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Advice for would-be presidents

...doesn't have a contract by the end of January, he needs a new agent. Speaking of television shows, Rick Perry has game-show host etched in his face. Adorable and silly, he's wasting his time governing the state of Texas. He needs to harness...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2011-11-23/advice-would-be-presid
Columnists
Pop goes the candidate

...dignified in the midst of absurdity.On cue Romney began: "Isn't it time for a president who looks like a 1970s game show host?" Hohoho. Followed by: "What's up Gangstas - It's the M-I-Double-Tizzle." And so on through one-liners...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2011-12-25/pop-goes-candidate
Columnists
Mike Wallace, legendary television journalist, dies

...interviewing style that was as admired as it was feared.From an early career as an actor, cigarette pitchman and game-show host, he transitioned to what he called a more substantial career in hard news. "60 Minutes" made him rich, famous...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-04-08/mike-wallace-legendary-television-jo
News
Names and faces

...wonderfully, and Mommy's a basket case,'' said Gifford. Jillionaires help press club OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- When game-show host Regis Philbin asked his trademark question ''Who Wants To Be a Millionaire'' via pre-taped video to three of...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/030600/wha_0306000028.shtml
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Regis inherits mantle as Daytime Emmy's hard-luck loser

...has inherited the hard-luck loser mantle from Lucci at the Daytime Emmy Awards. He lost the award Friday as best game show host to ''The Price is Right'' host Bob Barker and Tom Bergeron of ''Hollywood Squares,'' who tied. It was Barker's...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/052000/nne_0520000076.shtml
News
Names and faces

...celebrity participants included singers Billy Idol and Pat Boone, actor Larry Hagman, stuntman Robbie Knievel and game-show host Chuck Woolery. The event raises money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and to fight illiteracy.

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/111300/wha_1113000027.shtml
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St. Cloud man wins $1 million on Powerball television show

...he became the TV game show's first $1 million winner. Holbrook, who teaches at Madison Elementary School, told game show host Bob Eubanks that he'd promised his students he'd bring a treat to school if he won.

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/112200/nei_1122000005.shtml
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Names and faces

...me uncomfortable." Sajak attends breast cancer center dedication ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- "Wheel of Fortune" game-show host Pat Sajak says the expanded breast cancer center in the new six-story Sajak Pavilion at Anne Arundel Medical Center...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/031001/wha_0310010057.shtml
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Philbin tries again for a Daytime Emmy award

...Emmy nominations for outstanding talk show host and game show host on Wednesday. "Live with Regis" -- minus either...surprisingly lost last year in the category of best game show host for "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." The show is...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/031501/tem_0315010023.shtml
Entertainment
Names and faces

...armed forces members. The first spotlights the Navy, Barker said Monday. No air date has been set. The veteran game-show host is basking in his own newfound youth appeal. Every year around spring break, "The Price Is Right" studio audience...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/040202/wha_0402020028.shtml
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