One of my hobbies for many years has been collecting photos of game show hosts, all neatly sorted and organized into their own dedicated albums lining the shelves of my bookcases. Stu graciously allowed me to sneak into the broadcast. His guests were two of Dennis’ sons in the Los Angeles area, Randy and Brad (Dennis’ oldest son, Dennis Jr., was over on the other side of the country), as well as Dennis’ grandson, Colton. Stu Shostak, founder of Shokus Video and Shokus Internet Radio and host of Stu’s Show, dedicated his Februbroadcast to the life and times of Dennis James. When he's not working on game shows, he's writing about them, with previous titles including This Day in Game Show History, Quizmaster: The Life and Times and Fun and Games of Bill Cullen, The Matchless Gene Rayburn, and It's More Than Password: The Life (and Wife) of Allen Ludden. Dennis hosted the United Cerebral Palsy telethons for more than forty years, and UCP is honored to continue Dennis' legacy.ADAM NEDEFF has worked behind the scenes on game shows including Wheel of Fortune, The Price is Right, Idiotest, Emogenius, and Funny You Should Ask. A portion of every book sold benefits United Cerebral Palsy. When it came to being first, he was number one. The unusual part is that this book is about one man: Dennis James. This is an unusual book chronicling many of television's firsts … the first host of a TV variety show the first host of a network game show the first host of an infomercial the first TV wrestling commentator the first TV boxing commentator the first reporter to cover a political convention for TV the first person to host an Easter parade on network television the first person to appear on a videotaped commercial the host of the first major annual telethon the first man to put Dick Van Dyke, Jonathan Winters, and The Carpenters on television the first host hired for The New Price is Right.
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