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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: weaklink75 on January 06, 2021, 02:23:53 PM
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I figured since they'll be quite a few guest hosts before the pernament one is named, one thread for all the news about them would make things easier.
After Ken Jennings, Katie Couric will host for a week:
https://tvline.com/2021/01/06/jeopardy-katie-couric-host-alex-trebek-death/
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Any comments on Ken's first hosting day?
I thought he did a pretty good job. I've read other comments that people felt he may have been rushing a bit. It didn't really detract from the game or anything.
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I thought Ken was pretty good, considering the weight on his shoulders of it being his first day. He read the clues clearly and succinctly and added a tiny bit of personality to carry the show through. He doesn't have the presence of a host yet, but we'll see if that develops.
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He looked relaxed enough, despite the weight of the first day. He kept the lectern warm.
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I was very impressed. He was pretty animated, but I had to remember Alex was the same way the first season. I could see him taking the reins.
/Just gotta watch what he tweets
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I thought he did a good job hosting.
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In the context of "guest host," Ken Jennings was a wise choice as the first post-Trebek emcee. A familiar Jeopardy! face to ease the transition.
In the context of "host audition," I thought he handled himself very well. Of course everyone will notice the ways in which he's different than Alex, but the new host can't be an Alex clone. Ken's greenness sometimes showed through, but that's to be expected. The episode still felt very much like an episode of Jeopardy!, which in my opinion, means he succeeded.
At first, I wondered whether the contestant coordinators strongly recommended to the contestants that they take the clues in order to help the new guy out. But then Tanay started jumping around the board, so apparently not. Jeopardy! can cover its edits more easily than most shows, so it's difficult to tell whether there were any glaring pauses or mistakes that had to be covered. (Two unrelated questions about Ireland in Double Jeopardy! felt unusual, but maybe that was just an oversight in stacking.)
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Apparently, Aaron Rodgers is getting a shot at guest hosting. Yes, that Aaron Rodgers.
https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1349056749593120768
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Apparently, Aaron Rodgers is getting a shot at guest hosting. Yes, that Aaron Rodgers.
As compared to Aaron Wroggers? :)
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Well why not- Mike Richards said some of the guest hosts weren’t actually auditioning for the full-time gig, but just doing it as fans of the show and to pay tribute to Alex, so we might get one or two out of left field before they decide...
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We live in the timeline where Michael Strahan hosts $100,000 Pyramid (very well I might add) while taking up quite a lot of Barbara Walters' onetime workload as a celebrity interviewer, and where Peyton Manning has been attached to a College Bowl reboot (that's being co-produced by Eli and Cooper Manning on top of that)
Aaron Rodgers is a lot closer to the end than the beginning and a lot less of a one-off stunt cast than it might look.
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Apparently, Aaron Rodgers is getting a shot at guest hosting. Yes, that Aaron Rodgers.
As compared to Aaron Wroggers? :)
Well played. :)
And good point re: it being a tribute to Alex. Aaron does mention being a huge fan of the show, and how it played into his decision.
I always saw him going into the booth or behind the desk for pregame/halftime shows, so IMO hosting is not the left-field choice it appears to be. I guess it's just kinda random since football season is still going on, and GB has a game this weekend.
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Apparently, Aaron Rodgers is getting a shot at guest hosting. Yes, that Aaron Rodgers.
As both a game show fan and a Packer fan, I'm totally in.
Re. Ken: Like most of the room, I felt he did a great job. He kept the game moving, read the clues fluidly, and was able to work some personality in here and there.
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I'm a huge fan, and I have 25 years of broadcast TV experience. Can I host? You know, just as a tribute to Alex?
We're treading lightly into gimmick TV here. Not a fan of the idea for Jeopardy.
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Well why not- Mike Richards said some of the guest hosts weren’t actually auditioning for the full-time gig, but just doing it as fans of the show and to pay tribute to Alex, so we might get one or two out of left field before they decide...
Hey, why not Drew Carey? He got him on Wheel.
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Ken's greenness sometimes showed through, but that's to be expected. The episode still felt very much like an episode of Jeopardy!, which in my opinion, means he succeeded.
This is the part where I remember that Jeopardy!'s announcer is 96 years old and begin to worry again. Johnny's voice is another one of those irreplaceable effects that makes an episode of Jeopardy! feel like an episode of Jeopardy!, and he won't be there forever.
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Peyton Manning has been attached to a College Bowl reboot (that's being co-produced by Eli and Cooper Manning on top of that)
No disrespect intended - and I'm not speaking of this specific situation necessarily either - but it's a good time to remind ourselves many (most?) star-related producer credits are ceremonial. It's come up in a thread or two lately, and I thought it bore mentioning. :)
-Jason
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Per a news release that just landed in my inbox, we can add Bill Whitaker and Mayim Bialik to the list of guest hosts as well. Mike Richards will also host two weeks of shows immediately after Ken's are done.
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And in a nice touch-for the celeb hosts, the show will donate whatever the total amount won by the winners is that week to a charity of the celebs choice...
I personally doubt Mike Richards really wants the full-time gig- the reason he's doing two weeks is that it probably took a few taping days to decide they'd go the celeb guest host route.
My thinking is-if Ken does this week and next, then Mike does the next two weeks, the 4 celeb hosts announced take them through February. They'll probably do more guest hosts for the rest of the season (some for one week, perhaps some for two); then make the final decision in May and have that person start up full-time in September (perhaps they delay the TOC and start next season with it).
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This does remind me...
Was there a reason why the TPIR tryouts were not televised?
(Probably different companies, different practices)
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This does remind me...
Was there a reason why the TPIR tryouts were not televised?
(Probably different companies, different practices)
Bob didn't retire in the middle of a production season.
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This does remind me...
Was there a reason why the TPIR tryouts were not televised?
(Probably different companies, different practices)
Bob didn't retire in the middle of a production season.
And that's another thing, Bob actually retired. Alex didn't have that luxury.
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If you know you are going to be a contestant during on Mayim Balek's, you should probably study famous Beaches and Flowers.
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Have they considered Eugene Levy? :)
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Just to clarify - is Mike Richards "booked" to host? I hadn't seen that anywhere else.
Thanks,
Ryan.
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Just to clarify - is Mike Richards "booked" to host? I hadn't seen that anywhere else.
Thanks,
Ryan.
J!'s own press release said that he would do two weeks after Ken's six so that the other guest hosts have ample time to prepare.
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Mike Richards is heir-apparent. I'd be very surprised if he is not selected as permanent host.
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Mike Richards is heir-apparent. I'd be very surprised if he is not selected as permanent host.
I’m inclined to agree. He was the face of the show right after Alex died, appearing on the “Today” show.
It’s either going to be Ken or Mike.
Ken is better known, but Mike has the experience.
But if Mike gets the job, wouldn’t that take him away from all the other responsibilities that Sony brought him in to take care of in the first place?
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Mike Richards is heir-apparent. I'd be very surprised if he is not selected as permanent host.
I don’t see it, but stranger things have happened.
I thought he would have gotten hosting out of his system by now.
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Mike Richards is heir-apparent. I'd be very surprised if he is not selected as permanent host.
I’m inclined to agree. He was the face of the show right after Alex died, appearing on the “Today” show.
He's also the Executive Producer. Who else should be speaking for the show during this time?
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J!'s own press release said that he would do two weeks after Ken's six so that the other guest hosts have ample time to prepare.
Cause that's what they need....An extra week to prep for a job they don't really want but would be fun to try.
When's he going up? During Feb sweeps?
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J!'s own press release said that he would do two weeks after Ken's six so that the other guest hosts have ample time to prepare.
I read that as "...so the Covid-19 surge has time to die down in Los Angeles County."
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Whatever the final decision, I would still like to see LeVar Burton and Mark L. Walberg get a shot at guest-hosting the show.
I'm a bit surprised to see Ken hosting while sitting down, which started when Alex injured his leg years earlier. I think it looks a little unfair that the host sits, but the contestants don't. The contestants sat on the Art Fleming hosted shows, and the original pilot to the current one.
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I enjoy Mark L on Antiques Roadshow, which might be a limiting factor in his availability
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Did Antiques Roadshow do their annual stops in 2020? I saw bits and pieces of the premiere earlier this month, and I don't recall hearing MLW. IIRC, they just showed old clips with a shared theme and showed the appraised value then vs. the 2020/1 appraised value.
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I enjoy Mark L on Antiques Roadshow, which might be a limiting factor in his availability
He's only been doing narration for the show the past few years, so he'd be available...
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I enjoy Mark L on Antiques Roadshow, which might be a limiting factor in his availability
He's only been doing narration for the show the past few years, so he'd be available...
..........he *is* available, last I checked. "Roadshow" has a new narrator as of last year.
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Yeah, I went back and our local station is reairing old episodes as new.
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As long as they seem to be doing stunt casting, the Clue Crew or even Johnny Gilbert could take the reins for a few shows. Jim from WOF could sub-announce
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I'd be willing to bet a lot of money we won't see Johnny Gilbert hosting an episode....
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I'd be willing to bet a lot of money we won't see Johnny Gilbert hosting an episode....
You're probably right. He actually has experience hosting a game show. :)
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As long as they seem to be doing stunt casting, the Clue Crew or even Johnny Gilbert could take the reins for a few shows. Jim from WOF could sub-announce
Actually being serious though, Jimmy from the Clue Crew hosts the practice games for contestants prior to the taping beginning. I thought it'd be a nice gesture to give him the chance to host the show. He'd be no more of a stranger to viewers than Mike Richards and would clearly be more recognizable given his 20(!) years delivering clues. But maybe he doesn't want to do it.
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Alex had a warmth about him.
Ken appeared to be (justifiably) nervous.
He got the words out but was lacking in warmth and seemed brittle. He is not a polished TV performer. Not a slam on Ken — it happens to actors all the time. He isn't "right" for the part.
Read up on how Carl Reiner cast the part of Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show. They auditioned dozens of actresses until MTM finally read for, and won, the part.
Alex was versatile. He handled High Rollers and Concentration differently from Jeopardy! but was very good on all of them.
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Anderson Cooper, Dr. Oz, Dr Sanya Gupta, and Savannah Guthrie latest announced guest hosts.
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Ken is seeming more comfortable on this week's shows than he was for his first few weeks.
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Several former Jeopardy contestants have taken to Twitter to protest Dr. Oz getting a guest spot.
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Several former Jeopardy contestants have taken to Twitter to protest Dr. Oz getting a guest spot.
I don't blame 'em - the guy's been promoting bullcrappery on his show and elsewhere for years now, especially last April (https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1250807416872189952) when he said that reopening schools "may only cost us 2-3% in terms of total [COVID-19] mortality", which "might be a tradeoff some folks would consider" (the source Oz was citing, The Lancet (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(20)30105-X/fulltext), doesn't argue for what he claims it does, instead saying that "Public health officials must prioritise national plans for how and when to reopen schools, with consideration of alternative measures such as reduced hours or staggered lessons.").
So yeah, fark that guy.
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Apparently, Aaron Rodgers is getting a shot at guest hosting. Yes, that Aaron Rodgers.
That whiny sack of puss? He'll make Rolf Benirschke look like Allen Ludden. I say that as a Vikings fan and as someone who's seen his commercials.
Ahmad Rashad, the former Viking, did a bang-up job on his show, of course.
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I would still like to see LeVar Burton and Mark L. Walberg get a shot at guest-hosting the show.
Me, too. I still think Brian Williams is someone they should consider or might be. His MSNBC hour is terrific, yet the hours are crummy.
Someone we haven't heard about who should be considered is Paul Magers, a longtime news anchor from KCBS in LA and KARE in Minneapolis. Incredibly smooth and naturally funny. He retired young a couple of years ago.
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Brian Williams has some baggage, which is why he's scheduled the way he is. To his credit, he's managed to stay employed, clearly at arms length.
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Well Ken's last ep (for now, probably) will be 2/19:
https://tvline.com/2021/02/03/ken-jennings-last-jeopardy-episode-guest-host/
We know Mike Richards will be doing 2 weeks, and as of now there are 8 confirmed guest hosts which I assume are one-week stints. That takes it to April 30th- that would leave 8-10 weeks of the season (if they go to mid-July before going into summer reruns). I have to think they're going to continue the guest hosts, Ken probably gets another go-round if he's the pick for the full-time gig (for a Tournament perhaps?), and in September whoever the final pick is starts the permanent role.
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CNN made an effort at a quiz show some time ago and Anderson Cooper was the emcee. I think he has a lot of potential.
In office run-thrus, Dick Martin seemed like he could handle Mindreaders. Once he got in the studio, though, he seemed a little overwhelmed and the "deer-in-the-headlights" came out a little bit.
As I think back, Dick Gautier and Greg Morris should have at least done an office run-thru of something. We discovered Pat Sajak who did the Puzzlers pilot. Bobby Van turned out to be pretty good on Showoffs and Make Me Laugh. We never tried out Nipsey Russell and probably should have. Geoff Edwards eluded us but eventually did a pilot.
Jim Perry emceed an office run-thru of Puzzlers IIRC but was never up for the job. He just came in to do the office run-thru. Several names were tossed around for Blockbusters, including Jack Clark, but Ira Skutch wanted Bill Cullen. Jack Narz would have been good on Blockbusters but was never given a shot. I'm sure he would have welcomed the work.
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We never tried out Nipsey Russell and probably should have.
Nipsey eventually did the "Star Words" pilot for Goodson in 1983. He seemed uncomfortable with running the game, but had potential. The show itself..... not so much.
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As I think back, Dick Gautier and Greg Morris should have at least done an office run-thru of something.
As good as Greg Morris was especially at Password, I could definitely have seen him hosting a word game if one had come his way. Dick Gautier would have been a good choice in a number of formats I think.
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As I think back, Dick Gautier and Greg Morris should have at least done an office run-thru of something.
Dick Gautier did a year hosting It's Your Bet after Hal March died. That show had a very confusing host history, due to March being diagnosed with lung cancer a few months into the run. I believe it went from March to Tom Kennedy, to Gautier, then back to Kennedy, and finally to Hal Waggoner. I have no idea whether that was because Gautier did a lousy job or because Ralph Andrews preferred Tom.
(https://nostalgiacentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/itsyourbet02-640x403.jpg)
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Jim Perry emceed an office run-thru of Puzzlers IIRC but was never up for the job. He just came in to do the office run-thru. Several names were tossed around for Blockbusters, including Jack Clark, but Ira Skutch wanted Bill Cullen. Jack Narz would have been good on Blockbusters but was never given a shot. I'm sure he would have welcomed the work.
Would Ira have had the final say, enough for Goodson to take his word for it? Not counting a revival like MG73 or P+, was it unheard of for a show to be created specifically for one host?
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Emcee selection was generally the last consideration, after the format, rules, etc. had been settled on.
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Dick Gautier did a year hosting It's Your Bet after Hal March died. That show had a very confusing host history, due to March being diagnosed with lung cancer a few months into the run. I believe it went from March to Tom Kennedy, to Gautier, then back to Kennedy, and finally to Hal Waggoner. I have no idea whether that was because Gautier did a lousy job or because Ralph Andrews preferred Tom.
You meant to say Lyle Waggoner.
I think because of his move to IYB, Gautier was dropped as the regular joke teller on Can You Top This? and succeeded by Richard Dawson. Judging by air dates in the EOTVGS, it seems to coincide!
No idea why Gautier was dropped from IYB, but maybe Kennedy was originally expected to just be a substitute host, then March died, and Kennedy was too busy with his talk/variety show. After that ended, Kennedy was available to host full-time.
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Gautier was an in-demand TV actor (even starring in a couple sitcoms) and he appeared on later Andrews shows as a panelist (YDS, Celeb. Sweepstakes and Liars Club among them)
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J! sent me an email yesterday. Right now, only Mike Richards and Katie Couric have scheduled dates, February 22-March 5 and March 8-19, respectively.
The other guest hosts, all TBA:
- Dr. Oz
- Aaron Rodgers
- Savannah Guthrie
- Anderson Cooper
- Dr. Mayim Bialik
- Bill Whitaker
- Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Source (https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/news-events/jeopardy-guest-host-schedule?j=514826&sfmc_sub=22145532&l=29_HTML&u=18224937&mid=6403989&jb=16022)
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Geoff Edwards eluded us but eventually did a pilot.
You don't happen to recall for what show, do you?
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Well done sir.
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Well done sir.
Least I could do. :P
I believe the Geoff Edwards pilot was “Feud”.
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Well done sir.
Least I could do. :P
I believe the Geoff Edwards pilot was “Feud”.
I recall reading that Geoff actually turned down Feud because the way it was described to him reminded him too much of The Neighbors, which had recently flopped.
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Well done sir.
Least I could do. :P
I believe the Geoff Edwards pilot was “Feud”.
I recall reading that Geoff actually turned down Feud because the way it was described to him reminded him too much of The Neighbors, which had recently flopped.
What is bad career move?
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At bit more on the guest host schedule:
Mike Richards 2/22-3/5
Katie Couric 3/8-3/19
Dr. Oz 3/22-4/2
Aaron Rodgers 4/5-4/16
Mike Richards also says the decision on the permanent host will likely be “at the end of the season or the summer”, and the only tournament that might happen this season is the TOC (and even that is up in the air), mainly because of tryout/casting limitations...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/02/22/jeopardy-producer-guest-hosts-and-who-replace-alex-trebek/4538881001/
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After reading that, selecting Dr. Oz as a guest host makes more sense seeing as how him and Alex were close. But Mike stating that Alex "was not controversial in any way" in his discussion of positive attributes for a host seems to contradict that, given the negative baggage Oz has in some circles.
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Well we have a new guest host announced today- Buzzy Cohen. He’s doing the Tournament of Champions May 17-28 (they were iffy on if they were going to have one or not this season, so that’s good they were able to get it done....) That gets them to Mid-June:
4/19-4/30: Anderson Cooper
5/3-5/14: Bill Whitaker
5/17-5/28:Buzzy Cohen
5/31- 6/11: Mayim Bialik
So they only need 1 or 2 more to get them to the end of the season...and I think they’ll do the announcement of the full time host around then.
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Well we have a new guest host announced today- Buzzy Cohen. He’s doing the Tournament of Champions May 17-28 (they were iffy on if they were going to have one or not this season, so that’s good they were able to get it done....) That gets them to Mid-June:
4/19-4/30: Anderson Cooper
5/3-5/14: Bill Whitaker
5/17-5/28:Buzzy Cohen
5/31- 6/11: Mayim Bialik
So they only need 1 or 2 more to get them to the end of the season...and I think they’ll do the announcement of the full time host around then.
The two would be Savannah Guthrie and Dr. Sanjay Gupta
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Beginning to wonder what Sony is really trying to do here. Next man up: Joe Buck.
https://nypost.com/2021/04/17/joe-buck-will-take-a-turn-as-jeopardy-guest-host/ (https://nypost.com/2021/04/17/joe-buck-will-take-a-turn-as-jeopardy-guest-host/)
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Beginning to wonder what Sony is really trying to do here. Next man up: Joe Buck.
https://nypost.com/2021/04/17/joe-buck-will-take-a-turn-as-jeopardy-guest-host/ (https://nypost.com/2021/04/17/joe-buck-will-take-a-turn-as-jeopardy-guest-host/)
Now this is getting absurd.
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Joe Buck but not Dan Patrick? Makes ZERO sense.
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Joe Buck but not Dan Patrick? Makes ZERO sense.
I thought Dan turned it down
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I’ve been indifferent about Levar Burton. If he gets a shot, great. If not, oh well. But Joe Buck over him makes zero sense to me. He might be the only host more polarizing than Dr. Oz.
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Joe Buck but not Dan Patrick? Makes ZERO sense.
Jim Nantz would be a far better pick for J! than Joe Buck.
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Joe Buck but not Dan Patrick? Makes ZERO sense.
Jim Nantz would be a far better pick for J! than Joe Buck.
A game unlike any other...
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This is a disgusting act by the Jeopardy crew. /s...?
Somewhere I saw the season is running to 8/13, so several more guests to the end of the season.
Joe Buck but not Dan Patrick? Makes ZERO sense.
Jim Nantz would be a far better pick for J! than Joe Buck.
Could Tony Romo predict the correct responses before they are given?
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Given his comments in the SI article on Sports J!, I'm guessing Patrick would prefer doing Sports J again on his terms instead of "classic" J! He also didn't seem too thrilled about traveling to California to host, and would prefer something closer to his CT home.
(Patrick may also simply not want to be a full-time "generalist" game show host. IIRC, he declined a TPIR audition and was offered, but turned down, the GSN "Chase" host job.)
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The last set of guest hosts have been officially announced...
-Robin Roberts
-George Stephanopoulos
-David Faber
-Joe Buck
-LeVar Burton
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And dates for all of the rest of the hosts. Some (including LeVar Burton) are only getting one week instead of two. The season ends on August 13th.
Full list: https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/news-events/jeopardy-guest-host-schedule
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Fan service.
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Dick Gautier did a year hosting It's Your Bet after Hal March died. That show had a very confusing host history, due to March being diagnosed with lung cancer a few months into the run. I believe it went from March to Tom Kennedy, to Gautier, then back to Kennedy, and finally to Hal Waggoner. I have no idea whether that was because Gautier did a lousy job or because Ralph Andrews preferred Tom.
You meant to say Lyle Waggoner.
I think because of his move to IYB, Gautier was dropped as the regular joke teller on Can You Top This? and succeeded by Richard Dawson. Judging by air dates in the EOTVGS, it seems to coincide!
Weird that I found this years later, but I just saw an interview Gautier did with Kliph Nesteroff that gave the actual reason he left Can You Top This--and it's not what anyone would expect.
Kliph Nesteroff: You hosted a game show remake of Can You Top This.
Dick Gautier: No, Wink Martindale was the host. I was the joke-teller. That's my forte. I tell stories very well and can embellish with shtick and dialects. That is my strength, so that's why I was on the show. They had seen me do that on The Merv Griffin Show. It was very lucrative and was going very well when my niece gave me the mumps. I couldn't go on with the show. Richard Dawson took over and replaced me. I took Polaroids of myself because I looked like George Hamilton had f***** a chipmunk.
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That is fabulous. And it's not unreasonable to connect the dots between his niece's mumps and the ascendancy of Richard Dawson as a game show personality.
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To this day I regret not having suggested Dick Gautier for Mindreaders. The game itself still would have sucked but the overall show would have sucked a little less sans Dick Martin. Dick did a fair job in office run-thrus but once in the studio he became a deer in the headlights.
I do remember Jim Perry emceeing some office run-thrus, I think for the Puzzlers pilot. He was not being considered as the series MC; he was brought in just for a few office run-thrus, then Sajak was brought in as the real MC. Once in a while Bobby Sherman would MC an office run-thru. We also did office run-thrus of TTTT with Goodson himself as MC. I remember Bill Cullen, Gene Rayburn and Kathy Cronkite on the panel; can't remember who the fourth panelist was (it wasn't Kitty).
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Dick Gautier: No, Wink Martindale was the host. I was the joke-teller. That's my forte. I tell stories very well and can embellish with shtick and dialects. That is my strength, so that's why I was on the show. They had seen me do that on The Merv Griffin Show. It was very lucrative and was going very well when my niece gave me the mumps. I couldn't go on with the show. Richard Dawson took over and replaced me. I took Polaroids of myself because I looked like George Hamilton had f***** a chipmunk.
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I’m intrigued in the alternate universe where Dick Gautier doesn’t get the mumps and hosts “Feud”…
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To this day I regret not having suggested Dick Gautier for Mindreaders. The game itself still would have sucked but the overall show would have sucked a little less sans Dick Martin. Dick did a fair job in office run-thrus but once in the studio he became a deer in the headlights.
I'm really surprised more episodes of It's Your Bet (which Gautier hosted from 1970-71) haven't popped up somewhere. Those tapes were bicycled all over the country and continued airing after the show went out of production, so it's not like they all ended up in the East River. But since nobody's come forward to say they have a few in the basement, there's no evidence (and thus no real way of judging) if he could host a game show.
When people think of Gautier, the reaction is often, "Yeah, he was Hymie the Robot in Get Smart." But he only appeared in six of the 138 episodes -- I'm not even sure you could call that recurring. He did have opening title credits in three sitcoms between 1967 and 1975, but none made it through one full season. I guess after that the phone stopped ringing as much.