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Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Gsguy on July 01, 2004, 10:10:45 AM

Not sure if this has been posted or not but the Ultimate TV Game Show Book is available for purchase on amazon.com.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Jimmy Owen on July 01, 2004, 10:47:24 AM

I'll wait for Mrs. Game Show to make the announcement.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Mrs. GameShow on July 01, 2004, 12:08:46 PM

The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is not out just yet.  It should coming out in a matter of weeks.  As soon as I know the exact date, I will post it.  

Fred and Steve had one more look at the final gallies over a week ago.  Ok, I have to admit that I took a look too.  It looks FABULOUS!    

There is a wonderful foreward written by....  I'll save that as a surprise. All I will say is he is a well loved game show host.

There are a few other surprises.  I don't want to spoil anything for all of you.

Mrs. GameShow

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: rmfromfla on July 01, 2004, 02:05:47 PM

I ordered the book back in April along with the Weird Al Yankovic CD
  "In 3-D" which contains "I Lost on Jeopardy!".   The book was supposed
  to ship in early May, but never came;  about three weeks ago I got in
  touch with Amazon, and they said the book was being back-ordered,
  but they will send it (with a free shipping upgrade!) ASAP....

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: DrBear on July 01, 2004, 07:36:54 PM

[quote name=\'Mrs. GameShow\' date=\'Jul 1 2004, 10:08 AM\'] There is a wonderful foreward written by....  I'll save that as a surprise. All I will say is he is a well loved game show host.
 [/quote]
 Well, that "he" lets out Meredith Viera....

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Gus on July 02, 2004, 12:23:20 AM

[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Jul 1 2004, 07:36 PM\'] Well, that "he" lets out Meredith Viera.... [/quote]
 ...and Betty White.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: ChrisLambert! on July 02, 2004, 01:01:16 AM

...and Laurie Faso, if you read online alternaa-mags. :)

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Post by: Mike Tennant on July 02, 2004, 03:59:27 PM

[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' date=\'Jul 2 2004, 12:01 AM\']...and Laurie Faso, if you read online alternaa-mags. :)[/quote]
The fact that Mrs. GameShow did say it was a "well loved game show host" had pretty much eliminated Mr./Ms. Faso already.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Don Howard on July 02, 2004, 04:33:54 PM

[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' date=\'Jul 2 2004, 02:59 PM\'] [quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' date=\'Jul 2 2004, 12:01 AM\']...and Laurie Faso, if you read online alternaa-mags. :)[/quote]
The fact that Mrs. GameShow did say it was a "well loved game show host" had pretty much eliminated Mr./Ms. Faso already. [/quote]
 And Blake Emmons. Of course, I'm sure his wife loves him.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: BrandonFG on July 02, 2004, 05:38:00 PM

[quote name=\'Mrs. GameShow\' date=\'Jul 1 2004, 11:08 AM\'] There is a wonderful foreward written by....  I'll save that as a surprise. All I will say is he is a well loved game show host. [/quote]
 Richard Dawson...oh wait, he just loved the ladies. (groan from audience)

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Mrs. GameShow on July 06, 2004, 01:47:11 PM

Keep guessing!

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: adamjk on July 06, 2004, 02:38:44 PM

Could it be Bob Barker?

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Jumpondees on July 06, 2004, 05:41:33 PM

Cool...new reading material....

I think I've worn out my copy of EOTVGS from the constant reading I do from it :-)

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: TimK2003 on July 06, 2004, 06:24:28 PM

[quote name=\'Mrs. GameShow\' date=\'Jul 6 2004, 12:47 PM\'] Keep guessing! [/quote]
 Patrick Wayne!!!

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: PeterTomarkensGal on July 06, 2004, 07:37:50 PM

Bob Eubanks? Chuck Woolery? Alex Trebek? Pat Sajak? Peter Marshall? Peter Tomarken?

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: chris319 on July 06, 2004, 10:14:12 PM

[quote name=\'PeterTomarkensGal\' date=\'Jul 6 2004, 04:37 PM\'] Bob Eubanks? Chuck Woolery? Alex Trebek? Pat Sajak? Peter Marshall? Peter Tomarken? [/quote]
 Allen Ludden? Jack Barry? Bob Clayton? Bud Collyer? Bert Convy? Bill Cullen?

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Brandon Brooks on July 06, 2004, 10:23:46 PM

[quote name=\'PeterTomarkensGal\' date=\'Jul 6 2004, 06:37 PM\'] Bob Eubanks? Chuck Woolery? Alex Trebek? Pat Sajak? Peter Marshall? Peter Tomarken? [/quote]
 Peter Tomarken? Peter Tomarken? Peter Tomarken? Peter Tomarken? Peter Tomarken? Peter Tomarken? Peter Tomarken? Peter Tomarken?

What about Peter Tomarken?

Brandon Brooks

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Post by: dzinkin on July 06, 2004, 10:25:04 PM

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Jul 6 2004, 10:14 PM\'] [quote name=\'PeterTomarkensGal\' date=\'Jul 6 2004, 04:37 PM\'] Bob Eubanks? Chuck Woolery? Alex Trebek? Pat Sajak? Peter Marshall? Peter Tomarken? [/quote]
Allen Ludden? Jack Barry? Bob Clayton? Bud Collyer? Bert Convy? Bill Cullen? [/quote]
 You forgot Jackie Gleason.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: MyCapableAssistant on July 06, 2004, 10:29:26 PM

[quote name=\'Mrs. GameShow\' date=\'Jul 1 2004, 10:08 AM\'] There is a wonderful foreward written by....  I'll save that as a surprise. All I will say is he is a well loved game show host.

 [/quote]
 "IS" as in one STILL ALIVE today?
How long ago was the foreward written?

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: PeterTomarkensGal on July 06, 2004, 10:41:54 PM

Hmmmmm....  TODD NEWTON?????

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Pyramid80 on July 06, 2004, 10:58:09 PM

If I had to take stab at it...I would guess Alex Trebek.  Since he was the Classic Concentration host and I am sure friends with Steve Ryan who created the rebus' and is/was partners with the author Fred Wostbrock.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Mrs. GameShow on July 07, 2004, 12:23:13 PM

It was written about 6 weeks ago.   This person is very much alive!

Could there also be a tribute to another classic game show personality?   Hmmm!!!  

What's the highest bid for the information?   :)

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Jimmy Owen on July 07, 2004, 12:33:40 PM

[quote name=\'Mrs. GameShow\' date=\'Jul 7 2004, 11:23 AM\'] It was written about 6 weeks ago.   This person is very much alive!

Could there also be a tribute to another classic game show personality?   Hmmm!!!  

What's the highest bid for the information?   :) [/quote]
 I'll put in my two cents and say it is a famous brother or brother-in-law who guest hosted a show that his brother and brother-in-law also hosted.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: MyCapableAssistant on July 07, 2004, 01:21:20 PM

[quote name=\'Mrs. GameShow\' date=\'Jul 7 2004, 10:23 AM\']It was written about 6 weeks ago.   This person is very much alive!

Could there also be a tribute to another classic game show personality?   Hmmm!!! 

[/quote]
Hmmmm . . .

Well, that certainly narrows down the possibilities!

I would think it would be a game show host who has been
around a LONG time. One who is familiar with the shows of
the 50s and 60s, as well as the current ones.

My guess is the foreward is written by Bob Barker.
He seems like a pretty well-loved game show host.
But writing a tribute... to someone ELSE???

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on July 07, 2004, 02:15:44 PM

[quote name=\'Mrs. GameShow\' date=\'Jul 7 2004, 11:23 AM\'] It was written about 6 weeks ago.   This person is very much alive!

Could there also be a tribute to another classic game show personality?   Hmmm!!!  

What's the highest bid for the information?   :) [/quote]
 Jimmy Cefalo paying tribute to Jim Caldwell.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: DrBear on July 07, 2004, 06:50:24 PM

I was wondering if anybody was going to use "Bob Barker" and "well-loved" in the same sentence without a hint of irony.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: chris319 on July 08, 2004, 02:45:34 AM

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Jul 6 2004, 07:25 PM\'] [quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Jul 6 2004, 10:14 PM\'] [quote name=\'PeterTomarkensGal\' date=\'Jul 6 2004, 04:37 PM\'] Bob Eubanks? Chuck Woolery? Alex Trebek? Pat Sajak? Peter Marshall? Peter Tomarken? [/quote]
Allen Ludden? Jack Barry? Bob Clayton? Bud Collyer? Bert Convy? Bill Cullen? [/quote]
You forgot Jackie Gleason. [/quote]
 John Charles Daly

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: MyCapableAssistant on July 08, 2004, 03:27:50 AM

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Jul 8 2004, 12:45 AM\'] [quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Jul 6 2004, 07:25 PM\'] [quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Jul 6 2004, 10:14 PM\'] [quote name=\'PeterTomarkensGal\' date=\'Jul 6 2004, 04:37 PM\'] Bob Eubanks? Chuck Woolery? Alex Trebek? Pat Sajak? Peter Marshall? Peter Tomarken? [/quote]
Allen Ludden? Jack Barry? Bob Clayton? Bud Collyer? Bert Convy? Bill Cullen? [/quote]
You forgot Jackie Gleason. [/quote]
John Charles Daly [/quote]
 Chris Clementson?

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: clemon79 on July 08, 2004, 12:33:05 PM

[quote name=\'MyCapableAssistant\' date=\'Jul 8 2004, 12:27 AM\'] [quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Jul 8 2004, 12:45 AM\'] [quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Jul 6 2004, 07:25 PM\'] [quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Jul 6 2004, 10:14 PM\'] [quote name=\'PeterTomarkensGal\' date=\'Jul 6 2004, 04:37 PM\'] Bob Eubanks? Chuck Woolery? Alex Trebek? Pat Sajak? Peter Marshall? Peter Tomarken? [/quote]
Allen Ludden? Jack Barry? Bob Clayton? Bud Collyer? Bert Convy? Bill Cullen? [/quote]
You forgot Jackie Gleason. [/quote]
John Charles Daly [/quote]
Chris Clementson? [/quote]
 Dick Hertz? Seymour Butts? I.P. Freeley?

(hey, as long as we're running the gag COMPLETELY into the floor.)

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Pyramid80 on August 04, 2004, 12:37:55 PM

Do we know if this book is still scheduled to come out this month?

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Matt Ottinger on August 04, 2004, 12:41:01 PM

[quote name=\'Pyramid80\' date=\'Aug 4 2004, 12:37 PM\'] Do we know if this book is still scheduled to come out this month? [/quote]
 Last I heard, Fred Wostbrock and Steve Ryan are still scheduled to be at the Game Show Congress signing copies.  That's on August 15, so it ought to be showing up soon.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: CaseyAbell on August 04, 2004, 01:42:38 PM

The Amazon blurb for the book is a lot of fun...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...455211?v=glance (http://\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1566252199/002-4912390-7455211?v=glance\")

Elvis and Wink Martindale? Maybe they co-wrote the intro. What else has Elvis been doing lately?

Friend or Foe is a "hit"? Well, um, publisher's blurbs aren't held to the highest standards of accuracy.

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Post by: michaellinn on August 04, 2004, 11:57:44 PM

Thanks for posting this link, CaseyAbell. I'll have to get this book. It looks interesting. I have many TV show books, but no game show books as of yet.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Steve McClellan on August 05, 2004, 04:15:57 PM

[quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Aug 4 2004, 10:42 AM\'] The Amazon blurb for the book is a lot of fun... [/quote]
 ...even if a *slight* bit outdated: "Steve Ryan [...] currently creates the rebus puzzles for Classic Concentration." Heh.

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Post by: DrBear on August 05, 2004, 09:01:02 PM

For all we know, he still does; there just isn't a show to put them on. Steve sits down in the basement doing rebuses all day...

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Post by: zachhoran on August 05, 2004, 09:18:09 PM

[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Aug 5 2004, 08:01 PM\'] For all we know, he still does; there just isn't a show to put them on. Steve sits down in the basement doing rebuses all day... [/quote]
 As per the Game SHow Home Game Home Page of our moderator's, STeve did the rebuses for the recent Endless Games home versions of Concentration.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Mrs. GameShow on August 06, 2004, 01:13:55 PM

Yes, it is true that Steve did all the rebus puzzles for the box game of "Concentration."  He also created the rebus puzzles for the "Concentration" slot machine.  

Look for another new Steve Ryan book in Spring 2005.  "Clever Lunchbox Puzzles" features rebus puzzles by the master himself.  :-)

Mrs. GameShow

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Yogi007 on August 07, 2004, 01:22:14 AM

[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jul 7 2004, 01:15 PM\']
Jimmy Cefalo paying tribute to Jim Caldwell. [/quote]
 I agree with Dsmith for the most part, but I believe it is Ahmad Rashad who is paying tribute to Jim.  Jimmy is too busy doing (reading the TelePrompTer) the sports on the TV in Miami to deal with Mr. Caldwell.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on August 07, 2004, 02:11:07 AM

[quote name=\'Yogi007\' date=\'Aug 7 2004, 12:22 AM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jul 7 2004, 01:15 PM\']
Jimmy Cefalo paying tribute to Jim Caldwell. [/quote]
I agree with Dsmith for the most part, but I believe it is Ahmad Rashad who is paying tribute to Jim.  Jimmy is too busy doing (reading the TelePrompTer) the sports on the TV in Miami to deal with Mr. Caldwell. [/quote]
 WHOOOOSH!
Way over your head.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Yogi007 on August 08, 2004, 12:11:28 AM

[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Aug 7 2004, 01:11 AM\'] [quote name=\'Yogi007\' date=\'Aug 7 2004, 12:22 AM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jul 7 2004, 01:15 PM\']
Jimmy Cefalo paying tribute to Jim Caldwell. [/quote]
I agree with Dsmith for the most part, but I believe it is Ahmad Rashad who is paying tribute to Jim.  Jimmy is too busy doing (reading the TelePrompTer) the sports on the TV in Miami to deal with Mr. Caldwell. [/quote]
WHOOOOSH!
Way over your head. [/quote]
 Not really over my head.  I can't recall what show Cefalo did, but I was trying to be funny because I wanted to be the one who mentioned Caldwell but you beat me to it and the only thing I could think of was Rashad.  I won't be funny anymore.  Chris warned me about attempting to be funny.  I hope he doesn't take my card away from me.  I will try to do better next time.  As Jay London says, "I'll just stand here, I don't want to bother anybody".

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Post by: Bob Zager on September 02, 2004, 11:14:18 AM

After being delayed several times, The Ultimate TV Game Show book is...delayed again!  I got a post card in the mail from my area's Borders Books and Music store, saying the book will not be out until late November/early December.

It was reported that the recent Game Show Congress gathering was going to have autographed copies available, but I wasn't surprised that the book wasn't ready, since most online bookstores listed a September release date.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Pyramid80 on October 25, 2004, 07:35:58 PM

[quote name=\'Bob Zager\' date=\'Sep 2 2004, 10:14 AM\']After being delayed several times, The Ultimate TV Game Show book is...delayed again!  I got a post card in the mail from my area's Borders Books and Music store, saying the book will not be out until late November/early December.

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I was wondering if Mrs. Game Show has any new news on this yet.

Title: The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is out!
Post by: Bob Zager on October 30, 2004, 10:41:21 AM

A source close to the authors gave me the impression that it just keeps looking "iffy," as to whether or not this book will be published.

Some online booksellers list it as coming out in December, but we'll just have to wait and see.

I think it would be nice to see the EOTVGS revised/updated.  There have been a lot of new shows since the last edition in 1999.