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REMEMBERING DENNIS JAMES

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            Dennis James
 (Demie James Sposa)
   
     
                  (August 24, 1917–June 3, 1997)  


James is best known for hosting the first network game show
Cash and Carry on the DuMont Network in 1946, the first to
do a telethon and was in the first TV commercial as well. 

   

    

  
          dennis1

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GAME SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1952

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I’ve Got a Secret
is a panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill
Todman
for CBS television. It was a derivative of What’s My Line?. Instead of 
celebrity panelists trying to determine a contestant’s occupation, the panel
tries to determine a contestant’s "secret", from unusual to embarrassing.

The original version ran until April 3, 1967. It began broadcasting in black and
white
and switched to a color format in 1966. The show was originally hosted
by radio and television personality Garry Moore.

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Garry Moore with guest celebrity actor Paul Newman

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FINAL PRIME-TIME SHOW ON THIS DAY IN 1967

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PETER MARCHALL IS 87 TODAY

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Peter Marshall (Ralph Pierre LaCock) was the original host of the
NBC-TV game show ‘Hollywood Squares’ from 1966 to 1981
.

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LONG-TIME BROADCASTER IS 92 TODAY

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Hugh Malcolm Downs is perhaps best known for his role as co-host
of the
NBC News program Today from 1962 to 1971, host of the game
show Concentration from 1958 to 1969, and anchor of the
ABC News
magazine 20/20 from 1978 to 1999. Downs was the announcer and
sidekick on NBC’s Tonight Starring Jack Paar.

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