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{{quote|''"Do you want to be a winner?! ('''Yes!''') Then sound your buzzer! ('''buzz''') Sound your bell! ('''ding''') And get ready to play '''[[Winner Take All]]''' with our '''Winner Take All''' quizmaster, [[Bill Cullen]]!"''|'''Don Pardo''''s opening spiel for the 1952 TV version.}}
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''Winner'' was not only the first Goodson-Todman production and Cullen's first hosting job, but it was also the first game to use lockout devices ''and'' the first to use returning champions — both staples of pretty much every game since.
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* [[Game Show Winnings Cap]]: Champions kept playing until they lost, a fact that the ''Play For Keeps!'' pilot (see below) made clear due to beginning with a "defending champion" who had "already won" $15,000.
* [[Home Game]]: A quiz book was published in 1949 by Crown containing 2,000 questions and answers. Although a(n unnamed) research staff is mentioned, Todman and Goodson are credited as editors. <ref>(Yes, in that order.)</ref>
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** [[Lovely Assistant]]: Two were used. While they alternated escorting the new challenger in and handing the host a small information card, both participated in the "feeling" games that were occasionally done.
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: [[Bill Cullen]] went from announcer to host in September 1946, which began a game show career spanning five decades.
* [[Pilot]]: In 1955, three years after ''Matinee'' was canned, a revival was attempted under the name ''Play For Keeps!'' with Sonny Fox as host. The format was essentially the same, except the champion now chose a category for gameplay and wagered any or all of their current winnings.
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