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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: SRIV94 on August 02, 2003, 09:50:16 PM
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I read in the paper recently about this service called \"Autographed To You\", where for a nominal fee celebrities will send you a personally autographed picture. So while scanning the site just on a whim, I found this:
It All Started With DOCTOR IQ (http://\"http://www.autographedtoyou.com/xq/asp/parentid.23/id.1125/Tom+Kennedy/qx/celebrity.htm\")
Didn't notice if there were any other game show hosts available, but it might be worth checking out. Then again, on the other hand. . . :)
Doug
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Aug 2 2003, 08:50 PM\'] I read in the paper recently about this service called \"Autographed To You\", where for a nominal fee celebrities will send you a personally autographed picture. So while scanning the site just on a whim, I found this:
It All Started With DOCTOR IQ (http://\"http://www.autographedtoyou.com/xq/asp/parentid.23/id.1125/Tom+Kennedy/qx/celebrity.htm\")
Didn't notice if there were any other game show hosts available, but it might be worth checking out. Then again, on the other hand. . . :)
Doug [/quote]
Alan Thicke is available, as are Match Game regulars Debralee Scott (7x) and Sally Struthers (90/91).
Greg
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Thirty bucks? I'm thinkin' no. Besides, I got an autographed photo of Tom for free back in 1985 when he was hosting Body Language. Nice try, though.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Aug 3 2003, 12:08 PM\'] Thirty bucks? I'm thinkin' no. Besides, I got an autographed photo of Tom for free back in 1985 when he was hosting Body Language. Nice try, though. [/quote]
$30 is nominal????!?
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Aug 3 2003, 12:09 PM\'][quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Aug 3 2003, 12:08 PM\'] Thirty bucks? I'm thinkin' no. Besides, I got an autographed photo of Tom for free back in 1985 when he was hosting Body Language. Nice try, though. [/quote]
$30 is nominal????!?[/quote]
Nominal's in the eye of the beholder (hey, a NTT or BL diehard might think $30 would be nominal). Perhaps more likely a poor choice of words on my part, though.
Interesting that Thicke (if you really want to call him a game-show host--only PICTIONARY was worthy in my book [and he gets points off for even being associated with AN3AC]) and Scott are commanding the same $30 fee, while Sally Struthers (who was on a much-more widely seen and loved program in ALL IN THE FAMILY--not to mention her game appearances) only commands $21. Also in the $30 range--TTTT9x regular Ron Masak.
Not sure I'd go for it, either, but it was food for thought anyway.
Doug
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Oh, and one more thing. To those who knew that Tom Kennedy's first game show was actually THE BIG GAME and not DOCTOR IQ, thanks for not correcting me (one of these days I'll actually get through a post without making some sort of clerical error)--no, this is not intended as a snide remark or sarcasm. And to those who didn't know, now you've learned something.
We now return to your regularly scheduling boardviewing, already in progress.
Sheepishly yours,
Doug
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Didn't notice if there were any other game show hosts available, but it might be worth checking out.
In addition to the others mentioned, Lyle Waggoner, who hosted a season of \"It's Your Bet\" is also putting his autograph up for sale.
FUN FACT! Lyle Waggoner is the only game show host to pose nude for Playgirl. I have no idea why I know that and there's no reason anybody should know that.
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[quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' date=\'Aug 3 2003, 09:18 PM\'] FUN FACT! Lyle Waggoner is the only game show host to pose nude for Playgirl. I have no idea why I know that and there's no reason anybody should know that. [/quote]
Obviously you got that from your extensive Playgirl collection. ;)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 4 2003, 12:46 AM\'] [quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' date=\'Aug 3 2003, 09:18 PM\'] FUN FACT! Lyle Waggoner is the only game show host to pose nude for Playgirl. I have no idea why I know that and there's no reason anybody should know that. [/quote]
Obviously you got that from your extensive Playgirl collection. ;) [/quote]
Didn't John Davidson also do a layout in one of those magazines in the early 70s also?
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[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Aug 4 2003, 02:44 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 4 2003, 12:46 AM\'] [quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' date=\'Aug 3 2003, 09:18 PM\'] FUN FACT! Lyle Waggoner is the only game show host to pose nude for Playgirl. I have no idea why I know that and there's no reason anybody should know that. [/quote]
Obviously you got that from your extensive Playgirl collection. ;) [/quote]
Didn't John Davidson also do a layout in one of those magazines in the early 70s also? [/quote]
Yes, and the ad made its way onto eBay last year. The ad, in turn, made its way onto a very controversial ATGS discussion. :-P
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Aug 4 2003, 02:49 PM\'] [quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Aug 4 2003, 02:44 PM\'] Didn't John Davidson also do a layout in one of those magazines in the early 70s also? [/quote]
Yes, and the ad made its way onto eBay last year. The ad, in turn, made its way onto a very controversial ATGS discussion. :-P [/quote]
I found that thread on Groupsgle some time back. Now I can't read some of those responses without ROFL.
Justin Lollie: Thank you very much for reaffirming my heterosexuality. And how.
Dan Sadro: My question is... what was Curt searching for to find *that*?
Robert Hoffman: Jm J. Bullock's closet. :)
Chris C.: Nobody ever, EVER search E-Bay for \"Rod Roddy\".
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What's the best search criteria to find that? I put in \"John Davidson\" and went through 10 pages fruitlessly before giving up.
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Loaded question of the day:
Have you tried \"heterosexuality\"?
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Aug 4 2003, 05:11 PM\'] Loaded question of the day:
Have you tried \"heterosexuality\"? [/quote]
On and off. :-D
I copied some of Jason's post into Google, saw the thread, and s**t my pants laughing......that was one for the ages.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&...d.aol.com#link1 (http://\"http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=748263e19ee69518&seekm=20020216223815.13819.00000058%40mb-dd.aol.com#link1\")
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$21 for Sally Struthers? The extra $9 must go to Christian Children's Fund.
But for some of these, a $30 check for an autograph looks pretty good on your ledger right next to those $2.52 royalty checks for \"Murder She Wrote\".
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Aug 2 2003, 08:50 PM\'] I read in the paper recently about this service called "Autographed To You", where for a nominal fee celebrities will send you a personally autographed picture. [/quote]
It's rather ridiculous to even pay for an autograph unless the Celebrity is dead and can no longer sign for you. A simple letter request sent to any TV show or performer will usually score you a free autographed 8x10.
Visit http://www.stararchive.com/ (http://\"http://www.stararchive.com/\") for more info on just how easy it is to get free autographs.
John
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That doesn't always work.
I'm still waiting for autographs from Kyle Aletter and Burton Richardson from late 2001.
I mentioned to him in passing last time at Price that I wrote to him.
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You wrote Kyle a letter and she didn't write back?
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[quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Aug 5 2003, 12:14 AM\'] It's rather ridiculous to even pay for an autograph unless the Celebrity is dead and can no longer sign for you. [/quote]
Personally, I think it's rather ridiculous to pay for an autograph, period (unless the proceeds are going wholly to charity), but that may just be because I see autographs as a personal momento of having met or known the person in question, and not as a commodity. If the person is dead, I can no longer meet them, I see no need for the signature. Even as a baseball card collector, the concept of a signed card I did not obtain myself struck me as odd.
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While I obsessively grab any scrap of anything that has to do with Bill Cullen, the one thing I skip on eBay is the occasional autograph. I happen to have a couple of signed photos just because I wanted the photo itself, but I certainly wouldn't have paid a premium for the signature.
Still, supply and demand. There's obviously a huge market for autographed items. If a faded star can make a few bucks, not to mention help out a charity, more power to them.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Aug 5 2003, 07:47 AM\'] You wrote Kyle a letter and she didn't write back? [/quote]
I wrote Brett in I believe April; and have yet to hear back from her....
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[quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Aug 5 2003, 02:14 AM\'] It's rather ridiculous to even pay for an autograph unless the Celebrity is dead and can no longer sign for you. A simple letter request sent to any TV show or performer will usually score you a free autographed 8x10.
Visit http://www.stararchive.com/ (http://\"http://www.stararchive.com/\") for more info on just how easy it is to get free autographs. [/quote]
But paying for a deceased person's autograph is quite risky. The autograph might be a forgery or an autopen (autographed by a machine programmed to mimic one's signature). The same holds true for any autograph not signed in person. Autopens are frequently used, as are personal assistants signing photos.
I agree with John. The easiest and least expensive way to get an autograph is to write a letter to a celebrity, include a self-addressed stamped envelope, and insert a plain index card to be signed. The total cost is under $1. Having collected autographs for over 12 years, I can say that this is the best way to get autographs with very little risk. I usually get a response within 6 weeks about half the time.
Has anybody considered creating an archive of game show host/celebrity addresses for fans? On average, I get an e-mail a month asking how one can contact a host. Maybe I should work on that project while I have some free time...
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You wrote Kyle a letter and she didn't write back?
I'm sure it was just a slight oversight on her part.
Probably because of all the mail she gets :P