Jesse Greene "Jay" Jackson (November 4, 1918 – August 16, 2005) was an American

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and

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quiz show host and announcer. Jackson was the master of ceremonies of the panel quiz show '' Twenty Questions'' when it aired on the

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starting in early 1953 and ending in May 1955. He then hosted the nighttime version of the popular

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'' from its debut on September 12, 1957, through September 1958, yielding that job to

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for the remaining 13 weeks of the show's nighttime run (September 1957 – December 1958). Jackson was featured on an episode of ''

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'' in which Ralph Kramden appears on a fictitious television quiz show called ''The $99,000 Answer'', hosted by Jackson. The episode first aired over

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on January 28, 1956. When the

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exploded in 1958, among the materials a federal grand jury investigated was a series of 1957 ''Tic-Tac-Dough'' episodes hosted by Jackson and preserved on kinescope, featuring U.S. Army captain Michael O'Rourke winning over $140,000 during his reign as champion. Jackson himself was never accused of any wrongdoing; it was noted that he left the show well before the investigations began in earnest. One episode in that series of shows is available through classic video sellers. After leaving ''Tic-Tac-Dough'' Jackson never hosted another quiz or game show, though he did narrate a series of Robert Youngson compilations during the 1960s.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Jay 1918 births 2005 deaths American game show hosts People from Pike County, Ohio