top 15 game show hosts (according to time magazine)

#15 bob barker- When he took over the old stunt game show Truth or Consequences in 1956, Bob Barker was a handsome young hotshot replacing the balding veteran Jack Bailey. More than 50 years later (divided between T. or C. and The Price Is Right, the show from which he's finally about to retire), Barker never lost his utterly natural charm or self-effacing people skills. Quick-witted but never showy, mocking but never cruel, warm but never maudlin, Barker may have let his hair go white (with the network's approval), but he never aged.

#14 groucho marx
#13 garry moore
#12 gene rayburn
#11 bill cullen
#10 pat sajak
#9 dick clark
#8 monty hall
#7 bob eubanks
#6 alex trebek- I've still got a soft spot for Art Fleming, the stodgy gent who hosted NBC's original daytime version in the '60s and '70s. But you have to hand it to Trebek, the journeyman host of forgettable games like High Rollers and Battlestars, for taking a show that was considered too intelligent for TV and making it one of the most durable and popular of all time. Proof that having no discernible personality is the road to longevity on television. As long as you can put it in the form of a question.

#5 johnny carson
#4 jack barry
#3 anne robinson (weakest link fame)
#2 richard dawson
#1 regis philbin

to be honest, when i looked at this list, i might have it backwards. because bob barker has to be on the top of that list. but time didn't really specify the order (at least not on the online edition that i read). i'd like to add some honorable mentions to this list:

marc summers. he was like one of my childhood heroes. he hosted double dare. the one game show i wanted to appear on when i was a kid.

howie mandel. i don't even watch deal or no deal, but anyone who has made a gameshow with suitcases exciting deserves to be on this list.

chuck woolery. the guy's a freakin' legend. seriously.