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02345aam a22003378i 4500 001 9AD93D26495811EE9228709642ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230902011803 008 221129s2023 ctu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022048494 020 $a 1493072587 020 $a 9781493072583 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN1992.8.Q5 $b .H33 2023 082 00 $a 791.45/6 $2 23/eng/20221129 100 1 $a Hadleigh, Boze, $e author. 245 10 $a Game show confidential : $b the story of an American obsession / 263 $a 2305 264 1 $a Essex, Connecticut : $b Lyons Press, $c c2023. 300 $a 277 pages ; $b photos $c cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Game shows $z United States. 650 0 $a Quiz shows $z United States. 650 0 $a Radio programs $z United States. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Hadleigh, Boze. $t Game show confidential $d Lanham : Lyons Press, 2023 $z 9781493072590 $w (DLC) 2022048495 941 $a 1 952 $l ZYPE837 $d 20230902015417.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9AD93D26495811EE9228709642ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search