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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: cmjb13 on January 11, 2004, 06:48:58 PM
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Were/are there any others besides Meridith Viera, Betty White, and Anne Robinson?
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Didn't Joyce Bullivant host a revival of "The Dating Game" in the 80's?
EDIT: Wait, I'm wrong... it was Elaine Joyce from '86 to '89.
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And Sarah Purcell was the co-host of "The Better Sex".
Charles Atkins
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Arlene Francis hosted a sort-of-game-show called "Blind Date" back in the early '50s, IIRC. Unfortunately (for those who were watching back then), the animated thought bubbles, hot girls, and omnipresent sex weren't there until a few years later.
This is my 46th post! YAHOO!
(jumps up and down, flailing his arms in all directions, knocking out four people in the process)
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Last time I checked Kennedy hosts "Friend or Foe?".
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In Australia we've had a handful of them:
In the mid-80s there was a female co-host (as opposed to hostess) on It's a Knockout (think Gladiators set at a circus), when Fiona McDonald hosted it with Billy J Smith
There's was also a kids' game show called Guess What in the early 90s. It's kinda grey as to whether the women on this show (first Alison Brahe, Cameron Daddo's wife; then Jacqui Rindt, his brother Andrew's wife) would be billed as "hosts" or "co-hosts". It was a show where a cartoonist (male) would draw pictures on a white board and the contestants had to guess what the picture was. He did a lot of talking, bantering with the female host, so he was pretty much billed as "host" as well.
Australia's first female game show (solo) host was Sofie Formica, who took over hosting on Now You See It in the 1990s.
Since then we've had Lisa Trealor on I Do I Do, Cornelia Frances on The Weakest Link, Kerri-Anne Kennerley on Greed and Simone Kessell on Dog Eat Dog.
Also, in the mid-90's there was a kids' game show called Challenger which had a female co-host, Zoe Sheridan
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Oh, almost forgot, in late 2002, we had a revival of the dating game Perfect Match, which was hosted by Shelley Craft
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These are some more from the top of my head.
Annie Wood "Bzzt!"
Vicki Lawrence-Schultz "Win, Lose or Draw"
Louise DuArt "Rodeo Drive"
Nancy Pimental "Win Ben Stein's Money"
Jenny McCarthy/Carmen Electra "Singled Out"
Karyn Bryant "Name That Video"
Gina St. John "Who Knows You Best?"
Summer Sanders "Figure It Out"
Kennedy "Friend or Foe"
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Let's not forget Vicki (Thelma Harper) Lawrence who hosted the NBC Win, Lose or Draw.
And on one week when Vicki was sick, Sally Struthers substituted for her.
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Add two co-hosts to the list: Meredith Macrae(unsold $50K a Minute pilot with Geoff Edwards in 1985), and Debbie Maffett(co-hosted Shopper's Casino with Jim Maxwell(?) in 1987)
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Everybody always forgets about "Follow the Leader" with Vera Vague. Arlene also filled in for Bill Cullen on TPIR. There were a few others on GSN as well besides Kennedy.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 07:17 PM\'] Add two co-hosts to the list: Meredith Macrae(unsold $50K a Minute pilot with Geoff Edwards in 1985) [/quote]
Why would this matter?
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 09:20 PM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 07:17 PM\'] Add two co-hosts to the list: Meredith Macrae(unsold $50K a Minute pilot with Geoff Edwards in 1985) [/quote]
Why would this matter?
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I don't really see why it shouldn't count.....just because it was an unsold pilot doesn't really make any difference, IMO.
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Hmm. There's one woman, I can't think of her name...hmm...I know it's Vanna something. :P
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[quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 07:14 PM\'] These are some more from the top of my head.
Annie Wood "Bzzt!"
Vicki Lawrence-Schultz "Win, Lose or Draw"
Louise DuArt "Rodeo Drive"
Nancy Pimental "Win Ben Stein's Money"
Jenny McCarthy/Carmen Electra "Singled Out"
Karyn Bryant "Name That Video"
Gina St. John "Who Knows You Best?"
Summer Sanders "Figure It Out"
Kennedy "Friend or Foe" [/quote]
Julie Rodgers(sp?) hosted a quasi game show on BET in 1988 called Tell me Something Good, which had a celeb panel give advice to a home viewer who called in, and one of the home viewers each day won a prize, or something to that effect. It used the similarly titled Rufus/Chaka Khan song as the theme.
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[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 08:25 PM\'] [quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 09:20 PM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 07:17 PM\'] Add two co-hosts to the list: Meredith Macrae(unsold $50K a Minute pilot with Geoff Edwards in 1985) [/quote]
Why would this matter?
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I don't really see why it shouldn't count.....just because it was an unsold pilot doesn't really make any difference, IMO. [/quote]
If we're going to go down the route of "any woman who ever hosted a game show at any time ever" I'm going to add Sylvia Scott, who subbed on Dialing For Dollars for a week in the 70s on WMAR-TV in Baltimore and Candy Cramer who emceed the POW! segments on WCLQ-TV in Cleveland. I will also add that Lisa Pendegrast hosted Bobcat Buzz-In on the Ohio University campus for at least one game in 1999. Other people hosted it, too, but Lisa's a woman and Bobcat Buzz-In was a game that was shown.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 08:31 PM\'] Hmm. There's one woman, I can't think of her name...hmm...I know it's Vanna something. :P [/quote]
As per a post on Usenet, she was a cheerleader on an unsold pilot called Pot of Gold c. 1981.
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Here, I'll add some:
Nancy Sullivan and Marianne Curan both hosted two GSN Originals that paired with each other in the old days of GSN Interactive: "Super Decades" and "Trivia Track."
And, of course, Brooke Burns hosted the US version of Dog Eat Dog.
Now, for my international list:
Kirsty Young and Kaye Adams both hosted "The People Versus," in the UK.
Carol (Do-Do) Cheng (I'm a Chinese American, so I know this, having researched it as well) hosted the Hong Kong version of "Weakest Link."
Belle Yu, whose attitude is ABOVE a 10 on the "Anne-o-meter of Attitude", hosted the Taiwan version's first season.
That's all I have to add, for now.
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Perhaps the very first female game show host was none other than Gypsy Rose Lee, who (according to my copy of The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows, Second Edition), hosted a show called Think Fast clear back in 1950.
Michael Brandenburg
(Interestingly, her autobiography inspired the Broadway musical Gypsy, from which came the theme for another game show: "Everything's Coming Up Roses," a song from the musical, was later used as the theme music for Seven Keys.)
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Vera Vague? Boy, that's going back - from the mid 40s to early 50s, a gal named Irene Beasley hosted a radio quiz called Grand Slam. Penny Olson co-hosted Ladies Be Seated with hubby Johnny in it's radio days - I found a couple of more female hosts in the Maxine Fabe listings - however, I have a book of photos from early tv called Those Were The Days that listed Arthur Godfrey's sister Kathy as one of the MCs of On Your Way. I'm not spotting any other collaboration on that one, so we'll call it "iffy."
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[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 09:25 PM\'] [quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 09:20 PM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 07:17 PM\'] Add two co-hosts to the list: Meredith Macrae(unsold $50K a Minute pilot with Geoff Edwards in 1985) [/quote]
Why would this matter?
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I don't really see why it shouldn't count.....just because it was an unsold pilot doesn't really make any difference, IMO. [/quote]
My wife hosted a game of dominoes at our house tonight. It wasn't broadcast on television either, but I guess she counts too then.
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Bzzt. Oooh, I'm so sorry. Dominoes isn't a game show. We could have accepted Monopoly, Pictionary, Password, Scattergories, etc. :P
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My girlfriend hosted a game of spin the bottle, and had the video camera capturing it for posterity. Does that count then?
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Perhaps.
No offense, but you should send it off to Fremantle. I'm sure they could go far with that. :P
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Perhaps.
No offense, but you should send it off to Fremantle. I'm sure they could go far with that. :P
LOL!
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[quote name=\'CherryPizza\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 08:07 PM\'] My girlfriend hosted a game of spin the bottle, and had the video camera capturing it for posterity. Does that count then? [/quote]
No, but feel free to post clips. Especially if you have any girl-on-girl action. :)
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 09:12 PM\'] Perhaps.
No offense, but you should send it off to Fremantle. I'm sure they could go far with that. :P [/quote]
No, they'd find a way to screw it up.
lol to the g-o-g action
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 09:45 PM\'] [quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 09:25 PM\'] [quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 09:20 PM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 07:17 PM\'] Add two co-hosts to the list: Meredith Macrae(unsold $50K a Minute pilot with Geoff Edwards in 1985) [/quote]
Why would this matter?
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I don't really see why it shouldn't count.....just because it was an unsold pilot doesn't really make any difference, IMO. [/quote]
My wife hosted a game of dominoes at our house tonight. It wasn't broadcast on television either, but I guess she counts too then. [/quote]
You are all wrong. To be technically correct, there have been no female gameshow hosts. They are hostesses. (sp) :D
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 01:22 AM\']
You are all wrong. To be technically correct, there have been no female gameshow hosts. They are hostesses. (sp) :D [/quote]
Nope. The word is gender neutral in English.
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I know we are probably still trying to erase any memory of this, but....to make it quick and painless...*AHEM* BeccaGrantonThroutandNeck
re: Blind Date, if you mean the UK version, and since I will take any opportunity to name drop '60s female singers, allow me to add Cilla Black to the list.
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There have been quite a lot of female GS hosts in the UK:
Davina McCall - Big Brother & The Vault (2002)
Melanie Sykes - Celebrities Under Pressure & The Vault (2003 - covering for Davina's Materinty Leave)
Sophie Raworth - Judgemental (2002)
Carol Vorderman - Grand Slam & Britain's Brainest
Kirsty Young - The People Versus (2000 - Primetime, 24 Hours before Link first began)
Kaye Adams - The People Versus (2001 - Daytime)
Melandra Burrows - Soap Addicts
Lisa Rogers - Celebrity Addicts
Rhona Cameron - Russian Roulette
Tess Daly - Britains Brainest Kid 2002 (Heats Only)
Sarah Cawood - Cruel Summer & Cruel Winter
Jayne Sharp - Little Monsters & Cruel Summer 2: Cruel School
Haley Evetts (Pop Idol singer) - Cruel Holiday
Sarah Kennedy - Busmans Holiday
Cilla Black - Blind Date & The Moment Of Truth
Jenny Hull - Take A Letter
Melinda Messenger - Fort Boyard (Channel 5 1998-2001)
Jodie Penfold - Fort Boyard (Challenge 2003)
Ruby Wax - The Waiting Game
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[quote name=\'JMFabiano\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 02:54 AM\']re: Blind Date, if you mean the UK version, and since I will take any opportunity to name drop '60s female singers, allow me to add Cilla Black to the list.[/quote]
Who also hosted "Moment of Truth" (aka "Your Big Moment," aka "Happy Family Plan") and the not-really-a-game-show "Surprise Surprise."
A few weeks ago, BBC Radio 2 aired a documentary on Cilla's life, narrated by Paul O'Grady, who's also a game show host under the guise of his Lily Savage character on "Blankety Blank." It included the interesting info that she was originally not considered for "Blind Date" and that she talked LWT into giving her the gig. The highlight of the portion I listened to had nothing to do with game shows, though: It was a demo of the theme song for her first BBC variety series, written by Paul McCartney and with Macca joining her in song. Neat stuff and a nice little career connection, since she was the coat check girl at the Cavern Club while the Fab Four were playing there at the beginning of their respective careers.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 12:21 PM\']
A few weeks ago, BBC Radio 2 aired a documentary on Cilla's life, narrated by Paul O'Grady, who's also a game show host under the guise of his Lily Savage character on "Blankety Blank." It included the interesting info that she was originally not considered for "Blind Date" and that she talked LWT into giving her the gig. The highlight of the portion I listened to had nothing to do with game shows, though: It was a demo of the theme song for her first BBC variety series, written by Paul McCartney and with Macca joining her in song. Neat stuff and a nice little career connection, since she was the coat check girl at the Cavern Club while the Fab Four were playing there at the beginning of their respective careers. [/quote]
Hang on a minute - did O'Grady narrate it as himself or as Savage? For the record - Lily Savage's Blankety Blank isn't all that bad (but then I haven't seen the previous versions to compare it to).
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So would Lily Savage count as a femcee?
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 08:33 PM\'] It used the similarly titled Rufus/Chaka Khan song as the theme. [/quote]
Nope...that's the actual title of the song.
ObGameShows: I always thought "I Feel For You," another Chaka Khan song, sounded like the current Feud theme. :-P
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Arlene Francis hosted a sort-of-game-show called "Blind Date" back in the early '50s, IIRC. Unfortunately (for those who were watching back then), the animated thought bubbles, hot girls, and omnipresent sex weren't there until a few years later.
That's because it was an altogether DIFFERENT show!
And as Ed Gardner ('Archie the Manager' of radio's Duffy's Tavern) would say, 'Leave us not forget Stephanie Miller of Oxygen's I've Got A Secret fame.' (At least that version had a pretty good set!)
Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Anita Gillette of the Big Board!'
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[quote name=\'TravisP\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 08:32 AM\']
There have been quite a lot of female GS hosts in the UK:
<snip list>[/quote]
Methinks you left one off the list. Didn't Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch air in the UK?
Or are you gonna try telling us that Dame Edna's not a woman?
Cherry "there IS a tooth fairy, there ARE weapons of mass destruction, and Big Brother IS educational television" Pizza
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[quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 12:46 AM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 01:22 AM\']
You are all wrong. To be technically correct, there have been no female gameshow hosts. They are hostesses. (sp) :D [/quote]
Nope. The word is gender neutral in English. [/quote]
I think the proper way to address a femcee is by calling her a hostess. Evidence by Charlie O's speil from WoF in the early- to mid-90s. "And now here is your host and hostess, Pat Sajak and Vanna White!"
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 06:20 PM\'][quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 12:46 AM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 01:22 AM\']
You are all wrong. To be technically correct, there have been no female gameshow hosts. They are hostesses. (sp) :D [/quote]
Nope. The word is gender neutral in English. [/quote]
I think the proper way to address a femcee is by calling her a hostess. Evidence by Charlie O's speil from WoF in the early- to mid-90s. "And now here is your host and hostess, Pat Sajak and Vanna White!"[/quote]
The term "hostess", like "actress" or "heroine", is an affected term, created to endorse patriarchal principles.
A "host" is much like a "manager". A female who manages a business can reasonably be called a "manager" or a "manageress", but in a situation where there is a male manager, a female who is made a "manageress" is often an "assistant manager". This is much the same way that Pat is a "host" and Vanna is a "hostess".
Much the same way that a Queen can be a soverign ruler, but (at least in the Commonwealth system) if there is a King and a Queen, the King is the ruler, the Queen is given that courtesy title.
A woman hosts the show, she is the central presenter and comunicates directly with the audience... she performs host duties and therefore deserves the full title.
Cherry "not a feminist, just an English major" Pizza
(you lot DO know I'm male, right?)
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All of this could be avoided if we went back to the word "emcee." Yes, it stands for "master of ceremonies," but "mistress of ceremonies" abbreviates to MC as well.
ETA: I'll call female thespians actors when they compete head-to-head with men at the Oscars, Emmys and Tonys.
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 01:42 PM\'][quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 12:21 PM\']
A few weeks ago, BBC Radio 2 aired a documentary on Cilla's life, narrated by Paul O'Grady, who's also a game show host under the guise of his Lily Savage character on "Blankety Blank." It included the interesting info that she was originally not considered for "Blind Date" and that she talked LWT into giving her the gig. The highlight of the portion I listened to had nothing to do with game shows, though: It was a demo of the theme song for her first BBC variety series, written by Paul McCartney and with Macca joining her in song. Neat stuff and a nice little career connection, since she was the coat check girl at the Cavern Club while the Fab Four were playing there at the beginning of their respective careers. [/quote]
Hang on a minute - did O'Grady narrate it as himself or as Savage? For the record - Lily Savage's Blankety Blank isn't all that bad (but then I haven't seen the previous versions to compare it to).[/quote]
As himself--he's done some TV documentaries as himself over there.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 08:31 PM\']Hmm. There's one woman, I can't think of her name...hmm...I know it's Vanna something. :P[/quote]
Vanna Stafford, I believe.
If we're going to count them (Ms. White and Susan), and I believe we should, we also have to count all of the substitute letter-revealers over the years. (No, I cannot list them.)
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 02:30 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 08:31 PM\']Hmm. There's one woman, I can't think of her name...hmm...I know it's Vanna something. :P[/quote]
Vanna Stafford, I believe.
If we're going to count them (Ms. White and Susan), and I believe we should, we also have to count all of the substitute letter-revealers over the years. (No, I cannot list them.) [/quote]
The only one I can remember is Summer Barthomolew, for obvious reasons. :-)
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 02:36 PM\'] [quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 02:30 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 08:31 PM\']Hmm. There's one woman, I can't think of her name...hmm...I know it's Vanna something. :P[/quote]
Vanna Stafford, I believe.
If we're going to count them (Ms. White and Susan), and I believe we should, we also have to count all of the substitute letter-revealers over the years. (No, I cannot list them.) [/quote]
The only one I can remember is Summer Barthomolew, for obvious reasons. :-) [/quote]
The other, I believe was a lady named Vicky McCarthy--although I can't recall any other specific work that she did.
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 02:30 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 08:31 PM\']Hmm. There's one woman, I can't think of her name...hmm...I know it's Vanna something. :P[/quote]
Vanna Stafford, I believe.
If we're going to count them (Ms. White and Susan), and I believe we should, we also have to count all of the substitute letter-revealers over the years. (No, I cannot list them.) [/quote]
Tricia Gist did a week or two of the syndicated WOF(not sure about the daytime show) in January 1991, in the wake of Vanna's getting married. And Pat did a turn at the puzzle board in November 1996 when he had a bit of laryngitis, while Vanna hosted a bonus round. Nancy Jones did a turn at the puzzle board on a few syndicated episodes, with Pat, Vanna, and Charlie O attempting to solve the puzzle for money for an audience member IIRC. Lesly Sajak turned letters with Pat and Vanna played on the 4/1/97 episode(with Alex Trebek hosting).
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 02:36 PM\'] [quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 02:30 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 08:31 PM\']Hmm. There's one woman, I can't think of her name...hmm...I know it's Vanna something. :P[/quote]
Vanna Stafford, I believe.
If we're going to count them (Ms. White and Susan), and I believe we should, we also have to count all of the substitute letter-revealers over the years. (No, I cannot list them.) [/quote]
The only one I can remember is Summer Barthomolew, for obvious reasons. :-) [/quote]
I'm curious about Brandon's signature. Was there actually a "dying boy" as a guest? And if so--what were the circumstances?
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 10:38 PM\'] [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 02:36 PM\'] [quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 02:30 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 08:31 PM\']Hmm. There's one woman, I can't think of her name...hmm...I know it's Vanna something. :P[/quote]
Vanna Stafford, I believe.
If we're going to count them (Ms. White and Susan), and I believe we should, we also have to count all of the substitute letter-revealers over the years. (No, I cannot list them.) [/quote]
The only one I can remember is Summer Barthomolew, for obvious reasons. :-) [/quote]
I'm curious about Brandon's signature. Was there actually a "dying boy" as a guest? And if so--what were the circumstances? [/quote]
Nope...it's a quote from Family Guy. The whole setup is that Peter (father) pretends his son Chris is dying to get their favorite TV show back on the air. They go to the "Make A Wish" organization, where the representative tells them they need a kid they can market, "just like that one boy we put on Hollywood Squares." That led to the quote I use. :-)
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Nancy Jones did a turn at the puzzle board on a few syndicated episodes, with Pat, Vanna, and Charlie O attempting to solve the puzzle for money for an audience member IIRC.
When did these eps air?
Chuck Donegan (The Curious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Jan 14 2004, 03:17 PM\']
Nancy Jones did a turn at the puzzle board on a few syndicated episodes, with Pat, Vanna, and Charlie O attempting to solve the puzzle for money for an audience member IIRC.
When did these eps air?
Chuck Donegan (The Curious "Chuckie Baby") [/quote]
Early 90s, I recall seeing them during the Summer reruns, but not during the first-runs the season that it aired(they must have been using these spots to replace references to a home contest or something along those lines)
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[quote name=\'JMFabiano\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 02:54 AM\'] I know we are probably still trying to erase any memory of this, but....to make it quick and painless...*AHEM* BeccaGrantonThroutandNeck
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I'm suprised that no one has mentioned the token Canadian host, er...Co-host from Super Pay Cards:
Mary Lou Bossa Nova...er,
Mary Lou Bachleva...er,
Mary Lou Bassama O. Laden...er,
Mary Lou Bus Your Own Table...er,
Mary Lou Boss Jocks of KHJ...er,
Mary Lou Baskin-Robbins...Aw heck,
Mary Lou, the Crock Pot lady...
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[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Jan 14 2004, 08:03 PM\'] [quote name=\'JMFabiano\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 02:54 AM\'] I know we are probably still trying to erase any memory of this, but....to make it quick and painless...*AHEM* BeccaGrantonThroutandNeck
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I'm suprised that no one has mentioned the token Canadian host, er...Co-host from Super Pay Cards:
Mary Lou Bossa Nova...er,
Mary Lou Bachleva...er,
Mary Lou Bassama O. Laden...er,
Mary Lou Bus Your Own Table...er,
Mary Lou Boss Jocks of KHJ...er,
Mary Lou Baskin-Robbins...Aw heck,
Mary Lou, the Crock Pot lady... [/quote]
If we add people that appeared on a Canadian show seen in the US due to content laws, we can add Marilyn Smith and Jane McDougall from Love Me Love Me Not(ROss Shafer is from Seattle), and Dusty Martell from the 1987 Lingo, and Jennifer Lyall from the Last Word.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 14 2004, 06:07 PM\'] If we add people that appeared on a Canadian show seen in the US due to content laws, we can add Marilyn Smith and Jane McDougall from Love Me Love Me Not(ROss Shafer is from Seattle), and Dusty Martell from the 1987 Lingo, and Jennifer Lyall from the Last Word. [/quote]
Hell, we might as well, we've pretty much added everyone else by now.
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Marilyn Smith also did "Wild Guess," which aired in the U.S. on Animal Planet and Discovery Kids (and no relation to the "Electric Company" bit with your host Bess Wess).
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No one has yet mentioned Lynne Thigpen (1948-2003) from the Carmen Sandiego shows on PBS. She was probably the first black woman to have a daily speaking role on a U.S. game show. I never found her attractive, but she did know geography.
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[quote name=\'JamesVipond\' date=\'Jan 15 2004, 02:34 PM\'] No one has yet mentioned Lynne Thigpen (1948-2003) from the Carmen Sandiego shows on PBS. She was probably the first black woman to have a daily speaking role on a U.S. game show. [/quote]
You might have to give that honor to Leslie Uggams, who co-hosted Fantasy with Peter Marshall. The neverending argument about what is or isn't a game show notwithstanding, Uggams at least deserves a mention in this thread for her role in this audience participation show that had many game elements in it.
Also, as long as we're in the "no one's mentioned yet" stage of a long thread, I don't think I've seen Louise Duart mentioned for Rodeo Drive.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Jan 15 2004, 12:48 PM\'] Also, as long as we're in the "no one's mentioned yet" stage of a long thread, I don't think I've seen Louise Duart mentioned for Rodeo Drive. [/quote]
That is TRIVIA. Inturnaround mentioned her on his post on the first page, about eight from the top.
(First one I thought of, too.)
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[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Jan 14 2004, 08:03 PM\'] I'm suprised that no one has mentioned the token Canadian host, er...Co-host from Super Pay Cards:
Mary Lou Bossa Nova...er,
Mary Lou Bachleva...er,
Mary Lou Bassama O. Laden...er,
Mary Lou Bus Your Own Table...er,
Mary Lou Boss Jocks of KHJ...er,
Mary Lou Baskin-Robbins...Aw heck,
Mary Lou, the Crock Pot lady... [/quote]
As Ed Wilczek once noted, her name is Mary Lou Bananarama.
Right, Chuck D? ;-)
- David
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[quote name=\'TravisP\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 08:32 AM\'] There have been quite a lot of female GS hosts in the UK:
Davina McCall - Big Brother & The Vault (2002)
Melanie Sykes - Celebrities Under Pressure & The Vault (2003 - covering for Davina's Materinty Leave)
Sophie Raworth - Judgemental (2002)
Carol Vorderman - Grand Slam & Britain's Brainest
Kirsty Young - The People Versus (2000 - Primetime, 24 Hours before Link first began)
Kaye Adams - The People Versus (2001 - Daytime)
Melandra Burrows - Soap Addicts
Lisa Rogers - Celebrity Addicts
Rhona Cameron - Russian Roulette
Tess Daly - Britains Brainest Kid 2002 (Heats Only)
Sarah Cawood - Cruel Summer & Cruel Winter
Jayne Sharp - Little Monsters & Cruel Summer 2: Cruel School
Haley Evetts (Pop Idol singer) - Cruel Holiday
Sarah Kennedy - Busmans Holiday
Cilla Black - Blind Date & The Moment Of Truth
Jenny Hull - Take A Letter
Melinda Messenger - Fort Boyard (Channel 5 1998-2001)
Jodie Penfold - Fort Boyard (Challenge 2003)
Ruby Wax - The Waiting Game [/quote]
I noted the conspicuous absence of Lily Savage in there (Blanekty Blanks, the UK version of Match Game), although 'she' does deserve an asterisk because 'she' is really a guy in drag.
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Here's an obscure one: Kathy Godfrey, Arthur's sister, hosted On Your Way in 1954.
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[quote name=\'DrJWJustice\' date=\'Jan 15 2004, 03:31 PM\'] I noted the conspicuous absence of Lily Savage in there (Blanekty Blanks, the UK version of Match Game), although 'she' does deserve an asterisk because 'she' is really a guy in drag. [/quote]
Excuse me, I didn't read down far enough. Mark mentioned 'her'.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 05:20 PM\'] [quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 12:46 AM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jan 12 2004, 01:22 AM\']
You are all wrong. To be technically correct, there have been no female gameshow hosts. They are hostesses. (sp) :D [/quote]
Nope. The word is gender neutral in English. [/quote]
I think the proper way to address a femcee is by calling her a hostess. Evidence by Charlie O's speil from WoF in the early- to mid-90s. "And now here is your host and hostess, Pat Sajak and Vanna White!" [/quote]
I remember that opening.
But I think women CAN be classified as hosts. I've seen that classification on a lot of game show related web pages.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 14 2004, 12:03 AM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 10:38 PM\'] [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 02:36 PM\'] [quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 02:30 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 11 2004, 08:31 PM\']Hmm. There's one woman, I can't think of her name...hmm...I know it's Vanna something. :P[/quote]
Vanna Stafford, I believe.
If we're going to count them (Ms. White and Susan), and I believe we should, we also have to count all of the substitute letter-revealers over the years. (No, I cannot list them.) [/quote]
The only one I can remember is Summer Barthomolew, for obvious reasons. :-) [/quote]
I'm curious about Brandon's signature. Was there actually a "dying boy" as a guest? And if so--what were the circumstances? [/quote]
Nope...it's a quote from Family Guy. The whole setup is that Peter (father) pretends his son Chris is dying to get their favorite TV show back on the air. They go to the "Make A Wish" organization, where the representative tells them they need a kid they can market, "just like that one boy we put on Hollywood Squares." That led to the quote I use. :-) [/quote]
Probably wrong of me, but I am laughing at the fact that the Family Guy quote almost got confused with an actual HS zinger. If that really happened, we'd be talking about the Squares cancellation a long time ago ;-) ;-)