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[[File:NumberwangHost 5400.png|link=That Mitchell and Webb Look|frame|"[[Calvin Ball|That's Numberwang!]]"]]
{{quote|''"Hi gang! Pop Quiz here! We ask several historical questions to our players, then act flabbergasted at their overwhelming ignorance!"''
The visible front end of any [[Game Show]]. This is the person who moderates the show and actually runs the game; s/he also enforces the rules (though s/he usually has to defer to off-screen officials for any close judgment calls), engages in small talk with the guests, and keeps the mood light and fun.
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There has been a recent (not new) trend, at least for high-profile American programs, to cast has-been D-listers as Game Show Hosts.
* [[Bill Cullen]], the original host of ''[[The Price Is Right]]'', ''[[Blockbusters]]'', and many other shows.
* Bob Barker of ''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' and ''The Price Is Right'', probably the most famous game show host in history.
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* The ''Buzz!'' series of party video games features Jason Donovan as a stereotypical Game Show Host.
* The various sarcastic voice-over hosts of the ''[[You Don't Know Jack]]'' series, most notably Cookie.
** The short-lived live-action game show version on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] featured Paul Reubens as Troy Stevens, a parody of a normal Game Show Host.
* Marc Summers of Nickelodeon's ''[[Double Dare (1986 TV Show)||Double Dare]]''. Ironic, in that Summers has obsessive-compulsive disorder, yet hosted a show that reveled in getting everyone messy.
* Dick Clark of the various ''[[Pyramid]]'' shows.
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