- Jay Wolpert
Jay Wolpert is an American
television producer andscreenwriter .His first television appearance came as a contestant on the original version of "
Jeopardy! " in 1969. He competed in the "Jeopardy!" Tournament of Champions that year and won. [Most episodes from theArt Fleming era of "Jeopardy! " do not survive, so there is no video record of Wolpert's appearances, however stills of Wolpert receiving the trophy from Art Fleming do exist along with the trophy itself, prominently displayed in Wolpert's house, and an audio record of the finals and Wolpert being declared the Champion. Paper records indicating Wolpert's appearances may be found in the NBC Master Books daily broadcast log, available on microfilm at theLibrary of Congress Motion Picture and Television Reading Room. A summary of those records may be found [http://boards.sonypictures.com/boards/showthread.php?t=35065 here] . A listing of "Jeopardy!" Grand Champions, 1968–1974, may be found in cite book | last=Fabe | first=Maxene | title=TV Game Shows | year=1979 | publisher=Doubleday & Company | location=Garden City, New York | pages=13 | isbn=0-385-13052-X ]Wolpert began his game show producing career working for U.S. quiz scandal figure
Dan Enright in Canada. He later worked as a producer and creator ofgame shows for Chuck Barris Productions andGoodson-Todman Productions . From 1972 to 1978 Wolpert produced "The Price Is Right " and in 1976 he created and produced "Double Dare", also for Goodson-Todman. After leaving "The Price is Right" he formed his own production company, Jay Wolpert Enterprises, creating and producing various other game and reality shows, including "Whew! " (1979,CBS ), "Hit Man" (1983,NBC ), "Blackout" (1988, CBS) "Rodeo Drive" (1990,Lifetime ), "Shopping Spree " and "Wait 'til You Have Kids! " (both in 1996 onThe Family Channel ). More recently, Wolpert has turned to screenwriting, writing the script for "The Count of Monte Cristo " (2002) and receiving a story credit for "" (2003).References
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