Wink Martindale entering on Tic Tac Dough

Wink Martindale (born Winston Conrad Martindale on December 4, 1933 in Jackson, Tennessee, USA) is a disc jockey and television game show host. Image File history File linksMetadata Wink1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Wink1. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jackson is a city located in Madison County, Tennessee. ... A game show involves members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ...

Martindale started his career as a disc jockey at age 17 at WPLI in Jackson, earning $25 a week. He was hired away by WTJS for double the salary. Jackson's only other station, WDXI, hired him away from WTJS. He next hosted mornings at WHBQ in Memphis. In 1959, he became morning man at KHJ in Los Angeles, moving a year later to the morning show at KRLA and finally to KFWB in 1962. He also had lengthy stays at KKGO/KJQI and Gene Autry's KMPC. For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ...

Martindale's first break into television was at WHBQ-TV in Memphis, Tennessee, as the host of Mars Patrol, a science-fiction themed children's television program. It was at his tenure with WHBQ that Martindale became a close friend of Elvis Presley, and following Presley's sudden death in 1977, Martindale aired a nationwide tribute radio special in his honor. Martindale has hosted many game shows, including "Debt", "Gambit", "High Rollers", "Tattletales", "The Last Word", "Tic Tac Dough", and "Trivial Pursuit." WHBQ-TV FOX13 is the Fox owned and operated station in Memphis, Tennessee. ... Childrens television shows are television programs designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after school. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer and actor. ...

His rendition of the spoken-word song "Deck Of Cards" went to #7 on the Billboard charts and sold over a million copies in 1959. It was followed by "Black Land Farmer." Category: Possible copyright violations ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He divorced his first wife in 1971, married his second wife, Sandy Ferra, in 1975, and has four children and seven grandchildren. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

He has appeared in various TV commercials and has a daily three-hour show on the syndicated Music Of Your Life format, which is heard on around 200 stations. Music of Your Life is a satellite network featuring the Adult Standards radio format. ...

Martindale made an appearance (in two separate roles) in the Quiet Riot video for "The Wild and the Young." As of 2005, Martindale has capitalized on his camp appeal by doing television commercials promoting Internet travel agency Orbitz. Camp is an aesthetic in which something has appeal because of its bad taste or ironic value. ... Orbitz, Inc. ...

On June 2, 2006, Martindale received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ...

Bill Wendell (born 22 March 1924 died 14 April 1999) was an NBC staff announcer. ... 70s & 80s Tic Tac Dough Logo Wink Martindale hosting Tic Tac Dough in 1980 Tic-Tac-Dough was an American television game show based on the pen-and-paper game tic-tac-toe. ... Jim Caldwell is a television presenter. ...

External links

• Wink Martindale at the Internet Movie Database
• Wink's World