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Post by jman8606 on Nov 2, 2020 11:25:37 GMT -5
U.S Senator John McCain was on the original Jeopardy! With Art Fleming. He was a one-time champion.
Mel Gibson's father Hunter "Red" Gibson was a contestant and winner of the 1968 J! TOC
Jay Wolpert is the winner of the 1969 TOC.
Aaron Carter of The Backsteeet Boys and Joey Fatone of N sync who.would later host The Singing Bee and announce Feud were contestants on Nick Arcade. I think Joey waa also on Guts. I know AJ Carter was.
Steven Page of The Barenaked Ladies was a contestant on Bumper Stumpers in 1988.
One of the spice girls was a model on the Turkish version of TPIR.
Dan Tullis who played Officer Dan on Married with Children was a contestant on Feud in 1976 and in 1985 he was on Tic Tac Dough.
Kathy Najimy who is the voice of Peggy Hill and on King of the Hill was on Feud in 1980, as well as Wheel of fortune in 1984 and Pyramid in the mid 80s.
Leonard Stone who played Violet Beauregard's father on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was a contestant on WOF in 2000.
Paris Themmen who played Mike TeeVee on Willy Wonka was a contestant on the Wink Martindale version of Trivial Pursuit as well as Duel in 2008 and on J! In 2018. His wife was on J! In 2015.
James Reynolds who plays Abe Carver on Days of Our Lives was a contestant on the Jack Barry version of Break the Bank.
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Post by johnnyo on Nov 29, 2020 0:41:02 GMT -5
Watching episodes 283 and 284 of Super Password, there is a contestant who identified her self as "Kat Sawyer-Young". She identified herself as an author of children's books, so I googled the name to try to find out is she ever found success in that field.
Instead, I found quite an impressive resume for an actress with the same name. At the time these episodes aired, she already had credits on The Young and Restless, The Waltons, Hart to Hart, and Murder, She Wrote, among others. Afterwards, she would appear on shows such as Knight Rider, The Golden Girls, Empty Nest, and Star Trek Voyager, among many others. Her most recent credit is on two episodes of the 2020 CBS All Access series Interrogation.
I am not 100% sure that this contestant and actress are the same person, but the circumstantial evidence is strong. FWIW, I was able to find and view her brief appearance on S2 E1 of The West Wing, and I am still not sure.
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Post by jman8606 on Nov 29, 2020 22:10:08 GMT -5
Diane Amos aka The Pine-sol lady was a contestant on Super Password.
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Post by aaaa on Nov 30, 2020 2:39:56 GMT -5
Diane Amos aka The Pine-sol lady was a contestant on Super Password. And before that on $25K Pyramid as a contestant, also on Wheel as a contestant, and Donny Pyramid as a celebrity.
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Post by jman8606 on Nov 30, 2020 10:08:32 GMT -5
Diane Amos aka The Pine-sol lady was a contestant on Super Password. And before that on $25K Pyramid as a contestant, also on Wheel as a contestant, and Donny Pyramid as a celebrity. Add her to the list of Pyramid contestants and celebrities along with David Graf, Mel Harris, and Kathy Najimy
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Post by aaaa on Nov 30, 2020 10:47:12 GMT -5
And before that on $25K Pyramid as a contestant, also on Wheel as a contestant, and Donny Pyramid as a celebrity. Add her to the list of Pyramid contestants and celebrities along with David Graf, Mel Harris, and Kathy Najimy Debra Jo Rupp(70s contestant, Donnymid celeb)
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Post by jman8606 on Dec 7, 2020 15:36:43 GMT -5
Jane Curtain was a contestant on the original "Jackpot!" a year before her claim to fame on SNL.
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Post by jman8606 on Dec 11, 2020 16:46:44 GMT -5
Tom Brokaw was a contestant on Two for the Money in 1956 when he was only 16.
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Post by jman8606 on Dec 22, 2020 19:03:34 GMT -5
Harry S. Murphy was already a working actor when he was on this show in 1992. This episode also has Jeff Gilbert who was a contestant on $ale in 1988 and Classic Concentration in 1991 m.youtube.com/watch?v=i5tZ2LDDGe4
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Post by jman8606 on Dec 22, 2020 19:03:49 GMT -5
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Post by jman8606 on Mar 5, 2021 10:26:01 GMT -5
Susan Seaforth-Hayes of Days of Our Lives was on Genesis in 2000.
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Post by aaaa on Mar 5, 2021 11:34:58 GMT -5
Susan Seaforth-Hayes of Days of Our Lives was on Genesis in 2000. After she was a star. She did Squares and Password PLus with husband Bill Hayes in the 70s when co-starring on Days.
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Post by vahan on Jun 12, 2021 14:16:50 GMT -5
Does this count? The future wife of NHL great Wayne Gretzky was a contestant on the April 4, 1983 episode of TPIR.
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Post by dannydalrymple on Jun 12, 2021 15:48:53 GMT -5
Does this count? The future wife of NHL great Wayne Gretzky was a contestant on the April 4, 1983 episode of TPIR. Wayne Gretzky appeared as a guest judge on the music show, Dance Fever.
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Post by jman8606 on Jun 14, 2021 18:54:56 GMT -5
Before SNL Phil Hartman was can announcer on The Pop N Rocker Game. He also announced a pilot for Scrabble.
Dennis Haskins who played Mr. Belding on Saved by the Bell was on PYL and Scrabble as a contestant.
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