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Jack Barry

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The Resume

    (March 20, 1918-May 4, 1984)
    Birth name is Jack Barasch
    Host of ‘The Reel Game,' ‘Tic Tac Dough (50s),' ‘Concentration,' ‘Twenty-One,' ‘Generation Gap' and ‘The Joker's Wild'

Why he might be annoying:

    The quiz show scandal of the 1950s, of which Twenty One bore most of the burden, left his career in doubt for a good decade.
    Although he clearly did not have a clue about the scandal, he did admit to a part in the cover-up.
    He was a heavy smoker; in some ‘Joker's Wild' episodes, smoke was noted from the podium where he hosted.
    Ironically, it was during a morning jog in Central Park that he suffered his eventually fatal heart attack.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Bill Gates credited the world's first interactive television program to him (‘Winky Dink and You' in 1953).
    He played a ‘newsman' on episodes of Batman and The Adams Family.
    In 1969, he pitched the idea that turned his career around in a big way: ‘The Joker's Wild.'
    Since it was so successful, he saw fit to produce a weekly children's version (‘Joker! Joker!! Joker!!!' in 1979), played for savings bonds.
    He took a huge risk reviving another scandal-plagued game show in ‘Tic Tac Dough.' It, too, was a runaway hit.

Credit: Cool It All Right?


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 57.50% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 75 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 68 Votes: 41.18% Annoying