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Top 10 Game Show Hosts


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and all the answers the password is
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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
game show hosts I take my shoes off in
my head doesn’t it
number 10 Takeshi kaga Iron Chef Cole
the panel up pocket known as the
chairman this over-the-top host became
popular the world over with the original
Iron Chef and he named his man the Iron
Chefs the invincible man of culinary
skills though he’s an accomplished actor
in his native Japan he gained fame with
memorable catchphrases
oh and by embodying his fabricated
backstory the motivation for spending
his fortune to create kitchen stadium
was to encounter new original cuisines
which could be called true artistic
creations as the Japanese nobleman who
built kitchen Stadium in his luxurious
mansion
he stages sumptuous cooking competitions
to discover whose cuisine reigns supreme
Heseltine team number nine gene Rayburn
the match game says gene Blake raper
you’ll savor
he was the blankest guy around for over
two decades and through several reboots
Rayburn helmed the match game using his
wit to interact with guests and the
rowdy celebrity panel I tell you I never
been so shocked appalled and outraged by
an answer mine chili Bobby Rayburn read
a statement and contestants would fill
in the blanks to match celebrities
answers
meaning raunchy humor innuendos and
double entendre abounded stop the music
Valerie the big bad wolf said I just
came from a house with his old lady had
the biggest blinks I ever saw boobs
Rayburn smooth-talk antics and ability
to make celebs behave made this one of
the most highly rated game shows ever
nothing wrong with mother nature
number eight and Robinson the weakest
link doechigi over it’s time to reveal
who you think is the weakest link think
of her as the British judge duty of
gameshows killer lovely Anne you really
do another strikes out okay
while most gameshow hosts are men this
acerbic brit made her mark on both sides
of the pond with the weakest link never
hesitating to insult offend or to say
the cool quick redhead dominated and
scolded all who dared to answer her
questions you’re living in a flat yeah
but you went home to borrow mummys
t-shirt and if you got one wrong she was
the queen of mean you’re terrifying in a
sexy way number 7
Dick Clark pyramid
as master of ceremonies for the original
incarnation of this popular game show
franchise TV legend Dick Clark stood
watch as contestants and their celebrity
partners attempted to quickly guess
words based on each other’s cryptic
descriptions no whole array things are
guarded to us charming kind and always
quick with helpful hints there they will
say you’re giving so perhaps a semi
synonym thought oh all right where does
innocent we’re trying to get innocent
across it’s just so long Clark was
already popular from his American
Bandstand days his looks voice and
ageless charisma made him synonymous
with the pyramid brand even as the
prizes increased and all have you’ve
learned in all the times you’ve played
here Tony what is it you don’t do you
don’t say shit number six Monty Hall
let’s make a deal well in that
particular deal we gave out an awful lot
of stuff not only did this iconic host
act as the face of this series he also
created it after choosing audience
members based on their zany costumes and
wacky antics Hall offered them a prize
immediately asking if they’d trade it
for what’s behind curtain number one
curtain number two or curtain number
three we have the gum or you may have us
behind curtain number one now sometimes
we put some
things like this sometimes night this
premise was a revolution in a world of
super complicated game shows and Hall
was it steady and enthusiastic MC here
and more than that we had for you some
money how much money was there in here
there happened to be a $1,000 bill
number five Regis Philbin Who Wants to
Be a Millionaire
good evening and welcome to Sunday night
at Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
though he was already famous from his
daytime talk show and he briefly hosted
other game shows reach became a true
pop-culture phenomenon with this trivia
show and his memorable catchphrase that
final answer
finally it’s a good one you’re
absolutely right you want iconic and
likeable Philbin can be credited with
reviving the gameshow trend with the
American version of millionaire often
imitated but never duplicated Regis was
over the top loud and excitable and the
perfect man for the job
so if you’re ready let’s go for the
Million number four richard Dawson
family feud postcards number one answer
part of the watch you said face survey
said running through first an actor then
a match game panelist this flirtatious
fellow finally hit his stride as a
touchy-feely game show host pitting
families against each other to see what
100 people think about random things
Dawson earned the label of a kissing
bandit because of his tendency to smooch
all female contestants the friendly face
that made the feud one of history’s most
popular game shows survey says
Dawson’s one of the greats somewhere hey
soos is looking yeah hey good good he
didn’t have 20 seconds
number three Pat Sajak wheel of fortune
spin the wheel you solve the puzzle you
could go home with that hundred grand so
we’re going to ask you to spin give it a
good one and see what happened after
taking the wheel from Chuck Woolery
Sajak his quirky personality and his
stylish sidekick Vanna White made wheel
a can’t-miss show even after over three
decades he keeps the series fresh and
still seems to sincerely care what
happens as contestants try to guess a
sentence one letter at a time yep
there’s one 550 X’s work with his
genuine and natural personality Sajak
helped make Wheel of Fortune the
longest-running syndicated American game
show ever I’m doing a big speech
the puzzle number two Alex Trebek
jeopardy here we go round 1 there are
other categories the sometimes smug and
always knowledgeable host of this quiz
game never hesitates to remind
contestants to answer in the form of a
question
this red fox series was based on a
British sitcom called Steptoe and son
Peter would a Sanford and Son write
always a class act
Trebek helped turn a show considered too
smart for TV into one of the most
popular trivia game shows ever in fact
Trebek is such a beloved part of pop
culture he was lampooned mercilessly by
a certain late-night comedy show these
are words that begin with s the answer
is Popeye is this sort of man Burt
Reynolds
what is Popeye know before we unveil our
number one pick here are a few honorable
mentions Hollywood Squares co-stars
we’ve got a field of four high-strung
young newlywed couples all raring to go
in the newlywed game derby but you did
fine what happened in the one that can
you came a crapper on a cropper honor
without the head that’s how you get
squares first games worth a thousand
dollars who won the toss
number one Bob Barker The Price is Right
sure he hosted a handful of popular and
long-running game shows but Bob Barker
is The Price is Right
actual retail price 1797 with his skinny
mic dapper suits and pleased to help
control the pet population Bob Barker
reminding you Luisa pleger they helps
control the pet population have your pet
spayed or neutered / Barker proved that
longevity in the TV world was possible
finally retiring with more outstanding
game show host
Emmys than anyone after 50 years in the
biz now folks I want to thank you very
very much for inviting me into
for the last 50 years I am deeply
grateful modest timeless and impossibly
cool Barker was the man who kept fans
lining up to come on down at all four of
you come on down you’re the first
contestants on the new Price is Right
do you agree with our list who’s your
favorite game show host and three you
can probably tell by the costume where I
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