SelwynToogood
- Presenter
Selwyn Toogood hit the big time with It's in the Bag, a long running quiz show which he originated on radio and later took to television. His catch cry, "the money or the bag?" has become part of New Zealand folklore. He was also the self-described thorn between four roses, as host of daily panel show Beauty and the Beast.
Screenography
Biography
Selwyn Toogood, quiz-master and broadcasting pioneer who successfully made the leap from radio to television, was Wellington born and bred, the second of four sons.
As Colin Hogg wrote upon his death in 2001, Toogood "loomed across broadcasting with an almost inappropriately large charisma. Though it was always the charisma of a man getting the job done."
Awards
1999 TV Guide New Zealand TV Awards
NZAFTA Award for Lifetime Achivement
1979 New Zealand Feltex Awards
Special Committee Award: for Pioneering Work in Radio and Television
“What should she do, customers – the money or the bag? By hokey!”
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