Gene Wood was mostly an announcer, but he was also the host of the syndicated version of Beat The Clock in the mid seventies, and he also hosted a Canadian produced game show, Anything You Can Do, around same time. Gene Wood was also a panelist on a few episodes of To Tell The Truth in 1973.
The story goes that Jack Narz who originally hosted Beat the Clock quit the show as in order to host it he had to fly from his home in Los Angeles to Montreal (where Goodson and Todman were taping to save money)--his salary didn't even cover the cost of the periodic flights to get there and they wouldn't give him a raise or any kind of compensation for travel. Nevertheless when Concentration was re-incarnated again in the 1970's Goodson and Todman remembered Mr. Narz and hired him to host it
The good old days when Gene Wood, Dick Clark and the producers of the show could hang out with those prop girls and party with them after hours - not today - today you would get sued by the prop girls attorneys, the prop girls would trash you on social media for being a predator and your career and life would be over. I miss those days!
Hello, my parents were on an episode of beat the clock in 1971. The celebrity guest was Noel Harrison. Do you have any idea on how I can find this episode? I would LOVE to watch it. Thanks! -Krista
This was the version of the show that I watched on KCND-TV ch. 12 (Pembina, ND) or was it on CJAY ch. 7 (St. James, Man.). My Mom loved this show. I was 6 yo. in '72. I thought the 70s were a bad decade because of too much corniness. But alas, Beat the Clock had been on since 1950. (New) Price is Right started in Sep. '72, when I started Grade 1. These two game shows were similar to each other in a way. I liked Gene Wood more than Bob Barker. Beat the Clock? More like Beat the Kid is what I experienced back in the day.
Those stage hands in short skirts were the best reason to watch this show
The announcer is Nick Hollinrake, who also was the announcer for a Canadian game show called "The Mad Dash".
Gene Wood was mostly an announcer, but he was also the host of the syndicated version of Beat The Clock in the mid seventies, and he also hosted a Canadian produced game show, Anything You Can Do, around same time. Gene Wood was also a panelist on a few episodes of To Tell The Truth in 1973.
Wood was also a Match Game panelist for a week in 1974.
Pleated micro-miniskirts! My mortal weakness!
Forget the $25. I'll take the clock. It would make one hell of an egg timer.
For a time,WPIX TV NYC showed this.
Gene Wood is really good!
I loved Gene Wood
Mr. Wood also hosted another game show around this time from CJOH-TV in Ottawa, Canada called "Anything You Can Do"
The story goes that Jack Narz who originally hosted Beat the Clock quit the show as in order to host it he had to fly from his home in Los Angeles to Montreal (where Goodson and Todman were taping to save money)--his salary didn't even cover the cost of the periodic flights to get there and they wouldn't give him a raise or any kind of compensation for travel. Nevertheless when Concentration was re-incarnated again in the 1970's Goodson and Todman remembered Mr. Narz and hired him to host it
Gene wood was mostly MC
Dick Hyman was in a ZONE with the great music in this episode..
Not even a comparison to what Ivan Ditmars was doing on "Let's Make A Deal"
This was back when $20. was a lot of money.
The Dried ice challenge was on the original 50 version with Bud Collyer and the Game Show Marathon version in 2006.
The good old days when Gene Wood, Dick Clark and the producers of the show could hang out with those prop girls and party with them after hours - not today - today you would get sued by the prop girls attorneys, the prop girls would trash you on social media for being a predator and your career and life would be over. I miss those days!
That was just crazy.
Hello, my parents were on an episode of beat the clock in 1971. The celebrity guest was Noel Harrison. Do you have any idea on how I can find this episode? I would LOVE to watch it. Thanks! -Krista
This was the version of the show that I watched on KCND-TV ch. 12 (Pembina, ND) or was it on CJAY ch. 7 (St. James, Man.).
My Mom loved this show. I was 6 yo. in '72. I thought the 70s were a bad decade because of too much corniness. But alas, Beat the Clock had been on since 1950.
(New) Price is Right started in Sep. '72, when I started Grade 1. These two game shows were similar to each other in a way.
I liked Gene Wood more than Bob Barker.
Beat the Clock? More like Beat the Kid is what I experienced back in the day.
21:17 BOSS LIST
5:29 - Wow! Dick Clark is such a cutie here.
20:35 , its All good man