{"id":21957,"date":"2016-05-08T06:36:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T10:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/?p=21957"},"modified":"2016-10-22T19:01:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T23:01:05","slug":"sunday-flashback-some-of-americas-most-famous-announcersvisiting-with-tom-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/?p=21957","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Flashback&#8230;Some Of America&#8217;s Most Famous Announcers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\"  title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sunday-Flashback...Some-Of-Americas-Most-Famous-Announcers-Visiting-with-Tom-S.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>Sunday Flashback&#8230;Some Of America&#8217;s Most Famous Announcers<\/p>\n<p>Visiting with Tom Snyder, here are some funny stories and interesting insights into life at the top of the network television food-chain. <\/p>\n<p>From &#8220;You Bet Your Life&#8221; with Groucho Marx, George Fenneman; from &#8220;The Jack Benny Show&#8221;, Don Wilson; and from &#8220;Burns &#038; Allen&#8221;, Harry Von Zell. The fourth man is John Reed King, and for the many that don&#8217;t know who he is, here&#8217;s a thumbnail sketch.  <\/p>\n<p>In the &#8217;30, King hosted the top radio show, &#8220;Misses Goes A Shopping&#8221;, which he also hosted on television in 1944 and was one of the first ever TV game show hosts. In &#8217;46, he hosted the CBS game show &#8220;It&#8217;s A Gift&#8221; and a newcomer named Bill Cullen was his assistant and announcer on &#8220;Give And Take&#8221; in 1952. He was also radio&#8217;s original &#8220;Sky King&#8221;, and the announcer for the hit radio show, &#8220;Duffy&#8217;s Tavern&#8221; in 1941. Thanks to Barry Mitchell for the clip. Enjoy! -Bobby Ellerbee<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TOMORROW with Tom Snyder - George Fenneman, Don Wilson &amp; Harry Von Zell (Apr 4, 1978)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jg4RE2hVw1Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>Three of the greatest announcers of all time sat down for an hour-long chat with Tom Snyder on Apr 4, 1978, because this is the kind of interesting program t&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/posts\/1005800466124169\">Source<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday Flashback&#8230;Some Of America&#8217;s Most Famous Announcers Visiting with Tom Snyder, here are some funny stories and interesting insights into life at the top of the network television food-chain. 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