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JasonA1:
--- Quote from: MikeK on June 30, 2011, 11:22:01 PM ---If we're going with ESPN game shows, Designated Hitter is on the top of my list.
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I remember seeing the format in EOTVGS when I first got the book, and really dug it. It's certainly up there in obscurity because it ran for only a short time (and as you said, in odd time slots) plus, there's virtually no episodes around. The best I've done is a clip of it in a montage from a guy on YouTube who's been on many shows (including the aforementioned Perfect Match with Ken Ober).
-Jason
Matt Ottinger:
--- Quote from: RMF on July 01, 2011, 12:30:11 AM ---
--- Quote from: Matt Ottinger on June 30, 2011, 11:01:47 PM ---
--- Quote from: RMF on June 30, 2011, 09:37:06 PM ---An episode of Information Please from a run that I've found no sources for: http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=information+please&p=2&item=B:27161
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Well, I can help you here. It's from the version the EOTVGS references, a 1952 summer series. The Encyclopedia just isn't quite as accurate for that listing is all. The episode hosted by Russel (one 'l') Crouse aired live on August 10, 1952.
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Except, based on content, it doesn't seem like it could have been from the 1952 version
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Cool. I have no memory of my detailed response from 2007, but I was using the same book to identify the Crouse episode. The August 10 episode (number 7 of 13) features the same panelists and host mentioned on the Paley link, so I just figured that had to be it. Without having seen it, some of the things you mention (1951 date, no viewer submissions) would strongly suggest it was a pilot or some other sort of test, though no mention of such a thing appears in the book.
tyshaun1:
--- Quote from: gameshowlover87 on June 30, 2011, 11:32:04 PM ---Interesting fact about Designated Hitter: It was produced by The William Carruthers Company (of Press Your Luck fame). Even the buzz-in sound reminded me of PYL.
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Yep, the announcer was Rick Stern, the AD on both DH and PYL.
Tyshaun
toetyper:
is fandango obscure enough?
jmangin:
I remember catching Inspiration, Please! on a religious channel in the early 1990s. Not being a religious person I didn't watch it more than once or twice, but I think the bonus prize was a trip to a holy site.
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