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Scrabbleship:
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--- Quote from: PYLdude on October 13, 2019, 08:17:18 PM ---Speaking of, one thing I seem to notice more and more...is it just me or does that HS setup look incredibly cramped?
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A friend attended a taping as a child. He vividly remembers Gene Rayburn visibly sucking in his gut just to sit down. So yes, cramped.
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After watching some of this past week's shows, it's tempting to ask how Richard Deacon (who had clearly gained a lot of weight over the years) managed to fit in the seats at all. (It may not have been quite as cramped as I originally thought.)
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Was Deacon in poor health by this time? I know that he looked a bit better earlier that year when 5/7ths of the Beaver stars played one of the classic TV weeks of daytime Feud, but IIRC this was one of his last TV appearances before he passed away shortly after MG/HS ended.
That whole week was either a disaster foisted on them by NBC, a cost-cutting measure (especially after seven straight wins of $10K or more in the Super Match leading into it), or both. Crunching some stats, Deacon was the only person of the eight that week with any experience with either game.
JMFabiano:
--- Quote from: Scrabbleship on November 23, 2019, 09:43:48 AM ---
--- Quote from: calliaume on November 23, 2019, 09:20:17 AM ---
--- Quote from: Adam Nedeff on October 14, 2019, 12:10:24 AM ---
--- Quote from: PYLdude on October 13, 2019, 08:17:18 PM ---Speaking of, one thing I seem to notice more and more...is it just me or does that HS setup look incredibly cramped?
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A friend attended a taping as a child. He vividly remembers Gene Rayburn visibly sucking in his gut just to sit down. So yes, cramped.
--- End quote ---
After watching some of this past week's shows, it's tempting to ask how Richard Deacon (who had clearly gained a lot of weight over the years) managed to fit in the seats at all. (It may not have been quite as cramped as I originally thought.)
--- End quote ---
Was Deacon in poor health by this time? I know that he looked a bit better earlier that year when 5/7ths of the Beaver stars played one of the classic TV weeks of daytime Feud, but IIRC this was one of his last TV appearances before he passed away shortly after MG/HS ended.
That whole week was either a disaster foisted on them by NBC, a cost-cutting measure (especially after seven straight wins of $10K or more in the Super Match leading into it), or both. Crunching some stats, Deacon was the only person of the eight that week with any experience with either game.
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I feel this is why he got to play Match Game all week. Because of his physical condition, as it were, he couldn't climb to the top HS tier/would be easier for him not to. Kind of like the treatment of Nedra Volz thus far.
Remained in good humor though, right down to being snippy when the crowd booed his answers. On the Monday episode, him and Gene looked to be having fun, between MG and being on the same Squares tier. And I know it's still the first few months of the show, but I don't see the grumpy Gene trope, at least as much as people remembered out of MG/HS. Seemed to be a bit confused briefly at times, but still lots of "classic Gene" moments and humor.
And this would be the first time MG/HS made an effort to have one center square (Jerry/Beaver).
BTW...Last night's episode wasn't much better.....first $30,000 loss.
Mike Tennant:
Will any of the Beaver episodes be repeated tonight and/or tomorrow?
PYLdude:
--- Quote from: MSTieScott on November 23, 2019, 02:20:37 AM ---One of the contestants on today's episode of Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour was an aspiring animator named Butch Hartman, who would eventually go on to create the Nickelodeon cartoon The Fairly OddParents (among others). Based on the quick internet search I just performed, it looks like even his fans didn't know about this appearance until tonight.
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I sure didn't. Nor did I notice how much he looks like Dr. Rip Studwell from his biggest hit. (Of which he also voiced...and he still looks like that, so many years later.)
MikeK:
--- Quote from: Mike Tennant on November 23, 2019, 04:02:47 PM ---Will any of the Beaver episodes be repeated tonight and/or tomorrow?
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The Tuesday show is rerunning now, plus at 11 PM Eastern. The Wednesday show reruns at 3 PM Eastern tomorrow.
Richard Deacon wasn't the only guest to play exclusively Match Game this week. Jerry Mathers was the center square for the week, for obvious reasons. Gallagher did, presumably because each show had Gallagher introduced first, then the whole shebang about Leave It to Beaver's cast. Ken Osmond as well, to Beaver's left. Barbara Billingsley, Rich Cordell, Jeri Well, and Frank Bank rotated taking the leftover Match Game spot.
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