Johnny Olson
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John Leonard Olson was an American radio personality and television announcer. Olson is perhaps best known for his work as an announcer for game shows, particularly the work he did for Mark Goodson-Bi
Olson in 1956
Match Game
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Match Game is an American television panel game show that premiered on NBC in 1962 and has been revived several times over the course of the last six decades. The game features contestants trying to m
Johnny Olson
…Productions. Olson was the longtime announcer for the original To Tell the Truth and What's My Line? and spent more than a decade as announcer for both Match Game and The Price Is Right, working on the latter series at the time of his death. Some of Olson's earliest radio work occurred in the mid-1930s at WTMJ…
Gene Rayburn (center) hosting a prime-time Match Game special episode, 1964
Charles Nelson Reilly (pictured in 1969) was a regular panelist from 1973 to 1991.
McLean Stevenson became a regular panelist during its final season in syndication.