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CoreyArcher:
Dave actually commented on this on the Late Show a few weeks ago. After his morning show was pulled, he noted that it was replaced by Las Vegas Gambit and Blockbusters. \"Two evergreens,\" he said with a chuckle. Wouldn't there have been a third show replacing his, as well?
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ChuckNet:
--- Quote ---Dave actually commented on this on the Late Show a few weeks ago. After his morning show was pulled, he noted that it was replaced by Las Vegas Gambit and Blockbusters. \"Two evergreens,\" he said with a chuckle. Wouldn't there have been a third show replacing his, as well?
--- End quote ---
No, since it had been cut to an hr after 2 mos or so.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")
SRIV94:
[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Jul 15 2003, 11:27 PM\']
--- Quote ---Dave actually commented on this on the Late Show a few weeks ago. After his morning show was pulled, he noted that it was replaced by Las Vegas Gambit and Blockbusters. \"Two evergreens,\" he said with a chuckle. Wouldn't there have been a third show replacing his, as well?
--- End quote ---
No, since it had been cut to an hr after 2 mos or so.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")[/quote]
Just to expound on that further, the half hour trimmed from Dave's morning show was combined with a half hour trimmed from ANOTHER WORLD to form the AW spinoff TEXAS (it was not to bring WoF back from cancellation, as Peter Marshall's book incorrectly mentions) on 8/4/80. Then LVG and BLOCKBUSTERS replaced Dave's morning show entirely on 10/27/80.
I'll be the first to admit it took me a while to get used to Dave's comic sensibility (even watching reruns of him on P+ or GONG I got a sense that Mother McKenzie didn't quite know what to do with him). I don't know if Dave starting playing to the masses a few years into his LATE NIGHT run or if magically I just figured it out, but I never found his morning show to be all that funny. It did seem pretty obvious from the get go that late nights (filling in for and later following Johnny) was where he really found his voice.
Not to begrudge Jay Leno's success, but count me among the people who thought that Dave should've gotten the first shot to succeed Johnny (getting royally screwed in the process).
Doug
Skynet74:
[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Jun 20 2003, 10:35 AM\'] NBC bid High Rollers, HS, and Chain Reaction a fond farewell after runs of 2 yrs, 14 yrs, and 6 mos, respectively.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby") [/quote]
ya see, that really Sucks. Just to think if Wheel was canceled instead, we could of been watching The Nightime versions of High Rollers and Chain Reaction every evening now instead of Wheel and Jeopardy. I can picture the High Roller Mobile traveling across the Country for contestant searches. A Big Truck with two Giant Dice on the side! :-)
John
tommycharles:
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jul 16 2003, 10:39 AM\']
Just to expound on that further, the half hour trimmed from Dave's morning show was combined with a half hour trimmed from ANOTHER WORLD to form the AW spinoff TEXAS (it was not to bring WoF back from cancellation, as Peter Marshall's book incorrectly mentions) on 8/4/80. Then LVG and BLOCKBUSTERS replaced Dave's morning show entirely on 10/26/80.
I'll be the first to admit it took me a while to get used to Dave's comic sensibility (even watching reruns of him on P+ or GONG I got a sense that Mother McKenzie didn't quite know what to do with him). I don't know if Dave starting playing to the masses a few years into his LATE NIGHT run or if magically I just figured it out, but I never found his morning show to be all that funny. It did seem pretty obvious from the get go that late nights (filling in for and later following Johnny) was where he really found his voice.
Not to begrudge Jay Leno's success, but count me among the people who thought that Dave should've gotten the first shot to succeed Johnny (getting royally screwed in the process).
Doug [/quote]
Ok, veering dangerously off topic here, but:
I think that in the LN show, Dave was more at ease because he was appealing to an audience that would understand him. In the daytime show, he was appealing to housewives, etc., and it wasn't working. Could you imagine some of Conan's bits appealing to the same audience that Price does? (The Bear, Preperation H guy, etc.)
..and yes, Doug, I'm with you in the \"Dave should have gotten it\" belief.
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