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The Allen Ludden Papers collection is located at the Free Public Library in his native Mineral Point, Wisconsin. The items include letters written or received by Ludden, typed radio scripts, newspaper and magazine clippings by or about Ludden, publicity photographs and personal photographs, and a broken pair of horn-rimmed glasses .
Convy was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Bernard Fleming and Monica (née Whalen) Convy. [1] [2] Convy's family moved to Los Angeles when he was 7 years old.He later attended North Hollywood High School, where he was an all-around athlete. [3]
Password Plus was hosted by original Password host Allen Ludden from its debut until April 1980, when he took a leave of absence after being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Bill Cullen, who at the time was hosting the show that preceded Password Plus on NBC, Chain Reaction, filled in until Ludden returned a month later. [1]
Frequent panelists on the 1970s version included White (then Allen Ludden's wife), Joey Bishop, Dick Gautier, Fannie Flagg, David Letterman and Larry Hovis, who also produced this version. Canadian TV host and comedian John Barbour was a regular panelist throughout the 1980s version, and the three other panelists originally changed from week to ...
In December 1968, Barry embarked on an idea that would launch his national comeback, and eventually become the most successful game show project of his career. He developed and produced two pilots for The Joker's Wild emceed by Allen Ludden. CBS held off on picking up the series at first.
Stumpers! is a game show hosted by Allen Ludden that aired on NBC from October 4 to December 31, 1976. [1] Lin Bolen , former head of NBC Daytime Programming, developed the show. Bill Armstrong was the program's regular announcer, with Charlie O'Donnell filling in for several episodes.
Two celebrity/contestant teams competed. Each team had 45 seconds to guess as many songs as they could, with an attempt to sing the first lines of those songs after each guess.
Robert Earle (January 5, 1926 – June 5, 2019) was a host of G.E. College Bowl, an American game show that was broadcast first by CBS, later by NBC.Earle was the second host of the show, succeeding Allen Ludden, who left the show in 1962 to host Password.