Fun For All Ages with Frank Santopadre!

Have you ever heard of Death by Emmy?! Or other awards as...ahem...marital aids?! On this week's all-new #FFAA, our guests JEFF LIEBERMAN and MICHAEL GIACCHINO ponder the imponderables when it comes to the top prizes in the entertainment field! More at funforallagespodcast...!

Frank kicks off Halloween month with the first installment of a two-part episode as Oscar and Emmy-winning composer MICHAEL GIACCHINO and cult filmmaker JEFF LIEBERMAN revisit their favorite Atomic Age horror and science fiction films of the 1950s!

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Before you flip the channel to another episode of #FFAA tomorrow, go pick up "The Creative Leader" - co-authored by our guest BOB BODEN - available wherever fine books are sold! https://a.co/d/78gkxh7

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Whaddaya mean you haven't picked up the fantastic Game Show library penned by our guest ADAM NEDEFF?! We HIGHLY recommend you navigate over to his page and get all your holiday shopping taken care of today!

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As we wind down another great week of #FFAA goodness, we highly recommend you check out our guest RICH BROWN'S fantastic Beyond Vaudeville collection!

http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. 35MM trailer screened and filmed from a Steenbeck desk. Trailer for the 1980 big screen version of the classic TV talent show The Gong Show Movie, directed by and starring Chuck Barris. #35MMtrailer #GongShow The Gong Show Movie (1980) 35MM Trailer

So are YOU the person who watched "The Gong Show Movie"?! FRANK, along with guests BOB BODEN, ADAM NEDEFF and RICH BROWN, talk all things Chuck Barris - and avoid this landmine on the latest #FFAA!

Let's hear it for our own FRANK SANTOPADRE as he moderated the "Vermeer of the Borscht Belt" discussion at Film Forum last night with our pals DREW FRIEDMAN, LARRY KARASZEWSKI, OWEN KLINE and KEVIN DOUGHERTY! @franksantopadre.bsky.social

#FFAA wishes a very happy birthday to the great NEIL deGRASSE TYSON!

#FFAA wishes a very happy birthday to the great GARY GERANI!

Even though it IS #ShempSunday, #FFAA salutes the late comedian, actor and Stooge Larry Fine, #BOTD in 1902! @franksantopadre.bsky.social

HEADS UP, FUNSTERS! This is a reminder that new #FFAA episodes will NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE on the old #GGACP podcast feed, so be sure to listen on the dedicated “Fun For All Ages” feed! And subscribe so you don’t miss out on the fun. That’s an order! @franksantopadre.bsky.social

MYSTERY GUEST: Cesar Romero PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf, Arlene Francis, Hal Block ---------------------------- Join our Facebook group for WML-- great discussions, photos, etc, and great people! https://www.facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/ To stay up to date with postings, please co What's My Line? - Cesar Romero (Dec 14, 1952)

How could we NOT all check out Butch Romero's appearance on "What's My Line?" as mentioned on this week's #FFAA tribute to the wild world of game shows with guests ADAM NEDEFF, BOB BODEN and RICH BROWN?!

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Congratulations to BOB SILVA for being our most recent recipient of our current PATREON-only raffle! Enjoy those wax packs...and make sure to double-enjoy that San Francisco treat! Want in on the fun? Join us at www.patreon.com/funf...

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Need a little light entertainment for your weekend? No? Well, too bad! As discussed on this week's #FFAA salute to game shows, we recommend 2002's "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"!

Do YOU remember "That Awful Quiz Show"?! Revisit a most unusual chapter in game show history on this week's #FFAA at funforallagespodcast...! @franksantopadre.bsky.social

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Did our guest and game show book author ADAM NEDEFF kill Betty White?! Of course not, silly! But he DOES share a rather sweet story about the legendary actress and comedian on this week's #FFAA at funforallagespodcast...!

From the HOLLYWOOD SQUARES episode aired October 1, 1999. "You Fool!" - HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (10/1/99 Episode)

Since it IS #FlashbackFriday, let's all revisit that famous Squares moment as discussed on this week's #FFAA!

#FFAA WANTS TO KNOW....did (or DO) you own the HOME VERSION of your favorite game show?! Reply below...and tell 'em Groucho sent ya! @franksantopadre.bsky.social

#FFAA salutes the late comedian, actor, author and supporter of brother Leonard, the one, the only... GROUCHO MARX, #BOTD in 1890! @franksantopadre.bsky.social

On this week's #FFAA's continuing salute to the wild world of game shows, our guests ADAM NEDEFF, BOB BODEN and RICH BROWN discuss the ambiguous origins of "Win, Lose or Draw"! More at funforallagespodcast...! @franksantopadre.bsky.social

The Quiz Show Scandal | American Experience | PBS When CBS premiered "The $64,000 Question" in 1955, the show was more than a hit; it was a national phenomenon. More quiz shows followed. What the audience was to learn, much later, was that many of these shows were fixed. Slowly, painfully, the deceit unravelled. A look at the formative years of television and the scandal's impact on the TV business and a naive America.

Want to learn even MORE about the Quiz Show Scandal, as discussed on this week's #FFAA with guests BOB BODEN, ADAM NEDEFF and RICH BROWN? Then slide on over to

Though not EXACTLY accurate (and certainly not sanctioned by many of the real life players), you owe it to yourself to check out the late, great Redford's 1994 classic "Quiz Show" as discussed on this week's #FFAA with guests BOB BODEN, ADAM NEDEFF and RICH BROWN! PLUS MARIO CANTONE IS IN IT!

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In this conclusion of a 2-part episode, producer-executive BOB BODEN, author-historian ADAM NEDEFF and comedian-producer (and this week's co-host) RICH BROWN once again join FRANK for a loving and laugh-filled look back at eight-plus decades of TV game shows!
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The current #FFAA two-parter seems like the logical time to offer up another PATREON-exclusive contest: Just type the word “Gong!” in the Patreon thread to be eligible for our random drawing for 3 unopened packs of 1970s-era “Gong Show” Trading Cards - AND a box of Rice-a-Roni! Contest ends Friday!

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