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Post by tmann3x on Oct 9, 2017 17:29:10 GMT -5
Please read this Tweet from legendary game show host Wink Martindale...
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Post by tmann3x on Oct 9, 2017 23:45:32 GMT -5
No comment huh?
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Post by billmcdee on Oct 10, 2017 3:46:20 GMT -5
I most definitely will comment. I wasn't online when this post was made unfortunately, otherwise I most assuredly would have replied sooner.
This is indeed very sad news. Interesting that both he and Monty were very successful game show producers. Interesting too both shared the same initials M.H.
I was unaware Mr. Heatter was dealing with cancer. Odd thing only yesterday I watched a few minutes of a "Catch 21" rerun.
He, along with his partner Bob Quigley gave us some memorable game shows to be sure, the most successful of which had to be "The Hollywood Squares". The original with Peter Marshall at the helm, and the episodes where Paul Lynde was center square were daytime gold and lightning in a bottle.
High Rollers and Gambit, two casino/gambling type game shows had modest success on CBS, NBC and H.R. in syndication too for one year.
One "flop" which I adored as a kid was "The Magnificent Marble Machine".
Heatter/Quigley always did things "big" from a humongous tic-tac-toe board, to a humongous pinball machine, to the BIG numbers, giant dice, and a big Gambit board and giant playing cards.
Unlike Monty, Merrill was pretty much a behind the scenes kind of producer, but his many shows, and the memories associated with those shows, will live on not only in our memories, but right here at netgamecentral, since Gambit and High Rollers both are Merrill Heatter shows, as well as Squares on MG/HS, although MG/HS was Mark Goodson's, we cannot help but be reminded of The Hollywood Squares 1966-81 edition.
Deepest condolences to the Heatter family and friends. Thank you Merrill for bringing a great many warm and wonderful memories to this once young boy who had the great fortune of growing up in the 1970s and who had parents who loved game shows.
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