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Today....A man of big bucks.
When Press Your Luck was set to debut in 1983, the staff thought it would hire a young guy who needed more work after a short lived show. That person.......Peter Tomarken. More about him when I return.
We asked you to pick the favorite show of Garry Moore and by one vote......I've got A Secret. Great job guys. We'll give you another Buzzr Beater poll after I tell you about Peter Tomarken.
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Born in New York, Peter was a writer for Women's Wear Daily magazine, but later turned to acting. That acting parlayed into his first official hosting gig on NBC doing Hit Man in 1983.
Although it was short-lived, CBS picked him up to do Press Your Luck.
As PYL ended in 1986, his next one was Bargain Hunters.
After that, Wipeout.
He later became part of GSN's Early years.
His last show was Paranoia in 2000.
He died of a plane crash in 2006 but left us call with a stellar career.
Time for a Buzzr Beater question. What's your favorite Peter Tomarken show? We'll give you 2 weeks to think on it.
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I want to know what you thought of Bud Collyer and Beat The Clock was the most popular answer. We'll have another after tell you more.....about Garry Moore.
Born Thomas garrison Morfit, III, began to make tentative steps into the new medium as a panelist and guest host on quiz and musical shows. On June 26, 1950, he was rewarded with his own 30-minute CBS early-evening talk-variety TV program, The Garry Moore Show, which was a shorter version of his radio show.[1][12] Until September 1950, it was also simulcast on radio.[12] During 1950 and 1951, he hosted prime-time variety hour summer replacements for Arthur Godfrey and his Friends. He appeared as a guest star on other programs, too, including CBS's Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town.
During his run as a variety-show host, Moore was tapped to host CBS' weekly prime-time TV panel show I've Got a Secret. It premiered on June 19, 1952.[2] On this show, Moore began his friendships with comedian Henry Morgan and game show host and panelist Bill Cullen, with whom he had a long working relationship.[13] Morgan later stated that Moore had helped him keep his job as a celebrity panelist on the show.[14]
Moore became known for his involvement in the variety of stunts and demonstrations of the show's contestants. The popularity of I've Got a Secret led to a cameo in the 1959 film It Happened to Jane. In the film, Doris Day's character was a contestant on the show, with Moore, as well as the panel playing themselves.[15]
Moore's variety program was moved to the daytime slot, where it ran until June 27, 1958.[5][12] Within three months of the end of the daytime show, his longtime colleague Durward Kirby and he moved the revived The Garry Moore Show into prime time as a Tuesday night comedy and variety hour that ran from September 30, 1958, to June 14, 1964.[12]
Although the show was a bigger hit in prime time, Moore always preferred the daytime housewife audience.[5] He thought that it gave the lonely housewives something to listen to and watch while they worked.[5] The show provided a break into show business for many performers, including Alan King, Jonathan Winters, Carol Burnett, and Dorothy Loudon.[1][2][3]The Garry Moore Show featured regular supporting cast members Durward Kirby,[12]Marion Lorne, Denise Lor, and Ken Carson, as well as a mixture of song-and-dance routines and comedy skits, and introduced the public to comedian Carol Burnett. After the show ended, Burnett became a star in her own right, hosting The Carol Burnett Show for many years.[12] The Garry Moore Show was cancelled in 1964,[2][13] and in the summer of that year, after having been on radio and television for 27 uninterrupted years, Moore decided to retire, saying he had "said everything [he] ever wanted to say three times already."[2] He gave up hosting I've Got A Secret and was replaced by comedian Steve Allen, who would host the show until the end of its run in 1967 (although Moore had ended his retirement before I've Got A Secret left the air, he never returned to the series to host and Allen helmed a subsequent, one-season syndicated revival in 1972).[2][13] Moore's main activity during his hiatus was a trip around the world with his wife.[13]
Moore announced on the 10th Anniversary show June 19, 1962 that he had recently had an operation on his right hand and that is why he was seen shaking hands with his left hand for a few months because he was protecting his hand from strong handshakes. After two years, The Garry Moore Show returned to the CBS prime-time lineup in the fall of 1966.[12] The week of the premiere, Moore appeared as the celebrity guest on I've Got A Secret to promote it.[13] The new show was canceled mid-season because of low ratings against NBC's highly rated western Bonanza.[12] But he also did To Tell The Truth.
He hosted it until his retirement in 1977. He died at the age of 78 in 1993.
Now we want to know what do you think of Garry Moore. We'll give you 2 weeks to think on it.
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Today....The first Superman.
We go back to the 50's and the first host of Beat The Clock is Bud Collyer. In fact, Bud is the subject after this word.
I forgot to post a poll on Facebook, so my apologies in advacnce, but I'll make a real one this time after we tell you all about Bud Collyer.
Collyer's best-remembered radio starring role began in early 1940 in The Adventures of Superman on the Mutual Broadcasting System, a role he also performed in the subsequent Superman cartoons. Collyer supplied the voices of both Superman and his alter ego Clark Kent, opposite radio actress Joan Alexander as Lois Lane. Every Superman episode featured a scene in which Clark Kent changed into his Superman costume, an effect which Collyer conveyed by shifting voices while speaking the phrase "This is (or "looks like") a job for Superman!" Collyer's voice shifted by an octave[citation needed] whenever he made the transition from the one identity to the other.
Collyer got his first helping of game shows when he co-hosted ABC's (the former NBC Blue network) Break the Bank with future Miss America Pageant mainstay Bert Parks; and, when he was picked to host the radio original of the Mark Goodson-Bill Todman team's first game, Winner Take All. Collyer went on to host the television versions of both shows. (Winner Take All became, in due course, the first hosting seat for another game show titan, Bill Cullen.)
But he's been known to do Beat The Clock.
But he's also the first host of To Tell The Truth.
In 1969, Beat The Clock was brought back for a new syndicated run; the host chosen for the show was Jack Narz. One legend holds that Narz was flying to New York to host the first tapings of the show, and none other than Collyer himself sat next to Narz on the flight. Narz was nervous and did not know what to expect, but was pleased to find Collyer as generous and kind as he appeared on television. Collyer wished him luck and opined that his run would be as long as the original, and before the week was done, handwritten notes for every member of the crew who had worked on the original series arrived from Collyer, wishing them all luck. (Collyer's written replies to fan mail were often in longhand.)
When To Tell the Truth was planned to be revived for syndication, producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman wanted Collyer to once again host the show.[6] Collyer declined, citing poor health.[6] When Goodson and Todman called Garry Moore about the job, he immediately called Collyer, who told Moore that "I am just not up to it."[6] Collyer died at age 61 from a circulatoryailment in Greenwich, Connecticut, on the same day To Tell The Truth was revived in syndication.[2]
At the time of his death, he was married to 1930s movie actress Marian Shockley, and was survived by her as well as his three children from his marriage to Heloise Law Green. In 1957, his son Mike appeared as a challenger on To Tell the Truth, under the name of "Pat Rizzuto". His brother, Richard V. "Dick" Heermance, film editor and producer, also appeared as a contestant on Truth as himself on October 21, 1958. Two of the panelists voted for him, even though he looked nothing like his brother.
So that's Bud Collyer. What I want to know is, what's the thning you like about Bud Collyer. I'll give you 2 weeks to settle on it.
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