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Post by ivoryface86 on Mar 5, 2020 18:44:44 GMT -5
Not many game show contestants went on to become game show staff members but here are examples:
Ben Tritle, who was a contestant on Twenty-One and Jeopardy! from the first show back from Radio City Music Hall, and on the first 5 episodes of runners-up receiving cash($1000 for 3rd, $2000 for 2nd), became a famed-question writer for the first 2 seasons of Catch 21.
Dave Statman, originally a 4-game winner on Season 9 Joker's Wild went on to join the TJW staff later in the same season.
Tim Butler, originally a contestant on the daytime Wheel of Fortune, and was qualified for the $100,000 Tournament #3(which was supposed to air on April 7-11, 1986), later became a production staff member for both Pyramid counterparts beginning sometime in August 1986, around the time Tournament #4 is set.
Rocky Schmidt, originally a Jeopardy! player on December 11, 1985, became a co-producer for every J! spinoff there was(I don't think he was a co-producer for Jep!, but correct me).
Any other examples?
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Post by vahan on Mar 5, 2020 19:07:28 GMT -5
Two Pyramid examples:
Lisa Palmer played the game with Jo Anne Worley & Richard Kline during the week of April 9, 1984.
Gloria Chavez played with Shelley Smith & Michael McKean during the week of April 22, 1985.
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Post by pyramidfan on Mar 6, 2020 1:31:51 GMT -5
Two Pyramid examples: Lisa Palmer played the game with Jo Anne Worley & Richard Kline during the week of April 9, 1984. Gloria Chavez played with Shelley Smith & Michael McKean during the week of April 22, 1985. Also Julie Douglass, who won $25,000 with Brian Mitchell in 1983 and went on to become one of the contestant coordinators.
Let's add Molly Fischer, who won $10,000 with Michael J. Fox in 1984 and later went on to join the staff.
Don't forget Tony Pandolfo, who won $1,400 with Jo Anne Worley on Bill Cullen's version in 1974 and went on to become a contestant coordinator for "Pyramid" and a number of other shows.
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Post by aaaa on Mar 6, 2020 4:22:27 GMT -5
Ben Tritle is a producer on the current LMAD.
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Post by ARM103090 on Mar 6, 2020 6:26:19 GMT -5
Not many game show contestants went on to become game show staff members but here are examples: Ben Tritle, who was a contestant on Twenty-One and Jeopardy! from the first show back from Radio City Music Hall, and on the first 5 episodes of runners-up receiving cash($1000 for 3rd, $2000 for 2nd), became a famed-question writer for the first 2 seasons of Catch 21. Dave Statman, originally a 4-game winner on Season 9 Joker's Wild went on to join the TJW staff later in the same season. Tim Butler, originally a contestant on the daytime Wheel of Fortune, and was qualified for the $100,000 Tournament #3(which was supposed to air on April 7-11, 1986), later became a production staff member for both Pyramid counterparts beginning sometime in August 1986, around the time Tournament #4 is set. Rocky Schmidt, originally a Jeopardy! player on December 11, 1985, became a co-producer for every J! spinoff there was(I don't think he was a co-producer for Jep!, but correct me). Any other examples? Rocky was a co-producer on Jep! taped in January 1998. |
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Post by Mandoli on Mar 7, 2020 11:17:07 GMT -5
I know this was in the Classics section, but there's a little bit of everything in here. So I moved this to the General board.
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Post by aaaa on Mar 7, 2020 11:23:31 GMT -5
Leslie Aqua Viva Shulman won on the 60s game show Tamptation with Art James and became a contestant coordinator on Gambit and Shop Till You Drop among other shows.
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Post by johnnyo on Mar 9, 2020 14:39:43 GMT -5
Two Pyramid examples: Lisa Palmer played the game with Jo Anne Worley & Richard Kline during the week of April 9, 1984. Gloria Chavez played with Shelley Smith & Michael McKean during the week of April 22, 1985. Also Julie Douglass, who won $25,000 with Brian Mitchell in 1983 and went on to become one of the contestant coordinators. Let's add Molly Fischer, who won $10,000 with Michael J. Fox in 1984 and later went on to join the staff. Don't forget Tony Pandolfo, who won $1,400 with Jo Anne Worley on Bill Cullen's version in 1974 and went on to become a contestant coordinator for "Pyramid" and a number of other shows.
That name sounds familiar. Last Year, on International Women's day, when BUZZR aired 4 episodes of the 1994 era Dawson Celebrity Family Feud, with Carol Burnett's actual family facing off against Betty White's "family" of poker buddies, I thought that Pandolfo was on White's team. His physical appearance reminded me of Jason Alexander. |
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Post by aaaa on Mar 9, 2020 16:18:12 GMT -5
Pandolfo was with Henry Polic II and Betty white and Brenda Thompson.
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Post by ivoryface86 on Mar 12, 2020 12:36:43 GMT -5
Don't forget about Laura Chambers, she was a contestant on the Season 4 Tic Tac Dough episodes(which there are only about 4 episodes circulated from that season), and was on Sale of the Century from April 20-22, 1983(which was originally uploaded by Chris Nadle aka catnap1972), later became a consultant on the first season of Richard Karn's tenure of Family Feud. She must've done another game show as a staff member.
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Post by aaaa on Mar 12, 2020 13:13:07 GMT -5
Laura started working on game shows going back to at least Scrabble in the 80s. She was a contestant on one of the Scrabble pilots.
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Post by DestinationGetaway on Aug 9, 2020 20:17:32 GMT -5
Byron Wilson was a big winner on The Joker's Wild during the first syndicated season and joined their staff the following year. For those who didn't spot Byron's name in the credits, Jack Barry explained as that year's Tournament Of Champions was starting that Byron was not in the tournament because he was now a Barry & Enright employee.
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