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TimK2003:
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on April 02, 2020, 08:09:41 PM ---One other thing I loved about Susan and Cheryl's book is something I feel is missing from most of today's shows: each chapter opened with the announcer's spiel leading up to the name of the show. In today's society, with several fewer minutes per hour, it feels like most intros are simply "It's time for ___!"
/At least most shows have announcers again
//"THIS......IS.....Jeopardy!" still sends chills tho
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Never liked in the earlier days of Harvey Feud, when the first words of the OPENING spiel were, "This is Joey Fatone..."
jlgarfield:
--- Quote from: Casey Buck on April 02, 2020, 08:55:39 PM ---Amusingly, there's a chapter on Pitfall, where it says that:
--- Quote ---The highest amount won by a contestant in the first twenty-six weeks of taping was $17,000, and the show gave away more than $300,000 in the first season.
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Alex's interview with the Archive of American Television said that he got paid for the first 13 weeks, but not the last 13. So, I wonder how much of that actually got awarded.
It also notes that Pitfall was an alternative to Hollywood-based shows if you lived in the Northwest, since it is located closer by, and that there is less competition to get on.
There's also a chapter on Super Pay Cards (which the book pitches as an option for East Coast-based residents), so it's pretty cool that Canadian game shows got mentioned as well as American shows.
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https://www.considerable.com/entertainment/celebrities/alex-trebek-bounced-check/ - It was for $49,000. This means he was agreed to have been paid $98K for his duties.
Neumms:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on April 02, 2020, 10:45:00 PM ---Never liked in the earlier days of Harvey Feud, when the first words of the OPENING spiel were, "This is Joey Fatone..."
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That was ludicrous. At the time, Walter Cronkite had done the introduction for the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. He did not start with "This is Walter Cronkite."
clemon79:
--- Quote from: Neumms on April 11, 2020, 09:38:15 PM ---He did not start with "This is Walter Cronkite."
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Yeah, he didn't HAVE to.
Casey Buck:
Another one: Emcee Monty Hall by the big dealer himself (along with Bill Libby) from 1973.
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