Wink Martindale

Wink Martindale Games is a YouTube channel started by Wink Martindale.
==Background==
Wink Martindale is a retired game show host that has since become an archivist of any game show. Some of the game shows he was directly involved with while others are completely unrelated. In the 1970s and 1980s, he hosted a game show then known as Gambit, now known as Catch 21. Produced by Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley, most of their library is unavailable to watch. It was aired on CBS which should mean that CBS has a complete copy in their own archives. However, rumors speculate that when Gambit went to second run syndication that the episodes were abandoned at the local stations. A second version Las Vegas Gambit, aired on NBC. Unless NBC produced it for first run syndication or aired in prime time, NBC gave the copies to the packagers as the network did not start their archives until the 1990s. Thus, Las Vegas Gambit is also considered lost. Wink Martindale also hosted a revival of Tic Tac Dough. Later, he hosted a revival of High Rollers, taking over for a busy Alex Trebek. In the 1990s, he hosted a two season run of a game show known as Debt.
Occasionally there are examples of game show hosts that attempted to produce game shows themselves or get involved in some other way such as revitalizing the industry entirely. Bill Cullen worked at QUBE, one of the first attempts at Cable Television. Entrepeneurs such as Ted Turner became interested in reruning anything, which saved game shows, puppet shows, soap operas, and daytime television in general. Mark Goodson and Bill Todman were the first to preserve their content with the majority of their 1970s game shows available. They also were the first to preserve prime time and first run syndication. Their game show Password is one of the rare occasions where a substantial amount of episodes are not only watchable but also still available in color. Other game shows that might still exist that aired in color were not archived in color. Network Executives such as Fred Silverman are also involved in the fight to keep episodes preserved. Occasionally game show hosts themselves took the effort to preserve their episodes such as Dennis James and Bob Monkhouse. Additional game show packagers started to archive their epsiodes. Jack Barry and Dan Enright did so via a preference towards first run syndication after their CBS run of The Joker's Wild was presumed to be lost. Ralph Edwards and Stu Billett productions then and to this day are renowned for their first run syndication. However, the Ralph Edwards game shows are unavailable to watch because of negotiation disputes. It was not until later that Wink Martindale decided to start a collection of his own.
Wink Martindale's collection contains copies of numerous episodes. However, its most frequent time is twice per week uploads. The episodes are slightly edited to include customized vault bumpers with espionage music playing during these bumpers. Outside of Youtube he is involved in bringing episodes to the BUZZR network.
==Discography==
===Local===
*WPLI
*WJTS
*WDXI
*WBHQ
*KRLA
*KFWB
*KKGO
*KMPC
*KABC
*KJQI
===Syndication===
*Music of Your Life
*Hit Parade Radio
*The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All Time
*The History of Rock 'n' Roll https://news.radio-online.com/articles/n40587/All-New-Weekly-History-Of-Rock-n-Roll-to-Debut https://radioink.com/2021/05/25/how-you-can-get-the-history-of-rock-n-roll/ 
==Filmography==
*What's This Song?
*Words And Music
*Gambit
*Tic Tac Dough
*Las Vegas Gambit (concurrent with Tic Tac Dough)
*Headline Chasers
*High Rollers
*Bumper Stumpers
*The Last Word
*Boggle
*Trivial Pursuit
*Shuffle
*Jumble
*Debt
*Instant Recall
==Personal Life==
He was born December 4, 1933 as Winston Conrad Martindale. Before adopting the name Wink, he was credited as Win. His dogs are named after his game shows.
He began his career as a professional disc jockey, with each next job being better than the previous one. https://walkoffame.com/wink-martindale/ As game show hosts often had multiple concurrent jobs, in Wink's case he continued to be a radio personality.
He has been married twice, the first time with Madelyn Leech, and the second time Sandy Ferra. He has at least four children.
As with Bob Eubanks, John O'Hurley, and Chuck Woolery, Wink is a confirmed Conservative, and also a Christian.
Similarly to Bob Eubanks role with The Beatles, Wink has been involved with The Presley Family in numerous collaborations.
Don Martindale adopted the name Wink. https://mgoblue.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/wink-martindale/6120 Despite being unrelated to Winston, he gave Don his blessing anyways.