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Double Up with Jamie Farr
bricon:
Double Up, if memory serves, was a Dick Clark pilot. I'll have to dig for the tape, but I remember it being a celebrity/civilian quiz, not memorable enough to have cemented the format in my brain :)
Matt Ottinger:
--- Quote ---A stellar 11 years on "M*A*S*H"
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Most of them wearing a dress for cheap laughs.
--- Quote ---plus memorable guest appearances as a judge on "The Gong Show".
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Many people would not consider this to be a high point in a career.
--- Quote ---Why jeopardize memories of that when hosting a dating show?
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Didn't seem to harm the careers of Jim Lange, Chuck Woolery, Arlene Francis, Bill Cullen, Gene Rayburn, Bob Goen, Bob Eubanks, Dick Enberg and many, many other successful performers who've hosted some kind of relationship show at some point in their careers.
The point being, just because YOU don't happen to like "dating shows" does not necessarily mean that someone's legacy is in jeopardy for trying one. Performers perform. You aren't going to find too many who see easy work for a big paycheck and say, "Hey, I was a panelist on The Gong Show. This is beneath me."
ChuckNet:
--- Quote ---unless you are talking about an unsold pilot with the same title, its a very bad DG ripoff for kids (DG+Kids = Disaster)
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Right the 1st time...while I know nothing about Farr's pilot, I'm positive it's a case of "same title, different show" syndrome.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
Jimmy Owen:
Those of us with access to Canadian TV might remember Hart Pomerantz (of "This Is the Law" fame) had a game show on CBC called "Double Up" in the summer of 1974. As I recall it was played similarly to "You Bet Your Life." Corrections welcome.
calliaume:
--- Quote ---Those of us with access to Canadian TV might remember Hart Pomerantz (of "This Is the Law" fame) had a game show on CBC called "Double Up" in the summer of 1974. As I recall it was played similarly to "You Bet Your Life." Corrections welcome.
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This was about two years after Pomerantz's CBC series of comedy specials had ended, and he'd broken up with his longtime writing and performing partner. That partner moved to the States and started producing a comedy series for NBC, Saturday Night Live.
Yeah, Lorne Michaels did pretty well for himself. {Paul Harvey}And now you know... the rest of the story.{/PH}
(Side note: on their 1968-1969 CBC show Barris and Company, starring Alex Barris, the announcer was Alex Trebek. Michaels and Pomerantz left the show to write for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.)
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