Game Show Confidential

Author : Boze Hadleigh
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493072595
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Game Show Confidential written by Boze Hadleigh and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-05-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Game and quiz shows first started appearing on radio broadcasts in the 1930s, led by the CBS network’s Professor Quiz, hosted by a man who was neither a professor nor even a college graduate, the first of several frauds that seemed to be endemic to the genre. Professor Quiz was followed by other such game shows as Uncle Jim’s Question Bee and Ask It Basket, which in turn spawned successful box games for at-home play. The show Truth or Consequences made the transition from radio to television in the late 1940s and was so popular that a town in New Mexico was named for the show. Television proved to be the perfect platform for game shows since they were very popular and cheap to produce. Even in reruns today, the older shows still draw huge audiences. This book describes the evolution of the game show, its larger-than-life producers and hosts, as well as the scandals that have rocked it from time to time, including bloopers from such “adult” oriented shows as The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, and Hollywood Squares. This is an entertaining and lively look at an American phenomenon whose popularity doesn’t seem to be going away.

Author : David Baber
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476604800
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Television Game Show Hosts written by David Baber and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-14 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique work profiles the private lives and careers of 32 American game show hosts, including the originals (e.g., Bill Cullen, Peter Marshall), the classics (e.g., Bob Barker), and the contemporaries (e.g., Regis Philbin). Organized by host, each chapter includes birth and family information and a complete career history. The most significant developments of each host's early life and career are highlighted--complete with successes, failures, and scandals. Many of the biographies are accompanied by interviews with the host or his family and friends.

Author : Adam Nedeff
Publisher : Applause Theatre & Cinema
ISBN 13 : 9781617136559
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Game Show FAQ written by Adam Nedeff and published by Applause Theatre & Cinema. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAME SHOWS FAQ: ALL THATS LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE PIONEERS THE JACKPOTS THE SCANDAL

Author : Heather Graham
Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 1488028028
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dangerous Game written by Heather Graham and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TROUBLE ALWAYS FINDS HER… Wrapping up a normal day at the office, criminal psychologist Kieran Finnegan is accosted by a desperate woman who shoves an infant into her arms and then flees, only to be murdered minutes later on a busy Manhattan street. Who was the woman? Where did the baby come from? Kieran can’t stop thinking about the child and the victim, so her boyfriend, Craig Frasier, does what any good special agent boyfriend would do—he gets the FBI involved. And asks Kieran to keep out of it. But the Finnegans have a knack for getting into trouble, and Kieran won’t sit idle when a lead surfaces through her family’s pub. Investigating on her own, she uncovers a dangerous group that plays fast and loose with human lives and will stop at nothing to keep their secrets—and they plan to silence Kieran before she can expose their deadly enterprise.

Author : John Nolan
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780066619842
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confidential written by John Nolan and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former federal intelligence officer reveals how companies can gather the intelligence they need to meet (and beat) the competition, while keeping their own valuable secrets under wraps.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416524819
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oakdale Confidential written by Anonymous and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Gregory Marron Jr. arrives dead in his limo at a social event honoring his family, three women--Katie, Maddie, and Carly--have reason to suspect murder, and the ensuing investigation turns up several suspects and past secrets.

Author : Dustin Brady
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1524862932
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trapped in a Video Game: The Complete Series written by Dustin Brady and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five books in one! With nonstop action, huge plot twists, and tons of humor, this series will quickly have your 7- to 12-year-old video game fan begging for just one more chapter. Getting sucked into a video game is not as much fun as you'd think. Sure, there are jetpacks, hover tanks, and infinite lives, but what happens when the game starts to turn on you? In this best-selling series, 12-year-old Jesse Rigsby finds out just how dangerous video games-and the people making those games - can be. Book One: Trapped in a Video Game Jesse hates video games - and for good reason. You see, a video game character is trying to kill him. After getting sucked into the new game Full Blast with his best friend, Eric, Jesse quickly discovers that he's being followed by a mysterious figure. If he doesn't figure out what's going on fast, he'll be trapped for good! Book Two: The Invisible Invasion Jesse's rescue mission has led him into the world of Go Wild, a Pokemon Go-style mobile game full of hidden danger and invisible monsters. Can Jesse stay alive long enough to sneak into the shady video game company and uncover what they're hiding? Book Three: Robots Revolt The robot villains from Super Bot World 3 have been released into the real world, and it's up to Jesse to get them back. This is Jesse's most dangerous mission yet, because this time, the video game is real. And in the real world, there are no extra lives. Book Four: Return to Doom Island In this retro adventure, Jesse will need to outsmart a superintelligent android, outlast a tireless drone, and outswim an eight-bit shark. If he can somehow pull all that off, Jesse will discover that he hasn't even gotten to the scary part yet. Book Five: The Final Boss Jesse and Eric have 10 minutes to save the world. In those 10 minutes, they're supposed to dive into a massive video game universe, track down an all-powerful madman, and stop his evil plan before it's too late. Sound impossible? It's super impossible. The clock is ticking.

Author : Heather Graham
Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 1488055424
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Final Deception written by Heather Graham and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you confront a threat that is hiding in plain sight? FBI agent Craig Frasier and psychologist Kieran Finnegan hunt an escaped serial killer in the latest explosive thriller in the New York Confidential series. It was one of Kieran’s most chilling cases: her assessment of a murderer known as the Fireman. There was no doubt that the man needed to be locked away. Now Craig is called to a gruesome crime scene that matches the killer’s methods, and news breaks that the Fireman has escaped prison. Amid a citywide manhunt, Kieran and Craig need to untangle a web of deceit, privilege and greed. They suspect that those closest to the killer have been drawn into his evil, or else someone is using another man’s madness and cruelty to disguise their crimes. When their investigation brings the danger right to the doorstep of Finnegan’s Pub, Kieran and Craig will have to be smarter and bolder than ever before, because this time it’s personal, and they have everything to lose.

Author : David Schwartz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816030934
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows written by David Schwartz and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information about the packager, broadcast history, hosts, announcers, producers, and rules for over five hundred television game shows

Author : Paul Fein
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597973920
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tennis Confidential written by Paul Fein and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this outstanding collection of essays and interviews, Paul Fein takes the reader into the world of the pro tennis tour with inside scoops about the game’s greatest stars, past and present. Tennis Confidential includes interviews with such all-time greats as Pete Sampras, John McEnroe, Arthur Ashe, and Jimmy Connors along with essays about the careers of other stars like Andre Agassi, the Williams sisters, Jennifer Capriati, and Anna Kournikova. Fein also reviews the careers of pioneering players like Martina Navratilova, Bjorn Borg, and Rod Laver. Tennis Confidential tackles the issues that confront the sport today, from the media’s fascination with teenage players on the women’s tour to the changes in the game caused by new racket designs and tactical innovations. Fein also reviews the ten greatest matches in tennis history. He gives fans at every level a unique perspective on the game and its history.