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Jimmy Owen:
What about Paul Williams standing next to comic writer Pat McCormick in the Smokey & the Bandit movies?  Of course, Pat is remembered for his appearances on Goodson-Todman's "Don Rickles Show" of the 1968-69 season. Remembered only by me, perhaps, but remembered.  How about Paul Williams as host of TPIR?  No wait, he already did host the show in 1994. (Doug Davidson's Y&R character is named Paul Williams)

gaubster2:
I always thought Chuck Woolery would be a good host for TPIR?  However, there are many on here who are more "in the know" about various TV personalities?  What do you think?

zachhoran:
[quote name=\'gaubster2\' date=\'Oct 26 2003, 11:43 AM\'] I always thought Chuck Woolery would be a good host for TPIR?  However, there are many on here who are more "in the know" about various TV personalities?  What do you think? [/quote]
 Chuck is in his 60s. As much as we'd like to see Fremantle pick someone with a lot of game show experience like WOolery, EUbanks, Martindale, Geoff Edwards, etc.(Geoff would really come close to Barker's greatness hosting TPIR I think), they're more likely to pick someone in their 30s or 40s with lesser game show experience than they are a 30-year GS veteran like the ones mentioned above.

I'll bring another younger name into the mix besides the ones mentioned: George Gray.

uncamark:
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Oct 25 2003, 08:14 PM\'][quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Oct 25 2003, 09:11 PM\']FWIW, my guess is either Brad Garrett or Doug Davidson, only because they're both already on the CBS payroll.[/quote]
Davidson won't get the gig for the same reason Osmond and Bergeron (if he wanted it) won't.

They rely on cue cards. (Bergeron to a lesser extent)[/quote]
However, if Bergeron can do a show like "Breakfast Time" sans cue cards, TelePrompters or IFBs--and at least once tear up the rundown sheet on camera--he can handle "TPIR," if he wants to--but he doesn't.

cmjb13:
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Oct 26 2003, 08:08 PM\']I'll bring another younger name into the mix besides the ones mentioned: George Gray.[/quote]
Regardless of how nice of a guy George is, he would be too smart-alecy (is that a word?) for Price.

I've heard Michael Burger shows up at TPIR a lot. He was at the Vegas show and Barker promenade unveiling.

Remember that Barker gained experience on games because he started with so few and slowly added more over the years. Teaching somebody 60+ games from scratch will be tough, regardless of how much experience he has.

Tom Kennedy had years of game show experience under his belt, and he only needed to learn 20 or so games, and at times, he seemed lost. Remember that his version was almost exactly the same as the CBS version except cut to 1/2 hr w/3 games and no showcase showdown.

Now do you think this version failed because viewers had enough Price and didn't want anymore or because viewers refused to accept anyone else in the role except Barker?

Then again Dennis James had a good run but most casual fans would not even remember that.

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