Show Stoppers
The 10 Greatest Game Show Hosts Of All Time
The perfect smile, cool hair and enough charm to mentally remove the pants of anyone in your presence. These seem to be the qualifications of a great game show host. It also helps if you have a cool catch phrase, pockets filled with fake money and an amazing tolerance for extremely unintelligent people. What most people don't know is that great game show hosts have the ability to suck a person's soul from their body, but they only use that power if it's absolutely necessary
#10 Wink Martindale (Tic-Tac-Dough) - When you're given the nickname "Wink" you either become a game show host or you die trying. Martindale has hosted 13 game shows throughout his illustrious career and he was the only man capable of protecting humans from the deadly Tic-Tac-Dough dragon.
#9 Chuck Woolery (Scrabble/Love Connection) - The man who coined the phrase, "We'll be back in two and two," Woolery was the biggest pimp in game show history. Chuck was also one half of musical duo "The Avant-Garde" which had one-hit wonder success in 1968 with the top 40 pop hit "Naturally Stoned."
#8 Gene Rayburn (The Match Game) - Born Eugene Rubessa, Rayburn chose his stage name by randomly pointing at a page in the telephone book after being told Rubessa sounded "too Italian." The quintessiential host of The Match Game he also frequently filled in for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.
#7 Monte Hall (Let's Make A Deal) - Not only was Hall the host of Let's Make a Deal, but he also the co-creator and producer. These days Hall's name is used in a probability puzzle known as the "Monty Hall problem" which examines the counter-intuitive effect of switching one's choice of doors, one of which hides a prize, if "Monty" reveals an unwanted item behind a door the player didn't choose.
#6 Bob Eubanks (The Newlywed Game) - Considered one of the "most loveable and bankable" game show host of all time, Bob coined the famous phrase "Makin' Whooppe." Eubanks was also the manager of country music legends Dolly Parton and Barbara Mandrell in his spare time.
#4 Richard Dawson (Family Feud) - The Wilt Chamberlain of game show hosts, Dawson was famous for his witty one-liners and his need to kiss every woman that appeared on the show... even the ugly ones.
