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whewfan

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Game show hosts that use their real name
« on: January 24, 2005, 08:38:40 PM »
How many game show hosts do you know that use their real name?
Here are some I can think of

Jim Lange
Geoff Edwards
Jack Barry
Bob Barker
Rolf Benirschke
Jack Narz
Dick Clark
JD Roth
Ray Combs
Bill Cullen
John Charles Daly
Todd Newton
Louie Anderson
Jim Perry
David Ruprecht
Pat Finn
Ben Stein
Jack Clark
Bob Eubanks
Bob Goen
Merv Griffin
Betty White
Vicki Lawrence
John Davidson

Just a spelling change...

Pat Sajak- Pat Sadjak
Larry Blyden- Larry Blieden

Just for fun, here are the real names of game show hosts, according to IMDB

Allen Ludden- Allen Ellsworth
Garry Moore- Thomas Garrison Morfit
Art James- Artur Simon Efimchek
Tom Kennedy- James Narz
Marc Summers- Marc Berkowitz
Alex Trebek- George Alexander Trebek
Bud Collyer- Clayton Collyer
Richard Dawson- Colin Emm
Gene Rayburn- Eugene Rubessa
Peter Marshall- Ralph Pierre LaCock
Richard Karn- Richard Karn Wilson
Bobby Van- Robert Stein
Patrick Wayne- Patrick Morrison (John Wayne's real name was Marion Morrison)
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Kevin Prather

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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2005, 08:44:05 PM »
How about Regis Philbin? That would go under real names, right?
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Jimmy Owen

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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2005, 08:50:21 PM »
Once on TTTT, Joe Garagiola was asked if that was his real name.  Joe shot back "No, my real name is Nick Blake."
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Skynet74

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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2005, 08:51:04 PM »
Alex Trebek's real name is GEORGE? lol That's priceless! You learn something new every day.


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zachhoran

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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2005, 08:59:29 PM »
[quote name=\'whewfan\' date=\'Jan 24 2005, 08:38 PM\']


Just for fun, here are the real names of game show hosts, according to IMDB

Allen Ludden- Allen Ellsworth
Garry Moore- Thomas Garrison Morfit
Art James- Artur Simon Efimchek
Tom Kennedy- James Narz
Marc Summers- Marc Berkowitz
Alex Trebek- George Alexander Trebek
Bud Collyer- Clayton Collyer
Richard Dawson- Colin Emm
Gene Rayburn- Eugene Rubessa
Peter Marshall- Ralph Pierre LaCock
Richard Karn- Richard Karn Wilson
Bobby Van- Robert Stein
Patrick Wayne- Patrick Morrison (John Wayne's real name was Marion Morrison)
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Ron Ely-Ronald Pierce

Dennis James-Demi SPosa

Rod Roddy-Robert Ray Roddy
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irismason42

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« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2005, 09:16:56 PM »
I remember Marc Summers mentioning his real name, his real name was Joe Summers IIRC.
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BrandonFG

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« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2005, 09:23:21 PM »
Matt Ottinger's actual name is Thurman Merman, IIRC.
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Kevin Prather

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« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2005, 09:25:39 PM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 24 2005, 06:23 PM\']Matt Ottinger's actual name is Thurman Merman, IIRC.
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Adam Nedeff

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« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2005, 09:34:08 PM »
[quote name=\'irismason42\' date=\'Jan 24 2005, 09:16 PM\']I remember Marc Summers mentioning his real name, his real name was Joe Summers IIRC.
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Uh, I don't think you read the first post closely.

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Marc Summers- Marc Berkowitz
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The Ol' Guy

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« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2005, 09:49:35 PM »
I'm searching high and low, but I could swear I read an odd article or obit or something along that line that stated Jack Barry's original name was along the lines of Baransky/Barransky/Barranski back in his tie salesman/early comic days. If someone has either confirmation or a correction on this, it would be appreciated.
Sounds like both changed their names to make them show-biz smoother. This has been Twenty-One - A Jack Barransky - Dan Ehrenreich Production!
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BrandonFG

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« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2005, 09:52:23 PM »
In all seriousness, there's Winston "Wink" Martindale.
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mystery7

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« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2005, 09:54:20 PM »
Here it is. From Jeff Kisselloff's wonderful book The Box, a quote from Herb Stempel: "[Dan] Enright's real name was Errenreich as Barry's was Barish."
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sshuffield70

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« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2005, 09:58:09 PM »
[quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Jan 24 2005, 08:54 PM\']Here it is. From Jeff Kisselloff's wonderful book The Box, a quote from Herb Stempel: "[Dan] Enright's real name was Errenreich as Barry's was Barish."
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TIC TAC DOUGH is a Jack Barish and Dan Errenreich Production!

Yeah, like that really rolls off the tongue.  Say that five times fast.  I can understand why it ended up as Barry and Enright instead.
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The Ol' Guy

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« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2005, 10:03:15 PM »
Thanks, guys -
it's obvious I tried to do my post editing and watch 24 at the same time..no wonder I'm behind....
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Skynet74

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« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2005, 10:18:37 PM »
[quote name=\'T.Q.\' date=\'Jan 24 2005, 09:53 PM\']And Bob Barker's name is Robert "Bob" Barker.
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