How many game shows do you know where you see a host helming a show while he/she is sitting down?

Off-hand:

Any Goodson-Todman panel show, particularly To Tell the Truth, What's My Line?, I've Got a Secret.

Bill Cullen hosted every show he hosted sitting down due to his polio.

Jack Barry hosted a few weeks of shows of The Joker's Wild early on in the syndicated episodes due to an injury he sustained.

Peter Marshall, Jon Bauman, John Davidson and Tom Bergeron all hosted Hollywood Squares while sitting down.

I don't know if it's me but it seems like Alex Trebek has been hosting J! sitting down this entire season.

Are there any others that you know of?

The Hosts of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (until they were required to stand)

The hosts of "You Bet Your Life".

There were two I remember. The original Cross-Wits with Jack Clark and the 70s revival of It Pays to Be Ignorant that was hosted by Joe Flynn.

The short-lived "The Moment of Truth".

Mark L. Walberg sat across from the contestants during the questioning.

ESPN's Two Minute Drill.

Tom Kennedy and Bert Convy also sat down when they hosted Password Plus and Super Password respectively. During P+, there was a small hole in the area by where the host is at and there would be some type of chair in the area. On Super Password, I noticed that Bert was sitting down because I watched the Rip Taylor "toupee" episode and the red stool he smashed down just before he ripped off his toupee happened to be the chair Bert sits in when he's hosting.

Even though Dick Clark always hosted Pyramid standing up, when he was a celebrity player on Bill Cullen's and Doony Osmond's versions, it was fun seeing him sitting down and playing the game.

Jack Narz also sat down when he hosted Now You See It.

How many game shows do you know where you see a host helming a show while he/she is sitting down?

Off-hand:

Any Goodson-Todman panel show, particularly To Tell the Truth, What's My Line?, I've Got a Secret.

Bill Cullen hosted every show he hosted sitting down due to his polio.

Jack Barry hosted a few weeks of shows of The Joker's Wild early on in the syndicated episodes due to an injury he sustained.

Peter Marshall, Jon Bauman, John Davidson and Tom Bergeron all hosted Hollywood Squares while sitting down.

I don't know if it's me but it seems like Alex Trebek has been hosting J! sitting down this entire season.

Are there any others that you know of?


as for the Tom Bergeron quote of hosting Hollywood Squares while siting down well, he was sitting down...up until 2002 when it was the H2 era and he was standing up in a brand-new set before the show's demise in 2004.

as for the Tom Bergeron quote of hosting Hollywood Squares while siting down well, he was sitting down...up until 2002 when it was the H2 era and he was standing up in a brand-new set before the show's demise in 2004.

I thought he only stood up when he had to read the questions in the endgame or introduce a new player during those episodes? In most of those episodes, he looks like he towering over the players while the players are standing up.

well i guess i cold be wrong though megamanj2004 maybe i thought of the contestants standing up instead of sitting down, i'm sorry

well i guess i cold be wrong though megamanj2004 maybe i thought of the contestants standing up instead of sitting down, i'm sorry

You're all good. No worries. Everyone makes mistakes. :)

thank you megamanj2004, BTW when i was talking about the contestants standing up i was reffering to the H2 era of Hollywood Squares from 2002-2004.

Any Goodson-Todman panel show, particularly To Tell the Truth, What's My Line?, I've Got a Secret.

The most recent version of I've Got a Secret had a seated host as well -- was that a Goodson-Todman production too, or ? Amy Yasbeck was a regular on this revival, about 10 or 11 years ago? And I seem to recall John Ritter appearing at least once. Thanks in advance for any info.

The most recent version of I've Got a Secret had a seated host as well -- was that a Goodson-Todman production too, or ? Amy Yasbeck was a regular on this revival, about 10 or 11 years ago? And I seem to recall John Ritter appearing at least once. Thanks in advance for any info.


biffbronson,are you talking about the Stephanie Miller version that ran on The Oxygen Network from 2000-2003 by any chance?

I don't know if it's me but it seems like Alex Trebek has been hosting J! sitting down this entire season.

When was the name of the show changed to J! ? :confused:

That's just his way of saying Jeopardy! for short.

The Hosts of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (until they were required to stand)

well technically, Zoneboy it would be Meredith Vieira for the one who stands up on the current syndicated version of Millionaire not Regis Philbin.

well technically, Zoneboy it would be Meredith Vieira for the one who stands up on the current syndicated version of Millionaire not Regis Philbin.

I'm well aware that Regis didn't stand on the show and don't need correcting. I said hosts in the event that Meredith was ever replaced.

your right Zoneboy, i apologize for the correction.

also do celebrity guest host count for Millionaire?