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Tic-Tac-Dough. Tic-Tac-Dough is an American television game show based on the paper-and-pencil game of tic-tac-toe. Contestants answer trivia questions to put up their respective symbol, X or O, on a tic-tac-toe board. Three versions were produced: the initial 1956–59 run on NBC, a 1978–86 run initially on CBS and then in syndication, and a ...
Wink Martindale. Winston Conrad " Wink " Martindale (born December 4, 1933) [1] is an American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host, and television producer. He is best known for hosting Gambit from 1972 to 1976 (and again from 1980 to 1981), Tic-Tac-Dough from 1978 to 1985, High Rollers from 1987 to 1988, and Debt from 1996 to 1998.
Thom McKee. Thom McKee (born 1955) is a retired officer in the United States Navy and 1977 graduate from the United States Naval Academy. He is best known for being a contestant on the game show Tic Tac Dough, becoming the show's longest reigning champion and (at the time) the highest money winner in American game show history.
Van Doren decided to try out for the NBC quiz show Tic-Tac-Dough. Enright, who produced both Tic-Tac-Dough and Twenty-One, saw his tryout and was familiar with his prestigious family background that included multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning authors and highly respected professors at Columbia
1998. Genre. Television themes. Label. Varèse Sarabande / Universal Records. Classic TV Game Show Themes is a compilation CD released by Varèse Sarabande in 1998. The CD contains 20 tracks, each the theme to a current or classic game show. The disc was authorized by Game Show Network, and featured liner notes provided by the channel.
Howard Felsher. Howard Felsher (October 18, 1927 – July 23, 2018) was an American game show producer. He produced shows such as Tic Tac Dough; Password; Password Plus; Super Password; He Said, She Said; Concentration; and most notably, Family Feud. Felsher was known as the "Game Show Doctor" in certain circles for his ability to come in and ...
When the quiz show scandals exploded in 1958, among the materials a federal grand jury investigated was a series of 1957 Tic-Tac-Dough episodes hosted by Jackson and preserved on kinescope, featuring U.S. Army captain Michael O'Rourke winning over $140,000 during his reign as champion. Jackson himself was never accused of any wrongdoing; it was ...
For Season 20, the show eliminated its long-standing rule limiting a champion's consecutive wins to five. In doing so, Jeopardy! joined Tic Tac Dough from two decades earlier in allowing unlimited appearances by a returning champion on a quiz show. This set up the potential for winning streaks like those seen in the big-money 1950s quiz shows.