A talented accordionist, he appeared in short Soundies musicals and occasional movies (like 1949's Jolson Sings Again). He quickly became a successful arranger and composer and worked as bandleader at Slapsie Maxie's Wilshire location in Hollywood. His clients ranged from the American Junior Miss Pageant to Jackie Wilson, and he was a musician on such radio programs as The Abe Burrows Show. One of his best-known tunes is an arrangement of the song "The Happy Wanderer", and his brassy polka "Hoop Dee Doo" became a game show staple. He was also the composer of "Hooray for Santy Claus", the catchy theme song for the low-budget 1964 motion picture Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. He also composed "Roller Coaster" - recorded by Henri Rene Orchestra on RCA Victor. It was used as the closing theme for the popular Goodson-Todman panel show What's My Line? from the early 1950s until its cancellation in 1967.
Card Sharks is an American television game show created by Chester Feldman for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Based on the card game Acey Deucey, the game has two contestants compete for control of a row of oversized playing cards by answering questions posed by the host and then guessing if the next card is higher or lower in value than the previous one. The concept has been made into a series four separate times since its debut in 1978, and also appeared as part of CBS's Gameshow Marathon. The show originally ran on NBC from 1978 to 1981 with Jim Perry hosting; a revival ran fom 1986 to 1989 on CBS with Bob Eubanks as host, accompanied by another version in syndication with Bill Rafferty. Gene Wood was the announcer on these three versions. Another syndicated revival aired from 2001 to 2002 with Pat Bullard as host and Gary Kroeger as announcer. All versions of the show had various female assistants to handle the playing cards.
Gameplay
Two contestants, one of which was typically the returning champion, were assigned an oversized deck of 52 playing cards and were dealt the first five cards for their row. The champion (or champion-designate if there were two new contestants) played the red cards on top while the challenger played the blue cards on the bottom. Each contestant's row of cards had a bracket atop it with their name on it, which was used to mark their "base cards." In the NBC version, the brackets moved electronically, while the CBS and syndicated versions had the dealers move the brackets manually.
Card Sharks is the 13th volume (dubbed "Book I of a New Cycle") in the Wild Cardsshared universe fiction series edited by George R. R. Martin. It was published in 1993 and dealt the investigation of a criminal fire at the Jokertown Church, leading to the discovery of a conspiracy of enormous proportions, with the intention of killing every Wild Card on Earth.
Milton Delugg on being music director on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"
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published: 27 Nov 2018
A Jazzy Tune With Matty Malneck On Violin And Milton DeLugg On Accordian
published: 28 Sep 2024
The Gong Show (1978) NBC Burbank - RARE SOUNDCHECK with Milton Delugg and the Band With A Thug
When Chuck Barris' "The Gong Show" had its network daytime run, the show was taped at NBC Burbank - and here is a copy of a VTR air copy with the first 2 minutes featuring the band warming up on-stage in this episode while Chuck can be heard muttering about not "caring about that stuff". Hear the trumpeter (I'll assume it was Bob Findley) warming up to "The Peanut Vendor" with the rhythm section playing a few bars together of a song I can't think of (let me know, folks) at the moment.
That's Milt Delugg whining about "That's why we lost Miami". You'll hear him in the first act shouting "Go get 'em, Arthur!".
This video leads into the endpage video link that will have you enjoy "Milton Delugg and The Band With A Thug" in a way you never have before - and even hear the "Gong Show Theme" su...
published: 25 Dec 2019
Milton Delugg on working with Chuck Barris - TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews
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published: 27 Nov 2018
Milton Delugg on advice for someone who wants to do music for television
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published: 27 Nov 2018
Milton DeLugg - The Creep -1964
published: 16 Dec 2021
Milton DeLugg and His Orchestra - Theme For Dracula
published: 07 Jul 2021
Milton Delugg on "What's My Line?" - TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews
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published: 27 Nov 2018
Milton DeLugg & His Orchestra: "Marakeesh" -- Mod/Exotica
1957. Written by Milton and Anne DeLugg. Released on Anvil Record Co.
published: 05 Jan 2025
Milton Delugg on working with musical guests on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"
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For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
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When Chuck Barris' "The Gong Show" had its network daytime run, the show was taped at NBC Burbank - and here is a copy of a VTR air copy with the first 2 minute...
When Chuck Barris' "The Gong Show" had its network daytime run, the show was taped at NBC Burbank - and here is a copy of a VTR air copy with the first 2 minutes featuring the band warming up on-stage in this episode while Chuck can be heard muttering about not "caring about that stuff". Hear the trumpeter (I'll assume it was Bob Findley) warming up to "The Peanut Vendor" with the rhythm section playing a few bars together of a song I can't think of (let me know, folks) at the moment.
That's Milt Delugg whining about "That's why we lost Miami". You'll hear him in the first act shouting "Go get 'em, Arthur!".
This video leads into the endpage video link that will have you enjoy "Milton Delugg and The Band With A Thug" in a way you never have before - and even hear the "Gong Show Theme" sung by Chuck Barris himself! You'll find the video link at the end of this.
When Chuck Barris' "The Gong Show" had its network daytime run, the show was taped at NBC Burbank - and here is a copy of a VTR air copy with the first 2 minutes featuring the band warming up on-stage in this episode while Chuck can be heard muttering about not "caring about that stuff". Hear the trumpeter (I'll assume it was Bob Findley) warming up to "The Peanut Vendor" with the rhythm section playing a few bars together of a song I can't think of (let me know, folks) at the moment.
That's Milt Delugg whining about "That's why we lost Miami". You'll hear him in the first act shouting "Go get 'em, Arthur!".
This video leads into the endpage video link that will have you enjoy "Milton Delugg and The Band With A Thug" in a way you never have before - and even hear the "Gong Show Theme" sung by Chuck Barris himself! You'll find the video link at the end of this.
For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
All content copyright The Television Academy Foundation Interviews...
For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
All content copyright The Television Academy Foundation Interviews. For information about licensing and attribution, contact [email protected]
For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
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For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
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For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
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For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
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For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
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For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
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For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
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For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
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For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
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For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
All content copyright The Television Academy Foundation Interviews. For information about licensing and attribution, contact [email protected]
When Chuck Barris' "The Gong Show" had its network daytime run, the show was taped at NBC Burbank - and here is a copy of a VTR air copy with the first 2 minutes featuring the band warming up on-stage in this episode while Chuck can be heard muttering about not "caring about that stuff". Hear the trumpeter (I'll assume it was Bob Findley) warming up to "The Peanut Vendor" with the rhythm section playing a few bars together of a song I can't think of (let me know, folks) at the moment.
That's Milt Delugg whining about "That's why we lost Miami". You'll hear him in the first act shouting "Go get 'em, Arthur!".
This video leads into the endpage video link that will have you enjoy "Milton Delugg and The Band With A Thug" in a way you never have before - and even hear the "Gong Show Theme" sung by Chuck Barris himself! You'll find the video link at the end of this.
For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
All content copyright The Television Academy Foundation Interviews. For information about licensing and attribution, contact [email protected]
For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
All content copyright The Television Academy Foundation Interviews. For information about licensing and attribution, contact [email protected]
For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
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For his full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/milton-delugg
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A talented accordionist, he appeared in short Soundies musicals and occasional movies (like 1949's Jolson Sings Again). He quickly became a successful arranger and composer and worked as bandleader at Slapsie Maxie's Wilshire location in Hollywood. His clients ranged from the American Junior Miss Pageant to Jackie Wilson, and he was a musician on such radio programs as The Abe Burrows Show. One of his best-known tunes is an arrangement of the song "The Happy Wanderer", and his brassy polka "Hoop Dee Doo" became a game show staple. He was also the composer of "Hooray for Santy Claus", the catchy theme song for the low-budget 1964 motion picture Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. He also composed "Roller Coaster" - recorded by Henri Rene Orchestra on RCA Victor. It was used as the closing theme for the popular Goodson-Todman panel show What's My Line? from the early 1950s until its cancellation in 1967.