"was re-opened with an entrance with two kiosks and a roller-skating rink on the Redcar side, and a bandstand halfway along its length. In October 1898 the pier was almost wrecked when the barque ""Birger"" struck it and the pier was thereafter allowed to disintegrate. A glass house for concerts was added to its remaining section and in 1928 was replaced by the New Pavilion theatre which became the Regent Cinema in the early 1960s. Comedian and entertainer Larry Grayson coined his catchphrase ""Shut that Door!"" while performing there, since the stage door was open to the cold North Sea"
"Ford, so the catchphrase was amended to ""What's on the board, Miss Ford?"" (originally ""What have they scored, Miss Ford?""). Forsyth always opened the show with ""Good evening Ladies Gentlemen and Children welcome to the Generation Game, it's Nice to see you, to see you ..."" to which the audience would shout ""Nice!"", a catchphrase that Forsyth retained in his later television appearances. Others included ""Good game, good game,"" ""I hope you're playing this at home,"" and ""Give us a twirl,"" which was said to hostess Anthea Redfern to show off her dress. Grayson supplied his own catchphrases, including ""Shut"
"The Generation Gap The Generation Gap was a primetime American game show that aired from February 7 to May 23, 1969, on ABC. It was originally hosted by Dennis Wholey, who was replaced by Jack Barry after ten episodes had aired. Fred Foy announced during the entire run. Two teams of three players competed – one composed of people under the age of thirty, the other being people over thirty. At least one member of each team was a well-known celebrity, occasionally playing against a relative on the other team. Each team had to answer questions about the other's generation;"
"Gene Wood Eugene Edward Wood (October 20, 1925 – May 21, 2004) was an American television personality, known primarily for his work as an announcer on various game shows. From the 1960s to the 1990s, he announced many game shows, primarily Mark Goodson–Bill Todman productions such as ""Family Feud"", ""Card Sharks"", ""Password"", and ""Beat the Clock"". Wood also served a brief stint as a host on this last show, and on another show entitled ""Anything You Can Do"". After retiring from game shows in 1996, Wood worked as an announcer for the Game Show Network until his retirement in 1998."
"smaller prize awarded for each correct guess. My Generation (game show) My Generation is a game show on VH1 that was hosted by comedian Craig Shoemaker and announced by ""Lindsay Stoddart"". Its 48 episodes aired for a brief period in 1998, and due to its similar format and emphasis on music is considered to be a revival of the 1969 ABC series ""The Generation Gap"". Two pairs of players from different graduation years – 1960 to 1995, typically 10–20 years apart – competed in a game of musical knowledge for a chance to win a trip. Five categories were displayed,"
"My Generation (game show) My Generation is a game show on VH1 that was hosted by comedian Craig Shoemaker and announced by ""Lindsay Stoddart"". Its 48 episodes aired for a brief period in 1998, and due to its similar format and emphasis on music is considered to be a revival of the 1969 ABC series ""The Generation Gap"". Two pairs of players from different graduation years – 1960 to 1995, typically 10–20 years apart – competed in a game of musical knowledge for a chance to win a trip. Five categories were displayed, each with a question set for both"
"final episode of the 1990s edition of Match Game aired on ABC. Bewitched season 7 episode 6 as Paul Revere Bert Convy Bernard (Bert) Whalen Convy (July 23, 1933 – July 15, 1991) was an American actor, singer, game show host and panelist known for hosting ""Tattletales"", ""Super Password"" and ""Win, Lose or Draw"". Convy was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Bernard Fleming and Monica (""née"" Whalen) Convy. Convy's family moved to Los Angeles when he was seven years old. He later attended North Hollywood High School where he was an all-around athlete. The Philadelphia Phillies offered"
"Who Said That? Who Said That? is a 1947–55 NBC radio-television game show, in which a panel of celebrities attempts to determine the speaker of a quotation from recent news reports. The series was first proposed and edited by Fred W. Friendly, later of CBS News. ""Who Said That?"" began in 1947 as an NBC Radio program with John Cameron Swayze as the emcee. It moved to television in December 1948, with Swayze as a regular panelist and the CBS news correspondent Robert Trout as the emcee until February 18, 1951, when the series ended for 14 months. Walter Kiernan"
"something Green mentioned in a bitter rant against Thames in his last show. Family-friendly ""Opportunity Knocks"" was replaced by youth-orientated comedy ""The Kenny Everett Video Show"" which attracted 14 million viewers. After his rather slow-paced and """"end of the pier"""" entertainment-style shows were replaced with more active audience participation formats, Green tried presenting variants on the ""Opportunity Knocks"" theme in Ireland, Australia and one show in the USSR. Green provided the voice for Tony the Tiger in the 1970s TV advert for Frosties. Green was often mocked for his permanent door-to-door salesman's smile and Canadian accent. His catchphrase ""I mean"
"Bill Cullen William Lawrence Francis Cullen (February 18, 1920 – July 7, 1990) was an American radio and television personality whose career spanned five decades. His biggest claim to fame was as a game show host; over the course of his career, he hosted 23 shows, and earned the nickname ""Dean of Game Show Hosts"". Aside from his hosting duties, he appeared as a panelist/celebrity guest on many other game shows, including regular appearances on ""I've Got a Secret"" and ""To Tell the Truth"". Cullen was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the only child of William and Lillian Cullen. His father"
"I Can't Believe You Said That I Can't Believe You Said That! was the title of a game show that aired from August 1998 to early 1999 on Fox Family Channel with a companion series, ""Outrageous"", and was a charter original series of the relaunched network. The show was hosted by former NBA player John Salley and was produced by Marc Summers, who also handled announcing duties, partnered with longtime game show producer and friend David M. Greenfield, for Stone Stanley Entertainment. A remake of the 1967 series ""The Family Game"", the premise of the show was to have a"
"hours. Bouwman presented the entire show. Bouwman developed and hosted ', known in the UK as ""The Generation Game"". She hosted numerous talk shows, as well as the Dutch version of ""This Is Your Life"" known as '. She stopped her regular work after falling sick, but has occasionally returned for special programs. Bouwman definitively ended her career in 1993 due to health restrictions, and was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Since then she has appeared on TV for interviews, but never as host, only as a guest. Bouwman died on 26 February 2018 in Elst,"
"Dick Vitale Richard John Vitale (; born June 9, 1939), also known as ""Dickie V"", is an American basketball sportscaster. A former head coach in the college and professional ranks, he is well known as a college basketball broadcaster for ESPN. He is known for catchphrases such as ""this is awesome baby"" and ""diaper dandy"" (outstanding freshman player), as well as enthusiastic and colorful remarks he makes during games, and has authored nine books and appeared in several movies. Vitale was born in Passaic, New Jersey and grew up in East Rutherford, New Jersey. His father, John, was a piece"
"in the garden of his daughter's home. Rayburn's final TV appearance was an interview for the ""A&E Biography"" episode profiling the life of his longtime boss, Mark Goodson; though taped in late 1999, the episode itself did not air until June 4, 2000, several months after Rayburn had died. Gene Rayburn Gene Rayburn (December 22, 1917 – November 29, 1999) was an American radio and television personality. He is best known as the host of various editions of the popular American television game show ""Match Game"" for over two decades. Born Eugen Peter Jeljenic in Christopher, Illinois, the younger of"
"Tom Kennedy (television presenter) James Edward Narz (born February 26, 1927), known professionally as Tom Kennedy, is an American television presenter best known for his work in game shows. Game shows Kennedy has hosted include ""You Don't Say!"", ""Split Second"" and ""Name That Tune"". Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Kennedy is the son of John Lawrence Narz Sr., and the younger brother of host Jack Narz, whose son, David, related about his uncle's name change that the brothers wanted to avoid the perceived conflict of having two announcers with the same last name promoting competing products. ""After a lunch meeting with"
"Bob Hilton Robert Wesley Hilton (born July 23, 1943) is an American television game show personality. He hosted ""The Guinness Game"", a revival of ""Truth or Consequences"", and the 1990 revival of ""Let's Make a Deal"" for one season and replaced by Monty Hall, and announced on several other shows. Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Hilton has announced numerous game shows, such as ""Card Sharks"", ""Child's Play"", ""Trivia Trap"", ""The $25,000 Pyramid"", ""The $100,000 Pyramid"", ""Blockbusters"", ""Double Talk"", ""The New Newlywed Game"", ""The All-New Dating Game"", ""Strike It Rich"", ""Win, Lose or Draw"", and ""Body Language"". His first game show"
"Art James Art James (born Arthur Simeonovich Efimchick; October 15, 1929 – March 28, 2004) was an American game-show host, best known for shows such as ""The Who, What, or Where Game"", ""It's Academic"". and ""Pay Cards!"" He was also the announcer on the game show ""Concentration."" James was born in Dearborn, Michigan, to Russian immigrants (fluent in Russian, he taught English to Russian immigrants). He attended Wayne State University in nearby Detroit, where he studied engineering. He worked as an announcer for the Armed Forces Network while stationed in Germany after World War II. An old Army friend, who"
"show that Forsyth introduced his ""The Thinker"" pose, emulating Rodin's sculpture, appearing in silhouette each week after the opening titles. This pose is reminiscent of the circus strong-man attitude. He also wrote and sang the theme for the show ""Life is the Name of the Game."" Millions of viewers became familiar with the rasp of Forsyth's north London accented voice and his ""distinctively pointy"" chin that he emphasised in poses such as the ""human question mark"", with chin over raised knee. He was replaced on ""The Generation Game"" by Larry Grayson. In 1977 he announced that he was leaving television"
"was former singer and radio talk host Morton Downey Jr. He would take Donahue's casual dismissiveness and transform it to open hostility directed towards his guests in the form of blowing cigarette smoke in their faces, shouting his catchphrase """"Zip it!"""" at them, and occasionally ejecting them from the set. Though it was aired at night, and ostensibly dealt with serious political and social issues, ""The Morton Downey Jr. Show"" was a pioneer in the ""Trash TV"" subgenre; and its foul language, violent in-studio fights, and extremely dysfunctional guests led to it becoming one of the most successful television talk"
"Ron Popeil Ronald M. ""Ron"" Popeil (; born May 3, 1935) is an American inventor and marketing personality, best known for his direct response marketing company Ronco. He is well known for his appearances in infomercials for the Showtime Rotisserie and the coined phrase ""Set it, and forget it!"" as well as popularizing the phrase, ""But wait, there's more!"" on television as early as the mid-1950s. Popeil was born to a Jewish family in New York City in 1935. When he was 6 his parents divorced and he and his brother went to live in Florida with their grandparents. At"
"Bert Convy Bernard (Bert) Whalen Convy (July 23, 1933 – July 15, 1991) was an American actor, singer, game show host and panelist known for hosting ""Tattletales"", ""Super Password"" and ""Win, Lose or Draw"". Convy was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Bernard Fleming and Monica (""née"" Whalen) Convy. Convy's family moved to Los Angeles when he was seven years old. He later attended North Hollywood High School where he was an all-around athlete. The Philadelphia Phillies offered him a contract when he was just 17 and he played two years of minor league baseball in 1951–52. He"
"treatment of Forte. The jury agreed and awarded the family US$1.7 million. Chet Forte Fulvio Chester ""Chet"" Forte Jr. (August 7, 1935 – May 18, 1996) was an American television director and sports radio talk show host. Forte's life in the sports world began as an All-State basketball star at Hackensack High School in Hackensack, New Jersey. He was named to the Star-Ledger's Team of the Century in 1999. From there he starred at Columbia University. In the 1956–57 season, he was named first-team All-American as a point guard, and beat out the legendary Wilt Chamberlain for player of the"
"Greg Schulte Greg Schulte is an American sportscaster, and is best known as the radio play-by-play voice of the Arizona Diamondbacks Major League Baseball team, a position he has held since the team's inaugural season in 1998. Schulte's nickname is ""The Gub'nuh"" (like ""The Governor"" with an exaggerated English accent). He is known for his unique home run call, ""Deep drive..warning track..wall..you can touch 'em all (player's name). Schulte's voice will forever be linked with one of baseball's greatest moments as he delivered the call of Luis Gonzalez's ninth-inning single to win Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. Schulte"
"Island, in the 1990s. He died of lung cancer in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 21, 2004, aged 78. Gene Wood Eugene Edward Wood (October 20, 1925 – May 21, 2004) was an American television personality, known primarily for his work as an announcer on various game shows. From the 1960s to the 1990s, he announced many game shows, primarily Mark Goodson–Bill Todman productions such as ""Family Feud"", ""Card Sharks"", ""Password"", and ""Beat the Clock"". Wood also served a brief stint as a host on this last show, and on another show entitled ""Anything You Can Do"". After retiring from game"
"up steadily and Hilton's career in comedy started to look promising. To date Hilton has opened for comic greats such as Bob Monkhouse, Bobby Davro, Billy Connolly and Les Dennis and is also the first South African to perform at London's Comedy Store. To this day Hilton continues to fill 4000 seat - and more - theaters with his solo shows. Besides comedy, Hilton has also contributed to television by hosting talk shows ""Catch A Wake Up"" and ""Funny You Should Say That"" and TV game show ""The Generation Game"" in 2008. More recently Hilton guested on TV game show"
"Hart and Patricia Hodge, who play mother and daughter in the sitcom ""Miranda"". In 2014, it had been reported that the BBC were considering a revival with Hart hosting. In July 2017, the BBC announced that it had commissioned a revival of ""The Generation Game"" hosted by Mel and Sue, with an initial run of two episodes. There are eight competitors, hence the catchphrase ""Let's meet the eight who are going to generate"" used in earlier series by Bruce Forsyth. The couples were a generation apart and of different genders. Most of the time it was mother/son, father/daughter. Sometimes aunt/nephew"
"frequent contributor to ""TV Guide"", writing about the world of game shows. He was living in Chaska, Minnesota, at the end of his life, and died of unspecified natural causes during a visit to his brother in Palm Springs, California. He was survived by his two children and three grandchildren. Art James Art James (born Arthur Simeonovich Efimchick; October 15, 1929 – March 28, 2004) was an American game-show host, best known for shows such as ""The Who, What, or Where Game"", ""It's Academic"". and ""Pay Cards!"" He was also the announcer on the game show ""Concentration."" James was born"
"the Century""), Ben Grauer (""Information Please""), Monty Hall (""Video Village""; ""Let's Make a Deal""), Wayne Howell (""Concentration""), Walter Kiernan (""Who Said That?""), Hal March (""The $64,000 Question""; ""What's It For?""), Ed McMahon (""Concentration""; ""Missing Links""; ""Snap Judgment""), Garry Moore (""I've Got A Secret""; ""To Tell The Truth""), Henry Morgan, Bert Parks (""Break the Bank""), Gene Rayburn (""The Match Game""), Don Russell and John Bartholomew Tucker. In later years Don Imus, Murray the K, Robert W. Morgan and Wolfman Jack helmed the Saturday evening segment until it was eliminated. The last hosts of ""Monitor"" in 1975 were Big Wilson and John"
"Dick Enberg Richard Alan Enberg (January 9, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American sportscaster. Over the course of an approximately 60-year career, he provided play-by-play of various sports for several radio and television networks, including NBC (1975–1999), CBS (2000–2014), and ESPN (2004–2011), as well for individual teams, such as UCLA Bruins basketball, Los Angeles Rams football, and California Angels and San Diego Padres baseball. Enberg was well known for his signature on-air catchphrases ""Touch 'em all"" (for home runs) and ""Oh, my!"" (for particularly exciting and outstanding athletic plays). He also announced or hosted the Tournament of Roses"
"John Gordon (sportscaster) John ""Gordo"" Gordon (born July 7, 1940) is a retired Major League Baseball radio broadcaster who was best known as the play by play announcer for the Minnesota Twins on the Twins Radio Network and their Metro Affiliate KSTP 1500 AM. He is well known among Twins fans for his intense emotional style of play-calling, and for his trademark call of each Twins home run: ""Touch 'em all, _______!"" (including the name of the player who hit the home run). Gordon was born John Gordon Gutowsky in Detroit, Michigan and began his career in broadcasting with the"
"Jay Stewart Jay Stewart Fix (September 6, 1918 – September 17, 1989), known professionally as Jay Stewart, was an American television and radio announcer known primarily for his work on game shows. One of his longest-lasting roles was as the announcer on the game show ""Let's Make a Deal"", which he announced throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Other shows for which he announced regularly include the Reg Grundy productions ""Scrabble"" and ""Sale of the Century"", as well as the Jack Barry-Dan Enright productions ""The Joker's Wild"", ""Tic-Tac-Dough"" and ""Bullseye"". Stewart committed suicide in 1989. Born in Summitville, Indiana, Stewart broke"
"daytime episodes in December 1974, becoming the first substitute host of the CBS version. James's departure from the nighttime show in 1977 marked the end of his game show career. Outside of sports and game shows, James was also a commercial spokesman for products including Old Gold cigarettes, Kellogg's cereals and, through his own production company, local and regional companies and businesses. For nearly 30 years, James was the spokesman for Physicians Mutual Insurance Company until his death in 1997. His expression ""Okay? Okay!"" became a trademark in many of James's commercials. James's friend Andy Granatelli hired him to serve"
"Allen Ludden Allen Ludden (born Allen Packard Ellsworth, October 5, 1917 – June 9, 1981) was an American television personality, emcee and game show host, perhaps best known for having hosted various incarnations of the game show ""Password"" between 1961 and 1980. Allen Ludden was the first child of Elmer Ellsworth, a Nebraska native living in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and working as an ice dealer; and his wife Leila M. Allen, a Wisconsin native and housewife. Elmer Ellsworth died the next winter at age 26, a victim of the worldwide Spanish flu epidemic, on January 6, 1919. When Allen was"