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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Jeremy Nelson on October 25, 2007, 11:33:01 AM
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http://www.wheeloffortune.com/announcements/?article=9 (http://\"http://www.wheeloffortune.com/announcements/?article=9\")
Kristan Cunningham (HGTV’s "Design on a Dime," "Rachael Ray")
Paula Deen (Food Network’s "Paula’s Home Cooking")
Robert Gossett ("The Closer")
Neil Patrick Harris ("How I Met Your Mother")
Paige Hemmis ("Extreme Makeover: Home Edition")
Sandra Lee (Food Network’s "Semi-Home Made Cooking With Sandra Lee")
Diane Neal ("Law and Order: SVU")
Jeff Probst ("Survivor")
Steve Schirripa ("The Sopranos")
Sherri Shepherd ("The View")
Robin Strasser ("One Life to Live")
Alison Sweeney ("Days of Our Lives," "The Biggest Loser")
Gina Tognoni ("Guiding Light")
Montel Williams ("Montel")
Jacob Young ("All My Children")
Just one question though: Why do celebrities always have to play with civilians on Wheel?
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Just one question though: Why do celebrities always have to play with civilians on Wheel?
Because, for the most part, They are poor players. Check out the Little Richard video! here (http://\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3GbzvisUE8\")
...and you can't give vacations to charity!
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Well, I'm not sure about "not too shabby." I consider myself to be pretty well connected to popular culture, especially television, and only seven of those names meant anything to me. Compared to some of the A-list names Jeopardy used to get (and still does, occasionally) this isn't exactly a powerhouse lineup.
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Pretty sure we have the same seven. And two of THOSE I only know because I'm a food geek.
/though it will be interesting to see if Sandra Lee is as shiatty of a WoF player as she is a cook
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'167856\' date=\'Oct 25 2007, 11:46 AM\']
And two of THOSE I only know because I'm a food geek.[/quote]
Then we don't have the same seven. My position is that if you know that you recognize a name because of your specific niche interest, that person probably isn't as famous as you think.
I also checked and found out Robin Strasser wasn't who I thought she was, so I've only really got six. And honestly, only three (Probst, Doogie and Montel) are even solidly B-list. Still, for Wheel's demographic, I'm sure a lot of those food & daytime people are draws.
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Number of people on that list I've heard of: 9
Number of people on that list I would have heard of if I hadn't met my wife and, therefore, never watched her favorite TV shows or channels: 4
Guess I know WoF's target demographic :)
James
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'167859\' date=\'Oct 25 2007, 09:04 AM\']
Then we don't have the same seven. My position is that if you know that you recognize a name because of your specific niche interest, that person probably isn't as famous as you think.
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Oh, I didn't say they were famous. Those are the only seven people on that list that I *can identify*. :)
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I don't get Steve Schirripa.
Every GS he's on (or every SHOW, for that matter), he acts like he's REALLY a member of the Mafia.
That schtick gets old and obnoxious very, very fast.
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'167879\' date=\'Oct 25 2007, 10:39 AM\']
Every GS he's on (or every SHOW, for that matter), he acts like he's REALLY a member of the Mafia.
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When yer a one-trick pony, you have to live your gimmick. (See Hogan, Hulk)
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I've only heard of about three or four of them myself, but I don't watch the cooking shows or makeover stuff.
At least they didn't book Mario Cantone.
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[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'167897\' date=\'Oct 25 2007, 03:16 PM\']
At least they didn't book Mario Cantone.
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Cantone can be a little obnoxious, but watch his appearances on Chappelle's Show, season one. He kinda redeems himself there. :-)
/That was a show with so much potential
//Squandered even quicker than it built itself up
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fostergray82 wrote:
Cantone can be a little obnoxious
A little obnoxious? He'd fit right in with the DoND contestant pool.
He was even obnoxious when he was a Guest Programmer on TCM. Poor Robert Osborne....
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[quote name=\'clanky06\' post=\'167853\' date=\'Oct 25 2007, 08:41 AM\']Just one question though: Why do celebrities always have to play with civilians on Wheel?
Because, for the most part, They are poor players. Check out the Little Richard video! here (http://\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3GbzvisUE8\")[/quote]Except it looks like that was a Friday Final; meaning that the contestants on stage had displayed some sort of aptitude in getting to that point. I don't understand how hard it could be to play Hangman, but then I grew up watching the show. I would assume it's more a case of people being willing to look silly on Jeopardy! and not being willing to look silly on Wheel of Fortune, which might account for the different caliber of celebrity players.
/The preceding was completely conjecture, of course.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'167859\' date=\'Oct 25 2007, 11:04 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'167856\' date=\'Oct 25 2007, 11:46 AM\']
And two of THOSE I only know because I'm a food geek.[/quote]
Then we don't have the same seven. My position is that if you know that you recognize a name because of your specific niche interest, that person probably isn't as famous as you think.
I also checked and found out Robin Strasser wasn't who I thought she was, so I've only really got six. And honestly, only three (Probst, Doogie and Montel) are even solidly B-list. Still, for Wheel's demographic, I'm sure a lot of those food & daytime people are draws.
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Yeah, I had to knock her off my list. I had her confused with Teresa Strasser, who appeared on Donnymid.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'167872\' date=\'Oct 25 2007, 11:56 AM\']
Oh, I didn't say they were famous. Those are the only seven people on that list that I *can identify*. :)
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Which might be an interesting idea for a game show. You bring in a dozen and ask the contestants who they are. Or bring in nine, have them sit on scaffolding and call it Basic Cable Squares.
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[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'167976\' date=\'Oct 26 2007, 10:59 AM\']
Or bring in nine, have them sit on scaffolding and call it Basic Cable Squares.
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"I'll take the jagoff in the Motley Crue T-shirt to block, please, Tom..."
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'167978\' date=\'Oct 26 2007, 01:10 PM\']
"I'll take the jagoff in the Motley Crue T-shirt to block, please, Tom..."
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"Tom, I believe that's Rocco Morreale, the host of the new Sale of the Century."
"Circle gets the square."
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'167978\' date=\'Oct 26 2007, 02:10 PM\']
[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'167976\' date=\'Oct 26 2007, 10:59 AM\']
Or bring in nine, have them sit on scaffolding and call it Basic Cable Squares.
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"I'll take the jagoff in the Motley Crue T-shirt to block, please, Tom..."
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Not sure which is funnier--the original idea or the reply. Nice work, both of you.
Nonetheless, we could instead take a page from the Goodson-Todman playbook, have a panel of four civilians try to identify one of these C-listers. You'd save on the budget--nobody would need blindfolds to keep from recognizing the mystery guest. Instead of "What's My Line?" I'd propose calling it, "Who the Hell Are You, Anyway?"
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'167990\' date=\'Oct 26 2007, 03:32 PM\']
Nonetheless, we could instead take a page from the Goodson-Todman playbook, have a panel of four civilians try to identify one of these C-listers. You'd save on the budget--nobody would need blindfolds to keep from recognizing the mystery guest. Instead of "What's My Line?" I'd propose calling it, "Who the Hell Are You, Anyway?"
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"B-b-b-but I'm on Law And Order!"
"Fine. We start the questioning with Soupy Sales."
"Would we recognize your name from the entertainment section in the newspaper?"
"Erm, no."
"One down, and we move along now to Alan Alda."
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You two owe me a new keyboard.