Which shows in the genre gave the host the best entrance onto the set in your mind? It's not always an easy decision since many simply had the host walk out to either his podium or center stage to give the intros, but aside from the obvious choice of Door #2 opening to let Bob or Drew walk out to the top of Contestant's Row (or, alternately in the case of Golden Road shows, Bob entering through the back door and walking down the aisle to the stage), my choice would be classic Match Game: the lights go on, the sign shoots upwards out of frame, the doors atop the stairs slide open, and Gene appears to walk down to the stage, pick up his mike from the contestants' podium, and welcome viewers. Honorable mention:
-Let's Make a Deal (pretty much all versions apply): the camera pans to Monty as he makes his way down the stairs to the trading floor
-early 2000s Jeopardy: Alex appears walking behind the Jeopardy sign, which splits open to allow him access down to the stage
_Legends of the Hidden Temple: Kirk rappels down from the rafters and unhooks himself
-Supermarket Sweep: David rushes around the corner of the far right aisle and runs down to the front of the "store" (as a child I'd thought he'd in fact run all the way from the far back of the supermarket, when of course he likely was standing just around the corner out of the camera's sight the whole time)
-$100,000 Name That Tune: the show logo rises up to reveal Jim, who steps forward through the logo's archway just before it rises as well