01:12 GMT -5
I am watching the Super Password episode that first aired on BUZZR on 10/9/2018. The current champ, Helen Hudson, has been identifying herself as a songwriter. A quick Google search revealed Helen's current website; helen-hudson.com/default.asp
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Post by aaaa on Nov 30, 2018 5:39:05 GMT -5
Helen Hudson also appeared on Wordplay in Summer 1987 and its on Youtube.
Quicsilver on USA in 1994 host Ron Maestri appeared on the syndicated Win Lose or Draw in 1987
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Post by johnnyo on Dec 10, 2018 1:43:47 GMT -5
In a case of being a star prior to being on a game show, famous photographer Cecil Stoughton appeared as the challenger on the first game of Episode 19 of Classic Concentration in 1987. (I don't know if he won, I haven't watched the game yet.) Alex Trebek introduced Stoughton by showing his most famous photo. Stoughton was onboard Air Force One in Dallas in 1963, as Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as the POTUS after JFK's assinnation, and took the photo of Johnson being sworn in, as LBJ stood next to Jackie Kennedy.
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Post by crazyfordax on Jul 24, 2019 22:28:19 GMT -5
On today's episode of the Press Your Luck revival with Elizabeth Banks former contestant Cookie from the original Peter Tomarken version of Press Your Luck is playing as a contestant under her real name Cathy. She later revealed that the Press Your Luck producers nicknamed her Cookie to avoid confusion with another contestant also named Cathy and the cute nickname Cookie stuck Turn on Press Your Luck right now to see Cookie play
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Post by aaaa on Jul 25, 2019 8:00:23 GMT -5
Today's episode of Jeopardy has retired OBgyn from California, Dr. Eric Kaplan, who is believed to be the same guy who won $100K in cash on Name that Tune circa 1979 and then was in the SUperchamps tourney in the 1984 version and lost in the final to Elena Cervantes.
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Post by jedijones on Nov 12, 2019 16:01:14 GMT -5
Lynne Heller, nee Brombach is the wife of former U.S. Senator Dean Heller of Nevada (served 2011-2019). Lynne competed under the Brombach family name on Family Feud in 1985 in several episodes. Dean Heller can be seen in the crowd gathering on stage to congratulate the Brombach family at the end of these episodes. Lynne appears to be introducing Dean to Richard Dawson in one close range shot.
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Post by aaaa on Nov 13, 2019 4:47:21 GMT -5
Ron Maestri of the 1994 USA show Quicksilver and later of QVC fame was on Win Lose or Draw syndicated in 1987 and won $2300
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Post by johnnyo on Nov 2, 2020 10:11:39 GMT -5
MG73/74 Contestant Harry Reynolds later worked very successfully as an actor under the name Reynaldo Rey.
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Post by jman8606 on Nov 2, 2020 11:04:36 GMT -5
Before They Were Stars...They Were Game Show Contestants
As many of you fellow Game Show fans are aware (and trust me, I am one of you), a number of ordinary citizens who were game show contestants went on to greater fame, whether it be in Showbiz, or as a Professional Athlete, or other areas of fame otherwise noted.
That being said, here's a partial list of future celebrities who got their career starts as ordinary game show contestants.
1. Dr. Joyce Brothers -- Who better than to start off with this famous Psychologist (who died in 2013 at age 85). In the mid-1950s, before the Quiz Show Scandal caused its cancellation, Dr. Joyce was an ordinary contestant on the '50s game show "The $64,000 Question," with questions asked about her area of expertise at the time: Boxing. Flash forward to 1958: The Quiz Show Scandal infamously caused the cancellation of "The $64,000 Question" as well as other game shows e.g. "Twenty-One" and "Dotto" due to claims of being rigged (not sure about the other two cases, but in the case of "Twenty-One," the rigged claims turned out to be true, causing ITS cancellation by NBC, remaining off the air until the year 2000, when Maury Povich succeeded show creator Jack Barry as host, making his game-show host debut). In the meantime, Joyce found greater fame as an advice columnist and psychologist in addition to being a celebrity player on other game shows including the original "Hollywood Squares."
2. Candy Bergen -- In 1958, 30 years before finding greater fame in her own right as TV's "Murphy Brown," Candy Bergen, then age 12, appeared as a contestant on the hit '50s prime-time game show "You Bet Your Life," hosted by Groucho Marx, whose own young daughter, Melinda, competed against Candy in the episode.
3. John Ritter -- In 1966, a recent graduate of Hollywood High School named John Ritter was a contestant--and winning bachelor--on "The Dating Game." 10 years later, in 1977, John found eternal fame on the hit '70s sitcom "Three's Company," where he spent 7 years portraying Jack Tripper. But it was while on his comeback vehicle--the hit Disney sitcom "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter," then airing Tuesday nights at 8 P.M. ET / PT on the Disney-owned ABC Television Network (also the original network home of "Three's Company") that John's life and career met a tragic end: on the afternoon of September 11, 2003, John Ritter, age 54, was on the set of his new sitcom when he fell very ill with what he initially thought was food poisoning; instead, it turned out to be much worse: at 8 P.M. ET / 5 .P.M. PT that night, John was rushed to the local Hospital--Providence St. Joe's Medical Center--in Burbank, California (coincidentally where he had been born the younger of 2 sons to Cowboy movie star/singer Tex Ritter) where he was immediately rushed into the OR. At 1 A.M. ET / 10 A.M. PT on Friday, September 12, 2003, John Ritter, age 54, died; his cause of death was ruled as a Dissection of the Aorta. John's tragic, early passing occurred on his widow Amy Yasbeck's 41st Birthday, 5 days before his own 55th Birthday on September 17, and 6 days shy of his 4th wedding anniversary to Amy; in addition, John's youngest daughter, Stella, had turned 5 on September 11, 2003, eventually growing up without a father. In addition to Stella and Amy, John was survived by his 3 grown children--including oldest son Jason (now a rising actor in his own right)--from his 1st marriage to Nancy Morgan, which ended in divorce in 1996, 6 years after John and Amy first met on the set of the first "Problem Child" movie in 1990--causing John's 1st marriage to be over.
4. Bob Saget -- Like John Ritter before him, Bob Saget was also a winning bachelor on "The Dating Game," where he appeared as a contestant in 1979, several years before finding greater fame as a stand-up comic, an actor (on the hit '80s sitcom "Full House" and its current spin-off "Fuller House") and a game-show host ("America's Funniest Home Videos" and "1 vs. 100"). In 2008, at the end of its 18th combined season (10 in its original 1989-1999 run and 17 in its current revival run hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro), "America's Funniest Home Videos" surpassed long-time champ "What's My Line?" (airing for 17 years on CBS from February 2, 1950 - September 3, 1967, consisting of 876 Broadcasts) as network TV's longest-running Prime-Time Game Show--and also is the longest-running entertainment series in the history of ABC.
5. Jenny Jones -- Years before finding greater fame as a TV talk-show host, Jenny Jones appeared at least twice on the hit CBS TV game show "Press Your Luck" as an ordinary contestant.
6. Mel Harris -- In 1985, 2 years before finding greater fame as an actress on "Thirtysomething," Mel Harris (under her then-married name of Mel Kennerly) was an ordinary contestant on an early episode of "The $100,000 Pyramid" hosted by Dick Clark, with Johnny Gilbert as announcer. Mel eventually returned to the "Pyramid" in 1991 as a celebrity guest for a week's worth of shows, this time with John Davidson taking over for Dick Clark as host.
7. David Graf -- Before finding fame as an actor, the late David Graf appeared as an ordinary contestant on the daytime "$10,000 Pyramid" hosted by Dick Clark. He eventually returned to the "Pyramid" many times--as a celebrity guest--after finding greater fame as an actor.
8. Kirstie Alley -- Before finding greater fame as Shelley Long's successor on the hit '80s sitcom "Cheers," Kirstie Alley, then a struggling actor working as an interior designer, appeared as an ordinary contestant on the hit '70s game shows "Match Game" & "Password Plus," winning in both of her game show appearances.
If anyone else here can think of any other examples, please include them in response. Thanks in advance.
Bob Saget got his start as a comic on the short-lived 1979 revival of Make Me Laugh. He and Howie Mandel did. Also, Jenny Jones was a contestant on TPIR in 1979 as well as Match Game. Along with PYL.
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Post by jman8606 on Nov 2, 2020 11:10:48 GMT -5
David Graf won his $10K on Pyramid with Patty Duke, and competed on $100K on at least three occasions(two Clark, one Davidson) as a celeb with Patty DUke. They showed a clip of him winning the $10K the first time Graf and DUke played together as celebs. Richard Kline(played with Steve Allen), Constance Mccashin(on Cullen Pyramid, played with Ed Asner), and Joel Brooks were contestants in the 70s turned celebs in the 80s. Joel won his $10K with Lucie Arnaz in 1976 and in 1988 the two played together as celebs on $25K. Paul Feig who became a movie writer won $25K with Lois Nettleton on daytime Pyramid in 1986. Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry was on $100K Pyramid circa 1986. Actress Mitzi Kapture was on $25K in 1985 and won the 7-11 and the Mystery 7 prize. Debra Jo Rupp was on $20K in the 70s and later was a celeb on Donnymid. Bonnie Urseth of We Got a Made was a contestant in the 70s, its not known how she did, and Bonnie appeared on Pyramid and GO! in 1983-84. Password contestants turned celebs include Mclean Stevenson, who won luggage as a consolation prize in the 60s and was later on Password PLus and SUper Password, and Susan Anton lost on Password on probably the ABC version given her age and when she became a star, and was a celebrity on Super Password in 1986. Soap actor and writer Meg Bennett was a winning contestant on Three on a Match and later a Match Game 1977 and Pyramid celeb. Mike Reilly got chosen to host 1990's ABC Monopoly in small part due to being a losing J! contestant in Fall 1989. Dixie Whatley from the early years on Entertainment Tonight was a contestant on the 1976 ABC Break the Bank Linda Cardellini from Freaks and Geeks was a contestant on TPIR. The day Aaron Paul was on TPIR, 1/3/2000, alt.tv.game-shows member Rob Rosa won a car in Spelling Bee. Lynn Deerfield, Guiding LIght actor and MG celeb in the 70s, said she was on the 60s Match Game. Brianne Leary in 1976 won $9K on MG76 and was later a celeb in 1979 when co-starring on ChIps. One of the late King brothers of King World(who syndicated WHeel J! and Oprah for more than 20 years) was a winning contestant on Eye Guess in the 60s, I think it was ROger King. Harvey Levin of the 80s People's Court and TMZ was said to have been on High Rollers in the 70s Marc Summers said when WInk Martindale was a guest on Couch POtatoes in 1989 that he was a contestant on Gambit. OJ SImpson was a contestant on Squares in the 60s. Dr. Drew Pinsky of Loveline on MTV was on WHeel daytime in 1984 Mark was not a contestant on Gambit. He worked the show as a CBS page.
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Post by jman8606 on Nov 2, 2020 11:13:21 GMT -5
Mark Decarlo, host of Studs and a few other shows, was a $115K undefeated champion on daytime $ale in 1985 and later appeared on Tic Tac Dough in 1990 and lost his game there. He began hosting Studs a few months after his Tic appearance aired. Blake Emmons who was a country music star popular in Canada and hosted 55 episodes of the New Chain Reaction in 1986 was on Bill Cullen's Joker's WIld and won one game. ROn Maestri who hosted Quicksilver in 1994 on USA and was later a host on QVC was on nighttime Win Lose or Draw in 1987 Mia the bartender who appears on some episodes of Spike's Bar Rescue was on the MIke Catherwood Chain Reaction, but no mention was made of her being on Bar Rescue when she was a contestant. Naomi Judd was on Hollywood Squares Marshall and ABC Password Andrew Gold who had hit singles Lonely Boy and Thank you for Being a Friend(theme for Golden Girls) was on Feud in the COmbs era with his family on both daytime and nighttime versions and with his wife on the SUmmer 1992 relationship show Bedroom Buddies Walter Egan who had a hit single in 1978 with Magnet and Steel won four games of Catch Phrase in 1985 and was on Scrabble in the 80s, and Charlie Tuna the announcer remembered his hit song Lonnie BUrr who was a MOuseketeer on the original MIckey Mouse Club was on Big SHowdown in 1975 and WOrdplay in 1987 Onetime GSN president Rich Cronin was on Password PLus in 1979, won a couple of games, and on Face the Music in 1980 Bob Boden was an audience polling member on Eubanks Card Sharks when a CBS daytime executive Suzannah WIlliams of 1986-89 Card Sharks was on SUper Password in October 1984, three months before she became a model on Time Machine ANswer and QUestion Supervisor for Jeopardy in the 80s Jules Minton won $48K on Bullseye J! writer in the 80s Carlo Panno lost on Crosswits in the 70s and won on the 1978 version of Jeopardy J! writer Steve Dorfman(1984-2004) was on Battlestars with Trebek Walter Egan was also on Jeopardy! And performed his hit song during the contestant intros.
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