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zachhoran:
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Oct 12 2003, 10:00 PM\'] .
ObGameShow: You know, one of the sons of a certain MC used to play for the Cubbies (shame one of many episodes where he referenced it will most likely never see the light of day on GSN again).
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MoreObgameshow: The end-of-show goodbye segment on last weekend's(I think Sunday's) 1988 GSN WOF rerun featured Chicago boy Pat mentioning about the Cubbie's last World Series appearance being 43 years ago(at that time) and their last win being 80 years ago(at that time)
Jay Temple:
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Oct 12 2003, 10:00 PM\'] You know, one of the sons of a certain MC used to play for the Cubbies (shame one of many episodes where he referenced it will most likely never see the light of day on GSN again).
Doug [/quote]
Clue me in. Who is it?
Related trivia: Which father and son (Sr. and Jr.) are a former game show host and the current GM of a baseball team? (Wouldn't it be funny if it turned out that's exactly who you're talking about ...)
SRIV94:
[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Oct 15 2003, 12:06 PM\'] [quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Oct 12 2003, 10:00 PM\'] You know, one of the sons of a certain MC used to play for the Cubbies (shame one of many episodes where he referenced it will most likely never see the light of day on GSN again).
Doug [/quote]
Clue me in. Who is it?
Related trivia: Which father and son (Sr. and Jr.) are a former game show host and the current GM of a baseball team? (Wouldn't it be funny if it turned out that's exactly who you're talking about ...) [/quote]
If memory serves, you're thinking of the Garagiolas (Joe Jr. currently the VP/GM of the Arizona Diamondbacks, where Joe Sr. worked a few games as Thom Brennaman's broadcast partner this past season).
But the host I referenced in my "ObGameShow" was Peter Marshall, and his son Pete LaCock played for the Cubs in the early 1970s. Marshall referred to his son and his baseball exploits on numerous occasions throughout HSq's run.
Doug
Jay Temple:
Correctamundo! Of course, I intentionally left out the fact that Joe, Sr., was a ballplayer before he was a game show host. He has a World Series ring as a 1946 Cardinal. I seem to recall hearing that one of the 2001 games set a World Series record for hits that was previously held by the 1946 Cardinals.
uncamark:
[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Oct 16 2003, 10:47 AM\']Correctamundo! Of course, I intentionally left out the fact that Joe, Sr., was a ballplayer before he was a game show host. He has a World Series ring as a 1946 Cardinal. I seem to recall hearing that one of the 2001 games set a World Series record for hits that was previously held by the 1946 Cardinals.[/quote]
Of course, Joe will always point out that he spent the 1946 World Series catching in the bullpen.
As a game show host, Joe was never the slickest in the world, but he was always one of the most likeable and unpretentious (as he is in anything he does). "Strike It Rich" '86 might've been totally unbearable with someone other than Joe hosting (and yes, I mean Michael Barrymore of the British version, although I can see that the mums might've been fond of him).
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