Wink Martindale's Career

[pbatommy]

A little interesting bit of trivia. Wink Martindale NEVER hosted any game show created by Goodson-Todman!

[AaronBruceLadner]

My 3 Favorite Wink Martindale Shows are Tic Tac Dough, Trivial Pursuit, and High Rollers.

[anthonytorelli]

Wink Martindale went on to become a DJ on KRLA radio in Los Angeles. Many Saturdays in 1961 I would drive my gf Susan and her friend Diane to Pasadena so they could spend the day with him and pick them up after work, probably 5 pm. He was in his late 20s but seemed ancient to me as I was 16 at the time.

[daddydog97]

1:50 to 2:05  ROFLMAO :-)

[daddydog97]

Happy Birthday, Mr. Martindale, And Many More :-)

[starstarstar42]

Wow, I got to this video by looking at another video for a TOP-30 music countdown for "Top Of The Pops" in the U.K. Wink was #20 in '73. I thought it might have been a joke, but no, there it was. #20 in the U.K.

That's all I got...Wink Martindale.

[HunterMann]

He's pretty cool, but not as great as Alex Trebek, Monty Hall, Bob Barker and others. Would I sleep with Wink? If I were gay? Yes. Why? To erase my DEBT.

[bluebear1985]

I'm surprised you didn't include one of the commercials he was in for Orbitz.

[tnawcwvictoria]

Wink Martindale is a LEGEND and he even fits in the category of Game Show M.C.'s with class:

The likes of Peter Marshall, Jim Perry, Jim Lange, Tom Kennedy, the late Bill Cullen, Bill Rafferty, the late Jack Narz, Gary Kroeger, Mark L. Walberg, David Ruprecht, Bob Goen, Pat Sajak, Greg Lee, the late Monteria Ivey, Vanna White, Betty White, Vicki Lawrence, Meredith Vieira, Julielinh Parker, Howie Mandell, William Shatner (SMTM) and of course Dick Clark and Richard Dawson.

[TVLubber]

That short High Rollers clip was from the very first Martindale episode.

[BenJabituya]

I WOULD LOVE TO MEET THE WINKSTER!!!

[RealTime88]

Oh me too. Wink Martindale is a legend. Great host, very funny, always upbeat. Debt was my favorite game show he did. Did you like that one?

[BenJabituya]

I liked the concept of "Debt", but my personal favourite was "TIC TAC DOUGH'!

[RealTime88]

I wonder which one GSN will try to revamp if given a chance. I mean they did an incredible job revamping Bingo and Press Your Luck now didn't they?

[daddydog97]

@BenJabituya

Mine too :-) And even though this video is about Wink, you can't say "TIC TAC DOUGH" without mentioning Thom McKee, as his 1980 run is still the stuff of game-show legend.

[Boldadventurer13]

omg i am like related to him.....my grandpa told me all about him they never knew each other well but.......whatever im proud of him

[ZzbleedingZroseszZ]

heyy its ma grandpa.

haha.

ta everyone that hasn got ta meet im.

hes an amazing g-pa.

n i love him sooo so much.

hes the best g-pa i cud evar ask for. =]]]

[mpsarge1]

That was nice to see of his career. But that was only part of it. he went back to the 1950's with singing and movies. had a few nice songs back then. more than just a game show host,

[namk19]

i love high rollers. just check out them BIG numbers

[Xtc420thizz]

Yea he's my grandpa and i love him.

[namk19]

every game show addict loves him

[tasha40701]

Is he really your grandpa or not? Because I love him too.

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

"drowning in a sea of bills?" i remember that opening like it was yesterday

[Jnelson09Returns]

Me too.

[huggyface]

Same here...too bad it'll never be shown on TV again.

[Jnelson09Returns]

Yeah... Maybe they'll bring it back.

[TVLubber]

For now.

[tasha40701]

That's from Debt. Is it?

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

what specifically r u talking about?

[vintagetv]

I like the montage too, but i wished they had shown some of Lt Thom McKee from TTD. I don't remember that woman who said she had four boyfriends.

[huggyface]

I've not seen Thom McKee's run on TTD...but it was awesome! I also wish a couple of clips from "Gambit" (original & Las Vegas) and "Headline Chasers" would've been on here, but it's great to see Wink get a tribute to his career.

[acehighpat]

Nice montage. I like Wink. He is an all around great game show host.

[TonyDuMont]

A great montage. I liked his appearance on Meet my folks.