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DrBear:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Nov 18 2003, 10:02 AM\'] But WE got to talk about his interest in James Thurber, and the fact that I got to see him perform his one-man show when he toured college campuses back in the early eighties. [/quote]
 And for those who didn't know, Windom starred in the Thurber-based "My World and Welcome To It" in the late 60s. An excellent show that only lasted one year; those are the type of shows I'd love to see on some channel. Hello, Trio?

zachhoran:
[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Nov 18 2003, 10:28 AM\']
And for those who didn't know, Windom starred in the Thurber-based "My World and Welcome To It" in the late 60s. An excellent show that only lasted one year; those are the type of shows I'd love to see on some channel. Hello, Trio? [/quote]
 Cable networks seem to be going for more recent shows these days, the odds of something that's 20+ years old being added to a rerun schedule seem to be much less these days. Case in point: GSN is acquiring more recent stuff like Millionaire rather than stuff not seen in years as of late. If any network would air "My World......", Trio would probably be it.

combsisthebest:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Nov 18 2003, 06:34 AM\'] [quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Nov 18 2003, 08:28 AM\']
--- Quote ---Ray Combs
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Was he just doing promos? [/quote]
Pretty much, yeah.  In fact, of the three people Joe mentioned, only Peter Tomarken was "very involved" in those early days.  Gene Wood showed up for interviews and special segments occasionally (and did some announcing for them, of course).  I honestly don't remember Combs doing any more than the same sorts of promos they got just about every game show personality to do, but he may have made some other contribution I don't recall.

Basically, their three original on-air personalities were Tomarken, Laura Chambers and Steve Day.  Tomarken hosted the phone-in games they played in between classics in prime time, and Chambers & Day handled the daytime hours. [/quote]
 I remember seeing on the E!THS of Ray Combs that he and Laura were sitting together. So I'm guessing that he was on Laura's show at one time.

Don Howard:

--- Quote ---slightly more ambitious efforts like "Trivia Track" were just laughably bad.
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The only thing I liked about Trivia Track was its theme music. Anyone know where I can get a clean copy of that?

Ian Wallis:

--- Quote ---. And believe me, it wasn't hard to get through on their call-in programs! One of my favorite moments was getting to talk to William Windom, one of my favorite character actors (and someone with only a tenuous connection to game shows).
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For sure.  Shortly after it went on the air I was watching around noon, and Steve and Laura suggested people to call in if they wanted to talk to them.  I called, a spoke to a very nice gentleman (don't know his name) and they decided to put me on the air.  They talked to me on the air for three minutes straight, right before the 12:30 "Match Game" they had at the time.  Afterwards, they sent me a "thank you" card with Peter Tomarken's, Steve Day's and Laura Chamber's signatures, and a "winnie" pin.

I've still got those three minutes on tape!!

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