Winston Conrad Martindale Quotes

United States, Disc Jockey
December 4, 1933

Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale is an American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host, and television producer. In his six-decade career, he is best known for hosting Tic-Tac-Dough from 1978 to 1985, Gambit from 1972 to 1976 (and again from 1980 to 1981), High Rollers from 1987 to 1988, and Debt from 1996 to 1998.

Also known as Radio Personality, Game Show Host, Television Producer

Mostly I'm a people person so I enjoyed the interaction between the people I worked with and the game, if it was a good game it was a bonus.

Winston Conrad Martindale
- People
- Game
- Interaction
During the summer of '65, I became fairly addicted to Password. I enjoyed his work as a host and thought that this wasn't a bad way to make a living.

Winston Conrad Martindale
- Work
- Enjoyed
- Password

You go to work, tape five shows in one day and then go home and play golf for the rest of the week and then start the week all over. I thought if something like that came along, I'd love to do that.

Winston Conrad Martindale
- Golf
- Shows
- Tape
I have loved hosting over the years, simply because I love working with people. It's the perfect job.

Winston Conrad Martindale
- People
- Job
- Perfect
Regis has a great rapport with the American public.

Winston Conrad Martindale
- Public
- Rapport
- Regis
So after being with somebody for any number of days like that, you can't help but feel for them. You can't help them, but you certainly can root for them.

Winston Conrad Martindale
- Help
- Being
- Days
I've often talked about that, and I've been asked that a couple of times and my feeling are that if you have a good show, a bad host will not even hurt the show.

Winston Conrad Martindale
- Bad
- Hurt
- Show
The people at home don't care what your problems are. They just know that you're doing that show and you're supposed to do the best you can do. It's not a 9-5 type of job. I've considered myself very lucky to do that kind of work.

Winston Conrad Martindale
- People
- Work
- Care

And then I did one called High Rollers and that was a lot of fun.

Winston Conrad Martindale
- Fun
- High Rollers