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Legendary [[Game Show]] host who appeared on more games than anyone else in American television, and whose career spanned across many shows on radio and television from [[The Thirties]] to [[The Eighties]] (including his own 15-minute Thursday-morning variety show, ''The Bill Cullen Show'', on [[CBS]] in 1952). He died in 1990 from lung cancer, and is often [[Fan Nickname|called]] "The King of Game Shows" or "The Dean of Emcees".

 

* ''[[Password|Password Plus]]'' (1980; hosted four weeks as a fill-in for Allen Ludden)

* ''[[Blockbusters]]'' (1980–82)

* ''[[Hot Potato (TV series)|Hot Potato]]'' (1984)

* ''[[The Joker's Wild]]'' (1984–86)

 

== Unsold Pilots ==

* ''The Choice Is Yours'' (November 28, 1970; Bill's only show for Hatos-Hall)

* ''Equal Partners'' (August 3, 1976)

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Bill ''loved'' to do this.

** One prize on ''Price'' was a breakfront with a built-in stereo, record player, and fold-out bed.

(''cue [[Big Applesauce|New York]] audience laughing their hearts out, and Bill acting very coy'') }}

** A famous one from Joe Garagiola's tenure as host of ''To Tell The Truth'' (taped May 18, 1977), when Bill [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxEa1hCxETA explained] why he had to disqualify himself during a game with a contestant who trained birds.

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