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Ralph Herrick Andrews (December 17, 1927 – October 16, 2015) was an American television producer best known for producing the hit 1960s game show ''You Don't Say!'', the 1970s game show ''Celebrity Sweepstakes'', and the original 1987 version of ''Lingo''. He also produced ''It Takes Two'' (game show) the Vin Scully edition, ''Liar's Club'' and ''50 Grand Slam'' in the 1970s, as well as ''I'll Bet'' in 1965, and its revival which had a healthy four-year run from 1969 called ''It's Your Bet''. One of his final productions was a syndicated game show called ''Yahtzee''. In 1968 Andrews gained his sole director credit, for a documentary about early film history, ''Silent Treatment''. He was executive producer of the film ''Wild in the Sky'' in 1972. From 1980 to 1986, Andrews and his production company had an office at Columbia Pictures' lot located at the Burbank Studios in Burbank, California. Andrews had a deal with Columbia Pictures Television to present projects to the studio. If CPT wasn't interested, Andrews had the right to pass on the project to other studios as long as he was properly credited; the provisions in the contract led to a lawsuit filed against Paramount Television by Andrews over the 1984 game show ''Anything for Money'', which had originated in Andrews' production company.〔(Ralph Andrews Productions, Inc. v. Paramount Pictures Corp. (1990) )〕 After an approach by Senator Bob Dole, Andrews joined the Republican National Committee as Director of Education and Training, with responsibility for providing media and television training to Republican candidates.〔 From 1998 to 2001 Andrews wrote an opinion blog expounding on his mostly conservative-Republican views.〔 〕 This followed on from similar print columns, originally in a local newspaper and then in a paper he purchased and published himself (''The Harbor News'', Ventura, California). He was also active in promoting nuclear energy as a solution to global warming.〔 〕 On October 16, 2015, Andrews died of Alzheimer's disease in Ventura, California at the age of 87. ==Notes and references== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ralph Andrews」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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