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He has also been associated with game shows for cable networks including MTV (<em>Remote Control<\/em>), Food Network (<em>Taste Test<\/em>), Nickelodeon (<em>Double Dare<\/em>), and other networks including Cinemax, Lifetime, and TV Land. Growing up in the business (his father produced NBC\u2019s top-rated game show, <em>Concentration<\/em>), Howard\u2019s first original production was <em>How Do You Like Your Eggs?<\/em> starring Bill Cullen; produced for Warner\/QUBE, it was the first interactive game show. Howard has become a university scholar focused on children and teenagers growing up and learning all over the world; he is the co-author of <em>KIDS ON EARTH: The Learning Potential of 5 Billion Minds<\/em> (Harvard Education Press, 2025).<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Bob Boden\u2014Co-Founder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bob Boden is an Emmy-nominated executive producer, network and studio executive, and international format consultant. He is currently executive producer of the syndicated celebrity comedy game show <em>Funny You Should As<\/em>k and also serves as executive vice president, production &amp; development, Allen Media. Other producing credits include <em>Greed, The Chase, Family Feud, American Idol Extra, Don<\/em><em>\u2019t Forget the Lyrics, Family Game Night, Paradise Hotel 2, Solitary, To Tell the Truth, Superhuman, Challenge of the Child Geniuses, The Nova Quiz, Penn &amp; Teller<\/em><em>\u2019s City Spectacular, Pictionary<\/em>, and <em>The Really Awards<\/em>. He was also a freelance writer for <em>Jeopardy!<\/em> Executive credits include CBS, ABC, FX, Game Show Network, The Family Channel, Fox Reality Channel, Hasbro Studios, Dick Clark Productions, Mark Goodson Productions and Barry &amp; Enright Productions. He sits on the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences, has spent the last several years teaching for Syracuse University\u2019s Dick Clark L.A. 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