My Top 30 Game Show Hosts

[icecream]

listing the shows I have liked the hosts on
1. Dick Clark- $100,000 Pyramid, $25,000 Pyramid
2. Chuck Woolery- Greed, Lingo
3. Alex Trebek- Classic Concentration, Jeopardy!, Double Dare
4. Regis Philbin- Million Dollar Password, Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
5. David Ruprecht- Supermarket Sweep
6. Ben Bailey- Cash Cab (Discovery)
7. Allen Ludden- Password Plus, Password
8. Brooke Burns- The Chase, Master Minds
9. Monty Hall- Split Second (not a Let's Make a Deal fan)
10. Anne Robinson- The Weakest Link
11. Bill Cullen- Blockbusters, $25,000 Pyramid
12. Pat Sajak- Wheel of Fortune
13. Jane Lynch- Weakest Link
14. Ken Jennings- Jeopardy!
15. John Michael Higgins- America Says
16. Leah Remini- People Puzzler
17. John O'Hurley- Family Feud
18. Ben Stein- Win Ben Stein's Money
19. Jeff Foxworthy- The American Bible Challenge, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
20. Richard Karn- Family Feud
21. Jay Leno- You Bet Your Life with Jay Leno
22. Peyton Manning- College Bowl
23. John Daly- What's My Line?
24. Mayim Bialik- Jeopardy!
25. Rob Lowe- Mental Samurai
26. Sara Haines- The Chase
27. Kelly Ripa- Generation Gap
28. Keke Palmer- Password
29. Tom Bergeron- Hollywood Squares
30. Dylan Lane- Chain Reaction

[stevea]

Deserving hosts from the past that could be on others' lists:

Garry Moore (I've Got a Secret), Bud Collyer (To Tell the Truth), Bob Barker (Truth or Consequences), Hugh Downs (Concentration), Art Fleming (original NBC Jeopardy!), Gene Rayburn (Match Game, original NBC daytime version)

[stevea]

Chuck Barris (??????)

[Sal]

Here's my own A-Z list:


Elizabeth Banks - Press Your Luck
Bob Barker - The Price Is Right, Truth Or Consequences
Chuck Barris - The Gong Show
Jack Barry - The Joker's Wild
Tom Bergeron - The Hollywood Squares
Mayim Bialik - Jeopardy
Dick Clark - Pyramid (all amounts)
Jack Clark - Cross-Wits
Ray Combs - Family Feud
Bert Convy - Tattletales, Win, Lose, Or Draw, Super Password
Bill Cullen - The Price Is Right
Mike Darow - He was a DJ for 1050 CHUM AM in Toronto in the 1960s and a game show host in the 1970s. The shows he hosted included Going Places, The $128, 000 Question, and Jackpot!
John Davidson - Hollywood Squares
Richard Dawson - Family Feud, Masquerade Party
Geoff Edwards - The New Treasure Hunt, Jackpot! US
Dick Enberg - Sports Challenge, Baffle
Bob Eubanks - The Newlywed Game, Card Sharks
Art Fleming - Jeopardy
Joe Garagiola - Sale Of The Century
Monty Hall - Let's Make A Deal
Art James - Pay Cards, The Who, What, Or Where Game, The Magnificent Marble Machine
Dennis James - The Price Is Right
Ken Jennings - Jeopardy
Elaine Joyce - The All-New Dating Game
Tom Kennedy - You Don't Say, Split Second, Name That Tune
Pierre Lalonde - The Mad Dash (Canada)
Jim Lange - The Dating Game
Allen Ludden - Password, Password Plus
Howie Mandel - Deal Or No Deal (US and CAN) (Yes, Howie Rules!)
Peter Marshall - Hollywood Squares
Wink Martindale - Tic Tac Dough, Gambit
Groucho Marx - You Bet Your Life
Garry Moore - I've Got A Secret, To Tell The Truth
Jack Narz - Beat The Clock, Concentration
Donny Osmond - Pyramid
Jim Perry - Definition (CAN), Headline Hunters (CAN), Sale Of The Century (US)
Regis Philbin - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, The Neighbors
Gene Rayburn - Match Game
Kelly Ripa - Generation Gap
Pat Sajak - Wheel Of Fortune
Peter Tomarken - Press Your Luck
Alex Trebek - The King! - Jeopardy, Classic Concentration, Reach For The Top (CAN), High Rollers, The Wizard Of Odds, The $128, 000 Question
Chuck Woolery - Wheel Of Fortune, Love Connection

I know this is more than 30 but I didn't want to leave anybody out. The full list is on WIKIPEDIA.

List Of Game Show Hosts - A-Z

[howierules86]

1. Dick Clark
2. Alex Trebek
3. Wink Martindale
4. Pat Sajak
5. Richard Dawson
6. Tom Bergeron
7. Gene Rayburn
8. Bob Barker
9. David Ruprecht
10. Bob Eubanks
11. Ray Combs
12. Bert Convy
13. Jim Perry
14. Peter Tomarken
15. Chuck Woolery
16. Mike O'Malley
17. Todd Newton
18. Jack Barry
19. Peter Marshall
20. Ben Stein
21. Jimmy Kimmel
22. Regis Philbin
23. Bill Cullen
24. Tom Kennedy
25. Jeff Probst
26. Marc Summers
27. Vicki Lawrence
28. Ron Pearson
29. Jim Peck
30. Monty Hall

[cd637299]

Although there may be other hosts going back to the 1950s and 1960s that may deserve mention here, I am happy to say that at least NONE of the above lists include the totally-fictional Guy Smiley, as TV Guide listed in *its* top ten about 2.5 decades ago.

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