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Steve_Bier:
From posts that I have read, Rod was the voice on a number of unsold pilots. Does anyone here know which ones? Was WHEW! his first game show ever, or had he taped game show pilots previously? Also...was PiR his first-ever gig for G-T?

J.R.:
He was the announcer for the 1984 Scrabble Pilot and Whew! was his first gameshow.

Hope that helps !
-Joe R.

zachhoran:
[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Oct 29 2003, 04:35 PM\'] He was the announcer for the 1984 Scrabble Pilot and Whew! was his first gameshow.

Hope that helps !
-Joe R. [/quote]
 Rod did one of the 80s Scrabble pilots, while Phil Hartman(yes, the SNL and Newsradio star) did one of them. Phil also announced the Pop and Rocker Game.

Rod also announced for the Dream House pilot, one of the Trebek J! pilots, and(I remember hearing about this anyway) the Wordplay pilot(which Peter T. reportedly hosted in 1986)

bricon:
Rod announced a pilot called Star Play, hosted by Tom Kennedy, and produced by Tom and Carol Burnett.  Sort of a cross between charades and You Don't Say.  Circa October 1988.

Steve_Bier:
By any chance, was Rod the original choice to announce "WHEW", or was anyone else tapped for the pilot episodes?

Thanks for everyone's help!

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