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The most-improved hosts/announcers
whewfan:
--- Quote from: Winkfan on September 04, 2025, 04:11:17 PM ---I may have mentioned this before, but Pat Finn was "just getting his foot in the door" on the 1990 Joker's Wild; but Shop Til You Drop was a much better fit for him.
Cordially,
Tammy
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Pat mentioned in a segment for the TJW 90 pilot that in the first pilot, he was more playful and funny with the contestants, but Kline didn't want that. Kline also wanted Pat to wear glasses, which he didn't need, to make him look more intellectual. I wonder what the show could've been if Kline left Pat alone, but I guess STYD would give you some idea how much looser Pat is when you just let him be.
whewfan:
--- Quote from: chris319 on September 04, 2025, 02:40:36 PM ---There is a TPIR demo with Bob Hilton announcing. I thought he was very good, better even than Rod Roddy.
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Bob Hilton was okay on TPIR to me, but hearing him on the TPIR 94 pilot, seemed very out of place. Burton was a better fit for that IMO.
whewfan:
--- Quote from: MikeK on September 04, 2025, 10:15:33 AM ---My initial reaction was Mark L. too, for the same reason. I think Mark L. started gaining legitimacy was with Russian Roulette.
Graham Elwood too. Strip Poker? Meh. Cram? Much better.
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I think it would be hard for just about anyone to make something palatable out of stripping and poker. I mean, who watched Strip Poker for the GAME?! (Considering it was short lived, a better question might be WHO was watching?!) Cram obviously had a LOT more going for it.
parliboy:
--- Quote from: SamJ93 on September 04, 2025, 10:05:53 AM ---Who are some game show hosts & announcers who started out badly, but ended up being at least passable?
I thought of this because I seem to remember Mark L. Walberg getting a lot of flak when he first started out... although this may have just been because his early shows (Shop 'til You Drop, The Big Date) were themselves rather lacking in quality.
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Mark L Walberg feels like a talented guy who worked in an era with of a lot of crap TV and did what he could to put food on the table. Given good material, he rises to its level. He doesn't elevate a show, but he doesn't lower it either.
BrandonFG:
Drew Carey on TPiR. Not that he was terrible in his first season but there were definitely growing pains where he stumbled a bit. Hell, I'd add Barker as well. He was very robotic and overexplained things a lot in the half-hour era. If the Internet were a mainstream thing in 1972, I have a feeling several of us would've said "He's no Bill Cullen, that's for sure."
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