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BrandonFG:
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--- Quote from: knagl on July 11, 2011, 05:02:59 AM ---
Edit: Heh, so for kicks I Googled the phrase, "Who's playing Time Out for Trivia" and found a Sports Illustrated article from 1988 about the show (here). It was broadcast nationwide on cable -- anyone else remember the show?
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The old FNN (financial news net - a precursor to CNBC) aired it, no?
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I looked it up about an hour ago, and that seems to be right, on the SCORE Network, which I believe was a FNN subsidiary?
I remember seeing the show on Youtube a few years ago, but couldn't find any clips.
Jimmy Owen:
--- Quote from: fostergray82 on July 11, 2011, 07:58:36 AM ---
--- Quote from: tvwxman on July 11, 2011, 07:00:26 AM ---
--- Quote from: knagl on July 11, 2011, 05:02:59 AM ---
Edit: Heh, so for kicks I Googled the phrase, "Who's playing Time Out for Trivia" and found a Sports Illustrated article from 1988 about the show (here). It was broadcast nationwide on cable -- anyone else remember the show?
--- End quote ---
The old FNN (financial news net - a precursor to CNBC) aired it, no?
--- End quote ---
I looked it up about an hour ago, and that seems to be right, on the SCORE Network, which I believe was a FNN subsidiary?
I remember seeing the show on Youtube a few years ago, but couldn't find any clips.
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Yeah, FNN/Score was a business during the day, sports after the markets closed network. Sparce production values as I recall.
davemackey:
The host of "Time Out for Trivia" was Todd Donoho, who always told his callers he was "Tremendous, my friend." He was also one of the TelShop hosts, along with Michelle Roth.
Has anyone mentioned the short-lived spinoff of "Tony Brown's Journal" called "Can You Dig It?". Couples, identified by first name and astrological sign (eerily reminiscent of the song "Float On") played for cheap prizes like love beads.
SRIV94:
--- Quote from: davemackey on July 11, 2011, 10:18:16 AM ---The host of "Time Out for Trivia" was Todd Donoho, who always told his callers he was "Tremendous, my friend." He was also one of the TelShop hosts, along with Michelle Roth.
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Isn't he (or wasn't he recently) anchoring sports in L.A. (KABC comes to mind)?
And would MINDREADERS qualify for obscure (granted, 1979-80 show, but never seen in reruns--just a YouTube clip or trading circuit video seems to be the only remnants)?
clemon79:
--- Quote from: SRIV94 on July 11, 2011, 11:53:16 AM ---Isn't he (or wasn't he recently) anchoring sports in L.A. (KABC comes to mind)?
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Yes. For a while he hosted a live post-game show after Monday Night Football called, creatively, "Monday Night Live," and they would do a call-in trivia segment much in the vein of TOFT. I am told by people who lived in the area that his phone schtick didn't change one iota.
"To the phones we go...WHO'S playing Monday Night Live?"
"Erm, this is Bob from Inglewood. How are ya, Todd?"
"Tremendous, my friend!"
Made me kinda wish I'd seen it. (Apparently he moved back to Missouri and is doing college sports stuff now.)
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