"Summertime Guy" is a song composed by a game show pioneer who wrote an autobiography titled what?
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Summertime Guy "Summertime Guy" is a song recorded by Eddie Rambeau, issued by Swan Records, and written and composed by game show pioneer Chuck Barris. Originally, Rambeau was to debut the song on "American Bandstand" in 1962, but mere minutes before Rambeau was to perform, he was told the song could not be sung, due to Barris then being an ABC employee, owing to concerns of payola, which had become a major music industry scandal at the time. That was also the reason for the record not receiving airplay on any ABC-owned radio station, weighing the song down so it was not a hit.
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Chuck Barris Charles Hirsch Barris (June 3, 1929 – March 21, 2017) was an American game show creator, producer and host. Barris was known for hosting "The Gong Show", and creating "The Dating Game" and "The Newlywed Game". He was also a songwriter, who wrote "Palisades Park" for Freddy Cannon. Barris wrote an autobiography titled "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind", which was made into the film of the same name directed by George Clooney.
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Mary Ellicott Arnold Mary Ellicott Arnold (April 23, 1876–1968) was an American social activist, teacher and writer best known for "In the Land of the Grasshopper Song", the memoir she wrote with Mabel Reed (February 6, 1876 – December, 1962) on their experiences as Bureau of Indian Affairs employees, 1908–1909.
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Gasping for Airtime Gasping for Airtime: Two Years in the Trenches of Saturday Night Live is a 2004 memoir by former "Saturday Night Live" featured player Jay Mohr. In it, Mohr recounts, among other things, his battles with panic attacks, being intimidated by castmates Rob Schneider and Ellen Cleghorne, his conflicts with Al Franken, his admiration for deceased castmates Chris Farley and Phil Hartman, the admission that he stole material from actor/comedian Rick Shapiro, and being depressed about his lack of sketch appearances.
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The Chair (game show) The Chair is a game show television program that premiered on ABC in January 2002. It was hosted by former tennis champion John McEnroe and directed by Michael A. Simon. Among the show's writers was writer/actress Teresa Strasser, who had served on ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" and later hosted "While You Were Out" after "The Chair" was cancelled.
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Headline Chasers Headline Chasers is a syndicated game show that ran daily from September 9, 1985 to September 5, 1986. The series was hosted by Wink Martindale, with Johnny Gilbert serving as announcer. Martindale, who left "Tic-Tac-Dough" and was replaced by Jim Caldwell to take the position on "Headline Chasers", also created the series and was its executive producer. The show was a co-production of Wink Martindale Enterprises and Merv Griffin Enterprises with King World Productions, Griffin's partner for his other syndicated game show offerings, as distributor. "Headline Chasers" was recorded at TAV Celebrity Theater in Hollywood, the same studio which housed "The Merv Griffin Show" (which, at the time "Headline Chasers" premiered, was still in production).
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IPod game An iPod click wheel game or iPod game is a video game playable on the various versions of the Apple portable media player, the iPod. The original iPod had the game "Brick" (originally invented by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak) included as an easter egg hidden feature; later firmware versions added it as a menu option. Later revisions of the iPod added three more games in addition to "Brick": "Parachute", "Solitaire", and "Music Quiz". These games should not be confused with games for the iPod Touch, which require iOS and are only available on Apple's App Store on iTunes.
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About Faces About Faces is an American game show that aired from January 4, 1960, to June 30, 1961, that was created by Ralph Edwards. The host was Ben Alexander and the show's announcer was Tom Kennedy.
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Miles Spencer Miles Spencer (born April 30, 1963) is an American angel investor, media entrepreneur and explorer. He is best known for his role as co-host and co-creator of "MoneyHunt", a reality-based show where entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a panel of experts. "MoneyHunt" was distributed to PBS stations in the US beginning 1997 and overseas beginning 1999. Spencer and co-host Cliff Ennico are known for their direct, fast-paced questioning and constructive criticism of entrepreneurs. The two developed the program after a classroom experience at a local continuing education class. The show is considered the original program of the genre, and has been copied in several markets worldwide, most notably Dragons' Den.
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Sports Jeopardy! Sports Jeopardy! is an American television game show adapted from the quiz show "Jeopardy!". The show debuted on Crackle on September 9, 2014. Hosted by Dan Patrick, this version featured largely identical play to the parent program, but highlights sports trivia instead of general knowledge.
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I'll Bet I'll Bet is an American game show that ran on NBC from March 29 to September 24, 1965. The series was created by Ralph Andrews, and hosted by Jack Narz.
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Show and Tell (song) "Show and Tell" is a popular song written by Jerry Fuller and first recorded by Johnny Mathis in 1972. This original version made it to #36 on the Easy Listening chart.
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Head Games (game show) Head Games was a science themed game show, hosted by Greg Proops and produced by Whoopi Goldberg. It aired on the Science Channel. The show relied heavily on science experiments and demonstrations to provide a basis for the trivia questions that the contestants must answer. Goldberg described the gameplay as a "mashup" of many different game shows. Describing herself a "geek" and a curious person, Goldberg created "Head Games" to show people that there's "all kinds of science", not just the popular stereotype of laboratory "science with beakers".
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Martha Stewart Martha Helen Stewart (née Kostyra; born August 3, 1941) is an American businesswoman, writer, and television personality. As founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, she has gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, merchandising, and e-commerce. She has written numerous bestselling books, is the publisher of the "Martha Stewart Living" magazine, and hosted two long-running syndicated television shows, "Martha", which ran from 2005 to 2012, and "Martha Stewart Living", which ran from 1993 to 2005.
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Millionaire (TV series) Millionaire is a game show presented by Marty Whelan. The studio-based show aired on Friday nights as a summer "filler" between 19 May and 1 September 1995.
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Dave Berry (American football) David J. Berry was a major football manager during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the top promoter for the sport during that time period. He is credited with inventing the "all-star game concept" in 1898, and also helped to form one of the first organized football leagues in 1902.
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Johnny Gilbert John L. Gilbert III (born July 13, 1924) is an American show business personality who has worked mainly on television game shows. Originally a nightclub singer and entertainer, he has hosted and announced a number of game shows from various eras, dating as far back as the 1950s. He is known primarily for his work as the announcer and audience host for the syndicated version of the quiz show "Jeopardy!".
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Al Hopkins Albert Green Hopkins (1889 – October 21, 1932) (Al Hopkins) was an American musician, a pioneer of what later came to be called country music; in 1925 he originated the earlier designation of this music as "hillbilly music", though not without qualms about its pejorative connotation.
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Warren Robinett Joseph Warren Robinett, Jr. (born December 25, 1951) is a designer of interactive computer graphics software, notable as the developer of the Atari 2600's "Adventure" — the first graphical adventure video game — and as a founder of The Learning Company, where he designed "Rocky's Boots" and "Robot Odyssey". More recently he has worked on virtual reality projects.
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Andrew L. Erdman Andrew L. Erdman (born 1965) is an American author, journalist, and scholar. He served as a staff reporter at "Fortune" magazine where he wrote a weekly human interest column and profiles of the world’s billionaires. He has written for "National Lampoon", "Diversions", Women.com and LifetimeTV.com. Erdman has worked in television, serving as head writer for the talk/comedy/variety show "Sex, Lives, and Video Clips" (costarring Candace Bushnell) on VH1. Andrew received his doctorate in theater studies from the City University of New York. He has taught writing, media studies, film, and drama at a number of colleges and universities in the New York City area including Hunter College and Brooklyn College. His book, "Blue Vaudeville: Sex, Morals, and the Mass Marketing of Amusement, 1895-1915", was published by McFarland in 2003. His new book, "Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay" is the first-ever biography of legendary performer Eva Tanguay (1878–1947), known as “The ‘I Don’t Care’ Girl.” The book will be published by Cornell University Press.
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The Game of Life (game show) The Game of Life was an American television series on The Hub (now Discovery Family). The program, hosted by Frank Nicotero, is based on the Milton Bradley board game The Game of Life. It premiered on September 3, 2011 with a special "preview" episode, and began its official run two weeks later on September 17, 2011, airing on Saturday nights. The series ended on April 22, 2012 and last aired on December 31, 2013.
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Sports Geniuses Sports Geniuses was an American sports-themed game show that aired for 65 episodes from March 27, 2000 until June 23, 2000 on cable channel Fox Sports Net. It was the network's second game show ("Ultimate Fan League" was the first, airing in 1998 and 1999, and only other).