Winner Take All (1952): Bill Cullen's first TV game show

[crusher1944]

He was also the first org. price is right  in the 1950s in NY. PEOPLE FOGOT

[rls0411]

Don Pardo is the Eighth Natural Wonder of the World, still active as an announcer in the year 2011.

[top40lives]

1952...When ladies wore hats, Bill Cullen hadn't gotten a buzz cut yet, and Don Pardo sounded really young.

[Arieliondotcom]

I could have sworn the doctor lost at the buzzer.

[jimbobago]

Does anybody else think Bill Cullen looks like Al Franken?

[tdickensheets]

I was born in 1961.

[WarioBarker88]

Actually, the most recent airing of "Winner Take All" (that I know of) was for a week in September 2004, after Game Show Network switched to "GSN: The Network For Games". They aired the five surviving episodes (four Cullen, one Gray) -- one of which accidentally let a local WNBT station ID slip through.

Aside from that small detail, great upload!

[DorvellTStewart]

Sadly, we'll probably never see the clasic game shows from the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's on GSN these days. Or at least, not strictly the clasics.

:(

[chrisbox51]

If possible, would you please post the rest of the episode? If I remember correctly the next contestant had a husband who did electrical work at the state prison, and Bill's jokes about him and "ol' Sparky" made me LMHO!

[gsn93]

I wonder what the birthday cake gfx, at the start of video was about. Was GSN celerbriting their birthday (1995?)? Was their a marathon (the 18 on right side)?

[mauleriscool]

I wish GSN would start showing the old school gameshows like they used too. This new garbage with GSN live is total trash.

[fromthesidelines]

This was during the period when the show was simulcast on NBC-TV AND radio [:31] every weekday. This edition wasn't around too long, as it never acquired a sponsor...

[pbatommy]

This was also the first game show to come from the dynamic duo of Mark Goodson and Bill Todman.

[jimlange]

It was the first TELEVISION game show from Goodson-Todman. In fact the first TV version of this show was hosted by Bud Collyer & announced by Bern Bennett in 1948. Goodson-Todman had quite a few radio hits before this.

[bluebear1985]

Man, Don Pardo sure has been with NBC for a long time. He's been with the network since 1944. You can still hear him these days as the voice of "Saturday Night Live". He's 90 years old and still going strong.

[balboa77]

This was before Professor Yes And No?

[chrisivision07]

Yes. However, I should amend the title to "first network TV game show," as Bill did host a couple local game shows first. Do a search for "Matt Ottinger Bill Cullen timeline" -- this is the source I originally consulted.