At a recent J! audition there was a freebie of the J! DVD given out for the person who could name the only game show host besides Alex Trebek to wear a mustache while hosting a game show. The person who won the DVD answered Groucho Marx. I thought of Gary Owens when I heard about this question. Are there others?

Bob Goen on "Blackout".

There was also that week of Wheel of Fortune where Pat Sajak's evil twin tied him up backstage and then hosted it in his place. You could totally tell it was the evil twin because of that mustache.

I don't want to drag my tapes out to look, but I always picture Lee Bowman (What's Going On?) with a thin mustache.

Great question, Mark!

There was Jack Bailey on Queen For a Day and Truth or Consequences , Ernie Kovaks on Take a Good Look (shudder).
Paul Winchell had the full deal, mustache and beard, on Runaround . And how could we forget good ol' Bruce Forsythe on Hot Streak?

And with that, I'm spent.

--Jamie

And "Perfect Match", the "Newlywed Game" Clone.


And IIRC, Adam Faith from "Musical Chairs".

And IIRC, Adam Faith from "Musical Chairs".

Slight correction. Adam Wade.

--Jamie

Was Rip Taylor's moustache real or a two-for-one deal with his hair?

Was Rip Taylor a game show host?

If panelists count, Richard Dawson had a moustache in 1973, yes?

And how about Richard Karn? Sure he has a beard to go with it, but there is definitely hair on his upper lip.

Rip did host the $1.98 Beauty Show, which arguably could be considered a game show.

Did Dawson have his moustache when hosting Masquerade Party(or the LA based-show Lucky Pair)?

No.

--Jamie

Craig Shoemaker had a goatee when doing My Generation on VH1.

Gabe Kaplan had a mustache and/or beard when hosting the NFL Trivia Game on ESPN in the late 80s.

An even more obscure one than those: John Shearin had a mustache when he was the moderator on 1984's Guilty or Innocent.

Wow.

They were, like, 800% wrong!

Was the person who wrote this question drinking "special juice?"

Art James was mustachioed during his stint on WWW.

Really? I don't remember that at all.

As for the "flawed" question, I doubt very seriously that anybody who could come up with the obscure answers we found couldn't also realize that Groucho Marx is the answer they wanted.

Did Jackie Gleason have the moustache yet when he hosted the sole episode of You're In The Picture?
And, sure, Groucho was the answer they wanted, but the question as posed was quite flawed.
By the way, yes, Lee Bowman did have a thin 'stache while helming What's Going On?

Nope.

--Jamie

Maybe not on WWW, but Art James did have a riverboat gambler-style look - including mustache - when he hosted ABC's Temptation. Can't imagine that being one of his favorite memories.

I loved that show. We saw it in Saginaw at 4:30pm on the CBS affilliate (our ABC station refused it) on a grainy B&W kinescope which added to the menace.

How to save the clue (if they were going to use it on the show):

CLUE CREW: Alex wasn't the only game show host with a moustache, "You Bet Your Life" this classic comedian was one of many other hosts.

Who is Bill Cosby?

Wrong...Buddy Hackett.

Triple Stumper...... Richard Dawson.