Jay Wolpert

Jay Wolpert is an American television producer and screenwriter.

His first television appearance came as a contestant on the original version of Jeopardy! in 1969. He competed in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions that year and won.^[1]

Wolpert began his game show producing career working for U.S. quiz scandal figure Dan Enright in Canada. He later worked as a producer and creator of game shows for Chuck Barris Productions and Goodson-Todman Productions. From 1972 to 1978 Wolpert produced The Price Is Right and in 1976 he created and produced Double Dare, also for Goodson-Todman. After leaving The Price is Right he formed his own production company, Jay Wolpert Enterprises, creating and producing various other game and reality shows, including Whew! (1979, CBS), Hit Man (1983, NBC), Blackout (1988, CBS) Rodeo Drive (1990, Lifetime), Shopping Spree and Wait 'til You Have Kids! (both in 1996 on The Family Channel). More recently, Wolpert has turned to screenwriting, writing the script for The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) and receiving a story credit for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).

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^ Most episodes from the Art Fleming era of Jeopardy! do not survive, so there is no video record of Wolpert's appearances, however stills of Wolpert receiving the trophy from Art Fleming do exist along with the trophy itself, prominently displayed in Wolpert's house, and an audio record of the finals and Wolpert being declared the Champion. Paper records indicating Wolpert's appearances may be found in the NBC Master Books daily broadcast log, available on microfilm at the Library of Congress Motion Picture and Television Reading Room. A summary of those records may be found here. A listing of Jeopardy! Grand Champions, 1968–1974, may be found in Fabe, Maxene (1979). TV Game Shows. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 13. ISBN 0-385-13052-X.