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Hollywood Squares
''Hollywood Squares'' (originally ''The Hollywood Squares'', later stylized as ''H2: Hollywood Squares'') is an American game show in which two contestants compete in a game of tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The show originally aired as a pilot on NBC in 1965, and debuted on NBC as a regular series in October 1966. The board for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk facing the contestants. The stars are asked questions by the host and the contestants judge the truth of their answers to gain squares in the right pattern to win the game. Though ''Hollywood Squares'' was a legitimate game show, the game largely acted as the background for the show's comedy in the form of joke answers (commonly called "zingers" by the production staff), often given by the stars prior to their real answer. The show's writers usually supplied the jokes. In addition, the stars were given the questions' subjects and bluffs prior to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merrill Heatter
Merrill Gabriel Heatter (December 16, 1925 – October 8, 2017) was an American television producer and writer. He was best known for his collaboration with writer Bob Quigley for over 20 years and the formation of their production company Heatter-Quigley Productions in 1960. The company was responsible for the game shows ''Hollywood Squares'' and ''Gambit (game show), Gambit'' and the animated television series ''Wacky Races (1968 TV series), Wacky Races''. He also formed Heatter-Quigley Productions#Titles by Merrill Heatter Productions, Merrill Heatter Productions in 1980, which is responsible for the ''Gambit''-based show ''Catch 21''. Early life Heatter was born in New York City, the son of Frances and Edward Heatter. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Austria. Heatter was the nephew of journalist Gabriel Heatter and the cousin of cook Maida Heatter. Career Beginnings Heatter's career began in the late 1940s when, on July 7, 1947, CBS Radio and wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production company, production and broadcast syndication, distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, California, it is a division of Sony Entertainment's unit Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment and a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony, Sony Group Corporation. It is the fourth iteration of what had originated as Columbia Pictures' television studio, Screen Gems#Television subsidiary (1948–1974), Screen Gems. History Sony Pictures Television's history goes back to 1947, when Ralph Cohn, whose father Jack and uncle Harry Cohn, Harry co-founded Columbia Pictures, founded Pioneer Telefilms. It was bought by Columbia and renamed Screen Gems#Television subsidiary (1948–1974), Screen Gems in November 1948, reincorporated as Columbia Pictures Television on May 6, 1974, and merged with sister studio TriStar Television (formed in 1986 and relaunched in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeRay Davis
Antoine DeRay Davis (born February 26, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.Todd Davis (February 2, 2008)Steph Jones: Heart & Soul ''HHNLive''. Accessed July 18, 2008. He is known for his role as Ray the Hustle Guy in the '' Barbershop'' films and as host of '' Hip Hop Squares''. He is also known for his collaboration and appearances in several audio skits by Kanye West. Life and career Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois. He began his career in comedy clubs. Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, he won the Comedy Central Laugh Riots Competition and appeared on the Cedric the Entertainer Tour. Known for his role as Ray the Hustle Guy in '' Barbershop'' and '' Barbershop 2: Back in Business'', Davis has also appeared in other films, including '' Semi-Pro'', ''21 Jump Street'', and '' How High 2''. Davis' television roles and appearances have included programs such as Comedy Central's '' Reno 911'', BET's '' ComicView'', FOX's ''Empire'', MTV's '' Wild 'n Out'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Bauman
Jon "Bowzer" Bauman (born September 14, 1947) is an American singer, best known as a member of the band Sha Na Na, and game show host. Bauman's Sha Na Na character Bowzer was a greaser in a muscle shirt. Biography and career Bauman was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Polish-German Jewish immigrants. His father was a dentist and a singer in the Hollis Hills Jewish Center choir. Bauman started attending The Juilliard School at age 12 with an expertise in piano playing, and he is a 1964 graduate of Martin Van Buren High School. He graduated from Columbia University in 1968. Bauman was a member of the band Sha Na Na from 1970 to 1983. He was featured in the television comedy/variety show ''Sha Na Na'' from 1977 to 1981. In his Bowzer persona, Bauman became instantly recognizable for his "greaser" clothes and hair, his muscular pose with his arm, and his catchphrase "Grease for Peace!" In the late 1970s, Bauman appeared as Bowzer (loosely in-character) on many game shows, inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Match Game
''Match Game'' is an American television panel game show that premiered on NBC in 1962 and has been revived several times over the course of the last six decades. The game features contestants trying to match answers given by celebrity panelists to fill-in-the-blank questions. Beginning with the CBS run of the 1970s, the questions are often formed as humorous double entendres. ''The Match Game'' in its original version ran on NBC's daytime lineup from 1962 until 1969. The show returned with a significantly changed format in 1973 on CBS (also in daytime) and became a major success, with an expanded panel, larger cash payouts, and emphasis on humor. The CBS series, referred to on-air as ''Match Game 73'' to startwith its title updated every new year, ran until 1979 on CBS, at which point it moved to first-run syndication (without the year attached to the title, as ''Match Game'') and ran for three more seasons, ending in 1982. Concurrently with the weekday run, from 1975 to 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcast Syndication
Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast their content to other television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air it on. It is common in the United States where broadcast programming is scheduled by television networks with local independent Network affiliate, affiliates. Syndication is less widespread in the rest of the world, as most countries have centralized networks or television stations without local affiliates. Shows can be syndicated internationally, although this is less common. Three common types of syndication are: ''first-run'' syndication, which is programming that is broadcast for the first time as a syndicated show and is made specifically for the purpose of selling it into syndication; ''Off-network'' syndication (colloquially called a "rerun"), which is the licensing of a program whose first airing was on stations inside the Television broadcaster, television network that prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gameplay
Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game. The term applies to both video games and Tabletop game, tabletop games. Gameplay is the connection between the player and the game, the player's overcoming of challenges, and the pattern of player behavior defined through the game's rules. History Arising alongside game development, video game development in the 1980s, the term ''gameplay'' was initially used solely within the context of video games, though now it is also used for tabletop games. Definition of term There is no consensus on the precise definition of gameplay. It has been differently defined by different authors, but all definitions refer to player interaction with a game. For example: * "The structures of player interaction with the game system and with other players in the game." * "Gameplay here is seen as the interactive gaming process of the player with the game." Theorists also agree that video game gameplay is distinct from graphics and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tic-tac-toe
Tic-tac-toe (American English), noughts and crosses (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English), or Xs and Os (Canadian English, Canadian or Hiberno-English, Irish English) is a paper-and-pencil game for two players who take turns marking the spaces in a three-by-three grid, one with Xs and the other with Os. A player wins when they mark all three spaces of a row, column, or diagonal of the grid, whereupon they traditionally draw a line through those three marks to indicate the win. It is a solved game, with a forced draw assuming Best response, best play from both players. Names In American English, the game is known as "tic-tac-toe". It may also be spelled "tick-tack-toe", "tick-tat-toe", or "tit-tat-toe". In Commonwealth English (particularly British English, British, South African English, South African, Indian English, Indian, Australian English, Australian, and New Zealand English), the game is known as "noughts and crosses", alternatively spelled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcast Syndication
Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast their content to other television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air it on. It is common in the United States where broadcast programming is scheduled by television networks with local independent Network affiliate, affiliates. Syndication is less widespread in the rest of the world, as most countries have centralized networks or television stations without local affiliates. Shows can be syndicated internationally, although this is less common. Three common types of syndication are: ''first-run'' syndication, which is programming that is broadcast for the first time as a syndicated show and is made specifically for the purpose of selling it into syndication; ''Off-network'' syndication (colloquially called a "rerun"), which is the licensing of a program whose first airing was on stations inside the Television broadcaster, television network that prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop Squares
''Hip Hop Squares'' is an American television game show originally hosted by Peter Rosenberg, which debuted on MTV2 on May 22, 2012. The show is a licensed format of CBS Television Distribution's ''Hollywood Squares'' ( King World Productions, CBS Television Distribution's predecessor company, acquired the franchise in 1991 from Orion Television) featuring mostly rappers. The MTV2 version of the show was taped in Brooklyn, New York. The VH1 version was taped in Hollywood, California. Because of the show's status as part of the ''Hollywood Squares'' franchise, the show marked the sixth decade that a version of the franchise has aired on television, joining ''Let's Make a Deal'', ''Jeopardy!'', and ''The Newlywed Game'' (later joined by '' Wheel of Fortune'' and ''Family Feud'') as a game show that has aired in six different decades. (Only ''The Price Is Right'' and ''To Tell the Truth'' have been on longer; both have aired in eight decades.) On July 28, 2016, VH1 announced a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour
''Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour'' is an American television panel game show that combined two panel games of the 1960s and 1970s – ''Match Game'' and ''Hollywood Squares'' – into an hour-long format. The series ran from October 31, 1983, to July 27, 1984 on NBC. Gene Rayburn reprised his role as host of the ''Match Game'' and Super Match segments, while Jon Bauman hosted the ''Hollywood Squares'' segment. Gene Wood was the show's regular announcer with Johnny Olson and Rich Jeffries substituting during the run. The series was credited as a Mark Goodson Television Production. Orion Television, then-owners of the ''Hollywood Squares'' format rights, licensed the format to Goodson. Rules ''Match Game'' Each day began with two new contestants playing ''Match Game'', hosted by Gene Rayburn. Three rounds were played, with one question per contestant in each round. A coin toss determined who played first in round one, and the high scorer at the end of each round played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storybook Squares
''Storybook Squares'' is an American game show. It is a spin-off of ''Hollywood Squares''. The series featured celebrities dressed up as famous people and characters from history and various forms of media. Peter Marshall (U.S. entertainer), Peter Marshall served as host of these episodes. The panelists were introduced by "The Guardian of the Gate", who announced their characters' presence by reading their names from a scroll. The Guardian was played by regular ''Hollywood Squares'' announcer Kenny Williams (announcer), Kenny Williams, and the character was similar to his "Town Crier" character from ''Video Village''. The series ran on NBC on Saturday mornings from January 4 to April 19, 1969, with repeats airing until August 30. The concept was revived during the 1976-1977 season as a series of special theme weeks on the daytime ''Hollywood Squares''. Format On the original edition of ''Storybook Squares'', the game was played in the same manner as the regular game, with celebri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
