About The Gadget Guru

Andy Pargh, a.k.a.

The Gadget Guru has been involved in the new products and technology industry for more than a quarter of a century!

Since graduating from the University of Miami in 1975 his career has centered around the world of new products and technology. After working a brief period for his brother's wholesale distributing company, he embarked on a path that led him into Sales and Marketing positions for major new products manufacturers. From Texas Instruments and Panasonic to Sanyo and Uniden, he was there for the mass marketing of the calculator, the digital watch, the introductions of the VCR and the telephone answering machine, the cordless phone and more, he was there for the launch of products that made our daily lives simpler and more fun.

Early in his career he realized that he had a gift: He could take the complicated world of new products and make it easy and fun to understand. This is why millions of readers, viewers and surfers consistently turned to The Gadget Guru to learn what's hot. His everyman straight talk (not technobabble) style of journalism makes consumers feel comfortable, not intimidated with the latest technologies.

In the early 1980's he realized that there was not enough consumer information flowing through the media, so he began a weekly segment showing and telling about the latest new consumer gadgets and exciting technologies on WSMV-TV -- the NBC affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee. At that time, nobody was showing new items on TV. This was truly a revolutionary move for it's time.

From that point he began writing a weekly newspaper column for The Tennessean. This column was so innovative that it caught on quickly and was soon distributed nationwide by Creators and The New York Times syndicates. His next newspaper step was to USA Today where he wrote and produced special features for multiple sections as well as The Gadget Guru's Imagine This! page
 

At the same time he began showing new products on national and syndicated television shows around the country culminating in a holiday appearance on NBC's Today Show. His knowledge of new products and his high-energy style caught the eyes of the viewers and Today Show management. They immediately signed him to a  contract and The Gadget Guru segments immediately began appearing on-the-air twice per month. He reported live from the NBC Studios in 30 Rockefeller Plaza as well as from remote locations around the country covering everything from the hottest new product offerings to the coolest roller coasters on the planet. When the Saturday Today Show began in the early 1990's, Andy Pargh, The Gadget Guru was there. From day one of Saturday Today he appeared weekly in his regularly scheduled segment.

Andy Pargh has also appeared on top shows such as Oprah, Late Night with Conan O'Brien,  Donahue as well as writing for  magazines such as Sound and Vision, Newsweek, Satellite TV Week and publishing his own magazine: The Gadget Guru's Best Stuff. He  has also published three books with Warner Books.

Andy also hosted the annual syndicated Hi-Tech Toys for the Holidays TV Show for two seasons and was the on-air spokesman for the Learn2 lineup of educational software products.

Andy is currently living in the South Florida area where he is constantly working to improve his golf game.