In fact, there’s another Wink Martindale, who is the defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens. Well, that name alone warrants inclusion. Then my fourth pick would be Wink Martindale. That included the 1980s revival of “Card Sharks,” “Dream House“ and “Trivia Trap.“ My third choice is Bob Eubanks, and maybe not just because I met him and got an autographed picture of him at a minor-league baseball game a few years ago.Įubanks is best known for hosting “The Newlywed Game” but he had several other game shows to his credit. But people forget Barker also hosted the game show “Truth or Consequences” for nearly 20 years and spanning three decades, so Barker was far from a one-hit game show wonder.
Yes, Barker is largely known for his long run as the host of “The Price Is Right,” which he did for 35 years. So who were my personal other three joining Trebek on that game show host Mount Rushmore? He was brilliant hosting “The Gong Show,” but he should be on the Mount Rushmore of game show producers, having also developed “The Dating Game” and “The Newlywed Game” in addition to ”Gong.” Likewise Dick Clark on the many incarnations of “Pyramid.”Īnother criteria was eliminating game show hosts who were also legendary game show creators.Ĭhuck Barris immediately comes to mind. Regis Philbin helped make “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” a must-watch 20 years ago, but Philbin was a household name well before hosting that show.
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And no, Dawson's great turn as a sadistic game show host in the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie "The Running Man" doesn't count.Īlso, I eliminated game show hosts who were also celebrities.
Monty Hall did a great job on “Let's Make a Deal,” Gene Rayburn was superb on the 1970s “Match Game” episodes, Peter Marshall had a long run hosting “Hollywood Squares” and Richard Dawson was iconic hosting “Family Feud.”īut they were really known for hosting that one signature game show and nothing else. One bit of criteria I used in picking the other three is that a host can't be associated with one particular show. So on my personal Mount Rushmore of game show hosts, who should join Trebek on that list? While “Jeopardy!” certainly cemented Trebek's legacy as one of the legends, his run with other shows certainly can't be overlooked. Trebek was a near unanimous choice as one of the four. On a sports journalism message board, there was a topic as to which game show hosts belong on a Mount Rushmore-type of level. He then hosted shows in the 1980s like “Battlestars” and “Classic Concentration,” which he also oversaw during his early years on “Jeopardy!” Go and YouTube some of those “Double Dare” episodes, and you can see Trebek's tremendous sense of timing and stellar pronunciation, which really paid off with his long stint hosting “Jeopardy!”
Later on in that decade, he hosted shows like “High Rollers” and “Double Dare,” a show which was way ahead of its time.
Last week, one of the legendary game show hosts of all time lost his valiant battle with cancer.Īlex Trebek, of course, really made a name for himself as the host of “Jeopardy!,” a role he did efficiently for nearly 40 years.īut Trebek hosted other shows besides “Jeopardy!” For instance, the Canadian native's first American game show was a short-lived program in the early 1970s called “The Wizard of Odds.”
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