Quizmaster: The Life & Times & Fun & Games of Bill Cullen - Softcover

Nedeff, Adam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159393730X ISBN 13: 9781593937300

Publisher: BearManor Media, 2016

Synopsis

Question: What do Bob Barker, Dick Clark, Pat Sajak, and Alex Trebek have in common?Answer: Bill Cullen hosted more game shows than all of them combined. And all of them have referred to Bill as the best game show host of all time.Quizmaster: The Life & Times & Fun & Games of Bill Cullen is the remarkable story of a “a kid with polio” who became a mechanic, truck driver, photographer, pilot, disc jockey, and the finest master of ceremonies that a game show could ever have.On the game show Quick as a Flash in 1949, host Bill Cullen was assisted for some of the questions by actress Mercedes McCambridge. In 1973, McCambridge supplied the voice for a child in what horror movie?THE EXORCISTOn an episode of the game show Catch Me If You Can in 1948, host Bill Cullen welcomed a contestant who was unemployed and seeking work as an actor. That night, he won a gas range. The following year, that actor made his film debut, playing a painter in The Lady Takes a Sailor. His final film role, in 2000, was playing elderly Hardy Greaves in The Legend of Bagger Vance. Who was that actor?JACK LEMMONThe long-running game show I've Got a Secret was created and produced by a comedy writer who later became a star in his own right with a wildly popular series of albums featuring his parodies of popular songs. Who was he?ALLAN SHERMANIn 1956, The Price is Right premiered with host Bill Cullen. Bill got the job after an actor-comic said no. In 1961, that actor's legendary sitcom made its debut on CBS. Who said no to The Price is Right?DICK VAN DYKE

Edition details

• Publisher: BearManor Media
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159393730X
• ISBN 13: 9781593937300
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 578