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aaron sica:
And by "Bad fits", I don't mean an on-air meltdown. :)

I almost replied to BC1's comment on the "disappointments" thread until I thought maybe it would be better served spun off into its own thread.

It seems to be agreed upon (myself included) that Bill Cullen was not a good fit on TJW, as he ground the show to a halt (it bears repeating, but there was an episode where one question was asked for the entire 30-minute episode).

What's another show where either an established host or announcer, just was not a good fit?

Mine: Gene Wood when he filled in on "The Price is Right" after Johnny O passed away. I love Gene in just about everything else he did......But he did not fit in at all on Price.

TLEberle:
Bill was a good fit in that he had a known name. Bert on Super Password, John Davidson on any game show really. Bob Eubanks on Card Sharks.

snowpeck:

--- Quote from: TLEberle on May 31, 2025, 02:28:27 PM ---Bill was a good fit in that he had a known name. Bert on Super Password, John Davidson on any game show really. Bob Eubanks on Card Sharks.

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Respectfully disagree on Bert. I loved him on Super Password and his goofiness brought something that I feel that version needed. On the other hand, Ludden grates on my nerves on Password Plus, and I actually prefer Kennedy's part of the run. Ludden, of course, was perfect on the original Password.

PYLdude:
Monty Hall on Split Second. His style isn’t suited for a quizzer.

Dick Clark on Scattergories.

chris319:

--- Quote from: aaron sica on May 31, 2025, 02:12:53 PM ---It seems to be agreed upon (myself included) that Bill Cullen was not a good fit on TJW, as he ground the show to a halt (it bears repeating, but there was an episode where one question was asked for the entire 30-minute episode).

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We noticed that Bill was moving things along rather slowly when he subbed on P+. My spies at KCOP tell me he was starting to lose it and had a rough time subbing for Jack Barry on TJW, which is not that demanding a show to emcee.

Tom Kennedy's interview with Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters is worth watching. In it he says he was overwhelmed on TPIR with the wide variety of pricing games to learn. He says he felt awkward and was never really comfortable with the format.

TPIR never had a good announcer after Johnny Olson passed, and that includes Rod Roddy and Rich Fields. Rod was not a disciplined performer and made mistakes, resulting in pickups. Gene Wood didn't have the pipes for TPIR.

There exists somewhere a test show of TPIR with Bob Hilton announcing. He should have been made the permanent announcer.

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