Patrick Ryan (author and journalist) then transferred to The Fourth Regiment of the Reconnaissance Corps of the Royal Armoured Corps. He served in North Africa, Italy, and Greece. He moved to Leeds in the 1950s as Assistant Head Postmaster, and his "apprenticeship" in adapting to Yorkshire life is related in his humorous memoir "How I Became A Yorkshireman", published in the late 1960s. He later became Head Postmaster at Harrogate and was a regular contributor for "Punch" and The New Scientist in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as writing several television plays and some episodes of "The Army Game" and "Bootsie and Snudge" both
Spin-Off (U.S. game show) Spin-Off (U.S. game show) Spin-Off is an American game show created and produced by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir for CBS in 1975 that was based on the dice game Yahtzee. The series was hosted by Jim Lange and announced by Johnny Jacobs. The show replaced "The Joker's Wild" on CBS' daytime schedule and debuted on June 16, 1975, but was cancelled on September 5, 1975. "Spin-Off" originated in Stages 31, 33 and 41 at CBS Television City in Hollywood, California. Two couples, one pair being the returning champions, competed. The couples answered questions to spin a series of