Game Show Confidential

Author : Boze Hadleigh
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493072590

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Game Show Confidential by Boze Hadleigh Pdf

Game and quiz shows first started appearing on radio broadcasts in the 1930s, led by the CBS network’s Professor Quiz, hosted by a man who was neither a professor nor even a college graduate, the first of several frauds that seemed to be endemic to the genre. Professor Quiz was followed by other such game shows as Uncle Jim’s Question Bee and Ask It Basket, which in turn spawned successful box games for at-home play. The show Truth or Consequences made the transition from radio to television in the late 1940s and was so popular that a town in New Mexico was named for the show. Television proved to be the perfect platform for game shows since they were very popular and cheap to produce. Even in reruns today, the older shows still draw huge audiences. This book describes the evolution of the game show, its larger-than-life producers and hosts, as well as the scandals that have rocked it from time to time, including bloopers from such “adult” oriented shows as The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, and Hollywood Squares. This is an entertaining and lively look at an American phenomenon whose popularity doesn’t seem to be going away.

Author : David Baber
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476604800

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Television Game Show Hosts by David Baber Pdf

This unique work profiles the private lives and careers of 32 American game show hosts, including the originals (e.g., Bill Cullen, Peter Marshall), the classics (e.g., Bob Barker), and the contemporaries (e.g., Regis Philbin). Organized by host, each chapter includes birth and family information and a complete career history. The most significant developments of each host’s early life and career are highlighted—complete with successes, failures, and scandals. Many of the biographies are accompanied by interviews with the host or his family and friends.

Author : United States. Federal Communications Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Telecommunication
ISBN : UOM:39015088940351

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FCC Record by United States. Federal Communications Commission Pdf

Author : Adam Nedeff
Publisher : Applause Theatre & Cinema
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1617136557

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Game Show FAQ by Adam Nedeff Pdf

GAME SHOWS FAQ: ALL THATS LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE PIONEERS THE JACKPOTS THE SCANDAL

Author : Francine Pascal
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429965207

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Sweet Valley Confidential by Francine Pascal Pdf

A New York Times Best Seller! Now with this striking new adult novel from author and creator Francine Pascal, millions of devoted fans can finally return to the idyllic Sweet Valley, home of the phenomenally successful book series and franchise. Iconic and beloved identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield are back and all grown up, dealing with the complicated adult world of love, careers, betrayal, and sisterhood. WANT MORE SWEET VALLEY RIGHT NOW?? Become a fan of Sweet Valley Confidential on Facebook or Twitter.

Author : David Schwartz,Steve Ryan,Fred Wostbrock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0816030936

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The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows by David Schwartz,Steve Ryan,Fred Wostbrock Pdf

Provides information about the packager, broadcast history, hosts, announcers, producers, and rules for over five hundred television game shows

Author : Anonymous,Pocket Books
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 9781416524816

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Oakdale Confidential by Anonymous,Pocket Books Pdf

When Gregory Marron Jr. arrives dead in his limo at a social event honoring his family, three women--Katie, Maddie, and Carly--have reason to suspect murder, and the ensuing investigation turns up several suspects and past secrets.

Author : Mike Reiss,Mathew Klickstein
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780062748041

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Springfield Confidential by Mike Reiss,Mathew Klickstein Pdf

Semi-Finalist for the 2019 James Thurber Award * One of Vulture's Top-10 Comedy Books of 2018 * A "Must" pick by Entertainment Weekly * An A.V. Club Best Books selection * A "New and Noteworthy" selection by USA Today In celebration of The Simpsons thirtieth anniversary, the show’s longest-serving writer and producer offers a humorous look at the writing and making of the legendary Fox series that has become one of the most revered artistic achievements in television history. Four-time Emmy winner Mike Reiss—who has worked on The Simpsons continuously since episode one in 1989—shares stories, scandals, and gossip about working with America’s most iconic cartoon family ever. Reiss explains how the episodes are created, and provides an inside look at the show’s writers, animators, actors and celebrity guests. He answers a range of questions from Simpsons fans and die-hards, and reminisces about the making of perennially favorite episodes. In his freewheeling, irreverent comic style, Reiss reflects on his lifetime inside The Simpsons—a personal highlights reel of his achievements, observations, and favorite stories. Springfield Confidential exposes why Matt Groening decided to make all of the characters yellow; dishes on what it’s like to be crammed in a room full of funny writers sixty hours a week; and tells what Reiss learned after traveling to seventy-one countries where The Simpsons is watched (ironic note: there’s no electricity in many of these places); and even reveals where Springfield is located! He features unique interviews with Judd Apatow, who also provided the foreword, and Conan O'Brien, as well as with Simpsons legends Al Jean, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and more. Like Cary Elwes’ As You Wish, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s Seinfeldia, and Chris Smith’s The Daily Show: An Oral History, Springfield Confidential is a funny, informational, and exclusive look at one of the most beloved programs in all of television land.

Author : Marsha F. Cassidy
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780292782723

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What Women Watched by Marsha F. Cassidy Pdf

In this pathfinding book, based on original archival research, Marsha F. Cassidy offers the first thorough analysis of daytime television's earliest and most significant women's genres, appraising from a feminist perspective what women watched before soap opera rose to prominence. After providing a comprehensive history of the early days of women's programming across the nation, Cassidy offers a critical discussion of the formats, programs, and celebrities that launched daytime TV in America—Kate Smith's variety show and the famed singer's unsuccessful transition from patriotic radio star to 1950s TV idol; the "charm boys" Garry Moore, Arthur Godfrey, and Art Linkletter, whose programs honored women's participation but in the process established the dominance of male hosts on TV; and the "misery shows" Strike It Rich and Glamour Girl and the controversy, both critical and legal, they stirred up. Cassidy then turns to NBC's Home show, starring the urbane Arlene Francis, who infused the homemaking format with Manhattan sophistication, and the ambitious daily anthology drama Matinee Theater, which strove to differentiate itself from soap opera and become a national theater of the air. She concludes with an analysis of four popular audience participation shows of the era—the runaway hit Queen for a Day; Ralph Edwards's daytime show of surprises, It Could Be You; Who Do You Trust?, starring a youthful Johnny Carson; and The Big Payoff, featuring Bess Myerson, the country's first Jewish Miss America. Cassidy's close feminist reading of these shows clearly demonstrates how daytime TV mirrored the cultural pressures, inconsistencies, and ambiguities of the postwar era.

Author : Pascal Kamina
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107120747

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Film Copyright in the European Union by Pascal Kamina Pdf

This second edition details the substantial developments in EU law during the last decade, including major cases, new treaties and new directives.

Author : John Nolan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Business intelligence
ISBN : 097213560X

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Confidential Business Secrets: Getting Theirs, Keeping Yours by John Nolan Pdf

Author : Kevin McPherson Eckhoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1897388632

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Game Show Reversed by Kevin McPherson Eckhoff Pdf

Author : Kier Bamford
Publisher : College of Law Publishing
Page : 801 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781912363230

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Commercial and Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2018 by Kier Bamford Pdf

Commercial and Intellectual Property Law and Practice provides a detailed guide to the four major elements of commercial law and practice.

Author : Christine A. Jackson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786488360

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The Tell-Tale Art by Christine A. Jackson Pdf

Greed and guilt, near-indecipherable codes, murder plots born of madness--these motifs drive the best modern mysteries, but they are rooted in the early nineteenth century and the carefully constructed fiction of Edgar Allan Poe. Poe's methods of storytelling and suspense remain relevant, reappearing in detective novels and on screens large and small. This work examines a wide selection of today's mystery and thriller novels, films, television programs, and video games to explore Poe's ongoing influence on popular entertainment. Authors such as Michael Connelly, Stieg Larsson and Dennis Lehane, television shows like The Closer and Dexter, and movies from Laura and Vertigo to Shutter Island and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo all receive attention. The popularity of Poe's narratives in these contemporary guises is testimony to his visionary genius. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Greg Weeks
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780521745376

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Primary Maths Student Activity Book 4 by Greg Weeks Pdf

Arranged by the content strands - Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, Statistics and Probability - giving teachers independence and flexibility in constructing a week-by-week maths program. Practical and hands-on activities encourage students to develop their own strategies as confident learners. Graded activities provide effective scaffolding for students and allow teachers to cater for mixed ability classes. Discussion icons are indicated throughout the books to highlight areas where class or small group discussion can take place. Revision boxes contain information to help students recall past learning, or offer hints and further explanation of difficult concepts. Full-colour photos and illustrations link learning activities to every day contexts to help make maths meaningful. Activities are related to Cambridge Maths-in-a-Box, which enriches the program with contextual activities and saves teachers time with planning.