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How do you think other hosts would have done?
SuperMatch93:
I feel like Jim Perry would have been a good fit for The Challengers, which would have freed Dick up to host Pyramid that season.
Ian Wallis:
--- Quote from: wdm1219inpenna on May 07, 2025, 04:09:57 PM ---For example, if we take 1972 CBS, how might Jack Barry have done hosting Price is Right while Bob hosted The Joker's Wild? According to the Price is Right book I own Bob had wanted the Joker's Wild gig but was convinced he was a much better fit with an audience participation show such as Price...and indeed Bob was a pick from Heaven. That said, it's fun to think about how Bob might have done hosting Joker, or Gambit, while Wink might have hosted Joker (which he did on a computer or DVD game) or Price...fun to think about those possibilities.
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You also have to consider something else when discussing how different hosts might have done with different shows had things worked out differently - what kind of success would each show have had? If Barker had hosted Joker's Wild, would it still have been cancelled in June 1975? Would Price is Right have lasted as long as it did with a different host?
I guess the real question is - how much does the right host have to do with the success of a show? Yes, the game has to be strong and solid, but the wrong host could make it less interesting.
TLEberle:
That depends. TPIR with Jack would hsve fit what he wanted to do, which is work with people. Bob never really had to ask questions after Family Game, so if he can take direction then Jokers Wild could sustain itself.
As much as I adore Tom Bergeron as a host there is part of my brain that wonders how Marc would have done. I think he’d be equal to it.
SamPrainito:
Where did Wiiliam Shatner fall in the Feud timeline? Was he before or after Geoff?
In his TV Academy interview, Dawson said he thought it unfair the gig would go to Shatner, who was married to the daughter of the network president.
If Shatner gets Feud, does the Star Trek movie get made?
Does Dawson stay on Match Game? Does he break through on a different Goodson vehicle?
Jeremy Nelson:
--- Quote from: wdm1219inpenna on May 07, 2025, 04:09:57 PM ---Jim Perry hosting Classic Concentration while Alex hosted $ale...I think Alex would have done great as Sale was a Q & A show, given how he refined his skills on Jeopardy!
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I think Alex would have been great at Sale, though I would argue that Perry maneuvers through Instant Bargains better than any of his Sale cohorts worldwide. I think Perry gets restless with CC.
--- Quote ---The ultimate for NBC Daytime in the 80s would have been to have Pat host Scrabble and have Chuck return to do Wheel! That would have been quite a gas I think, an idea for sweeps weeks. Just something silly I was thinking about and I figured I'd put it out in the stratosphere of these boards.
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Over Merv's dead body, though it would have been cool to see the GSN host swap on NBC daytime in 1987. I think the only thing we would have found out is that Bill Rafferty was deserving of way more work.
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