Heart’s Desire was a giveaway contest program on the Mutual
Broadcasting System, hosted by Ben Alexander. The show aired
for 30-minutes, five days a week. It was initially a self-supporting
program of MBS, later Phillip Morris & Company Limited began to
sponsor half of the show. It was on the air for approximately two
years.
Nicholas Benton (Ben) Alexander
(June 27, 1911 – July 6, 1969)
Monty Hall (born Monte Halparin in Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Hall was host of the game show Let’s Make a Deal (NBC/ABC) for 23
years. He received the Order of Canada honor and a Golden Palm
Star for his humanitarian work. Hall graduated with a Bachelor of
Science degree from the University of Manitoba, where he majored
in chemistry and zoology.
On October 13, 2007, Monty Hall was one of the first inductees into
the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, Nevada. He
received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Daytime Emmy
Awards.
The original CBS-TV version of I’ve Got a Secret premiered on June 19, 1952 and
ran until April 3, 1967. This version 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.
Art Fleming
The original daytime version of Jeopardy! debuted on NBC television in March of
1964 and aired until January 3, 1975. The general knowledge game show was
created by Merv Griffin with Art Fleming (above) as the original host.
Various versions of the show have since followed with Alex Trebek
(above) as the present host.
