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2 | Bob Stewart (born Isidore L. Steinberg; August 27, 1920 – May 4, 2012) was a GameShow creator and producer who, as part of Creator/MarkGoodson's staff from 1956 to 1965, created ''Series/{{Password}}'' and ''Series/ToTellTheTruth''. He developed ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' independently (as ''Auction-Aire''), and it was picked up by Goodson-Todman in 1956. In 1965, Stewart left Goodson-Todman and started his own production company with Creator/BillCullen as emcee many times. Stewart's most famous solo series were the various incarnations of ''Series/{{Pyramid}}''; his SignatureStyle were word games, [[RecycledPremise recycling elements]] [[PropRecycling from other shows of his]] (either cancelled or piloted but never made it to series), [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs or both]]. The library of his shows and their format rights are currently owned by Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision, which acquired the company in 1992. |
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4 | Stewart died on May 4, 2012. While he had nothing to do with the current Creator/{{CBS}} version of ''Price'', the show recognized him as its creator in a post-show memorial on May 7 - a marked (and welcome) change from several instances in the 1980s and 1990s where Bob Barker referred to Goodson as the show's creator. |
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6 | His son Sande Stewart has also carried on the family business. Sande worked with his father on their late 1980s revivals; he produced his own short-lived show on NBC, ''Your Number's Up'', with frequent Stewart celebrity Nipsey Russell as host, ''Series/{{Inquizition}}'' and ''Hollywood Showdown'' for Creator/{{GSN}}, various lottery game shows (including ''Powerball Instant Millionaire''), and was a creative consultant on ''Series/ScrabbleShowdown'' and the 2016 revival of ''The $100,000 Pyramid''. |
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8 | !!Produced the following shows: |
9 | * ''The Sky's the Limit'' (circa 1955) |
10 | * ''Series/EyeGuess'' (1966-69) and its unsold revival, ''Punchlines'' ([[http://www.game-show-utopia.net/punch/punchlines.htm December 30, 1979]]) |
11 | * ''The Face Is Familiar'' (1966; began as a 1965 pilot hosted by Jack Clark) |
12 | * ''Celebrity Doubletalk'' ([[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=CelebrityDoubletalk October 23, 1967]]) |
13 | * ''Personality'' (1967-69) |
14 | * ''You're Putting Me On'' (1969) |
15 | * ''Second Guessers'' ([[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=SecondGuessers December 29, 1969]]; unsold pilot where Jack Carter and Jack Clark are in the wrong spots...and the audience [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere just can't wait to leave]]) |
16 | * ''Monday Night Quarterback'' ([[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=MondayNightQB late 1970 or early 1971]]; unsold pilot hosted by Jerry Kramer) |
17 | * ''Says Who?'' ([[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=SaysWho May 28, 1971]]; unsold pilot hosted by Geoff Edwards) |
18 | * ''Series/ThreeOnAMatch'' (1971-74) |
19 | * ''The $10,000 Sweep'' ([[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=TenThousandDollarSweep August 4, 1972]]; unsold pilot hosted by Jack Clark, with the tapedate proudly displayed right at the start) |
20 | * The ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' series (1973-80, 1981, 1982-88, 1991; began as a pilot called ''Cash on the Line'') |
21 | * ''Series/{{Jackpot}}!'' (1974-75, 1985-88, 1989-90; also had [[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=Jackpot1984 a 1984 pilot]] hosted by Nipsey Russell) |
22 | * ''Series/WinningStreak'' (1974-75) |
23 | * ''Blankety Blanks'' (1975) |
24 | * ''The Finish Line'' ([[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=FinishLine1975 October 27, 1975]]; unsold pilot hosted by Alan Kalter) |
25 | * ''Caught in the Act'' (November 10, 1975; unsold panel-based game hosted by Jim Peck) |
26 | * ''Shoot for the Stars'' (1977; began as two 1976 pilots called ''Shoot the Works'') and its revival, ''Double Talk'' (1986) |
27 | * ''Get Rich Quick!'' ([[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=GetRichQuick October 30, 1977]]; unsold first attempt at ''Go!'', with a unique bonus round) |
28 | * ''The Riddlers'' ([[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=Riddlers November 4, 1977]] {two pilots}; hosted by Creator/DavidLetterman, easily the most enjoyable thing about the show) |
29 | * ''Pass the Buck'' (1978; pilots taped on May 7-8, 1977) |
30 | * ''The Love Experts'' (1978-79; pilots taped circa 1975 {hosted by Jack Cassidy} and [[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=TheLoveExperts January 4, 1978]] {hosted by Cullen}) |
31 | * ''Mind Readers'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgjCvQtMZzk pilot for NBC taped October 30, 1978]]; hosted by Geoff Edwards, and unrelated to the short-lived Goodson-Todman [[Series/{{Mindreaders}} show of the same name]]) |
32 | * ''Caught in the Act'' ([[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=CaughtInTheAct April 29, 1979]]; unsold ''Pass the Buck''-esque game hosted by Jack Clark) |
33 | * ''Series/ChainReaction'' (1980, 1986-91; original pilot taped October 28, 1979) |
34 | * ''Strictly Confidential'' ([[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=StrictlyConfidential 1980]]; unsold pilot hosted by Dick Clark) |
35 | * ''Second Guess'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kROARLu5aVo May 6, 1982]]; unsold pilot hosted by Dick Clark, with elements from ''Caught in the Act'' and ''Pass the Buck''. This pilot for ABC was passed on for a 1980's ''Pyramid'' revival on CBS). |
36 | * ''Twisters'' ([[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=Twisters October 23, 1982]]; unsold pilot hosted by Jim Perry that blends elements of several Stewart games '''and''' shuffleboard) |
37 | * ''Famous Last Words'' (1983; unsold pilot hosted by Geoff Edwards) |
38 | * ''Series/{{Go}}'' (1983-84) |
39 | * ''$50,000 a Minute'' ([[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=FiftyThousandAMinute 1984]]; two pilots, hosted by Geoff Edwards and Meredith [=MacRae=]) |
40 | * ''Your Number's Up'' (1985, hosted by Nipsey Russell, frequent celebrity guest on Stewart shows; technically produced by Bob's son Sande, but we're putting it here for organizational purposes) |
41 | * ''Money in the Blank'' ([[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=MoneyInTheBlank July 26, 1987]]; unsold CBS pilot whose endgame recycled the ''Three on a Match'' board) |
42 | * ''Eye Q'' (1988; unsold pilot hosted by Henry Polic II) |
43 | * ''The Finish Line'' ([[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=FinishLine1990 May 9, 1990]]; unsold pilot hosted by Lynn Swann) |
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