Can You Top This 1970 (hosted by Wink Martindale) - Part 1

[ClassicShowbiz]

Jack Carter and Morey Amsterdam - best friends since 1942!

[rhythmrancher]

Morey Amsterdam rocks! I loved this show!!!

[buzzy07405]

Paul Winchell also hosted a game show called "Runaround" on NBC also in the 1970's. Not exactly sure when in the 1970's. And "Runaround" was produced by Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley. The same duo who did "Gambit", "The Hollywood Squares", "PDQ", "Baffle" and others.

[zachhoran]

I'd forgotten about Lucky Pair, which may have been late 60s. Geoff Edwards also cut his hosting teeth with that show(besides a circa 1969 guest shot on LMAD). Bob Barker owned a stake in Lucky Pair I believe.

[Kinoakim]

Wow Thank You so much for uploading this :)

[irisvdg]

Oh My God !! Thank you so much !! ... What a great rare Richard Dawson Moment.

[whirliebird74]

This was one of only two game shows to debut in 1970. The other was NBC's 'Words & Music', also hosted by Wink.

[Hondo20132]

@whirliebird74 I saw that in the 'Ultimate TV Gameshow Book." XD

The same book also said Paul was credit with inventing the first artificial heart.

[megamanj2004X]

Paul Winchell was also a long-time cartoon voice-artist for many Hanna-Barbera shows, primarily as the voice of Dick Dastardly on "Wacky Races" and its spin-off "Dastardly and Muttley" and as the voice of Gargamel on "The Smurfs."

[zachhoran]

Paul Winchell was a well known TV ventriloquist in the 50s-60s I believe. He hosted a kids NBC game show circa 1971 called Runaround. This might have been Dawson's first game show appearance, predating his GT association.

[familyfeudfan95]

@zachhoran Nope. The first game show Dawson made an appearance on is "The Dating Game", hosted by Jim Lange. He appeared in 1968, along with Bill Bixby. The video is on here, and you have to type "Bill Bixby and Richard Dawson on the Dating Game."

[johnissoevil]

"For the block, name your favorite catchphrase!" "SURVEY SAYS!" "Right! Put an X on the board!"