Olson is no doubt best-remembered as the announcer for The Price is Right, with host Bob
Barker, but he also served as announcer for a long list of other television programs,
including What's My Line?, To Tell the Truth, and The Jackie Gleason
Show. He was also the host, himself,
of a number of radio and television shows, including early television's Doorway to Fame (the Dumont Network),
and Ladies Be Seated (which aired on ABC Radio, as well as ABC-TV).
Randy West's book, brought out in 2009 by BearManor Media,
is Johnny Olson: A Voice in Time; it
is subtitled From The Birth of Modern
Media to The Price is Right.
West is a game-show announcer, voice-over performer, actor,
lecturer, and author. His book, of
course, chronicles Johnny Olson's life, and lengthy career--but it is also a
portrait of the different broadcast eras Olson was a part of (including the
early years of both radio and television).
The Kindle version of the book is currently on sale, until
August 15th:
Here, too, is the amazon.com link to the softcover edition
of the book:
