Quizmaster

<p>2nd edition. </p><p></p><p>Question: What do Bob Barker Dick Clark Pat Sajak and Alex Trebek have in common? </p><p></p><p>Answer: Bill Cullen hosted more game shows than all of them combined. And all of them have referred to Bill as the best game show host of all time. </p><p></p><p><em>Quizmaster: The Life & Times & Fun & Games of Bill Cullen</em> is the remarkable story of a a kid with polio who became a mechanic truck driver photographer pilot disc jockey and the finest master of ceremonies that a game show could ever have. </p><p></p><p>On the game show <em>Quick as a Flash</em> in 1949 host Bill Cullen was assisted for some of the questions by actress Mercedes McCambridge. In 1973 McCambridge supplied the voice for a child in what horror movie?</p><p></p><p><strong><em>THE EXORCIST</em></strong></p><p></p><p>On an episode of the game show <em>Catch Me If You Can</em> in 1948 host Bill Cullen welcomed a contestant who was unemployed and seeking work as an actor. That night he won a gas range. The following year that actor made his film debut playing a painter in <em>The Lady Takes a Sailor. </em>His final film role in 2000 was playing elderly Hardy Greaves in <em>The Legend of Bagger Vance. </em>Who was that actor?</p><p><strong>JACK LEMMON</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>In 1956 <em>The Price is Right </em>premiered with host Bill Cullen. Bill got the job after an actor-comic said no. In 1961 that actor's legendary sitcom made its debut on CBS. Who said no to <em>The Price is Right</em>?</p><p><strong>DICK VAN DYKE</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>About the Author</strong></p><p>ADAM NEDEFF grew up in Vienna West Virginia and spent his childhood infinitely more interested in late night comedy & game shows than afternoon cartoons. As a teenager he began collecting game show memorabilia as a hobby frantically gathering 8x10 glossies of hosts board game adaptations videos and DVDs of classic game shows. He was even commissioned to produce a game show for Marshall University at the State Fair of West Virginia. He majored in radio & television at Marshall and by the time he graduated he had already served as announcer for two locally-produced game shows.</p><p></p><p>He spent a few years toiling as a disc jockey before moving to Los Angeles to see if he could make a career out of his childhood obsessions. He has worked as a freelance comedy writer and appeared as a contestant on three game shows: Catch-21 Trivial Pursuit: America Plays and Who's Still Standing? He's experienced the world of game shows from the other side of the camera as well having worked briefly behind-the-scenes for Wheel of Fortune and The Price is Right. With a team of kindred spirits he helped started a small business Home Game Enterprizes which specializes in recreating and producing live game shows for conventions restaurants private parties and corporate functions.</p><p></p><p>Though encouraged by teachers who told him he had a passion and a flair for writing it took years for Adam to finally start writing about the subjects that he knew best. Encouragement came from an unlikely source: late night star Conan O'Brien. Adam was holding down a day job for a wax museum when his bosses surprised him with the news that Conan O'Brien was filming a comedy skit in the museum and the museum staff had nominated Adam to appear in the skit with him. Off-camera Adam and Conan struck up a conversation and Adam walked away with the encouragement he needed to finally start writing. Adam began writing books about game show history starting with Quizmaster a comprehensive biography of beloved game show host Bill Cullen and This Day in Game Show History a four-volume set chronicling 365 milestones in the history of his favorite genre.</p><p></p>