[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' date=\'Aug 2 2004, 10:02 PM\'] [quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Aug 2 2004, 06:14 PM\'] That's about $250,000 per week, or about a 50-fold increase over what I guess he was making emceeing High Rollers and Battlestars in the '80s. I imagine Goodson was paying him somewhere between $5,000 and $7,500 per week for Classic Concentration and even that might be a little generous. These are just guesses based on what I know about other emcees' salaries at the time. [/quote]
I remember reading in a book (sorry, can't remember the name) that back in the 80's, hosts were paid around 200K a year (excluding Barker, Dawson, and Barry, who said "if host is making under 500K, something's wrong with him"), even Clark and Cullen were said to be making only 250K each for Pyramid and Child's Play. They also mentioned that the lowest paid host was only making $1250 a week.
Tyshaun [/quote]
I believe I've read the same book, "Come On Down", which has also been cited here in the past.
