My favorite 13 game shows of all time.

This game had two great parts, first the memory game part and then the cool rebus puzzle. I loved seeing this game when I was a kid and I'd be home sick.

The first version was the better one. I liked the idea of teams playing against each other. The second version was good too, even though it was dirtier.

This was the coolest after school game for pre-teens to watch. Plus it had that great pop music theme.

I didn't know who those celebrities were, after all I was totally ignorant of the witty NYC scene. But they were so elegant and eloquent.

This one built on What's My Line and was even better. Plus it had Garry Moore.

I don't remember this being called Password All-Stars. I thought it was just Password. It had the great Allen Ludden, Betty White is his widow, as the low key but funny host.

I still watch it even though I don't like Pat Sajeck much any more. But in the 80s I loved this show.

My ranking would be Richard Karn and then Louie Anderson and then poor Ray Combs. I liked Richard Dawson at first, but then he got too slimy. I didn't like John O'Hurley at all. I haven't seen Steve Harvey.

This show was just good. Plus it had Paul Lynde in the center square with his wild shirts, funny jokes and flaming manner.

On Saturday mornings we kids watched cartoons. But this game show with the great Stubby Kaye was as colorful and crazy as a cartoon. It was like one of us kids watching the cartoons got to be in one. I can't remember the details of how the game worked, I just remember it was some kind of game board that filled the floor and the kids were like the playing pieces.

Real teams of real students from real colleges competed in a serious quiz every Saturday. It was a high point of the week end.

Probably the greatest of the celebrity panel shows ever. Orson Bean and Tom Postman were alway funny. Kitty Carlise was elegant and smart. Then it had great hosts in Garry Moore and Joe Garagiola. I remember when Colonel Sanders was on it.

No doubt about it. It always was the best back in the day when it was a daytime show with Art Fleming. It even got a rock song video about it in the early days of MTV. Then it came back in prime time with the great Alex Trebek. This show is intelligent and thrilling. I wonder how many us tend to answer things in the form of a question?

"I'll take favorite game shows for a thousand, Alex."

"It made Ken Jennings a star."

"What is Jeopardy?"