Here's the second part of my analysis of America's favorite game show hosts.

Bob Eubanks:  Once his television game show career was over, Bob went on to host a series of travelling "Price is Right Shows."  Promoting the show, I have heard some very insightful interviews from Bob.  Between those appearances and the odd TV commercial, Bob is sort of the Jimmy Carter of game show hosts.  He is a fantastic elder-statesman representative of the genre.

In his prime, Bob was great at milking any suggestive statement made by the newlyweds on his show.  For that, Mr. Eubanks gets a "thumbs up"!  Grade: B+

Richard Dawson:  Former "Hogan's Hero" star, come "Match Game" regular, and then given his own show, Richard was a unique "superstar" game show host.  Overflowing with self-confidence and charm, contestants on his show seemed to be honored to be in his presence.  (It seemed that the people on the show were so happy to see Richard that they really didn't care whether they won or lost.)

(Occasionally in my adult English-as-a-second-language classes, I do a thing where my students try to guess the answers on a recorded "Family Feud."  (It ends up being a pretty fun game.)  Richard's kissing of the female contestants always gets a funny reaction from my students -who have never seen Richard before.)

Richard's downside is that he was probably awful offstage.  He was "too big" for the Match Game, and he probably was a bit difficult on the Feud's production staff.  Regardless, Richard gets a good grade.  Grade: A

Ray Combs: Richard Dawson's replacement.  You've got to feel for Ray, replacing such a charismatic host.  Richard Dawson was a happy, cuddly guy.  Ray was an evil little leprechaun.

In one of the more recent episodes of "Family Feud" that I watched, Ray pointed out that one of the male contestants was actually shorter than he was.  Get a grip Ray!  Grade: D-

Wink Martindale: Tic-Tac-Dough was a staple for a long time.  Since the show, Wink has shown up in a few commercials.  I think that people have a hard time taking a guy who named himself "Wink" seriously.  Grade: C-

Alex Trebek:   The Canadian host of Jeopardy always seems to know the answer, doesn't he?  I'd suppose that his show requires smugness.  It would be a bit strange if the contestants appeared to be smarter than the host.

The episode of "Cheers" when Cliff was on Jeopardy was hilarious!  Grade: B

Pat Sajak:  Pat's been doing "Wheel of Fortune" for ever!  Wheel is a good show.  Pat is a nice host.  (He seems bored some of the time...)

I think that I am the only person that I know to have acknowledged liking his CBS talk show.  (It was more entertaining than Chevy Chase or Arsenio Hall...)  Grade: C

Bert Convey:  Is it just me, or is it hard to distinguish between Bert Convey and David Birney?  I had made that mistake up until Bert's untimely death.  (Is David still alive?)

Bert brought us the "motorcycle guy" in one of my favorite movies: "The Cannonball Run", as well as William Shatner and Susan Saint James in headphones (from "Tattletales").  Grade: C

Jim Perry:  Jim hosted "Card Sharks."  Card Sharks was one of the best concepts for a game show.  The questions were fun, and the game was as exciting as a game show gets.

Jim was ruggedly handsome with a fantastic speaking voice.  He looked like a guy whom Mary Richards would date for an episode or two on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".  I am surprised that he hadn't found further work in prominent game shows following "Sharks".  Grade: C+

Dick Clark: We got to see Dick do his best on the Pyramid.  Like Alex Trebek, Dick always seemed to know the answer.  (If he didn't know the answer, he always knew how to elicit the correct answer better than the contestants.)  Grade: B-

So there's my roundup on game show hosts.  Enjoy!