Celebrities you will never believe were game show hosts

Rod Serling (Liar's Club - 1969)

If you can pick one show that defined the late 1950s and early 1960s television, it would have to be The Twilight Zone. With its genius use of science fiction and fantasy, it's unique plots and it's unpredictable endings, each episode of The Twilight Zone was an experience and adventure in itself. The man behind the madness was Rod Serling who, over the course of the show's five season's, wrote almost one hundred of the episodes for the original CBS run and was the show's famous narrator. He is one of the most brilliant men to ever work in the television industry, a legendary screenwriter in his own right and one of the greatest storytellers of all-time. His storytelling prowess was probably the reason why he was chosen to host the game show Liar's Club in 1969, five years after The Twilight Zone went off the air.

The game was fairly simple and fun to play along to. An unusual looking object was presented to four celebrity panelists. They would then each give a short story or description of what the object is and how it's used. Then, the contestants must decide which of the four celebrities is telling the truth.

Serling hosted the show from 1969 to 1970 and was the first President of the Liar's Club. The show returned in the '70s and from 1977 to 1979, former Password host Allen Ludden became the new President of the Liar's Club.

Just because Rod Serling is one of the best storytellers doesn't necessarily mean he is fit to host a game show involving storytelling. After all, he isn't the one making up any of the stories being used to fool the contestants. However, Rod wasn't that bad of a host. He really didn't have much to do other than ask the contestants who they think is telling the truth about the interesting objects in front of them, as well as play along with the game himself. Throughout the game though, he used his boyish charm and some dry humor to his advantage. This is a good game for him to host because its simple and mellow, just like his personality. It would have been fun to see Rod provide some stories for the objects and he could have easily been best used as a permanent panel member instead of a host, but as a one-time game show host, he was fairly decent.