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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: BrandonFG on December 09, 2020, 07:29:54 PM
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Bill Cullen appearing on Barker's TPiR sparked a thought. How many hosts returned as a guest star to a show they once hosted, either as a panelist, or a cameo?
Off the top of my head:
-Barker making a few appearances after Drew took over.
-Monty appearing on Brady's LMAD.
-Peter Marshall returning to Bergeron's Squares and hosting a round.
-Dick Clark on Donnymid; he also appeared on Cullen's version, albeit while hosting the daytime version at the time. He also did a pre-recorded greeting on the Davidson premiere in 1991.
-Alex Trebek appeared as a panelist on TTTT a couple years ago. They mentioned his hosting gig from the 90s, but I don't know if they showed a clip.
-Louie Anderson on Celebrity Feud.
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Cedric the Entertainer will be on Millionaire this season.
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Tom Kennedy did a week of Super Password.
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Of course Regis returned to guest host the syndicated Millionaire.
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Wikipedia says that Bob Eubanks guest-hosted a couple of episodes of Carnie Wilson's version of The Newlywed Game -- one so that Wilson could play as a contestant with her husband, the other with Monty Hall, Peter Marshall, Wink Martindale and their respective wives as contestants.
Peter Tomarken had a cameo appearance on Whammy! where he ran the show for one question round:
https://youtu.be/N801biSZEdk
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Peter Tomarken had a cameo appearance on Whammy! where he ran the show for one question round:
That seems cold — pass him over for the actual gig but give him the consolation prize of asking one question? Dang, GSN...
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Peter Tomarken had a cameo appearance on Whammy! where he ran the show for one question round:
That seems cold — pass him over for the actual gig but give him the consolation prize of asking one question? Dang, GSN...
I remember that it was the Larson's Losers Revenge episode and themed around 1984 so it made sense, but yeah. Have him back for the entire episode.
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Grey area: Garry Moore on To Tell the Truth
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Wally Bruner as a mystery guest on a Blyden-hosted "WML?":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2lJ9q4KgCo
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Peter Tomarken had a cameo appearance on Whammy! where he ran the show for one question round:
That seems cold — pass him over for the actual gig but give him the consolation prize of asking one question? Dang, GSN...
No - he got to ask ALL the questions in that round. IIRC, all the questions had to do with 1984, since this was the Larsen reunion show.
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No - he got to ask ALL the questions in that round. IIRC, all the questions had to do with 1984, since this was the Larsen reunion show.
Slightly less cold... but still not super nice lol
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Lemme see...
* Ralph Edwards appeared on Bob Barker's first Truth or Consequences to essentially pass the hosting torch on Jack Bailey's behalf. If I'm not mistaken, he also appeared at least once on the 1980s revival.
* Bill Cullen appeared on the 1980s $25,000 Pyramid multiple times as a guest.
* Pat Sajak stopped by during Bob Goen's first daytime Wheel of Fortune. He also stopped by the set during an episode of The Pat Sajak Show, a very fun segment which also saw Goen naming Beat the I.R.S. as one of his past failures.
-Peter Marshall returning to Bergeron's Squares and hosting a round.
Not a round, but it was close - Peter did the player interviews and front game, which ended during Round 2.
Wikipedia says that Bob Eubanks guest-hosted a couple of episodes of Carnie Wilson's version of The Newlywed Game -- one so that Wilson could play as a contestant with her husband, the other with Monty Hall, Peter Marshall, Wink Martindale and their respective wives as contestants.
Can confirm, and I recommend the latter episode because it's incredibly fun.
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Garry Moore returned as a guest on "I've Got A Secret" in 1966.
Hugh Downs returned to "Concentration" in 1969 as a "Secret Santa".
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Tom Kennedy on the Clark Race version of "You Don't Say"
Jack Narz announcing Monty's "Beat the Clock"
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Then you have the reverse version, where someone who will host the show appears. (see: Bob Eubanks promoting All-Star Secrets on Card Sharks)
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Then you have the reverse version, where someone who will host the show appears. (see: Bob Eubanks promoting All-Star Secrets on Card Sharks)
You could also have two hosts of a show, past and future, appearing on another show (see Jim Perry and Bob Eubanks, on the same team on a celebrity week of "Family Feud").
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I would watch a documentary about Allen Ludden's surprise walk-on on Liar's Club, then ending up replacing Bill Armstrong as host on it soon thereafter.
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Jack Narz announcing Monty's "Beat the Clock"
If we're counting that, then Marc Summers as announcer/sidekick on the 2018 Liza Koshy revival of Double Dare.
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Then you have the reverse version, where someone who will host the show appears. (see: Bob Eubanks promoting All-Star Secrets on Card Sharks)
On this subject: Trebek showed up as a (non-playing) guest twice on Jeopardy: March 7, 1974 and at some point in the first week of April 1974, to promote The Wizard of Odds.
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The reverse is interesting. Joe Farago performed in the Prize Vault several times before taking over as host.
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I like the reverse idea too. John Davidson appeared on Marshall's Squares a few times, and he even contributed an infamous blooper that's made its way onto a couple specials.
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I would watch a documentary about Allen Ludden's surprise walk-on on Liar's Club, then ending up replacing Bill Armstrong as host on it soon thereafter.
Considering that Allen and Bill had worked together before, that would be a "Stumper" :)
Bill later announced the Eric Bordman version , though John Barbour introduced Eric.
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, and he even contributed an infamous blooper that's made its way onto a couple specials.
On the whole, that’s a great clip.
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Then you have the reverse version, where someone who will host the show appears. (see: Bob Eubanks promoting All-Star Secrets on Card Sharks)
On this subject: Trebek showed up as a (non-playing) guest twice on Jeopardy: March 7, 1974 and at some point in the first week of April 1974, to promote The Wizard of Odds.
Did someone mention Tom Kennedy as a player on Password Plus? Regis Philbin, later on?
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Re: the reverse happening, Meredith Viera on Celebrity Millionaire with Regis comes to mind.
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And from the "What Almost Was (In Reverse)" category: Bert Convy hosting the pilot for Match Game '90.
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Then you have the reverse version, where someone who will host the show appears. (see: Bob Eubanks promoting All-Star Secrets on Card Sharks)
On this subject: Trebek showed up as a (non-playing) guest twice on Jeopardy: March 7, 1974 and at some point in the first week of April 1974, to promote The Wizard of Odds.
Did someone mention Tom Kennedy as a player on Password Plus? Regis Philbin, later on?
Bert Convy also played Password Plus.
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Re: the reverse happening, Meredith Viera on Celebrity Millionaire with Regis comes to mind.
And Jimmy Kimmel.