Ron Greenberg (born 1940?) is an American television
game show
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producer who worked on numerous network and
syndicated programs of that genre from the
1960s
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through the
1990s
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.
His credits include ''
Camouflage
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Word for Word,'' ''
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Reach for the Stars,'' ''
Dream House,'' ''
Sale of the Century
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The Money Maze
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The Joker's Wild
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Tic-Tac-Dough
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Hollywood Connection
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Play the Percentages
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Bullseye
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He packaged five games: ''
The Who, What or Where Game'' (
1969-
1974
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); ''
The Big Showdown
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1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
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1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
); ''
The Pop 'N Rocker Game
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1983-
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
); a remake of ''The Who, What, or Where Game'' titled ''
The Challengers'' (
1990
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1991
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); and a remake of ''
Let's Make a Deal
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'' (
1990
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-
1991
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).
Greenberg created and hosted a weekly quiz radio show on Shokus Internet Radio titled ''Anyone Can Play ... But Don't Call Us, We'll Call You.'' However, Greenberg has since relinquished hosting duties to game show veteran
Larry Anderson.
References
* David Schwartz, Steve Ryan and Fred Wostbrock, ''The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows'', Third edition (New York:
Checkmark Books
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, 1999)
External links
*
Shokus Internet Radio site
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American television producers
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)