Tag archives: game show

In Passing: Alex Trebek
By Richard Mineards   |   November 26, 2020

On a personal note, I mark the passing of Alex Trebek, the long-running host of the TV quiz show Jeopardy! for 36 years who died at the age of 80 after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. I started watching the Merv Griffin-produced show in the 1980s and have been hooked ever since, learning much […]

Improv for the Ages
By Steven Libowitz   |   March 12, 2020

The current cast members of the long-running TV improv show Whose Line Is It Anyway? are bringing the touring version, dubbed “Whose Live Anyway?”, back to town for a single show at the Lobero Theatre. Cast members Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff B. Davis, and Joel Murray will put together a 90-minute set of comedy […]

Staying on Brand
By Richard Mineards   |   August 15, 2019

Social gridlock reigned at the East Haley Street wine bar Uncorked when Santa Barbara TV game-show host Rebecca Brand marked the 18th anniversary of her 40th. Rebecca, who turned a small business hosting dinner parties and teaching French impressionist oil painting at her home into a culinary and travel TV show empire, has just returned […]

Grand Brand
By Richard Mineards   |   August 16, 2018

Social gridlock reigned at Arnoldi’s when Santa Barbara TV game-show host Rebecca Brand marked the 17th anniversary of her 40th. Rebecca, who turned a small business hosting dinner parties and teaching French impressionist oil painting at her home into a culinary and travel TV show empire, says: “I just wanted all my friends to be […]

Brand-New Reality Check
By Richard Mineards   |   June 21, 2018

Santa Barbara TV game-show host Rebecca Brand is living up to her name! Rebecca, who six years ago began a small business hosting dinner parties and teaching French impressionist oil painting at her home, got an idea to create a reality show, Dinner Party Art Class, with her single students hooking up and dating over […]