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Video Village
''Video Village'' is an American television game show produced by Heatter-Quigley Productions, which aired on the CBS network in daytime from July 11, 1960, to June 15, 1962, and in primetime from July 1 to September 16, 1960. It was notable for the use of its unique "living board game" concept and for premiering soon after the quiz show scandals. Personnel Jack Narz served as the host (introduced on-air as "the Mayor") from the show's premiere until September 9, 1960, after which he departed for personal reasons. Red Rowe filled in as Mayor for the week of September 16 (including the final nighttime episode); the following Monday, Monty Hall replaced Narz and hosted through the remainder of the show's run. Kenny Williams served as the announcer (the "town crier") throughout the show's run. Joanne Copeland (later to become the second Mrs. Johnny Carson) served as the show's original hostess during the time it originated from New York City. Shortly after Hall joined the show an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merrill Heatter
Merrill Gabriel Heatter (December 16, 1925 – October 8, 2017) was an American television producer and writer. He was best known for his collaboration with writer Bob Quigley for over 20 years and the formation of their production company Heatter-Quigley Productions in 1960. The company was responsible for the game shows '' Hollywood Squares'' and '' Gambit'' and the animated television series ''Wacky Races''. He also formed Merrill Heatter Productions in 1980, which is responsible for the ''Gambit''-based show '' Catch 21''. Early life Heatter was born in New York City, the son of Frances and Edward Heatter. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Austria. Heatter was the nephew of journalist Gabriel Heatter and the cousin of cook Maida Heatter. Career Beginnings Heatter's career began in the late 1940s when, on July 7, 1947, CBS Radio and writer Goodman Ace launched the historical educational program '' You Are There''. The format of the series was to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenanigans (game Show)
''Shenanigans'' was a children's television game show produced by Heatter-Quigley Productions which aired on ABC Saturday mornings from September 26, 1964 to March 20, 1965, and again from September 25 to December 18, 1965. The series began as local programming in New York City and later aired nationally on ABC. The show was similar to '' Video Village Junior'', another program produced by Heatter-Quigley which featured children as contestants moving about a life-sized game board. Stubby Kaye hosted the program, dubbed "the Mayor of Shenanigans," and Kenny Williams was the announcer, known as "Kenny the Cop". Williams portrayed a similar role on ''Video Village''. Game play Children stood on a giant game board; a button was pressed that stopped a set of flashing lights with the numbers one through four, and the children advanced on the game board the corresponding number of spaces. The children then answered a question or performed a stunt and earning "Shenaniganzas", scrip that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Board Game
Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a competition between two or more players. To show a few examples: in checkers (British English name 'draughts'), a player wins by capturing all opposing pieces, while Eurogames often end with a calculation of final scores. '' Pandemic'' is a cooperative game where players all win or lose as a team, and peg solitaire is a puzzle for one person. There are many varieties of board games. Their representation of real-life situations can range from having no inherent theme, such as checkers, to having a specific theme and narrative, such as ''Cluedo''. Rules can range from the very simple, such as in snakes and ladders; to deeply complex, as in ''Advanced Squad Leader''. Play components now often include custom figures or shaped counters, and di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Of The Goose
The Game of the Goose or goose game is a board game where two or more players move pieces around a track by rolling one or two dice. The aim of the game is to reach square number 63 before any of the other players, while avoiding obstacles such as the Inn, the Bridge, and Death. It is considered the prototype of many of the commercial European racing board games of later centuries. It attained great popularity in the 16th century. The game is mostly played in Europe and seen as family entertainment. Commercial versions of the game appeared in the 1880s and 1890s, and feature typical old European characteristics such as an old well and children in clothes from the period. History The game's origins are uncertain. According to Adrien Seville, the earliest recorded mention to the game was in a book of sermons by the Dominican friar Gabriele da Barletta published in 1480. Some connect the game with the Phaistos Disc because of its spiral shape but, as Caroline Goodfellow notes, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CTV Television Network
The CTV Television Network, commonly known as CTV, is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language terrestrial television network. Launched in 1961 and acquired by BCE Inc. in 2000, CTV is Canada's largest privately owned List of Canadian television channels, television network and is now a division of the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE. It is Canada's largest privately or commercially owned network consisting of 22 owned-and-operated stations nationwide and two privately owned affiliates, and has consistently been placed as Canada's top-audience measurement, rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival Global Television Network in key markets. Bell Media also operates additional CTV-branded properties, including the 24-hour national cable news network CTV News Channel (Canada), CTV News Channel and the secondary CTV Two television system. There has never been an official full name corresponding to the initials "C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mad Dash
''The Mad Dash'' is a television game show created by Sidney M. Cohen (who hosted the pilot episode) which first appeared in 1978 on Canada's CTV network and ran until 1981. The series proved to be a family favourite based on Canada's BBM ratings, and was also popular in parts of the northern United States, where CTV affiliates were available to Americans living near the Canada–United States border, both over the air and via cable. Pierre Lalonde was the MC, and Nick Hollinrake was the announcer for the show, which was taped at the studios of CFCF-TV in Montreal. This classic series is included in the collection of Canadian icons in the 2006 feature film ''Souvenir of Canada'' based on the book by Douglas Coupland. The series was later rerun on GameTV in Canada, from 2007 to 2010. Only a handful of episodes still exist, due to the then common practice known as wiping. The pilot episode is up on YouTube. Gameplay Two pairs of contestants, always composed of a man and a woma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Gordon
Vic Gordon (4 March 1911 – 2 December 2003) was a British Australian character actor of vaudeville, television and film, best known for his achievements in the fields of drama, light entertainment, music and comedy. Biography Vic Gordon was an staple on early Australian television. Born in the United Kingdom, Vic moved to Australia in 1959. His early performances were comedy and vaudeville with celebrities such as Maurie Fields, Val Jellay and Peter Colville. He was known as Vic "Funnyface" Gordon on the HSV-7 Melbourne and ATN-7 Sydney television afternoon children's programme: ''The Happy Show'' (1960–1965), with Harry "Happy" Hammond. Gordon, like many early Australian TV actors became best known as a staple of Crawford Productions, and as a character actor he appeared in 16 different roles in '' Homicide'' and 9 different roles in ''Division 4'', before becoming a regular best known as the no-nonsense desk Sergeant Bert Kennedy, in the production ''Matlock Police'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Harris
Elizabeth Harris is an Australian retired stage and television actress who appeared on a number of popular television series and films from the mid-1960s up until her retirement in 1993. She is best known for her role as Liza in the 1960s children's television series '' Adventure Island'' but also for playing recurring characters Sally Dempster in ''Prisoner'' and Clover Owen-Jones in '' A Country Practice'' in her later career. She was also the wife of longtime Australian television and radio star Leonard Teale. They married on 18 December 1968. Biography Harris made her television acting debut on ''Consider Your Verdict'' in 1962. From 1962 to 1966 she co-hosted an Australian version of ''Video Village'', with Danny Webb, on Channel 7. She was then cast in the children's television series ''The Magic Circle Club'' as a recurring character (and later replacing original host Nancy Cato, who had been injured during production), and made several guest appearances on '' Homicid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Webb (Australian TV Presenter)
Dan Webb (born 13 August 1989), is an Australian musician, entrepreneur, music journalist and critic. Career Early in his music career, Webb garnered much attention for his energetic and partly improvised live shows. One of Webb's most notable stage antics at the time involved him playing his keyboard behind his back, in a style similar to Jimi Hendrix. He has collaborated with a number of artists over the years, including Greg Saunier, Kylie Auldist, Bobby Flynn, actress Ashleigh Cummings and the horn sections of The Cat Empire and The Black Seeds. In 2011 he played five shows in a UK tour, played two sets at St Kilda Festival and supported Conway Savage. He headlined a tour of New Zealand in 2012 and performed at Newtown Festival in Wellington. Webb released demos of twelve original songs for free download, one a month, from his official website in 2013. These songs were later developed and released on his 2014 studio album ''Sandstorm''. The first demo to be released, "Depar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HSV-7
HSV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the Seven Network, one of the three main commercial television networks in Australia, its first and oldest station. It launched in time for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne. HSV-7 is the home of AFL coverage. The HSV building (also known as 'Broadcast Centre Melbourne') was the network's operations hub, where the Master Control Room was located, controlling all metropolitan and regional feeds. Programming lineup, advertisement output, feed switching, time zone monitoring and national transmission output was previously delivered there. All Seven Network owned and operated studios had their live signals relayed there: for instance, ATN's output was fed to HSV and then transmitted via satellite or fibre optics to towers around metropolitan Sydney. In 2019 this function was transferred to a new centre in Sydney as part of a joint venture with Nine Network. As with other Melbourne terrestrial stations, its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawford Productions
Crawford Productions is an Australian media production company, focused on radio and television production. Founded in Melbourne by Hector Crawford and his sister, actress and voice artist Dorothy Crawford, the company, also known as Crawfords Australia, is now a subsidiary of the WIN Corporation. Founding and early years Founded exclusively as a radio production company in 1945, Crawford Productions then specialized in drama, light entertainment, and educational programs. When broadcast television was introduced to Australia in 1956, Crawford Productions was one of the few Australian radio production houses to successfully transition to the new medium. Early Crawford TV productions included '' Wedding Day'' (HSV-7, 1956), the first Australian-produced sitcom '' Take That!'' (HSV-7, 1957–59), ''The Peters Club'' (GTV-9, 1958), '' Raising a Husband'' (GTV-9, 1958) and the drama play '' Seagulls Over Sorrento'' (HSV-7, 1960). They also produced segments of the ''Export Acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
