On July 21, as something of a tie-in with the movie 21, Merrill Heatter returned to game-show producing with Catch 21 ( a revival of the 1970s game Gambit ) hosted by actor-singer-dancer Alfonso Ribeiro with actress Mikki Padilla as the dealer.

Almost all of the Bob Stewart, Heatter – Quigley, Hatos – Hall ( except for a large portion of Let's Make a Deal ), and pre-1980 Merv Griffin productions have been destroyed, with the exception of a few rare pilots and " cast aside " episodes.

The Heatter pilots were Malcolm, an NBC-ordered pilot featuring Trebek with an animated character as his co-host, and Lucky Numbers, an attempt at a revival of High Rollers that didn't sell.

Gambit creator Merrill Heatter developed a similar show, Catch 21, which premiered on GSN July 21, 2008 with Alfonso Ribeiro as host and Mikki Padilla as dealer.

The most commonly suggested reason is that the Wacky Races Characters ( including Dastardly and Muttley ) were created as a co-production with Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley Productions, meaning that they were not fully owned by Hanna-Barbera, and thus could only be used with permission.

Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley packaged this program, with Robert Noah as executive producer.

In 1981 Quigley retired and ended his partnership with Merrill Heatter, just before Filmways was bought by Orion Pictures.

In 2008, Heatter returned to game show production with the GSN game show Catch 21, based on Gambit.

Heatter is co-executive producer with another veteran producer, Scott Sternberg.

Heatter after his high school graduation became a society reporter for the tiny weekly, The East New York Record before joining the Brooklyn Daily Times, which led to his being offered a job with Hearst's New York Journal.

But it was an article he wrote for The Nation in 1931, in which he debated with the prominent Socialist Norman Thomas and argued against the Socialist Party's existence in the U. S. that helped steer Heatter to radio.

After his wife's death, Heatter lived in retirement with his daughter until he died of pneumonia in 1972.

The broadcasts of WOR reporter Gabriel Heatter from the Lindbergh kidnapping " trial of the century " in 1935, heard over Mutual, were highly regarded ; Heatter soon had his own regularly scheduled newscast, aired nationally five nights a week.

But when the war finally ended, first in Europe and then in Japan, there were probably millions who would not have believed it until they heard it from Heatter.

Not until the 1960 publication of There's Good News Tonight did those who waited hungrily for his nightly news for so many years get a chance to understand what Heatter had to overcome just about every day of his life to make it on the air.

At the height of his fame, when he was getting a huge amount of fan mail, the post office delivered many letters that were simply addressed " Gabriel Heatter ," without an address ... and even one envelope that had no words on it, just two small pictures:

In 1944, Heatter appeared as himself, uncredited, in the wartime Cary Grant film Once Upon a Time.

A unique aspect of the film is the participation, within its fictional structure, of four top newscasters and commentators of the period: Elmer Davis, H. V. Kaltenborn, Drew Pearson and Gabriel Heatter.

And he gave the first national broadcast exposure ( in April 1939 ) to a burgeoning self-help group known as Alcoholics Anonymous So much so was he known for those kinds of things that one critic composed a particularly lacerating doggerel: " Disaster has no cheerier greeter / than gleeful, gloating Gabriel Heatter.

After both series ended, Trebek hosted a revival of Battlestars called The New Battlestars that ended after thirteen weeks, then shot a series of pilots for other series for producers Merrill Heatter ( who he had worked for on High Rollers and Battlestars ) and Merv Griffin.

Young Heatter, who found school difficult but had a passion for reading --- and a rare speaking ability-became a sidewalk campaigner for William Randolph Hearst during the publishing giant's 1906 mayoral campaign.

Insecure to the point of tears in moments alone, Heatter as often as not could barely compose himself when a stranger said hello to him or praised him ; he was unable to eat what was put in front of him at formal affairs and often tucked a carefully wrapped sandwich of his own to eat ; as much as he loved dog stories and his own dogs, strange dogs on the street terrified him ; he was fortunate to have a wife and family who understood and supported him and never seemed to have assailed or criticized him for the insecurities his listeners would never have believed.

The audiences who were comforted by his melodious voice and his ability to find the best in even the worst news must have felt that it hurt to lose a cherished friend, but that it was a comfort to believe, in turn, that Heatter had gone to a gentler place.

One of the unused plans for the series was that the races would be part of a live-action quiz show made by Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley Productions in which contestants would bet on which Wacky Racer would cross the finish line first.

Heatter-Quigley Productions was an American television production company that was launched in 1960 by two former television writers, Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley.

His nephew Merrill Heatter is a television writer and producer ( Heatter-Quigley Productions ).

Gabriel Heatter ( September 17, 1890, New York City – March 30, 1972, Miami, Florida ) was an American radio commentator whose World War II-era sign-on (" There's good news tonight ") became both his catchphrase and his caricature.

In December 1932, he was invited by Donald Flamm, owner of New York's WMCA, to debate a Socialist on radio, and when the Socialist was unable to make the date, Heatter had the program almost to himself.

The second and most famous theme was composed by William Loose: " Bob & Merrill's Theme ", named for Bob Quigley and Merrill Heatter, the show's creators and original co-executive producers.

Well-known broadcast journalists of their time, H. V. Kaltenborn, Elmer Davis, Drew Pearson and Gabriel Heatter, appeared and / or were heard as themselves.

The original producer of Gambit, Merrill Heatter, returned in the same capacity.

Heatter-Quigley Productions packaged all versions of the series except the 1987 revival, a co-production of Merrill Heatter Productions and Century Towers Productions.

Heatter continued going solo and produced new game shows, such as Battlestars, All-Star Blitz, Bargain Hunters, and the 1980s version of High Rollers.

On September 28, 1998, Heatter leased the worldwide rights to his solo-developed game shows to King World for a limited time.

It was, I felt, possible that they were men who, having received no tickets for that day, had remained in the hall, to sleep perhaps, in the corners farthest removed from the counter with its overhead light.

By this time she had learned that it was futile to argue with her young husband, yet the uncomfortable fact remained: the American Congregationalists were sending them as missionaries to the Far East and paying their salaries.

When the troupe traveled to New York to participate in a one-act-play competition -- and won -- Mercer, instead of returning with the rest of the company in triumph, remained in New York.

The three volumes brought to the fore a characteristic of Trevelyan's prose which remained conspicuous through his later works -- a genius for describing military action with clarity and with authority.

A volunteer food brigade had been arranged, they told me, which would supply me with the necessities as long as I remained at the bridge.

`` Little Rock is, without any flattery, one of the dullest towns in the United States and I would not have remained two hours in the place, if I had not met with some good friends who made me forget its dreariness ''.

However, his subject matter and basic themes have remained surprisingly consistent, and these, together with certain key poetic images, may be traced through all his work, including the new jazz experiments.

Another remained when an American Army car was recovered but with a broken glass.

Only the top of the head, with a spot bare and white as a clamshell, remained visible.

In the cruel clearness of her memory the boy remained unchanged, quick with the delight of laughter, and the pain with which she recalled that short destroyed childhood was still unendurable to her.

His earlier love for literature and history remained with him for his entire life.

After an unspeakable siege, lasting the better part of two months, it was announced that the studio `` owed '' the government a tax debt in excess of eight million dollars while I, who had always remained aloof from such iniquitous practices as paying taxes on the salary I had earned and the little I legally inherited as Morris' helpless relict, was `` stung '' with a personal bill of such astronomical proportions as to `` wipe out '' all but a fraction of my poor, hard-come-by savings.

Interest remained, however, in the possibility that it would serve as a useful supplementary method for counteracting spoilage losses and for preserving some foods at lower over-all costs than freezing, or without employing heat or chemicals with their attendant taste alterations.

Although he later broke with the churches because he believed that they were insufficiently outspoken against social evils, he remained a devout Christian.

But except for a vague adherence to the basic storyline -- i.e., that Ruth remained with Naomi and finally wound up with Boaz -- the film version has little to do with the Bible.

Some remained in the Wollman enclosure, fortified with raincoats or with newspapers to cover their heads.

He remained young at heart, with an overdeveloped sense of humor.

Her words remained with him, worrying him for hours.

These alphabets have since been replaced with the Latin alphabet, except for decorative usage for which the runes remained in use until the 20th century.

Next he tried rinsing the mouth of himself and somebody else with a mouthwash containing vinegar or brandy and found that living organisms remained in the dental plaque.