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The most-improved hosts/announcers
TimK2003:
--- Quote from: Stackertosh on September 05, 2025, 11:41:51 AM ---Drew Carey improved a lot once Roger and co. left and he found his groove in 2010. His first few seasons were awkward because it still felt like Bob's show and he was filling in.
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He has. But I still wish he wouldn't be so predictable during the SCSD. The obligatory "Who do you wanna say hi to?" line for every contestant still sounds like he's not that interested or comfortable in emceeing the show.
tyshaun1:
--- Quote from: MSTieScott on September 05, 2025, 04:30:31 PM ---The only way a host gets worse at their job is if they've been doing it for so long, they've mentally checked out. Were there any hosts who got years and years of experience but didn't show improvement?
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The ones who pop in my mind are Louie Anderson and Richard Karn.
PYLdude:
--- Quote from: tyshaun1 on September 06, 2025, 08:43:37 AM ---
--- Quote from: MSTieScott on September 05, 2025, 04:30:31 PM ---The only way a host gets worse at their job is if they've been doing it for so long, they've mentally checked out. Were there any hosts who got years and years of experience but didn't show improvement?
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The ones who pop in my mind are Louie Anderson and Richard Karn.
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Louie, absolutely. I thought Karn was just fine on Bingo America.
Been watching quite a bit of 3rd Degree lately and as someone who’s been a Bert Convy apologist to certain degrees over the years, this was not the way he should’ve gone out. His style works for Tattletales, people’s mileage varies on Super Password, and he doesn’t have to be anything more than a traffic cop on WLOD so he’s fine. But his limitations shine through on a panel show like 3rd Degree and I can’t help but wonder if Peter Marshall might’ve done better. (I still don’t think the show makes it beyond a year; I mean, yeah, you got the revival of To Tell the Truth the next season, but I don’t think panel games were something a 1990 television audience would be clamoring to watch on a regular basis even if everything worked out right.)
TLEberle:
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on September 04, 2025, 05:13:52 PM ---Drew Carey on TPiR. Not that he was terrible in his first season but there were definitely growing pains where he stumbled a bit.
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One of the reruns this week had a playing of Switcheroo where the contestant got two right and proceeded to make changes. One person in the crowd started to groan and Drew says "Good morning, Judge Mental!" It's a great bit that deserved a laugh and did not need to be dwelt upon or to have it become a historic moment and the annals of the show. It was a comedian doing comedy and it landed. For me stuff like that is worth the price of admission.
Nick:
--- Quote from: PYLdude on September 04, 2025, 05:58:01 PM ---I’ll take announcers for my pick and go to Jim Thornton. I wasn’t entirely blown away by his performance on Price, but he fits Wheel nicely.
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I would say there's an argument that of the crop they auditioned after Burton and Randy were out, he was the one with the most notable improvement by the end of his stint than the others (though my take would be Art Sanders was the best of that bunch).
On the host front, Dennis James and The Nighttime Price Is Right and perhaps the record holder for the fastest improvement. The difference between his performance #002N and #006N is significant. It's pretty universal to say Price is one of the toughest shows to host, and the earliest nighttime show we've seen proves that, but Dennis finds his groove very quickly in just a week and four shows.
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