The television career of Dennis James darn near started before there was television — in 1938! That was in its experimental phase. When television as we know it began, he quickly became a fixture of it. He's remembered today primarily as a game show host but he was one of a largely-extinct species known as Broadcaster. He hosted movies and read news and covered sports and announced and practically did everything a man in a suit and tie could do in front of a camera. For about the last decade or three of his career, he hosted game shows (including The Price is Right and P.D.Q.) and worked as a commercial pitchman, doing hundreds if not thousands of commercials.
Mr. James passed away in 1997. Today on Stu's Show, your enthusiastic host Stu Shostak welcomes his sons, Randy and Brad James, to discuss their father's long, prolific career. How they're going to get it all into two or three hours, I have no idea.
Stu's Show can be heard live (almost) every Wednesday at the Stu's Show website and you can listen for free there. Webcasts start at 4 PM Pacific Time, 7 PM Eastern and other times in other climes. They run a minimum of two hours and sometimes go way, way longer. Whenever a show ends, it's available soon after for downloading from the Archives on that site. Downloads are a measly 99 cents each and you can get four shows for the price of three. Grab some while you can.
By the way! I don't always get around to plugging Stu's Show but I always recommend it. A couple of weeks lately, I've simply forgotten to tell you what was on before it was on and that didn't mean I was expecting a bad show. I just got busy. Keep an eye on Stu's website so you'll know what he's up to even if I forget to tell you.