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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Jeremy Nelson on December 08, 2016, 01:38:50 AM
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Have you ever watched a game show and thought "gee, (blank) would have been a perfect fit to host this"?
If so, what host would you have liked to have seen host a different show?
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Tom Kennedy on Super Password.
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They haven't done any games that I can recall*, but I've thought for years that Bob Costas or Keith Olbermann** would do well at Jeopardy! or Millionaire. The latter's prickly demeanor could be an issue, though.
/*Actually, didn't Costas guest host Millionaire?
//**With Dan doing Sports J!, you could have a bit of a "Big Show" reunion
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Have you ever watched a game show and thought "gee, (blank) would have been a perfect fit to host this"?
If so, what host would you have liked to have seen host a different show?
Back in 76. I thought that it would be better if Jim Peck had hosted FF and Richard Dawson hosted Hot Seat. Mainly because I wanted Jim to have the better show, but Richard probably would have been able to handle the interviews on HS in a jaunty, fun way.
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I thought Bill Rafferty would have been a better fit for Family Feud than Ray Combs, though Combs did a good job.
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I thought Bill Rafferty would have been a better fit for Family Feud than Ray Combs, though Combs did a good job.
Being that Ray Combs' Feud made up a large portion of my childhood, I had to think about this one. But, having seen Rafferty's other game shows-Every Second Counts more than anything-I could see this. I think both have a similar sense of humor.
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Given from what I've read that Ray wanted it to be Ray Combs featuring Family Feud, it's an interesting idea where Bill is willing to let the game do what it does.
Trivial Pursuit: America Plays wouldn't have won any Emmys with Mark L. Walberg at the helm, but he brings talent to everything he does, and I wanted to see more than just the few minutes of the pilot we got.
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On the Family Feud bandwagon, I say Geoff Edwards. His rapid-fire wit evidenced in other hosting gigs would have been an excellent fit for Feud. Oh, what could have been.
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Mike Adamle on the American Gladiators reboot. He was working for an NBC O&O the whole dang time.
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Mike Adamle on the American Gladiators reboot. He was working for an NBC O&O the whole dang time.
Vince McMahon might have had a problem with that.
Maybe not early on but certainly later when he was an active participant in storylines.
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On the Family Feud bandwagon, I say Geoff Edwards. His rapid-fire wit evidenced in other hosting gigs would have been an excellent fit for Feud. Oh, what could have been.
Actually Geoff was considered, but Treasure Hunt prevented Geoff from doing anything else. As for Tom Kennedy and Super Password, yeah it could've worked, but I think Tom was doing double duty with Body Language and TPIR at that time. Bert was a great host, but I think towards the end, Bert was spending too much time goofing off with the celebs, but then again they only wanted one bonus game per show, so time had to be filled somehow.
I don't know why Bill Rafferty didn't get more game shows under his belt. Every Second Counts was without a doubt his best show. Was he doing Card Sharks and Blockbusters at the time when Ray was doing Feud?
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On the Family Feud bandwagon, I say Geoff Edwards. His rapid-fire wit evidenced in other hosting gigs would have been an excellent fit for Feud. Oh, what could have been.
Actually Geoff was considered, but Treasure Hunt prevented Geoff from doing anything else.
I don't think TH had anything to do with that.....pulled this from Adam Nedeff's page:
I had a call to come in and do an audition for "Family Feud." They offered me the pilot at that time. But I already had a deal pending with Bob Stewart (to do the pilot that became "Shoot for the Stars"). And I said "no" to them. What I got nervous about was that Regis Philbin had just done a show called "The Neighbors" that was not very good. I never saw it, but when somebody described it to me, it sounded like what they wanted to do with "Family Feud." So I said no.
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Was he doing Card Sharks and Blockbusters at the time when Ray was doing Feud?
No...Feud came along in the summer of 1988. Blockbusters and nighttime Card Sharks were canceled in spring and fall '87, respectively.
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As for Tom Kennedy and Super Password, yeah it could've worked, but I think Tom was doing double duty with Body Language and TPIR at that time.
My point is that Tom is a better fit for Super Password because he had already done it, and Bert Convy is less bad (note I didn't say "great") on Body Language because there's fewer chances for him to stuff things up. Also, Tom absolutely could have done Super Password and Nighttime Price is Right simultaneously. As it happens, I think Bill Rafferty would have been a better fit for Wordplay given his comedic leanings.
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On the Family Feud bandwagon, I say Geoff Edwards. His rapid-fire wit evidenced in other hosting gigs would have been an excellent fit for Feud. Oh, what could have been.
Geoff would've been great on the CBS Card Sharks. He was funny and could play up excitement. Or he'd have been way better than Bob Hilton on the Orlando LMAD.
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Impossible for obvious/unfortunate reasons, but I would have loved to see Peter Tomarken get a shot at an audition to replace Barker on The Price is Right. He was great at handling excitable contestants. I also feel like, to a lesser degree perhaps, he also had that internal clock that Barker had re: knowing when to speed things up or when to linger.
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Maybe I'm biased because he's from Wisconsin, but I'd have to wonder how Jim Peck would've done with some shows. He, along with Geoff, Tomarken, and Rafferty, probably would go down as some of the most underrated (and underutilized) hosts of all...
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On the Family Feud bandwagon, I say Geoff Edwards. His rapid-fire wit evidenced in other hosting gigs would have been an excellent fit for Feud. Oh, what could have been.
Geoff would've been great on the CBS Card Sharks. He was funny and could play up excitement. Or he'd have been way better than Bob Hilton on the Orlando LMAD.
Geoff had some LMAD experience for sure as a fill-in for Monty, and to some extent some Card Shark experience when Play the Percentage was tinkering with percentage predictions in one of the first formats of the show.
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This probably couldn't have happened due to the logistics of NATPE, but what if Jim Perry had been available for syndie Card Sharks? IIRC, syndie $ale was still in production when syndie CS was being pitched with Bill R. as host.
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Impossible for obvious/unfortunate reasons, but I would have loved to see Peter Tomarken get a shot at an audition to replace Barker on The Price is Right. He was great at handling excitable contestants. I also feel like, to a lesser degree perhaps, he also had that internal clock that Barker had re: knowing when to speed things up or when to linger.
I would more or less would have loved to see Ray Combs take over and more or less Phil Hartman take over for Rich Fields on TPIR. I think he mentioned in his biography that he was offered to take over for Johnny O in 1985 but turned them down.
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This probably couldn't have happened due to the logistics of NATPE, but what if Jim Perry had been available for syndie Card Sharks? IIRC, syndie $ale was still in production when syndie CS was being pitched with Bill R. as host.
My sentiments exactly! He could have done both simultaneously!
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What if Jeff MacGregor auditioned to replace Pat on Daytime Wheel? Or Mike Reagan? Or David Sparks? Or Larry Anderson?
I also think Bob Goen or Mark Goodman would have been great to audition for to replace Bob on TPiR
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I think Tim Brando should have hosted Monopoly. He auditioned to host Wheel and ESPN was owned by ABC at the time. He would have done great. Also Pat Finn could have been another to audition for Daytime Wheel after a Pat left.
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As for Tom Kennedy and Super Password, yeah it could've worked, but I think Tom was doing double duty with Body Language and TPIR at that time.
My point is that Tom is a better fit for Super Password because he had already done it, and Bert Convy is less bad (note I didn't say "great") on Body Language because there's fewer chances for him to stuff things up. Also, Tom absolutely could have done Super Password and Nighttime Price is Right simultaneously. As it happens, I think Bill Rafferty would have been a better fit for Wordplay given his comedic leanings.
I can see Bill doing Wordplay... wasn't he on the panel at least once? At the same time, I wonder if they wanted a host that could play a "straightman" to three funny celebs? In this case, Bill wouldn't be a good fit. One thing I didn't like about Wordplay was that it was painfully obvious which celebs had help from a teleprompter to tell scripted jokes written by the writers, because you could tell from their eye movements and delivery. Also we had painful to watch moments like Corey Feldman's so called ability to do impressions, and Marsha Warfield's unfunny "letters" (which all led up to a segue to a letter announcing that Wordplay was cancelled), and the less that can be said about Jamie Farr's attempt to host, the better, but he was a fine panelist.
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Rich Fields should have auditioned to host Wheel after Pat left. He was trying to break into the game show industry then. He actually auditioned to host card sharks before losing out to a Bill Rafferty.
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Rich Fields should have auditioned to host Wheel after Pat left. He was trying to break into the game show industry then. He actually auditioned to host card sharks before losing out to a Bill Rafferty.
According to?
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I saw it mentioned on one of those game show Wiki pages and TV Tropes*, but I've never heard that rumor. I'm guessing he might've mentioned it on his Facebook or something.
*Respective grains of salt
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Rich Fields should have auditioned to host Wheel after Pat left. He was trying to break into the game show industry then. He actually auditioned to host card sharks before losing out to a Bill Rafferty.
According to?
Jack Shell
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Rich Fields should have auditioned to host Wheel after Pat left. He was trying to break into the game show industry then. He actually auditioned to host card sharks before losing out to a Bill Rafferty.
According to?
Jack Shell
Who is...?
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Who is...?
C'mon, this ain't Jeopardy now.
;)
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Rich Fields should have auditioned to host Wheel after Pat left. He was trying to break into the game show industry then. He actually auditioned to host card sharks before losing out to a Bill Rafferty.
According to?
Jack Shell
Who is...?
An essential component of Mario Kart slashfic.
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Nice work. Points.
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http://www.gameshowforum.org/index.php/topic,3543.msg34099.html#msg34099
Here is proof right here guys
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I'm not going to doubt the guy's validity, but that's a story from almost 13 years ago, and hasn't been documented outside of the sites I mentioned upthread. Forgive us for not recalling any of that.
BTW, you don't have to add so many replies back to back to back. The Modify button is your friend. ;)
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At the very least, I doubt that Rich would make a good game show host--I bet he'd be a fantastic stereotype of one.
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I actually talked to Rich Fields on Facebook and he told me he actually was considered for it. Out of his own mouth.
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I actually talked to Rich Fields on Facebook and he told me he actually was considered for it. Out of his own mouth.
We got it. No need to bump the thread for it.
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If I also say that I was considered for a thing, does that make it factually correct now?
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Peter Tomarken for Whammy, and going further back...as much as I (and we all) love the banner face of our Forum, Jim Peck should've been given The Joker's Wild IMHO.
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Peter Tomarken for Whammy
After watching the pilot, I can see why Tomarken did not get this gig. The show clearly wanted the Whammy to be the main focus (hence the title), while Tomarken played him as merely an element and focused on the game.
Tyshaun
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The show clearly wanted the Whammy to be the main focus (hence the title), while Tomarken played him as merely an element and focused on the game.
Or they could have named the show Whammy because a lot of Joe Schmoes remembered it as "the game, ʻbig bucks, no Whammysʼ" and not by its title of Press Your Luck, and "The All-New Press Your Luck" alone wouldn't have been a very strong sell as a result.
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Michael Reagan and Jeff MacGregor for Daytime Wheel. (After Pat left)
Pat Finn for Daytime Wheel. (David Baber's book states that he actually auditioned along with Marc Summers, John Davidson, and Chuck Henry but Bob Goen got the job)
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Michael Reagan and Jeff MacGregor for Daytime Wheel. (After Pat left)
I thought Jeff MacGregor had the chops to be a good game show host- he just needed the right vehicle.
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Michael Reagan and Jeff MacGregor for Daytime Wheel. (After Pat left)
I thought Jeff MacGregor had the chops to be a good game show host- he just needed the right vehicle.
Exactly and Wheel could have been it. Same goes with Pat Finn.
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Michael Reagan and Jeff MacGregor for Daytime Wheel. (After Pat left)
I thought Jeff MacGregor had the chops to be a good game show host- he just needed the right vehicle.
He definitely had the hair and teeth of a great host
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Michael Burger, Clint Holmes, or Bill Rafferty for Daytime Wheel
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I don't see what qualifies Clint Holmes, and Michael Burger wasn't exactly a known quantity then.
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Since we are talking about Daytime Wheel, I would have loved to see the audition tape for Jimmy Connors. He was Merv's first pick to succeed Pat on Daytime Wheel, but NBC Sports overruled him.
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"*Any name that comes to mind* for Daytime Wheel of Fortune" is really spinning your wheels unless you can justify your answer. I can post a bunch of names saying they can host game shows until I'm blue in the face. That doesn't mean they have quality number one of being a good emcee.
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I think Goodson-Todman could have given George DeWitt another chance in the early-to-mid-1960s. I mean, it might have been DeWitt hosting the original Password or Match Game (I know, it wouldn't be the same.); or even Number Please. Maybe they should have hired DeWitt to host that one and given Collyer a break from daily hosting. (At least Collyer would still have TTTT to fall back on; even if it was just once a week at the time.) And if not as a host, G-T could have used DeWitt as a frequent celeb player.
Just my two million.....
Cordially,
Tammy
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I actually talked to Rich Fields on Facebook and he told me he actually was considered for it. Out of his own mouth.
I'm impressed you could understand him, talking around Barker's schlong like that.
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I mentioned it back when Celebrity Name Game first premiered, but I think Craig Ferguson would make an excellent host for Family Feud. Too bad Steve Harvey probably isn't going away anytime soon.
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I actually talked to Rich Fields on Facebook and he told me he actually was considered for it. Out of his own mouth.
I'm impressed you could understand him, talking around Barker's schlong like that.
Winner!
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I mentioned it back when Celebrity Name Game first premiered, but I think Craig Ferguson would make an excellent host for Family Feud. Too bad Steve Harvey probably isn't going away anytime soon.
Speaking of Steve would have been great for TPIR. He could have gotten on some dumb contestants like Bob did!
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I mentioned it back when Celebrity Name Game first premiered, but I think Craig Ferguson would make an excellent host for Family Feud. Too bad Steve Harvey probably isn't going away anytime soon.
Speaking of he would have been great for TPIR. He could have gotten on some dumb contestants like Bob did!
I am referring to Steve Harvey.
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I mentioned it back when Celebrity Name Game first premiered, but I think Craig Ferguson would make an excellent host for Family Feud. Too bad Steve Harvey probably isn't going away anytime soon.
Speaking of he would have been great for TPIR. He could have gotten on some dumb contestants like Bob did!
I am referring to Steve Harvey.
Again...use the Modify button. Just go back and say Steve would be great for TPIR.
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I mentioned it back when Celebrity Name Game first premiered, but I think Craig Ferguson would make an excellent host for Family Feud. Too bad Steve Harvey probably isn't going away anytime soon.
He and Steve could have done an April Fool's episode! Where he could do Feud and Steve could have done CNG. Like Pat and Alex did for J! In 1997 and that's not the first time. I think Art James and Gene Rayburn did it back in the 60s!
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Jimmy Cefalo for Daytime Wheel
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Now you're just being silly.
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Speaking of Steve would have been great for TPIR. He could have gotten on some dumb contestants like Bob did!
Few selections strike me as being worse for Price is Right than Steve Harvey...
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Now you're just being silly really farking annoying.
FTFY.
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Speaking of Steve would have been great for TPIR. He could have gotten on some dumb contestants like Bob did!
Few selections strike me as being worse for Price is Right than Steve Harvey...
GEORGE GRAY: Next item up for bids is a dinette set!
CONTESTANT: Uhhhh $69,420...huh huh...
STEVE: (http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f336/brandonfg/20170128_075209_zpsyygnzsup.jpg)
Every. Single. Episode.
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I don't know about being the full-time host of a new show, but it occurred to me some time ago that if Dick Clark got sick partway through a week of Pyramid where Charlie Siebert was playing, he could have taken over hosting duties for the remaining shows, and they'd just need to bring in one of their regulars (Soupy, Nipsey) to play. As a bonus, the judge wouldn't have as many decisions to make about whether a clue was legal.
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I don't know about being the full-time host of a new show, but it occurred to me some time ago that if Dick Clark got sick partway through a week of Pyramid where Charlie Siebert was playing, he could have taken over hosting duties for the remaining shows, and they'd just need to bring in one of their regulars (Soupy, Nipsey) to play. As a bonus, the judge wouldn't have as many decisions to make about whether a clue was legal.
He could have guest hosted while Dick played. Like McClean Stevenson guest hosted a round of Match a Game once
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I don't know about being the full-time host of a new show, but it occurred to me some time ago that if Dick Clark got sick partway through a week of Pyramid where Charlie Siebert was playing, he could have taken over hosting duties for the remaining shows, and they'd just need to bring in one of their regulars (Soupy, Nipsey) to play. As a bonus, the judge wouldn't have as many decisions to make about whether a clue was legal.
Dick never got sick, and even if he did he'd insist on working through it. Just look at how he wanted to be working even after his stroke, when he really should have retired.
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He could have guest hosted while Dick played. Like McClean Stevenson guest hosted a round of Match a Game once
Siebert would have been great in that spot, but wouldn't Bob Stewart more likely go with Henry Polic II in that spot since he was already one of his hosts?
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Having watched some Double Talk episodes recently, i would say that while Henry Polic II was a bit rusty in the premiere episode, and probably the whole first week or so, he really wasn't that bad of a host. Compare the premiere to the finale, the improvement is quite noticeable. So, I think he could've handled Pyramid... just not so much the announcing duties (he announced for at least a week for Davidson, I don't think he did for Clark).
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I loved Vicki Lawrence as a player on Pyramid and as host of Win Lose or Draw. She'd have been a great choice. I agree Siebert could have been good, too. Loved the game, had presence that could help him run the show.
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What would have been neat is if Vicki or Charlie guest hosted while Dick took a turn playing the game
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Not so neat for the partner on the other side.
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Michael Reagan could have tried out for Daytime Wheel after Pat left. I'm surprised he didn't try out especially given Merv's friendship with The Reagan family.
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Off-topic posts, and posts complaining about other members have been removed from this thread. If you want to complain about someone, do it on your own private Facebook page or wherever, but not here.
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Since we are talking about Daytime Wheel, I would have loved to see the audition tape for Jimmy Connors. He was Merv's first pick to succeed Pat on Daytime Wheel, but NBC Sports overruled him.
I would love to see it too and IMO, NBC should have let him do both. I think that is my theory as to why Tim Brando was not picked because Mwrv was afraid that NBC might step in again and hire him for their sports department. Also, MG Kelly would have been great for Daytime Wheelm. I mean after all, the announcing job was only temporary
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Jack Narz for just about anything
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Since we are talking about Daytime Wheel, I would have loved to see the audition tape for Jimmy Connors. He was Merv's first pick to succeed Pat on Daytime Wheel, but NBC Sports overruled him.
I would love to see it too and IMO, NBC should have let him do both. I think that is my theory as to why Tim Brando was not picked because Mwrv was afraid that NBC might step in again and hire him for their sports department. Also, MG Kelly would have been great for Daytime Wheelm. I mean after all, the announcing job was only temporary
If you're going to wait three years to reply to a comment, don't bother.
Also, like three years ago, your insistence on carpetbombing the thread with "INSERT HOST HERE" for Daytime Wheel is mildly annoying.
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Jack Narz for just about anything
Not a hot take.
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Since we are talking about Daytime Wheel, I would have loved to see the audition tape for Jimmy Connors. He was Merv's first pick to succeed Pat on Daytime Wheel, but NBC Sports overruled him.
I would love to see it too and IMO, NBC should have let him do both. I think that is my theory as to why Tim Brando was not picked because Mwrv was afraid that NBC might step in again and hire him for their sports department. Also, MG Kelly would have been great for Daytime Wheelm. I mean after all, the announcing job was only temporary
If you're going to wait three years to reply to a comment, don't bother.
I call shenanigans on the post anyway--Connors was still playing when Sajak left the daytime version (so it shouldn't have been NBC Sports' call to block him). He didn't join NBC Sports until 1990, by which time the daytime version had migrated to CBS and Goen was firmly entrenched.