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New show coming to Buzzr on February 17...
aaron sica:
--- Quote from: chargeradiocom on February 04, 2019, 11:55:55 PM ---And yeah, I think BUZZR getting MGHS was about getting some form of Squares into their library as much as anything. In theory, having another title like Hollywood Squares that casuals will recognize will look good to prospective advertisers and programming carriers.
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Very good point. Casuals will see it as "Hey cool! They're adding Hollywood Squares!" and completely overlook the fact that it's played for the game and not for laughs.
Matt Ottinger:
--- Quote from: tvwxman on February 05, 2019, 06:15:29 AM ---Met and interviewed Bauman on my show last year. Down to earth, nice, and ridiculously intelligent. On the way out, mentioned casually "I have stories of why that wasn't a great experience for me".
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I would not have let him escape without hearing them. Honestly, there might have been rope involved.
JMFabiano:
--- Quote from: chargeradiocom on February 04, 2019, 11:55:55 PM ---This show has always intrigued me. Maybe out of morbid curiosity more than anything. But I thought it was at least a decent enough watch, rather than out-and-out terrible.
Regarding Bauman, he wasn’t good here, but I have a hard time crapping on him too much for that. Goodson just didn’t seem to get what made Squares work, and Bauman was thrown into a situation that I believe even Peter Marshall would have found difficult. The fact that he was without his Bowzer persona, in which he’d made most of his game show appearances, likely didn’t help. I can see where something like Pop N Rocker would have probably been more in his wheelhouse.
As for his Twitter comments, I have to think he’s just spinning, maybe to make this look better to casuals who may be viewing it for the first time. But if he really believes that... :o
And yeah, I think BUZZR getting MGHS was about getting some form of Squares into their library as much as anything. In theory, having another title like Hollywood Squares that casuals will recognize will look good to prospective advertisers and programming carriers.
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This. Mostly. I mean, we've seen other hosts come down the pike much worse than Bauman. I'll take him over Patrick Wayne, Pat Bullard, Rossi Moreale, Louie Anderson, and if we count pilots, CHARLENE TILTON.
Yeah it's fine to give a rookie host an opportunity, but when you put him in a task such as a revival of an iconic show like Squares...out of nice, cool ground, and straight into the fire. As for Peter fixing everything...to use yet another wrestling comparison, I liken it to the people who still insist that Goldberg, Sting, Flair, Nash, Steiner, etc. would have saved the inVasion angle. Sure it would be more interesting than the midcarders they got, but you know WWF is winning in the end still. (You can also see how most of the big WCW stars were booked when they DID come afterwards, but that's another topic and another message board...) Point is, how good would Peter be in masking that this was a watered down version of "his" show?
As for Goodson not understanding it, I don't think he wanted to put effort into understanding it as it originally was. Wasn't his idea, after all. But just speculation there.
I do like the idea of Tom Kennedy hosting Squares. Hey it's not like he never faced a panel of nine stars contestants had to agree with about answers.
But generally, there's worse shows out there than MG/HS. I wear the nostalgia colored glasses, yes, but I do highly look forward to seeing this. How it works out for Buzzr? Well as I said, they get another, rare form of Match Game hosted by Gene Rayburn. They get HS there at last, and really, the casual viewer isn't going to obsess over it being the Goodsonized version. If Fremantle is on good terms with MGM, it may open the way to one day introduce the "real" Squares series. I also can't help but wonder...is MG/HS a trial to see how hour-long shows fit on the schedule...hint, hint?
TLEberle:
Would it be possible for you to write a post here that doesn't shoehorn in wrestling references? Pretty please?
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: JMFabiano on February 05, 2019, 11:55:14 AM ---This. Mostly. I mean, we've seen other hosts come down the pike much worse than Bauman. I'll take him over Patrick Wayne, Pat Bullard, Rossi Moreale, Louie Anderson, and if we count pilots, CHARLENE TILTON.
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I think with the exception of Louie and Charlene, this is more of a case of rookies hosting a show produced by people who don't know what made the originals work, and instead thought making them loud and extreme worked because it was the '90s and 2000s. IMO, it was also an era where game shows were treated mostly as daytime fluff, whereas now they're taken more seriously.
Jim Perry himself wouldn't have made the most current Card Sharks or Temptation any more watchable, the way they were produced. With the latter, they wanted a young, attractive host who could win over the female viewers. Therefore, the game took a backseat to the prizes/home shopping and attractive people.
With a more experienced crew, the hosts probably shine a little more. They may not have won an Emmy, but they wouldn't be (unfairly) placed on the Worst Of lists either.
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