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* ''Series/ChildsPlay'' (1982-83)

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* ''Series/ChildsPlay'' ''Series/{{ChildsPlay|1982}}'' (1982-83)
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Not to be mistaken for Creator/PeterCullen (who has a very different fandom), [[Literature/{{Twilight}} a family of vampires]], or any of the ''many'' othet people who are also named "Bill Cullen".

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Not to be mistaken for Creator/PeterCullen (who has a very different fandom), [[Literature/{{Twilight}} [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga a family of vampires]], or any of the ''many'' othet other people who are also named "Bill Cullen".
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During a 2007 countdown of the "Top Ten Hosts" by Creator/{{GSN}}, Bill was listed as #7 despite the narration and commentators all but outright saying he deserved top prize. Still, it was better than a 2007 WNBC slideshow of the top ''twenty'' game show emcees that managed to omit Bill entirely (much to the chagrin of the station's then-chief anchorman Chuck Scarborough, who shares a birthplace with Bill), a 2007 A&E ''Biography'' on the genre that somehow managed to avoid mentioning Bill at all over its two-hour runtime (which along with the total omission of [[Series/{{Password}} Allen Ludden]] had drawn ire from game show fans as well as [[Series/TheHollywoodSquares Peter Marshall]]), and a 2013 WebVideo/WatchMojo [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc1xOqiELXw "Top Ten Hosts" video]] that relegated Bill to an uncredited clip at the very end, after the main list and honorable mentions.

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During a 2007 countdown of the "Top Ten Hosts" by Creator/{{GSN}}, Bill was listed as #7 despite the narration and commentators all but outright saying he deserved top prize. Still, it was better than a 2007 WNBC slideshow of the top ''twenty'' game show emcees that managed to omit Bill entirely (much to the chagrin of the station's then-chief anchorman Chuck Scarborough, who shares a birthplace with Bill), a 2007 A&E ''Biography'' on the genre that somehow managed to avoid mentioning Bill at all over its two-hour runtime (which along with the total omission of [[Series/{{Password}} Allen Ludden]] had drawn ire from game show fans as well as [[Series/TheHollywoodSquares Peter Marshall]]), and a 2013 WebVideo/WatchMojo [=WatchMojo=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc1xOqiELXw "Top Ten Hosts" video]] that relegated Bill to an uncredited clip at the very end, after the main list and honorable mentions.
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* ClosestThingWeGot: How he became the host of ''Series/HotPotato''. The host brought in for an early run-through of the game did a terrible job, and Bill wound up with the gig after neither NBC nor Barry & Enright (the show's production company) could think of anyone else to ask. He said in one interview that this was how he got many of his game show hosting jobs.
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* ''Fantasies Fulfilled'' (April 27, 1979; produced by Stu Billett, who went on to do ''The People's Court'', and one of the players on this pilot was Doug Llewellyn)

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* ''Fantasies Fulfilled'' (April 27, 1979; produced by Stu Billett, who went on to do ''The People's Court'', co-executive produce ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt'', and one of the players on this pilot was Doug Llewellyn)
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** According to the reference book ''Total Television'', Bill replaced Dennis James as host of the syndicated game ''PDQ'' (1965-69) later in its run. No other reference book supports this, and the existence of an episode taped October 3, 1968 with James as host (held by UCLA) has effectively (though not definitively) ruled this false.
While it is possible Bill filled in at some point (the sets used for the 1964 pilot and the 70s revamp ''Baffle'' have the host at a desk through this wouldn't have are any indication though there is no evidence for either of this either.

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** According to the reference book ''Total Television'', Bill replaced Dennis James as host of the syndicated game ''PDQ'' (1965-69) later in its run. No other reference book supports this, and the existence of an episode taped October 3, 1968 with James as host (held by UCLA) has effectively (though not definitively) ruled this false.
false. While it is possible that Bill filled in at some point (the sets used for the 1964 pilot and the 70s revamp ''Baffle'' have the host at a desk through this wouldn't have are any indication though point, there is no evidence for either of this either.
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During a 2007 countdown of the "Top Ten Hosts" by Creator/{{GSN}}, Bill was listed as #7 despite the narration and commentators all but outright saying he deserved top prize. Still, it was better than a 2007 WNBC slideshow of the top ''twenty'' game show emcees that managed to omit Bill entirely (much to the chagrin of the station's then-chief anchorman Chuck Scarborough, who shares a birthplace with Bill), a 2007 A&E ''Biography'' on the genre that somehow managed to avoid mentioning Bill at all over its two-hour runtime (which along with the total omission of [[Series/{{Password}} Allen Ludden]] had drawn ire from game show fans as well as [[Series/HollywoodSquares Peter Marshall]]), and a 2013 WebVideo/WatchMojo [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc1xOqiELXw "Top Ten Hosts" video]] that relegated Bill to an uncredited clip at the very end, after the main list and honorable mentions.

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During a 2007 countdown of the "Top Ten Hosts" by Creator/{{GSN}}, Bill was listed as #7 despite the narration and commentators all but outright saying he deserved top prize. Still, it was better than a 2007 WNBC slideshow of the top ''twenty'' game show emcees that managed to omit Bill entirely (much to the chagrin of the station's then-chief anchorman Chuck Scarborough, who shares a birthplace with Bill), a 2007 A&E ''Biography'' on the genre that somehow managed to avoid mentioning Bill at all over its two-hour runtime (which along with the total omission of [[Series/{{Password}} Allen Ludden]] had drawn ire from game show fans as well as [[Series/HollywoodSquares [[Series/TheHollywoodSquares Peter Marshall]]), and a 2013 WebVideo/WatchMojo [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc1xOqiELXw "Top Ten Hosts" video]] that relegated Bill to an uncredited clip at the very end, after the main list and honorable mentions.

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