Game Show Wine and Dine

[Dbacksfan12]

If you were afforded the luxury of dining with any two game show personalities still alive of your choice, whom would you choose?  If you were able to raise the dead, whom would you choose?

[Monarx]

Alive: Regis Philbin, I'm sure he has stories to tell.  And also... Tom Kennedy, I think he's cool.

Hon. Mention: JD Roth.  I like him. :-P

Deceased: Bill Cullen (I don't think I have to explain.) and Ray Combs, who seemed like a neat person.

[J.R.]

I'd go out with Summer Bartolomew and Merideth Vierra !

-Joe R.

[The Ol' Guy]

Jack Narz and Bill Cullen. 'nuff said. And I'd blabber like an idiot...

[Jimmy Owen]

Still alive?  Kitty and Orson.  Deceased? Bill Cullen and Arlene Francis.

[MCArroyo1]

Alive: Tom Kennedy & Tom Bergeron
Deceased: Garry Moore and John Daly.  Interesting question...

[DjohnsonCB]

Alive:  Vin Scully, host of the original It Takes Two (I'd ask him, among other things, if he knows the whereabouts of any tapes of this show and his self-titled CBS talk show from early 1973), and Phyllis Newman.

Deceased:  Art James (probably) and Carol Wayne (definitely, although I might not be with both at the same time, for as the title of that Chuck Barris game suggests, "Three's A Crowd") ; )

[MyCapableAssistant]

[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Sep 23 2004, 07:53 PM\'] If you were afforded the luxury of dining with any two game show personalities still alive of your choice, whom would you choose?  If you were able to raise the dead, whom would you choose? [/quote]

That's a tough question to give a TWO response limit to. Just off the top
of my head I have *three: Ray Combs, Allen Ludden, and John Daly.

And in THAT order.

[tvwxman]

Phenomenal question. I've been fortunate/lucky in my business to have met many hosts, and most of them have been really nice , down to earth folk to just talk to/hang with....Marc Summers, Tom Bergeron, Monty Hall, Sajak, Trebek....even Chris Harrison.... but if this post is looking for a dream scenario.....

Alive? Jack Narz and Tom Kennedy.

Dead? Bill Cullen and Bobby Van.

[SRIV94]

Alive--Dick Clark (assuming that I could talk to him about more than just PYRAMID or other games he's hosted), Chuck Barris (I did meet Chuckie this past June in L.A., but I'd love to pick his brain a little bit more about GONG)

Dead--Rod Roddy, Johnny Olson (surprised no one's really mentioned announcers, although Narz and Art James certainly did enough announcing in their storied careers), Bill Cullen

Doug -- and the countdown to 700 continues

[joshg]

If you were in Burbank in August, you could of broke bread with:

Bob Barker
Dick Clark
Tom Kennedy
Jack Narz
Betty White
Bob Stewart
-and-
everybody's favorite local game show host:

Steve Beverly

Check those sarcasm detectors!

Josh

[pyl85]

Alive: Alex Trebek and Peter Tomarken

Dead: Gene Wood and Jack Barry

-Greg

[aaron sica]

Alive: Tom Kennedy and Peter Marshall

Muerto: Gene Rayburn and Gene Wood

[jdhernandez]

-and-
everybody's favorite local game show host:

Steve Beverly

...and don't forget another favorite game show...er....quiz-master:

Matt Ottinger!

Anyhoo, since this is a dream scenario, alive; I'd have to go with Peter Tomarken, of course, and Merv Griffin.

Passed on; I'd love to trade quips with Bill Cullen....and....Allen Ludden. I was going to say Rod Roddy, but I've actually dined with him. =)

[Brandon Brooks]

No sucking up involved, but Matt would seem like an interesting dinner guest.  
(How far is it between where you are in Michigan and Chicago, anyway?)

I would also love to do dinner with Tom Bergeron.  When I was on Hollywood Squares, I was wishing we would actually spend more time with the celbs, and he was one the people I really wanted to meet.

And though you didn't ask, I would've hands down loved to have had dinner with Mr. Cullen.  He was simply one of the most likeable game show hosts ever.

Brandon Brooks