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Jimmy Owen:
The post on hosts driving to work got me thinking what a typical day must have been like for a NYC game show host in the '60s.  Some hosts got up early (Hugh Downs, Bill Cullen) to make it in for their morning general-interest tv or radio show.  Some went in a little later because of the Broadway play they were in or maybe they had to play sidekick on a late night talk show (Gene Rayburn, Ed McMahon).  Maybe grab a coffee or a bite to eat between shows.  For some reason, I always envisioned Gene walking into 30 Rock at about 3:55pm, doing a breezy half-hour of MG and walking out precisely at 4:25pm.

DrBear:
And, of course, there was Hugh Downs before spending most of the day at NBC, doing Concentration in the AM and Jack Paar's show in the PM.

gameshowguy2000:
[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 07:32 AM\'] And, of course, there was Hugh Downs before spending most of the day at NBC, doing Concentration in the AM and Jack Paar's show in the PM. [/quote]
 Wasn't Hugh Downs also doing the Today Show and 20/20 at the time?

BrandonFG:
[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 02:43 PM\'] [quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 07:32 AM\'] And, of course, there was Hugh Downs before spending most of the day at NBC, doing Concentration in the AM and Jack Paar's show in the PM. [/quote]
Wasn't Hugh Downs also doing the Today Show and 20/20 at the time? [/quote]
 According to IMDB, he left "Today" in 1971. 20/20 wasn't until the late 70s.

Don Howard:
[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 02:43 PM\'] [quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 07:32 AM\'] And, of course, there was Hugh Downs before spending most of the day at NBC, doing Concentration in the AM and Jack Paar's show in the PM. [/quote]
Wasn't Hugh Downs also doing the Today Show and 20/20 at the time? [/quote]
 Nope. For six years, he was helming both the Today show and Concentration. 20/20 he anchored while also doing the PBS series Over Easy.

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