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inturnaround

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« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2003, 12:36:27 AM »
A Crown Vic, eh? Must be a fan of The Police. :)

And really who can blame him? My favorite song of theirs is "Every Step You Take".
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chris319

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« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2003, 01:13:01 AM »
The one person I can't visualize behind the wheel of an automobile on her way to a game show taping is Lucille Ball. I frankly don't know if we hired a car for her or if someone in her entourage drove her. Lucy was nigh 70 when she did P+.

I did, however, witness Carol Burnett driving home after one of our tapings in a classic Rolls.
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« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2003, 01:21:49 AM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 10:13 PM\'] Lucy was nigh 70 when she did P+. [/quote]
 Her age or her Blood Alcohol Content?

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« Reply #18 on: December 31, 2003, 01:26:38 AM »
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 11:21 PM\'] [quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 10:13 PM\'] Lucy was nigh 70 when she did P+. [/quote]
Her age or her Blood Alcohol Content?
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 Ooh, that's a shot.

Off-topic, but still funny: Hockey player Bob Probert was caught blowing a .24 driving home after a night of revelry, and the unofficial Blackhawks game-night program picked it up in their Top 10 Bob Probert Pick-Up Lines for the next game:

"My love for you is three times the legal limit, baby." :)
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« Reply #19 on: December 31, 2003, 01:54:24 AM »
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 10:21 PM\'][quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 10:13 PM\'] Lucy was nigh 70 when she did P+. [/quote]
Her age or her Blood Alcohol Content?
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Are you saying Lucy had too much blood in her alcohol system?

She had so much alcohol in her bloodstream, instead of being offered the role of "Auntie Mame" she was offered the role of "Auntie Freeze".
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« Reply #20 on: December 31, 2003, 05:51:37 AM »
I'm sure whatever fondness Lucy had for "the drink", it doesn't hold a candle to ex-husband Desi.  

Mame was a bad choice for Lucy. However, she did have stakes in the movie, so she casted herself in the role, while ironically using some of the original broadway cast for the other main roles. If she had done the movie 10 years before, she would've been great, but in her mid 60s, she was past her prime.
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« Reply #21 on: December 31, 2003, 07:22:17 AM »
[quote name=\'whewfan\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 05:51 AM\'] I'm sure whatever fondness Lucy had for "the drink", it doesn't hold a candle to ex-husband Desi.  

Mame was a bad choice for Lucy. However, she did have stakes in the movie, so she casted herself in the role, while ironically using some of the original broadway cast for the other main roles. If she had done the movie 10 years before, she would've been great, but in her mid 60s, she was past her prime. [/quote]
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« Reply #22 on: December 31, 2003, 07:30:33 AM »
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believe somebody on the old MSN TPIR board had a pic. of Barker's wheels parked in the lot.
What's next? Pictures of his living room furniture?

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But that "announcer" spot is not for the "Price" announcer.
Never said it was and didn't mean to imply it was. I would figure they would get a better spot than that.

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The "Price" announcer is lucky enough to park next to Barker in a separate area that is more convenient and is under constant security surveillance. Those spots are NOT marked with the name of the assignee.
CBS security always amazes me at how inept they can be at times. But if they were to get something right, overseeing that area would have to be it.

I think Barker uses the Beverly Blvd entrance (or called Genesee Ave by others), as most people do. Someone once told me he uses the Fairfax entrance, but I find that a little tough to believe with all the fans in that area hanging around.
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« Reply #23 on: December 31, 2003, 08:30:29 AM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 11:47 PM\'] With that in mind, does Matt Ottinger drive to "QuizBusters," or does he get a chauffeur as well? ;-) [/quote]
 Not only does Matt not have a chauffeur, he also doesn't have a designated parking spot.

The question editor doesn't get one either.  Then again, the question editor is so lazy he only goes to a handful of tapings a year.


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« Reply #24 on: December 31, 2003, 10:19:40 AM »
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Most of the West coast hosts I know or have worked with all usually drive themselves. From Wink to Wahlberg, Tom Kennedy to GSN Kennedy, Trebek to Thicke, Newton to Nicotero. George Gray, Leno and several others are car aficionatos with a different vehicle every day. Out of town talent such as Maury ("21") and Anne Robinson get the limo treatment, as do celebrity guests. Mark Wahlberg did use a car for one gig I recall.

I was at a Season 1 'Russian Roulette' taping at Sony and while driving home from the studio on Sepulveda Blvd, I passed a tow truck...

which just happened to be *towing* Mark Wahlberg's car. Seems he had a little car trouble.

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« Reply #25 on: December 31, 2003, 10:29:53 AM »
[quote name=\'matchgame\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 10:19 AM\']I passed a tow truck...[/quote]
Was Burton driving?
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« Reply #26 on: December 31, 2003, 12:36:12 PM »
>> The one person I can't visualize behind the wheel of an automobile on her way >> to a game show taping is Lucille Ball. I frankly don't know if we hired a car for >> her or if someone in her entourage drove her. Lucy was nigh 70 when she did >> P+.

At times, Lucy seemed unable to find (or disinterested in finding) her way over to center stage to play Alphabetics.  I also remember Tom Kennedy had to guide her around the P+ set, as well as escort her (physically a few times) around the stage on Body Language.  Her instability there differs from the apparent cohesiveness and stamina she showed during Life With Lucy (content/quality of the show aside).
ON LUCY P+: I remember the password was 'Easter" Lucy said it quietly and her partner screamed and pounded the table in excitement.  Lucy looked visibly surprised and shaken by the swell of excitement.  She did some schtick later, but the initial reaction of being startled and frightened by the noise was priceless.
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« Reply #27 on: December 31, 2003, 12:42:03 PM »
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 10:29 AM\'] [quote name=\'matchgame\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 10:19 AM\']I passed a tow truck...[/quote]
Was Burton driving? [/quote]
 

  No...... I heard Paul Boland was.    :-)



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« Reply #28 on: December 31, 2003, 12:53:34 PM »
[quote name=\'goongas\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 09:22 PM\']When I attended WWTBAM during its second week of taping, I saw Regis hurriedly leave the studio and walk into his car with a chauffeur waiting.  (I was walking out of the building the same instant he was).[/quote]
That, I assume was at the Sony Recording Studios, since the first series was taped there.  All of the other episodes to the present day are at ABC--and Regis' apartment is across the street from ABC (or so I've read), so he only has to make a short walk to get to work.  Whether he makes the walk himself or Joy, Gelman or security guards accompany him, I have no idea.
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« Reply #29 on: December 31, 2003, 02:39:35 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 01:54 AM\'] [quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 10:21 PM\'][quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 10:13 PM\'] Lucy was nigh 70 when she did P+. [/quote]
Her age or her Blood Alcohol Content?
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Are you saying Lucy had too much blood in her alcohol system?

She had so much alcohol in her bloodstream, instead of being offered the role of "Auntie Mame" she was offered the role of "Auntie Freeze". [/quote]
 I laughed so hard I about fell out of the chair Chris319? HAHAHA!
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