Game Show Host: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
(Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v2.0beta9)) |
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (examples template) |
||
Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
[[File:NumberwangHost 5400.png|link=That Mitchell and Webb Look|frame|"[[Calvin Ball|That's Numberwang!]]"]] |
[[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!"'' |
|||
|'''Father Time''' as this Trope on a game show sketch, ''[[Histeria!]]''.}} |
|||
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. |
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. |
||
Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
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. |
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. |
||
---- |
|||
{{examples|Notable Game Show Hosts include:}} |
|||
* [[Bill Cullen]], the original host of ''[[The Price Is Right]]'', ''[[Blockbusters]]'', and many other shows. |
* [[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. |
* Bob Barker of ''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' and ''The Price Is Right'', probably the most famous game show host in history. |