Peter Tomarken hits a Whammy

A tragic plane crash took the life of Peter Tomarken and his wife yesterday. Tomarken was the former host of the classic game show Press Your Luck and another Berger family favorite, Wipeout. Few things were more exciting to my 8-year-old mind than coming home from school to catch a re-run of this show and hearing someone yell "No whammies, no whammies, no whammies, stop!" Tomarken joins Ray Combs as another game show host who left us too early. Let us hope that a better fate awaits the Yale blogosphere's own beloved game show host, Tom.