Collector's Call

Episode 1

Meet Bob Boden

Sun, Apr 12, 2026

Bob Boden's résumé is crowded with the game shows he devoted his career to writing, producing, and co-creating - including such all-time favorites as Jeopardy!, Family Feud, Press Your Luck, The $25,000 Pyramid, and more. Today his home is equally crowded with artifacts and memorabilia from those shows and many others - and he's opened up his archives to share with Lisa Whelchel and Collector's Call. Among the treasures we'll showcase are a Price Is Right plinko chip; the Family Feud face-off podium; the $5,000 wedge from Wheel of Fortune; Gene Rayburn's iconic skinny microphone from Match Game; the Joker's Wild slot-machine lever; and the giant "J" from the Jeopardy. set. Entertainment archivist and prop detective Rob Klein will be on hand to appraise the collection, then try to tempt Bob into trading away one of its treasures - with the help of special guest, game-show icon Marc Summers.