[1] He also was host of CBS Television Quiz, TV's first regularly scheduled game show, which debuted on July 2, 1941.
[3] Fates left the network for four years' military service in World War II,[1] serving in the United States Coast Guard.
His military duties included commanding a rescue cutter in the English Channel while allied forces invaded Normandy.
His commentaries accompanied "everything from the circus to dog shows, basketball games, elections, and the Easter parade.
Fates produced the game show during its entire quarter-century span of CBS and syndicated runs.
As Blyden explained before introducing mystery guest Paul Lynde: "It's time to tell the audience and the members of the panel, especially those watching the program over the last 22 years, about a new development known as Fates' Law.
He could identify even the most obscure comic or nightclub singer despite the most bizarre vocal disguise... [the new rule] cut down a bit on the number of instant solutions, not only from Soupy but also from other panelists who had a tendency to guess.