Game Show Confidential: The Story of an American Obsession

Game and quiz shows first started appearing on radio broadcasts in the 1930s, led by the CBS...
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Author: Boze Hadleigh
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Game Show Confidential: The Story of an American Obsession by Hadleigh, Boze

Game Show Confidential: The Story of an American Obsession

$49.70

Game Show Confidential: The Story of an American Obsession

$49.70
Author: Boze Hadleigh
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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: Boze Hadleigh
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 05/01/2023
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.72h x 6.05w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9781493072583


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/01/2023 pg. 90

About the Author
BOZE HADLEIGH, a former Jeopardy! winner, is the author of twenty-nine books, most of them Hollywood-themed. The Los Angeles Times labeled him "a pop culture phenomenon." He holds a master's in journalism and has published articles in over one hundred periodicals here and abroad. He speaks five languages, and has visited more than sixty countries. His non-Hollywood books include Broadway Babylon, Leading Ladies (UK), Mexico's Most Wanted, Holy Cow!, and Life's a Pooch.

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