Game Show Confidential: The Story of an American Obsession

by Boze Hadleigh

Book Overview

Game and quiz shows first started appearing on radio broadcasts in the 1930s, led by the CBS network's Professor Quiz, hosted by a man who was neither a professor nor even a college graduate, the first of several frauds that seemed to be endemic to the genre. Professor Quiz was followed by other such game shows as Uncle Jim's Question Bee and Ask It Basket, which in turn spawned successful box games for at-home play. The show Truth or Consequences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493072587
• ISBN13: 9781493072583
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.7"