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Name some.
On Happy Days---
Jack Whippet, host of Big Money
Looked an awful lot like Partridge Family manager Reuben Kincaid. Could have been brothers.
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ThisLittlePiggy 04-21-2025, 08:42 PM Alan Quebec in the Rugrats
biffbronson 04-21-2025, 09:07 PM Sesame Street (Muppets): Guy Smiley and Sonny Friendly
ThisLittlePiggy 04-21-2025, 09:18 PM Guy Corbin (Grab That Dough) in The Golden Girls
Wink, host of the Super Happy Smile Time Family Wish Show
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howierules86 04-22-2025, 01:50 PM Lee McNamara (What Do You Know?) in Family Matters
EccentricGenius 04-22-2025, 03:26 PM Skip Yenta (host of Dream Date) on Garfield And Friends.
KurtfromPitts 04-23-2025, 10:47 AM A guy named Bob identified as Williams but listed in the credits as having the last name of Barton who emceed The Mating Game-portrayed by Steve Dunne-on a memorable episode of That Girl.
cd637299 04-25-2025, 09:15 AM When Johnny Carson ruled The Tonight Show, he appeared more than once on different parody game shows, but as emcee, all having the same name: Wink Barker.
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Smiling Will Carson, host of The Prize Is Priced (The Flintstones)
cd637299 04-26-2025, 02:52 PM Smiling Will Carson, host of The Prize Is Priced (The Flintstones)
Ah, going the cartoon route—there are others that the ones I can think of:
Art Lamplighter (caricature of Art Linkletter), “People Are Bunny” with Bugs & Daffy
Daffy Duck, “Truth or AAAAAAAGHHH!” with Porky Pig
Bill Baker (voice of Casey Kasem), “Let’s Make a Right Price”, a “2 Stupid Dogs” episode
“Top Cat” appeared on the game show “King for a Day,” but IIRC the host was named Jack Bailey, the exact name of the emcee for Queen for a Day.
I saw on the MeTV Toons page that an episode of The Jetsons had them appear with the Spacelys on a Family Feud parody, but I didn’t see that one!
Also to keep it live action….
Jay Jackson appeared on the “Honeymooners” episode “The $99,000 Answer,” but I am not sure if he was announced on the air as Jay Jackson or not. Classic Honeymooners ep.
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Jay Jackson appeared on the “Honeymooners” episode “The $99,000 Answer,” but I am not sure if he was announced on the air as Jay Jackson or not. Classic Honeymooners ep.
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The ep’s on YouTube. He’s called Herb Norris.
cd637299 04-26-2025, 04:40 PM The ep’s on YouTube. He’s called Herb Norris.
Thank you—WHY I didn’t go there first, I have no idea.
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cd637299 04-26-2025, 04:50 PM Going another way, one is unforgettable:
SCTV’s Alex Trebel [sic], played by Eugene Levy—an obvious parody of Alex Trebek pre-Jeopardy. However, despite looking like Trebek, Levy was totally opposite of the Alex we know, who had decorum and appeal.
Levy as Trebel/Trebek was master of the slow-burn. Dim-witted contestants got under his skin more and more as the game (whatever the game was, whether Half Wits or Hi-Q) progressed; by the end of the game, he was a raving lunatic!
Plenty available on YouTube.
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Dude111 04-26-2025, 05:41 PM Sesame Street (Muppets): Guy Smiley and Sonny FriendlyYes we cant forget about Guy!!
Steven Keaton hosted an episode of High School Quiz Off on his TV station on Family Ties.
Which seems like a major conflict of interest since 2 of the 6 contestants were his kids Alex and Mallory.
ThisLittlePiggy 04-27-2025, 01:12 PM Shock Treatment (1981)
game show 'Marriage Maze' with Bert Schnick
ThisLittlePiggy 04-27-2025, 01:14 PM Deathrow Gameshow (1987)
Chuck Toedan hosts TV: Live or Die
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