Archive for the 'Game Show' Category

QUIZ SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1943

mutual

edmund tiny ruffner
Edmund (Tiny) Ruffner

The Better Half was a couples game show on Mutual radio that pitted
husbands and wives against each other to find out who was "the better
half."  The questions were fairly easy and about American life in general
with topics such as household items, color associations, and travel. Tiny
Ruffner hosted the program during its entire run until January 19, 1949.

  

           .

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,Game Show,HISTORY,Marriage,RADIO and have No Comments

GAME SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

cbs_totellthetruth

to-tell-the-truthset2
Original run on CBS/NBC: December 18, 1956 to December 14, 2001


To Tell the Truth
is panel game show created by Bob Stewart and produced
by Goodson-Todman Productions. Bud Collyer was the show’s initial host.

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,DEBUT,Game Show,HISTORY,TV,TV commercial and have No Comments

A LOOK BACK ~

Today-In-Historytitle

MikeGracia1
Mike Gracia

associated-press-news

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,Aviation,BIRTHDAY,CURRENT EVENTS,ELECTION,Game Show,HISTORY,MUSIC,POLITICAL,TV and have No Comments

BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1911

kirby

Durward Kirbyltr
Homer Durward Kirby (August 24, 1911 – March 15, 2000)

Television host and announcer Durward Kirby is best remembered
for The Garry Moore Show in the 1950s and Candid Camera, which
he co-hosted with Allen Funt from 1961 through 1966.

         moore02

posted by Bob Karm in BIRTHDAY,Game Show,HISTORY,TV,TV commercial,VARIETY SHOW and have No Comments

ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1899

cagneyyngmain

JamesCagneyyng

                     jAMES CAGNEYbadguy

james-cagneyltr
James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986)

Cagney won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of
performances. He is best remembered for playing tough guys
in movies like The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels
with Dirty Faces
(1938) and White Heat (1949). Orson Welles
said of Cagney that he was "maybe the greatest actor who
ever appeared in front of a camera."

         what'smylinetitle

posted by Bob Karm in Awards,BIRTHDAY,Broadway,Dance,Game Show,HISTORY,MOVIES,MUSIC,Music video,TV and have No Comments