Author Topic: Bill Rafferty (Read 9308 times)

GameShowFan2151975 · « **Reply #30 on:** May 23, 2008, 03:00:20 PM »

[quote name=\'MitchJoseph2004\' post=\'2362\' date=\'Jul 4 2003, 11:06 AM\']
What was Bill's style as a host?
I've never seen any of the shows he hosted.......

Also, what is he up to now? Dead? Alive? Retired? ----- you get the point

Thanks fellas

Mitch
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Bill who is now 63 years old and will celebrate his 64th birthday on June 17 is now the host of Retired and Wired on Retirement Living TV. On Friday, May 2 he was in the GSN studios for GSN Live.

The Ol' Guy · « **Reply #31 on:** May 23, 2008, 05:00:17 PM »

I also liked Rafferty's - for lack of a better term - smart-ass style. Like a Dennis Miller, he'd pop in some odd references or tv insider lines now and then. I don't think he thought game shows were below him, but he certainly didn't treat them with any phony pomp. He was the main reason I watched the Blockbusters re-do, as the game changes were lousy.

JonSea31 · « **Reply #32 on:** June 15, 2008, 08:45:12 AM »

Happy birthday this Tuesday, Bill Rafferty!

snowpeck · « **Reply #33 on:** June 15, 2008, 09:23:41 AM »

Am I the only one concerned that a 5-year old thread has been resurrected here?

Greg

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #34 on:** June 15, 2008, 09:44:20 AM »

[quote name=\'snowpeck\' post=\'188268\' date=\'Jun 15 2008, 09:23 AM\']
Am I the only one concerned that a 5-year old thread has been resurrected here?

Greg
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No, there are others. Then there's the faction that would have been upset that a new thread was started for a topic that already existed and a third faction that thinks all birthday wishes should go into the birthday section.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #35 on:** June 15, 2008, 11:32:08 AM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'188269\' date=\'Jun 15 2008, 09:44 AM\']
[quote name=\'snowpeck\' post=\'188268\' date=\'Jun 15 2008, 09:23 AM\']
Am I the only one concerned that a 5-year old thread has been resurrected here?[/quote]
No, there are others. Then there's the faction that would have been upset that a new thread was started for a topic that already existed and a third faction that thinks all birthday wishes should go into the birthday section.

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Precisely.

/Is 'concerned' really the right word?

clemon79 · « **Reply #36 on:** June 15, 2008, 02:36:47 PM »

May I have your attention please.

That is all.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #37 on:** June 15, 2008, 03:54:24 PM »

My concern with reviving threads from 5 years ago is that their formatting is screwed up, at least in my browser.

clemon79 · « **Reply #38 on:** June 15, 2008, 04:23:20 PM »

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'188278\' date=\'Jun 15 2008, 12:54 PM\']
My concern with reviving threads from 5 years ago is that their formatting is screwed up, at least in my browser.[/quote]
That's an Invision / Firefox thing, at least with posts numbered #15,000 or so or less. I've found if you open those pages in IE (and I recommend a plugin like IEView to simplify that), you can view those posts correctly.