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WhammyPower

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« on: March 05, 2008, 03:32:35 PM »
Seeing TTTT today had me thinking: Who was on a game show as a contestant that later became famous?  A few names come to mind:

- Fred Armisen, TTTT2k (as an imposter)
- Kirstie Alley, Match Game
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BrandonFG

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« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2008, 03:39:09 PM »
-Jenny Jones, MG and I believe PYL
-Vanna White, TPiR
-Kathy Najimy, Feud and 80s Pyramid
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Matt Ottinger

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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2008, 03:39:28 PM »
[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'180120\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 03:32 PM\']
- Fred Armisen, TTTT2k (as an imposter)[/quote]
I did not know that!

Pyramid contestants who later became more famous:  Mel Harris, David Graf, Kathy Najimy, Robert Wuhl and Constance McCashin
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BrandonFG

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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2008, 03:40:49 PM »
Also, O.J. Simpson, To Tell the Truth Hollywood Squares. I believe he actually appeared as a contestant AND a panelist.
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alfonzos

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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2008, 03:45:37 PM »
Okay, I'll list the ones all the ravid posters here know:

- Vanna White, TPiR
- Kirstie Alley, P+
- Phyllis Diller, YBYL
- Senator John Glenn, NTT
- O. J. Simpson, The Hollywood Squares
- Dr. Joyce Brothers, The $64K Q
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William A. Padron

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« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2008, 03:50:59 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'180125\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 03:39 PM\']
Pyramid contestants who later became more famous:  Mel Harris, David Graf, Kathy Najimy, Robert Wuhl and Constance McCashin
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Add Richard Kline and actress Lynnie Greene, who I saw her in person on stage as a civilian contestant winning $10,000 with the help of Peggy Cass in 1976.  Lynnie would be on the short-lived CBS sitcom On Our Own, then became a screenwriter.  

Also John Moschitta Jr., that fast-talking one, was on the Cullen 25K Pyramid during its first season.  Meg Bennett, soap actress and writer, was a former champion on Three On A Match in the early 1970's.
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SRIV94

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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2008, 03:55:44 PM »
Then there was Brianne Leary (later to join CHiPS) who was one of the first (if not the first) to be a contestant on MG7x and then be booked as a panelist.

And Paul Reubens on GONG, if you want to go a whole other route.
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Ian Wallis

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« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2008, 04:06:05 PM »
Tons on The Dating Game:

John Ritter
Tom Selleck
Bob Saget
Paul Reubens
Phil Hartman

just to name a few off the top of my mind...
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MyronMMeyer

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« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2008, 04:16:41 PM »
Drifting slightly off-topic, but Marla Gibbs on The People's Court.

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DrBear

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« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2008, 04:19:58 PM »
Dick Williams, baseball manager, on Hollywood Squares

Mark DeCarlo, host of Travel Channel's "Taste of America," on Sale of the Century.

(You could probably include a bunch on such shows as IGAS, TTTT, but that isn't really being a contestant...)
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SRIV94

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« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2008, 04:20:43 PM »
[quote name=\'MyronMMeyer\' post=\'180134\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 03:16 PM\']
Drifting slightly off-topic, but Marla Gibbs on The People's Court.
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Wasn't she already established on The Jeffersons by then?  IIRC, TPC debuted in 1980 or 1981.
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Eric Paddon

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« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2008, 04:21:34 PM »
I can think of some future celebs who were TTTT imposters in the unknown phases of their careers.

Tom Landry (then as assistant Giants coach)-1959
Lauren Hutton-1965
Willam Sanderson ("Larry")-1972
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« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2008, 04:21:58 PM »
[quote name=\'DrBear\' post=\'180135\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 03:19 PM\']
Mark DeCarlo, host of Travel Channel's "Taste of America,"
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And Friggin' Studs.  :)
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Eric Paddon

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« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2008, 04:22:04 PM »
Also have to add future ABC News correspondent Judd Rose on the last episode of "Split Second".
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« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2008, 04:24:53 PM »
don't forget the 16 year old "aspiring actress" Heather Graham on Scrabble!
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