Who Am I? Week #807

[scotchandcigar]

You guys suck. There's two are basically the only two I can find and with Hall I'm not sure if you start in either of those soaps.

You're just pissed that it's not Heather Graham-Kracker.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Gene Wilder

 

[Channel98]

Paul Shenar. He appeared in Roots and many TV shows and portrayed Orson Welles and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. in TV movies.

 

[Channel98]

Can we call this an example of "Where The Wilder Things Are"?

Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder

 

[scotchandcigar]

I attempted to go back through all the posts, but the Heather Graham pics fried my modem.

 

[Madison]

Perhaps this person played a character from a show that was set in Milwaukee. There were a few of those 70's shows set in Milwaukee.

 

[Channel98]

This week's "Who Am I?" is brought to you by Shotz Brewery of Milwaukee.

 

[kingchuck69]

CLUE #3: Now 87, I recently was interviewed regarding a current scandal in entertainment.

 

[Listener]

Jim Peck

 

[scotchandcigar]

Gene Wilder

 

[Wolf]

Michael Schultz

 

[HecticArt]

Jean Timider

 

[kingchuck69]

Jim Peck

Congratulations, Listener!

This week's subject was 1970s TV game show host Jim Peck, best known for hosting several programs throughout his career.

A late bloomer in the broadcasting world, Peck joined WTMJ-TV Milwaukee at age 31 as a booth announcer. Eventually, he moved up to hosting his own call-in show on the station. He moved to Washington, DC in 1973 where he worked for NBC O&O WRC-TV. A year later, he made his network debut with ABC's The Big Showdown. However, the show was canned only after a few months.

Next was Hot Seat in 1976, canceled after only 15 weeks. A year later came Second Chance, another flop. However, creator Bill Carruthers retooled the show as Press Your Luck in 1983, and it became a hit.

Peck hosted two syndicated shows, You Don't Say! and the controversial Three's a Crowd. After years of a lack of stable hosting gig, Peck moved back to Wisconsin in 1993. Eventually, he hosted weekends on WTMJ Radio and the local PBS show I Remember.

Recently, Peck, now 87, was interviewed by WTMJ Radio regarding the controversial firing of Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton.

Sadly, most of Peck's shows were wiped off the tape per network standards of the 1970s. But, thanks to the almighty YouTube, we can see those moments that escaped the magnetic eraser, such as Peck's infamous stair stumble on The Big Showdown:



New game next week!

 

[Channel98]

Congratulations, Listener! Until today, I had not heard of Jim Peck. You Don't Say! began in 1962 on KTLA-Channel 5 in Los Angeles and was hosted by Jack Barry. The game show aired on the NBC network with Tom Kennedy as host, 1963-69 and 1975. In 1963, Goodson-Todman Productions sued Ralph Edwards Productions – unsuccessfully – claiming You Don't Say! was too similar to Password! Peck hosted a syndicated version of You Don't Say! in 1978-79.