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About that new Chuck Woolery show
melman1:
I caught the first episode of this during one of its 37 re-runs last week. When it was over, I felt like I knew about as much about Woolery as I wanted to.
But there are going to be more episodes of this? Why?
Why not do a series of tributes to game show hosts? An hour on Trebek, an hour on Sajak, etc. All have had long and fairly diverse careers in broadcasting.
What it really drove home to me, is that since Woolery left WoF, he hasn't done ... well, much of anything. \"Love Connection\" is certainly nothing to be proud of, and the other shows hidden away on GSN (Greed and Lingo) don't count.
BrandonFG:
[quote name=\'melman1\' date=\'Jun 23 2003, 01:02 PM\'] What it really drove home to me, is that since Woolery left WoF, he hasn't done ... well, much of anything. "Love Connection" is certainly nothing to be proud of, and the other shows hidden away on GSN (Greed and Lingo) don't count. [/quote]
Well, his run on Scrabble (not counting the 93 revival) lasted just as long as his stint on Wheel. Six years on any game show is nothing to sneeze at.
ITSBRY:
--- Quote ---What it really drove home to me, is that since Woolery left WoF, he hasn't done ... well, much of anything. \"Love Connection\" is certainly nothing to be proud of, and the other shows hidden away on GSN (Greed and Lingo) don't count.
--- End quote ---
I definately don't agree with that statement. To say that Chuck's done nothing notable since WoF is not giving the guy any credit. As a matter of fact, most people don't even remember Chuck for Wheel.
Scrabble enjoyed a very long run on NBC daytime. Why this wasn't mentioned on NS is beyond me! I know they may not have rights to air clips, but they could have mentioned it as it was a very big part of his career. Fact is, Chuck was very busy up until the mid-90s when the game show genre took a nose dive. While some may not consider LC a game show, it is a popular series that ran for a very long time and a lot of people, myself included, are enjoying seeing these shows again (although I'd rather see them somewhere besides GSN).
I would also say that Greed certainly \"counts\". It was aired on a major network in prime time and is very popular in reruns on GSN. There are many who still wonder why Fox canceled the show.
ITSBRY
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Matt Ottinger:
--- Quote ---Thanks, Chris. That is what I meant. I meant it in terms of \"Survivor\", \"Big Brother\", \"The Osbournes\". I do realize that a \"Documentary\" is a reality show in the truest sense of the word.
--- End quote ---
I don't really have as huge an issue with your terms as it sounds like I do, but you've lost me again.
I understand the difference between Naturally Stoned and shows like Survivor and Big Brother, which have a competitive element to them. I even understand the difference between Naturally Stoned and shows like The Real World, which aren't strictly games but do artificially create the environment we see.
But I fail to see any genre difference between Naturally Stoned and The Osbornes. As I said originally, \"reality show\" can be defined far too many ways, but if you're saying that The Osbornes *is* a reality show, but Naturally Stoned *isn't*, I can't imagine you're going to get a lot of support for that position. Structurally, those two shows (as well as The Anna Nicole Show) are the same.
Somebody else said:
--- Quote ---What it really drove home to me, is that since Woolery left WoF, he hasn't done ... well, much of anything. \"Love Connection\" is certainly nothing to be proud of, and the other shows hidden away on GSN (Greed and Lingo) don't count.
--- End quote ---
I don't even know where to start. There are many industry professionals who would say that \"Wheel of Fortune\" is nothing to be proud of, so for you to dismiss Love Connection because it offends YOUR delicate sensibilities is a weird way to wipe that off Chuck's resume. Scrabble was a definite success on NBC, and Greed was a very visible prime time series on FOX before becoming GSN fodder. Sure, Lingo is less visible, but if GSN wants to be in the Chuck Woolery business, why should he say no?
Point is, there are many mid-70s hosts who truly haven't done much of anything on TV since. Woolery has been extremely successful. Being successful and being an interesting subject for cameras to follow around all day are two different things, however...
clemon79:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Jun 23 2003, 11:32 AM\'] But I fail to see any genre difference between Naturally Stoned and The Osbornes. [/quote]
There isn't. I was going to point out to him that I thought Osbornes was a bad example, but something ended up diverting my attention...
--- Quote ---Scrabble was a definite success on NBC, and Greed was a very visible prime time series on FOX before becoming GSN fodder.
--- End quote ---
And on top of that, there was his gig with Cristina Ferrare on that \"Home And Family\" show, plus his own talk show, plus he was the first host of the California Lottery's Big Spin show...I'd say he's had pretty steady work.
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