The more I watch Bill Cullen, the more I think he was the gold standard for game show hosts. When you have a non-stop career from the early 1950s to the mid-1980s, you definitely become a stalwart.
You have come to a conclusion that many (including his peers) have come to decades ago. No matter how long or short the run of the game show he hosted, or was a panelist on, you got 100 percent from him on every level. If he wasn't knowledgeable about something, he would spin it where he would make light of it, and you laughed with him, not at him. It never fails.
Bill Cullen's Wardrobe Furnished By Rubin Brothers International which is the same wardrobe worn by Gene Rayburn, Alex Trebek, Tom Kennedy, Peter Marshall and of course, Dick Clark
I could see this coming back today on GSN. I think they could do this in the cheap, but still have a really quality show. The format lends itself to being produced cheaply but still be very challenging and engaging.
It would be three more years before NYC-based game shows would take an 18-year hiatus. The last NYC-based game shows were the Robin Ward-hosted "To Tell The Truth" and the "$50,000 Pyramid." Of course, when these two shows came back in new incarnations (Pyramid as "The (New) $25,000 Pyramid" in 1982, and TTTT in 1990), they were produced in Hollywood. "Pyramid" was actually a return to Hollywood at CBS' Television City for the first time in 8 years. As you further know, both "Pyramid" and "Match Game" has since moved back to NYC (MG was produced there in the 1960's). "Millionaire", as of 2016, has since moved out to Las Vegas after two years in Stamford, Connecticut.
@@whammy850 Good catch. The Marc Summers-hosted show was originally taped at WHYY Studios in Philadelphia. In its first "Super Sloppy Double Dare" incarnation, it was taped in NYC. It moved back to Philly when DD went into syndication, before moving to Nickelodeon at Universal Studios in Orlando in 1990 and became the second incarnation of "Family Double Dare." I forgot about that.
Another gem. Thanks, Wink. This was a Bob Stewart Production, a.k.a. BASADA. The announcer was Bob Clayton, who also announced on BASADA's more famous show, "Pyramid," which at the time was at $20,000 ($25,000) on the syndicated nighttime show, also hosted by Bill Cullen.
Does anyone have the full episode of Pass the Buck that aired on June 12, 1978? A friend of ours who recently passed away was a contestant on this episode. Thanks to anyone who can help. We appreciate it.
Sadly, checked all of the episodes we have and nothing. The early episodes had no name tags, and started taping in April. We have up until show 30 and then jumps to show 62 which is taped in July, so has to be in that gap. So sorry!
@@WinkMartindaleGames Just to clarify, the last episode of "Pass The Buck" aired on June 30, 1978 so show #62 which you say is the next one you have would have to be the last episode aired since there were three pre-emptions during the run (three episodes shy of a full 13 weeks). I hope this episode can be uploaded since there is an audio only recording of that episode that has circulated for years and it would be great to see the video version at last.
