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Bad fits for established hosts/announcers
BillCullen1:
--- Quote from: Chief-O on May 31, 2025, 06:27:26 PM ---Seconded on Gene Wood/TPIR.
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When Johnny O died, G-T needed an announcer to get the shows in the can, so that was a temp job and I suspect Gene knew that. As for my takes on bad fits on hosts:
Louie Anderson for Family Feud
John Davidson for Pyramid and Hollywood Squares - he was okay on Time Machine
Patrick Wayne on Tic Tac Dough
Mike Darow on The $128,000 Question
Rolf B on Wheel of Fortune
Billy Bush on Let's Make a Deal
JD Roberto on Shop Till You Drop
Jamey Greek:
--- Quote from: BillCullen1 on May 31, 2025, 08:49:04 PM ---
--- Quote from: Chief-O on May 31, 2025, 06:27:26 PM ---Seconded on Gene Wood/TPIR.
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When Johnny O died, G-T needed an announcer to get the shows in the can, so that was a temp job and[i][/i] I suspect Gene knew that. As for my takes on bad fits on hosts:
Louie Anderson for Family Feud
John Davidson for Pyramid and Hollywood Squares - he was okay on Time Machine
Patrick Wayne on Tic Tac Dough
Mike Darow on The $128,000 Question
Rolf B on Wheel of Fortune
Billy Bush on Let's Make a Deal
JD Roberto on Shop Till You Drop
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Also, Mike Reilly on Monopoly. I wish Merv Griffin would have given Tim Brando who also auditioned to host Wheel a chance on Monopoly. Also, I think MG Kelly should have had a shot to host Daytime Wheel when Pat left to do his talk show. After all that announcing gig was only temporary before Charlie O could come back.
My take on established hosts/announcers a bad fit.
Marc summers as announcer on anything. I love Marc and everything but he is a better host than an announcer.
wdm1219inpenna:
I'd say of all the Feud hosts, Richard Karn was the one who seemed to be the most "fish out of water" host.
One week during Woolery's tenure on Wheel, Alex filled in as host, I remember seeing one or two of those episodes and it was a rather odd combination to me.
I was about to say Jon Bauman on MG/HS Hour but he was not an established host...come to think if it neither was Richard Karn so please strike that from the record!
MSTieScott:
Agreed that Gene Wood wasn't right for TPIR, but if nothing else, for the Home Viewer Showcase the show did shortly after Johnny Olson passed, Gene knocked it out of the park as Santa -- even better than Johnny would have done.
Conversely, when Johnny filled in for Gene on Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour, it was always an awkward fit. Maybe it was simply because Johnny never learned when he was supposed to wait for the giant wall of lights to display certain parts of his script, but his intros lacked the oomph that Gene gave his.
Dbacksfan12:
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on May 31, 2025, 04:43:18 PM ---I’m not sure Tom himself could’ve saved Split Second 86, and I say that as someone who enjoys the show for what it is. It was the first version I remember watching, but when you see the OG version you realize just how badly they watered down the material, esp. the bonus round.
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Unfortunately, Hollywood Squares sniped the original SS bonus round. When we play SS online, we tend to use the original format on the '86 set.
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