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Dennis James, the Glossary

Dennis James (born Demie James Sposa, August 24, 1917 – June 3, 1997) was an American television personality, philanthropist, and commercial spokesman.^[1]

70 relations: Amateur Boxing Fight Club, American Broadcasting Company, Andy Granatelli, Bamberger's, Bert Parks, Bill Cullen, Bill Leyden, Bill Todman, Bob and Ray, Bob Barker, Boxing from Jamaica Arena, Broadcast syndication, California, Cash and Carry (game show), CBS, Celebrity, Chance of a Lifetime (TV series), DuMont Television Network, Famous Jury Trials, Florence Henderson, Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Fred Allen, Haggis Baggis, High Finance (game show), Hollywood Hills, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Inland Empire, Italian Americans, Jack Narz, Jersey City, New Jersey, John Ritter, Johnny Olson, Julia Meade, Kellogg's, Let's Make a Deal, Mark Goodson, McFarland & Company, Monty Hall, Name That Tune, NBC, New York City, Okay, Mother, Old Gold (cigarette), Palm Springs Walk of Stars, Palm Springs, California, Paul Anka, PDQ (game show), People Will Talk (game show), Philanthropy, Physicians Mutual, ... Expand index (20 more) »
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Amateur Boxing Fight Club

Amateur Boxing Fight Club was a boxing program aired on the DuMont Television Network beginning in September 1949 as part of DuMont's sports programming.

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The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.

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Andy Granatelli

Anthony "Andy" Granatelli (March 18, 1923 – December 29, 2013) was an American businessman, most prominent as the CEO of STP as well as a major figure in automobile racing events.

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Bamberger's

Bamberger's was a department store chain with branches primarily in New Jersey and other locations in Delaware, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania.

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Bert Parks

Bert Parks (born Bertram Jacobson; December 30, 1914 – February 2, 1992) was an American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer, best known for hosting the annual Miss America telecast from 1955 to 1979. Dennis James and Bert Parks are American game show hosts and Deaths from lung cancer in California.

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Bill Cullen

William Lawrence Cullen (February 18, 1920 – July 7, 1990) was an American radio and television personality whose career spanned five decades. Dennis James and Bill Cullen are American game show hosts and Deaths from lung cancer in California.

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Bill Leyden

William Leyden (February 1, 1917, in Chicago, Illinois – March 11, 1970, in Hollywood, California) was a television game show host and announcer who emceed six game shows, including It Could Be You (1956–61), Your First Impression (1962–64, with Dennis James), and You're Putting Me On (1969). Dennis James and Bill Leyden are American game show hosts.

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Bill Todman

William Selden Todman (July 31, 1916 – July 29, 1979) was an American television producer and personality born in New York City.

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Bob and Ray

Bob and Ray were an American comedy duo whose career spanned five decades, composed of comedians Bob Elliott (1923–2016) and Ray Goulding (1922–1990).

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Bob Barker

Robert William Barker (December 12, 1923 – August 26, 2023) was an American media personality and animal rights advocate. Dennis James and Bob Barker are American game show hosts, Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) and the Price Is Right.

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Boxing from Jamaica Arena

Boxing from Jamaica Arena is a TV sports series broadcast by the DuMont Television Network from 1946 to 1949.

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Broadcast syndication

Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast television shows or radio programs to multiple television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air on.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Cash and Carry (game show)

Cash and Carry is an American television game show hosted by Dennis James that ran on the then-both affiliates of the DuMont Television Network from June 20, 1946, to July 1, 1947.

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CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.

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Celebrity

Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group as a result of the attention given to them by mass media.

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Chance of a Lifetime (TV series)

Chance of a Lifetime is an American television competitive talent show that began on ABC on September 6, 1950, and aired on ABC and DuMont between 1952 and 1956.

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DuMont Television Network

The DuMont Television Network (also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont Television, simply DuMont/Du Mont, or (incorrectly) Dumont) was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being first overall in the United States.

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Famous Jury Trials

Famous Jury Trials is a dramatized court show that first appeared on radio, followed by television, and then in the movies.

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Florence Henderson

Florence Agnes Henderson (February 14, 1934 – November 24, 2016) was an American actress.

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Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills is one of the six Forest Lawn cemeteries in Southern California.

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Fred Allen

John Florence Sullivan (May 31, 1894 – March 17, 1956), known professionally as Fred Allen, was an American comedian.

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Haggis Baggis

Haggis Baggis is an American game show that aired on NBC from 1958 to 1959.

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High Finance (game show)

High Finance is a quiz show created and hosted by Dennis James which aired on CBS from July 7 to December 15, 1956.

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Hollywood Hills

The Hollywood Hills is a residential neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a landmark which consists of 2,783 five-pointed terrazzo-and-brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in the Los Angeles, California district of Hollywood.

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Inland Empire

The Inland Empire (commonly abbreviated as the IE) is a metropolitan area and region inland of and adjacent to coastal Southern California, centering around the cities of San Bernardino and Riverside, and bordering Los Angeles County to the west and San Diego County to the south.

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Italian Americans

Italian Americans (italoamericani) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry.

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Jack Narz

John Lawrence Narz Jr. (November 13, 1922 – October 15, 2008) was an American radio personality, television host, and singer. Dennis James and Jack Narz are American game show hosts.

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Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City is the second-most populous, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

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John Ritter

Johnathan Southworth Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor. Dennis James and John Ritter are Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).

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Johnny Olson

John Leonard Olson (May 22, 1910 – October 12, 1985) was an American radio personality and television announcer. Dennis James and Johnny Olson are the Price Is Right.

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Julia Meade

Julia Meade Kunze (December 17, 1925 – May 16, 2016) was an American film and stage actress who was a frequent pitch person in live commercials in the early days of television in the 1950s.

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Kellogg's

Kellanova Company, formerly known as the Kellogg Company and commonly known as Kellogg's, is an American multinational food manufacturing company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, US.

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Let's Make a Deal

Let's Make a Deal (also known as LMAD) is a television game show that originated in the United States in 1963 and has since been produced in many countries throughout the world.

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Mark Goodson

Mark Leo Goodson (January 14, 1915 – December 18, 1992) was an American television producer who specialized in game shows, most frequently with his business partner Bill Todman, with whom he created Goodson-Todman Productions.

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McFarland & Company

McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction.

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Monty Hall

Monty Hall (born Monte Halparin; August 25, 1921 – September 30, 2017) was a Canadian-American radio and television show host who moved to the United States in 1955 to pursue a career in broadcasting. Dennis James and Monty Hall are American game show hosts.

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Name That Tune

Name That Tune is an American television music game show.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Okay, Mother

Okay, Mother is an American daytime variety/game show which originally aired on WABD in New York City in 1948.

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Old Gold (cigarette)

Old Gold is an American brand of cigarette owned and manufactured by the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

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Palm Springs Walk of Stars

The Palm Springs Walk of Stars is a walk of fame in downtown Palm Springs, California, where "Golden Palm Stars", honoring various people who have lived in the greater Palm Springs area, are embedded in the sidewalk pavement.

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Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs (Cahuilla: Séc-he) is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley.

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Paul Anka

Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actor.

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PDQ (game show)

PDQ and Baffle are American television game shows created by Heatter-Quigley Productions.

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People Will Talk (game show)

People Will Talk was an American game show that aired on NBC from July 1 to December 27, 1963.

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Philanthropy

Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life".

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Physicians Mutual

Physicians Mutual is a mutual insurance company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

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Prime time

Prime-time, or peak-time, is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for television shows.

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Prime Time Access Rule

The Prime Time Access Rule (PTAR) was an American television broadcasting regulation enforced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from September 13, 1971, to August 30, 1996.

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Project Muse

Project MUSE (Museums Uniting with Schools in Education), a non-profit collaboration between libraries and publishers, is an online database of peer-reviewed academic journals and electronic books.

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Robert Q. Lewis

Robert Q. Lewis (born Robert Goldberg; April 25, 1921 – December 11, 1991) was an American radio and television entertainer, comedian, game show host and actor. Dennis James and Robert Q. Lewis are American game show hosts.

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Rocky III

Rocky III is a 1982 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone.

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Stop the Music (American game show)

Stop the Music is a prime time radio game show that aired on ABC Radio on Sundays, from March 21, 1948 to August 10, 1952.

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Telethon

A telethon (a portmanteau of "television" and "marathon") is a televised fundraising event that lasts many hours or even days, the purpose of which is to raise money for a charitable, political or other cause.

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The Carpenters

Carpenters, also known as The Carpenters, were an American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (born 1946).

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The Name's the Same

The Name's the Same is an American game show produced by Goodson-Todman for the ABC television network from December 5, 1951 to August 31, 1954, followed by a run from October 25, 1954 to October 7, 1955.

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The One and Only (1978 film)

The One and Only is a 1978 comedy film starring Henry Winkler, directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Gordon.

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The Price Is Right

The Price Is Right is an American television game show where contestants compete by guessing the prices of merchandise to win cash and prizes.

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The Price Is Right (1956 American game show)

The Price Is Right is an American game show produced by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions, wherein contestants placed successive bids on merchandise prizes with the goal of bidding closest to each prize's actual retail price without surpassing it. Dennis James and the Price Is Right (1956 American game show) are the Price Is Right.

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Truth or Consequences

Truth or Consequences is an American game show originally hosted on NBC radio by Ralph Edwards (1940–57) and later on television by Edwards (1950–54), Jack Bailey (1954–56), Bob Barker (1956–75), Steve Dunne (1957–58), Bob Hilton (1977–78) and Larry Anderson (1987–88).

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_James

Also known as James, Dennis.

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