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"If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn."
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"That's where this exciting bundle of energy and joy named Johnny Olson made his entrance and ultimately did the announcing. I had never seen anything like what I was involved in for the next 15 minutes!"
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