I was so good at Tic-Tac-Dough (tic-tac-toe with questions, cash for prizes) that I decided to try out. I passed the test, they took my picture, and I never heard from them again. I watched a taping, and when they said people could go try out to be contestants, I went. That was 1970, my freshman year at MIT, when the original Jeopardy (they give the answer, you give the question, prizes were cash), with Art Fleming as host and Don Pardo as announcer, was still being taped in New York City. I had only tried out for a game show once before. I was watching a guy named McKee set a world's record for game-show winnings on the syndicated game show Tic-Tac-Dough, produced by Barry and Enright Productions in Los Angeles. I Lost on Jeopardy, Baby Wheel of Fortune 1983 Oliva's blog devoted to The Computer ChroniclesįOR A WEEKLY DOSE OF THIS GREAT WRITING SEE MY BLOG, PSACOT ![]() Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune: Paul Schindler's Logįor a generously detailed account of my Jeopardy appearance from S.M.
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