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Steve_Bier:
How was he discovered for "WHEW!"? Was he the original choice for that show? I'm assuming that since it was shot in Studio 33 for CBS, that maybe Johnny O was also considered?

zachhoran:
[quote name=\'Steve_Bier\' date=\'Oct 31 2003, 09:44 AM\'] How was he discovered for "WHEW!"? Was he the original choice for that show? I'm assuming that since it was shot in Studio 33 for CBS, that maybe Johnny O was also considered? [/quote]
 Johnny O was pretty much tied to Goodson-Todman by the late 70s(the only non-GT game show he announced in his GT tenure I believe was Joe Garagiola's Memory Game for Merv Griffin in 1971 on NBC), it isn't likely he would have done a non-GT show. It was reported a while back that Bud Austin, co-packager of Whew!, did have some stake in GT.

chris319:
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Oct 31 2003, 06:51 AM\']It was reported a while back that Bud Austin, co-packager of Whew!, did have some stake in GT.[/quote]
No one other than MG and BT ever had a stake in the company.

zachhoran:
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Oct 31 2003, 12:12 PM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Oct 31 2003, 06:51 AM\']It was reported a while back that Bud Austin, co-packager of Whew!, did have some stake in GT.[/quote]
No one other than MG and BT ever had a stake in the company. [/quote]
 I thought Austin was at least an exec at GT for a while.

chris319:
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Oct 31 2003, 09:14 AM\'] [quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Oct 31 2003, 12:12 PM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Oct 31 2003, 06:51 AM\']It was reported a while back that Bud Austin, co-packager of Whew!, did have some stake in GT.[/quote]
No one other than MG and BT ever had a stake in the company. [/quote]
I thought Austin was at least an exec at GT for a while. [/quote]
 He was a VP but did not have an ownership stake.

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