Talk:Game show host

Cleanup

While I don't question (nor do I intend to question) the notability of this article, as it stands, its content is more or less a repetition of what "List of game show hosts" and "List of quiz television presenters" already contain. How about adding sections to this article such as History of Game Show Hosting, Styles of Game Show Hosting, etc.? This way, we can avoid creating another (and, if I may emphasize, third) article that simply lists out game show hosts. In other words, this article would be better off describing what game show hosts are, as opposed to merely listing out famous game show hosts around the world. Just a thought. S@lo 04:32, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

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Joe Garagiola hosted five game shows after his baseball career was over..TV sportscaster Dick Enberg )....Also not listed... San Diego Chargers placekicker, Rolf Benirschke (daytime Wheel of Fortune for 1 year), former Dolphins receiver, Jimmy Cefalo, George Clooney's father, Nick Clooney with the Money Maze, country singer Bill Anderson, etc..., also very recent - Joey Fatone of NSync and one more - who was a game show host from the 50's but best known for his late night show...Johnny Carson. I've been watching game shows since the second grade back in the late 60s.

Not sure why Kris Aquino is listed here - since everyone in this list has a lot to do with American Game Shows not foreign game shows - that should be a separate list.

15:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

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I've added a whole bunch more including Art Fleming - the original host of Jeopardy who was first discovered by Merv Griffin..and Dennis James who was a game show host for over 20 years on various networks (strangely they weren't on the original list.... Also who can not forgetthe forerunner to Mandel, Carey, Saget and Louie Anderson - the great Groucho Marx (You Bet Your Life) and added a number of cable game show hosts of the last fifteen years including Ken Ober, Jeff Probst (of CBS' Survivor), Kenny Mayne and Stuart Scott. (strangely not on the original list). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.159.210.66 (talk) 16:05, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

71.159.210.66 16:10, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Does this whole topic seem dumb?

It's inaccurate, for one.
GS hosts don't necessarily "manage" (administer, coordinate) their shows. Having grown up in L.A., my family and I had friends in several GSH families, and I can tell you that many of them are simply hired as personalities (good ones, though). Certainly, many of them have and are involved in show management, but including that in the definition is misleading.
And this?:

Characteristics

Especially in the United States, game show hosts have generally been conservative or libertarian in their political beliefs. Reasons for this include many of the hosts' rural origins (early television personalities were expected to have natural General American English accents, which were most prominent in the Midwest) and the merit-based nature of the game show format.

Maybe that was true in the early days—and of course, people like Bob Barker are oft-cited examples. But how regional are GAE accents now, and what aspiring host wouldn't adopt one who considered it a requirement?
A GSH's only real "characteristic"—what they've never lacked, AFAIK—is extroversion. And of course, obvious stuff like broadcasting/acting experience. Considering that people with these kinds of traits be characterized as "game-show-host types" seems to indicate how unnecessary it should be to say any of that here.
What's left? Trivia about specific hosts? That's for their own pages, right? Why bother collecting it on a separate, ostensibly occupational page like this?
If I'm missing something, feel free to elucidate me. Meanwhile, if I cared enough about WP politics, and my coffee wasn't already wearing off, I'd find out how to nominate this for deletion. Nothing personal... In fact, please accept this parting gift (they used to call them "consolation prizes", BTW) before you go! 😁 – AndyFielding (talk) 10:25, 30 July 2022 (UTC)