Jay Wolpert

About Me

Born in the Bronx, raised in Brooklyn and Queens. Went to Queens College at the time that Carol King and Paul Simon were there. I wrote the skits for my fraternity. Paul wrote the skits for his. He won, I lost...every year...What a surprise.

Became the 1969 Winner of the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. Shortly afterwards, moved to California to work on a Game Show and eventually became one of the key developers of The Price Is Right and its first Producer. Also helped develop Match Game, Card Sharks, and Family Feud. Started my own Production Company, and did reasonably well creating, developing and selling both game shows and other types, both domestically and for foreign distribution. In 1992 I started my screenplay writing career, at the same time that I was still a TV producer...and when I started making enough to truly call myself a writer, I turned exclusively to it.

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