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Another question about Rod Roddy
SplitSecond:
Rod did indeed announce the "Whew!" pilots.
TimK2003:
IIRC, Rod also did the pilot episodes for Bruce Forsythe's Hot Streak, which are on the trading circuit. A little odd that Gene Wood would wind up with that gig -- his only Grundy appearance.
And if you wish to split hairs, that one week ABC daytime Newlywed Game special hosted by Jim Lange was kinda/sorta a pilot for what would become the syndicated nighttime version, and Rod was the voice on that as well.
Steve_Bier:
I seem to remember a clip of that Hot Streak pilot!! He sounded great on it, too.
Didn't he announce one of the Jeopardy pilots as well?
And also---was PiR the first Goodson-Todman gig he ever had? How about some of G-T's unsold pilots? Did he announce any of them?
To SplitSecond: How many pilots for "WHEW!" were shot, and when were they done? I'm thinking 1978, but I could be wrong.....
Skynet74:
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Oct 30 2003, 07:43 PM\']
And if you wish to split hairs, that one week ABC daytime Newlywed Game special hosted by Jim Lange was kinda/sorta a pilot for what would become the syndicated nighttime version, and Rod was the voice on that as well. [/quote]
Wow... I forgot about that. I'm going to have to pull those tapes one day and post the audio here. I know I have them.
John
zachhoran:
[quote name=\'Steve_Bier\' date=\'Oct 30 2003, 09:54 PM\'] I seem to remember a clip of that Hot Streak pilot!! He sounded great on it, too.
Didn't he announce one of the Jeopardy pilots as well?
And also---was PiR the first Goodson-Todman gig he ever had? How about some of G-T's unsold pilots? Did he announce any of them?
To SplitSecond: How many pilots for "WHEW!" were shot, and when were they done? I'm thinking 1978, but I could be wrong..... [/quote]
He did announce one of the two Trebek J! pilots in 1983.
TPIR was Rod's only Goodson show, though he subbed for a couple weeks on Combs Feud in 1993-94.
No one has mentioned his stint as fill-in announcer on $25K Pyramid in 1983 or 1984.
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