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Bryce L.:
--- Quote from: JMFabiano on February 02, 2019, 12:34:06 PM ---Second thing is an interview I recall being posted online with Gene Rayburn. Notable because they did touch upon MG/HS, and while he was savage against BTB '85, Gene was much milder talking about the earlier show...even saying his "hated co-host" Bauman was a nice guy but didn't have hosting chops.
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And this reminds me, wasn't there an interview Gene Wood gave where he said Gene Rayburn was "dragged kicking and screaming" into MG/HS?
Adam Nedeff:
--- Quote from: Bryce L. on February 02, 2019, 04:04:52 PM ---And this reminds me, wasn't there an interview Gene Wood gave where he said Gene Rayburn was "dragged kicking and screaming" into MG/HS?
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There was, but Robert Sherman sorta called BS on that when I interviewed him for my book about Gene. Gene had a local talk show in New York that he had tried to expand to a national show for syndication. There weren't enough biters, which meant that "local" was as far as it was going to go, and you're only going to get paid so much for a local talk show. Mark Goodson opened his checkbook and Gene signed a contract. If Gene didn't want to be there, he wouldn't have been.
Sodboy13:
What was the reason for not bringing back Peter Marshall along with Rayburn for this, by the way? Was Peter not interested, or was Goodson/NBC not interested in Peter?
snowpeck:
--- Quote from: Sodboy13 on February 03, 2019, 01:26:42 AM ---What was the reason for not bringing back Peter Marshall along with Rayburn for this, by the way? Was Peter not interested, or was Goodson/NBC not interested in Peter?
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Peter said in his book he had hoped they would offer him the gig, but they didn't. Which then made him secretly happy when it got cancelled.
SRIV94:
--- Quote from: snowpeck on February 03, 2019, 01:42:26 AM ---
--- Quote from: Sodboy13 on February 03, 2019, 01:26:42 AM ---What was the reason for not bringing back Peter Marshall along with Rayburn for this, by the way? Was Peter not interested, or was Goodson/NBC not interested in Peter?
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Peter said in his book he had hoped they would offer him the gig, but they didn't. Which then made him secretly happy when it got cancelled.
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And if they had, it would've been one of the rare times a host had a show cancelled only to end up hosting (or co-hosting) the replacement.
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