Tell Us About Yourself: Conversations with Game Show Contestants
Tell Us About Yourself: Conversations with Game Show Contestants
In conjunction with the National Archives of Game Show History at the Strong National Museum of Play, BuzzerBlog presents a brand new podcast chronicling the stories of game show contestants from all walks of life. Listen as everyday people talk about what happened beforeâand afterâtheir game show appearances. Find out what motivates folks to appear on game shows. Hear behind-the-scenes stories from your favorite game shows, told by the stars of those showsâthe contestants. Christian Carrion hosts Tell Us About Yourself: Conversations with Game Show Contestants.
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Jeremy Nelson, Tell Us About Yourself; Second Chance.
To kick off Second Chance September, game show historian Christian Carrion welcomes back a social media data analyst from Chicago, Illinois.
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John Hatton, Tell Us About Yourself.
John Hatton overcame the devastating loss of his California home in a firestorm to win 20 games and a total of $120,000 on the NBC game show Blockbusters.
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Karen Chu, Tell Us About Yourself.
Karen Chu is a graphic designer and podcaster originally from Taipei, Taiwan, who defeated Brad Rutter on ABC’s The Chase to the tune of $400,000.
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Tim Sternberg, Tell Us About Yourself.
Tim Sternberg is an education advocate from Florida who’s appeared on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Wheel Of Fortune, and 1 vs. 100.
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Fred Fletcher-Jackson, Tell Us About Yourself.
Fred Fletcher-Jackson is an actor, wrestler and drama teacher who won over $90,000 on Wheel Of Fortune…and a headlock from Pat Sajak.
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Elayne Reiss, Tell Us About Yourself.
Elayne Reiss is a data scientist from Washington D.C. who, as a child, appeared on the CBS Saturday morning game show Secrets of the Cryptkeeper’s Haunted House.
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DJ Christian, Tell Us About Yourself.
Game show historian Christian Carrion takes a short dance break.
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Michael Doyle, Tell Us About Yourself.
Michael Doyle is a web developer from Mebourne, Australia who appeared on the Nine Network’s Millionaire: Hot Seat.
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Jimmy Sturr, Tell Us About Yourself.
Jimmy Sturr is the multiple Grammy award winning “King of Polka” who appeared on To Tell The Truth in 1975 and 2020.
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Tom O’Brien, Tell Us About Yourself.
Tom O’Brien is a food writer who is one of the few to have seen the final question on ABC’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.