John Leonard Olson was an American radio personality and television announcer. Olson is perhaps best known for his work as an announcer for game shows, particularly the work he did for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Olson was the longtime announcer for the original To Tell the Truth and What's My Line?, and spent over a decade as the announcer for both Match Game and The Price Is Right, working on the latter series at the time of his death.
Mark Leo Goodson was an American television producer who specialized in game shows, most frequently with his business partner Bill Todman, with whom he created Goodson-Todman Productions.
William Selden Todman was an American television producer and personality born in New York City. He produced many of television's longest-running shows with business partner Mark Goodson, with whom he created Goodson-Todman Productions.
Double Dare is an American television game show, produced by Mark Goodson & Bill Todman, that ran from 1976 to 1977 on CBS. The main game pitted two contestants in isolation booths attempting to correctly identify a person, place, or thing based on one-sentence clues. The bonus round then pitted the champion of the main game against a panel of three Ph.Ds, referred to as the "Spoilers". Alex Trebek was the host, with Johnny Olson and later Gene Wood announcing. The show was created by Jay Wolpert.
Tattletales is an American game show produced by Goodson-Todman Productions in association with Fremantle. The program had two runs on the CBS daytime schedule between February 1974 and June 1984. It was hosted by Bert Convy, with several announcers including Jack Clark, Gene Wood, Johnny Olson and John Harlan providing the voiceover at various times. Wood was the primary announcer during the show's first run, and Olson was announcing during the 1980s.
Jim Perry was an American-Canadian television game show host, singer, announcer, and performer in the 1970s and 1980s.
Bob Stewart was an American television game show producer. He was active in the TV industry from 1956 until his retirement in 1991.
Doctors' Hospital is an American medical drama that ran on NBC during the 1975–1976 season.
Sally Flynn is an American singer and musician who was a featured performer on The Lawrence Welk Show television program.
Mindreaders is an American game show produced by Goodson-Todman Productions which aired on NBC from August 13, 1979, through January 11, 1980. Although NBC originally agreed to a 26-week run, the network canceled Mindreaders after 22 weeks. The host was Dick Martin and the announcer was Johnny Olson, with Jack Narz subbing. The program was taped at Studio 4 at NBC in Burbank, California.
Jay Sheldon Wolpert was an American television producer and screenwriter.
Barry & Enright Productions was a United States television production company that was formed in 1947 by Jack Barry and Dan Enright.
Steve Ryan is an American author who specializes in the creation of games and puzzles. Ryan is also a television game show historian and creator. Ryan was a long-standing staff member of Goodson-Todman Productions and Mark Goodson Productions, where he created the concept for the game show Blockbusters. Ryan also created the rebus puzzles for the game show Classic Concentration. He was also a writer and creator of puzzles for the game shows Body Language, Catch Phrase, Password Plus and Trivia Trap.
Mark Harvey Rothman is an American writer best known for having been involved with the creation and production of Laverne and Shirley. He was also the head writer and show runner of numerous other shows including Happy Days and The Odd Couple.
Stewart Television was an American game show production company formed by Bob Stewart in 1964 originally based in New York City.
Take a Good Look is an American television game show created by and starring Ernie Kovacs, which aired from 1959 to 1961 on ABC's Thursday-night block at 10:30 PM Eastern Time.
Holly Gaye Butler is an American actress, singer/songwriter, dancer and former aerobics instructor who appeared in the :20 Minute Workout Television Show's first season (1983). The :20 Minute Workout became the longest running syndicated exercise show, airing in 57 countries. One of the primary instructors of the first season, Holly was noted as the wholesome, girl next door type, and was chosen along with Bess Motta and Anne Schumacher to tour the U.S. throughout 1983 visiting television stations, and making personal appearances promoting the show. Holly opted out of participating in the second season (1984) in order to pursue her acting career.
Phil Sogard was an American film and television director.
Deena Freeman is an American actress who has appeared in movies, television and commercials. Freeman is most remembered for her role as April, the niece of Henry Rush in the sitcom Too Close for Comfort (1981–1982).
David Downing was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was one of the original members of the Negro Ensemble Company in New York City.
