New book by Norm Blumenthal

[Bob Zager]

Here's a link to order it from amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/When-Game-Shows-Rule...9716&sr=8-2

I loved Concentration in my childhood, and it good to see another book by the show's longtime producer!

[geno57]

Fantastic!  Didn't know this was coming.  I've just ordered it through Amazon.  Thanks for the heads-up.

[DjohnsonCB]

Any chance he mentions in there the fact that "Concentration" didn't go color until 1966 and goes into detail as to why?

[Kniwt]

My copy is here, and it's certainly an interesting read so far ... interesting in much the same way you'd sit down with your grandpa, and he'd just ramble on about anything and everything randomly for two hours or longer. You had no idea what he was going to say next, but by gosh, it sure was fascinating and entertaining.

That said, however, Norm really needed to pay a few bucks to get his book copy-edited before he sent it off to the publisher. A reference to the national newspaper "U.S. Today" is the least of the troubles.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Kniwt\' post=\'254192\' date=\'Jan 7 2011, 02:23 PM\']... interesting in much the same way you'd sit down with your grandpa, and he'd just ramble on about anything and everything randomly for two hours or longer.[/quote]
Replace "grandpa" with "drunk uncle" and you've got at least a couple holidays at Chateau Lèmon.

Ah, the memories.

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'Kniwt\' post=\'254192\' date=\'Jan 7 2011, 05:23 PM\']My copy is here, and it's certainly an interesting read so far ... interesting in much the same way you'd sit down with your grandpa, and he'd just ramble on about anything and everything randomly for two hours or longer. You had no idea what he was going to say next, but by gosh, it sure was fascinating and entertaining.

That said, however, Norm really needed to pay a few bucks to get his book copy-edited before he sent it off to the publisher. A reference to the national newspaper "U.S. Today" is the least of the troubles.[/quote]
I've only skimmed, not read, but I got that impression.  He's already written one similar work, way back in 1975.  The TV Game Shows is similarly rambly.  In fact, I had a fleeting thought that the new work was just a reprinting of the obscure original, but it's not.