Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Recent Posts

Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 10
1
The Big Board / Re: "Bingable" game shows?
« Last post by BillCullen1 on Today at 10:00:51 AM »
I could binge watch Hollywood Squares just to see the different celebs on it. Given my username, I could also binge on IGAS, Blockbusters and Child's Play.
2
Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Yet Another Buzzr Survey...
« Last post by splinkynip on June 01, 2023, 09:00:17 PM »
I just finished the zoom call a few hours ago.

General game show and buzzr questions asked

Were we part of the same group? I had the 11:30ET/8:30PT slot
3
Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Yet Another Buzzr Survey...
« Last post by cmjb13 on June 01, 2023, 04:34:56 PM »
I just finished the zoom call a few hours ago.

General game show and buzzr questions asked
4
The Big Board / Re: Shows Providing Wrong Information
« Last post by trainman on June 01, 2023, 01:34:36 AM »
Not a game show per se, but I recently watched the "Rock 'n' Roll" episode of "QI," and was disappointed that they repeated the "'OK' came from Martin Van Buren's presidential campaign, referring to 'Old Kinderhook'" canard -- that's been debunked since it was researched in the 1960s. ("OK" originated as part of a late 1830s/early 1840s fad for wacky abbreviations.)
5
Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Yet Another Buzzr Survey...
« Last post by bwood on May 31, 2023, 11:53:55 PM »
They had a spot open up, so they called me, and I am now scheduled for a Thursday meeting time slot.
6
The Big Board / Re: Millionaire: Where would you place this question?
« Last post by Eric Paddon on May 31, 2023, 10:23:37 PM »
That's the one.    That was one of many fake ID's he took over the years.   He even stole my name when trolling at other boards in a deliberate attempt to make me look like a crazy person when it was just him pretending to be me acting crazy on purpose.      He even posted spam book reviews on Amazon stealing my mother's name.
7
The Big Board / Re: Millionaire: Where would you place this question?
« Last post by SuperMatch93 on May 31, 2023, 09:54:40 PM »
Be wary of much that is written about Dorothy and the JFK investigation because a lot of it has been written by sensationalist seeking opportunists aided by some truly weird people.    I think Matt and a few others might remember from the atgs days a wacko named David Henschel who frequently trolled the place.      He was the ultimate weirdo regarding the whole Kilgallen-JFK think (even though in one of the days when he was sane he was the one who first got a copy of the tribute program with ads from the archives back in the mid-90s).

Is that the guy whose alter ego was "Lisa Pease" or am I thinking of someone else?
8
The Big Board / Re: Millionaire: Where would you place this question?
« Last post by Eric Paddon on May 31, 2023, 09:53:38 PM »
Quote
I do seem to remember reading that Daly and Kilgallen had a falling out over her investigations, seeing how she was openly challenging the Warren Commission's findings.

Did you read that in Gil's book?

I haven't read his book, but whoever I read that from probably did.

There is nothing about the JFK thing in Fates' book.   He simply said that John stopped speaking to her for a year outside the program because of the flap over her reporting Daly's blacklisting Mike Wallace from being a Mystery Guest in 1957.   

Be wary of much that is written about Dorothy and the JFK investigation because a lot of it has been written by sensationalist seeking opportunists aided by some truly weird people.    I think Matt and a few others might remember from the atgs days a wacko named David Henschel who frequently trolled the place.      He was the ultimate weirdo regarding the whole Kilgallen-JFK think (even though in one of the days when he was sane he was the one who first got a copy of the tribute program with ads from the archives back in the mid-90s).
9
The Big Board / Re: Millionaire: Where would you place this question?
« Last post by jjman920 on May 31, 2023, 08:14:07 PM »
ISTR Gil mentioned something about two WML? principals not speaking to each other except to play the game, but I forget the details. I haven't read through his book since 1978.

John stopped speaking to Dorothy for a period (other than to play the game) after he discovered that she was reporting their backstage chit-chat in her column.

There was also a 1957 incident when Daly kiboshed Mike Wallace as a mystery guest. (Daly was head of ABC News at the time and objected to Wallace being hired for a new interview show. In particular, Wallace’s interview with crime figure Mickey Cohen the prior week had resulted in the airing of possibly libelous statements about the LA chief of police.) Anyway, Daly threatened to no-show, and Sammy Davis Jr. was substituted. Daly probably regarded the whole thing as a private backstage matter, but the next day’s Journal-American carried a front-page item about the mystery guest swap. I think Fates said there was no byline, but it didn’t take much guesswork to determine who might’ve written it, and Daly avoided speaking to Kilgallen for several weeks, other than gameplay.

IIRC, Bennett Cerf also relayed similar details in an audio interview he did in the late 60s. It taught John and the rest of the panel a valuable lesson and, presumably, changed how relaxed they'd be in her presence.
10
The Big Board / Re: Millionaire: Where would you place this question?
« Last post by thomas_meighan on May 31, 2023, 07:05:40 PM »
ISTR Gil mentioned something about two WML? principals not speaking to each other except to play the game, but I forget the details. I haven't read through his book since 1978.

John stopped speaking to Dorothy for a period (other than to play the game) after he discovered that she was reporting their backstage chit-chat in her column.

There was also a 1957 incident when Daly kiboshed Mike Wallace as a mystery guest. (Daly was head of ABC News at the time and objected to Wallace being hired for a new interview show. In particular, Wallace’s interview with crime figure Mickey Cohen the prior week had resulted in the airing of possibly libelous statements about the LA chief of police.) Anyway, Daly threatened to no-show, and Sammy Davis Jr. was substituted. Daly probably regarded the whole thing as a private backstage matter, but the next day’s Journal-American carried a front-page item about the mystery guest swap. I think Fates said there was no byline, but it didn’t take much guesswork to determine who might’ve written it, and Daly avoided speaking to Kilgallen for several weeks, other than gameplay.
Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 10