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Scrabbleship:
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--- Quote from: Matt Ottinger on February 02, 2020, 05:04:45 PM ---I don't think we even know for sure that Buzzr is following the same policy GSN did regarding celebrity clearances.
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I guess we'll know if we ever see Bob and Ginny Newhart on Tattletales - that seemed to be the one couple GSN never showed.
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The whole thing with the Newharts was odd. One or both of them vetoed their appearances on Tattletales and Super Password but they later changed course, namely after GSN really cared about the former. While GSN never reran their first appearance on SP, they did run the second.
Oddly, Bob's appearances on Marshall syndicated Squares and his appearance as a What's My Line? Mystery Guest in the wake of "Button Down Mind" didn't fall into this.
Eric Paddon:
Nor did Bob's one appearance on nighttime Password in the 60s.
tvmitch:
--- Quote from: Matt Ottinger on February 02, 2020, 05:04:45 PM ---I don't think we even know for sure that Buzzr is following the same policy GSN did regarding celebrity clearances.
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Matt (or others), could you go into some detail about celebrity clearances with GSN? Would GSN seek the clearance from the celebrity...and would the celeb then get residuals? Just curious about that whole process works.
Matt Ottinger:
--- Quote from: tvmitch on February 03, 2020, 09:34:27 AM ---
--- Quote from: Matt Ottinger on February 02, 2020, 05:04:45 PM ---I don't think we even know for sure that Buzzr is following the same policy GSN did regarding celebrity clearances.
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Matt (or others), could you go into some detail about celebrity clearances with GSN? Would GSN seek the clearance from the celebrity...and would the celeb then get residuals? Just curious about that whole process works.
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There are people who know the specifics better than I do, but the very short version is that GSN/Sony decided to try and get permission from every celebrity that appeared, and if a celebrity said no, then that celebrity's shows wouldn't be shown. Luckily, very few said no. Residuals didn't come into play because of the age of the episodes, but I think GSN did offer token payments. Soupy Sales tells of expecting a windfall for his WML shows, but ending up with some laughably small amount.
I am told that Tattletales was particularly problematic. My friend at GSN says that Newhart's people specifically said no to Tattletales, but yes to other appearances. No idea why. While this wouldn't be the problem in Newhart's case, you can imagine that some celebrities would veto their appearances because of who their partner was at the time.
Dbacksfan12:
On the residuals note, I remember Dick Debartolo posting a picture of two checks for his Match Game work and they came to a total of approximately 30 cents.
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