Wink Martindale's Career

A look at the career of one of America's legendary game show hosts, Wink Martindale

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[BenJabituya]

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

[tasha40701]

That's from Debt. Is it?

[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]

@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.

[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.