 Longtime Chuck Barris game show announcer Johnny Jacobs, a longtime friend of Jack Barry's, was the primary announcer of all Jack Barry-produced and Barry & Enright produced-game shows from 1972 to 1977, while working on Barris' "The Newlywed Game", "The Dating Game" and "The Gong Show", among others.In 1977, a year after "Let's Make a Deal" went off the air, its announcer Jay Stewart replaced Jacobs as its primary announcer for four years, and was also its primary spokesman for all Barry & Enright projects outside of the game show world.Jacobs, who died in 1982, did fill in for a few months during the 1978-79 season of "The Joker's Wild", and in addition, Johnny Gilbert was also used as a fill-in.