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Game shows now reigning
By United Press International
HOLLYWOOD — Game shows are back on the tube with a vengeance — 26 in all and 22 of them on a daily basis.
There are more quiz, game or audience participation series than there are cops and robbers shows.
Some are strictly for lauches — "The Newlywed Game," "The Dating Game" and "Anything for Money."
A few strive for intellectual stimulation "Scrabble" and "Suner Password."
Many appeal to avarice — "$100,000 Name That Tune." "$25,000 Pyramid" and "Wheel of Fortune."
Others defy analysis — "Body Language," "Press Your Luck" and "The Joker's Wild."
University Daily Kansan, November 7, 1984
These shows are building larger and larger audiences on independent stations across the country. The most popular show in syndication, for instance, is "Wheel of Fortune." It is seen in 170 markets, more than "M-A-S-H."
There appears to be a convenant of some sort between game shows and closet viewers. None of the shows are seen in prime time and rarely do people with respectable IQs discuss them in public.
Alex Trebek, producer and host of resurfaced "Jeopardy" is at a loss to explain why viewers are turning away from daytime soaps to watch contestants vie for bucks, exotic vacations and kitchen appliances.
So pervasive is the trend that some old game shows have been exhumed and revived for today's increased interest in the genre, including "Name That Tune," "Let's Make a Deal" and "Jeopardy."
Trebek, like most game show hosts, has been around the barn a time or two. He has hosted seven
other game shows, including "Wizard of Odds," "High Rollers." "Double Dare" and "Battlestars."
"I can't account for the new popularity of game shows," said the affable Trebek. "But I do know they have caught fire in syndication. They've replaced the variety talk shows that were so popular a few years back."
"Once a game show host, always a game show host," Trebek said with good-natured irritation.
Trebek, a transplanted Canadian, is making a fortune from "Jeopardy," but like almost all game show ringmasters, he is mildly restless.
"We're trapped by our own success while making tons of money. Rarely does anyone in show business take us seriously as actors, hosts of other shows or even as comedians. People look down their noses at us even though we do well in a difficult job."
November
The Vienna Choir Boys will perform at 8 p.m. in Hoch Auditorium as part of the KU Concert Series.
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Steve, Bob and Rich will be playing at the Jazzhaus, $926^{1}$ Massachusetts St.
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Common Ground, a reggae band, will be playing at the Jazzhaus, $926^{1/2}$ Massachusetts St.
"1776" will be on stage at p.m. at Crafton-Preyer Theatre. It also run Friday and Saturday nights and Nov. 15-17.
The Kansas City Symphony will have its opening concert at 8 p.m. in the Lyric Theatre, 1029 Central St. The symphony also will perform Saturday night.
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St. The group will also be performing Saturday night.
The MacKender-Hunt Band will be at the Jazzhaus, 926 $ _{12} $ Massachusetts.
The Lawrence Arts Center will sponsor an evening of contemporary chamber music, which will begin at 8 p.m. and continue at 8, 10 and 9 p.m. on Vermont streets.
The Vienna Choir will perform at 8 p.m. at the Folly Theater, 300 W. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo They also will perform Saturday night.
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Brahms "Requiem" will be presented by the combined KU choirs as a part of the music department's centennial celebration. Martha Randall, soprano vocalist, and David Holloway, baritone vocalist, will be the center for the soloists. The free concert will be at 3:30 p.m in Hoch Auditorium.
Big band pianist, Johnny Guarnieri, will bring his jazz to Kansas City when he performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Folly Theater, 300 W. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Michael Kimber, violist, and Carole Ross, pianist, will perform faculty recital at 8 p.m. in Swarathout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
A free pipe organ concert will be presented at 1 p.m. in the main sanctuary of the Country Club Christian Church, 61st Street and Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Mo.
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Ronald McCurdy, trumpet player, and Chuck Berg, saxophonist, will present a free faculty recital at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Music Hall in Murphy Hall.
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The Brass Choir will perform a free concert at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The Paul Smith Quartet will perform at the Jazzhaus, $926\frac{1}{2}$ Massachusetts St.
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