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barrisfan:
didn't tom host breakfast time BEFORE gma? his first day on breakfast time was june 1, 1994 (the first day AND first show on fX). i too am a fan of the show and i have a bunch of them on tape.

chris319:
I would hate to see Bergeron added to the list of people who thought they could make careers outside of game shows, only to fail and return to game shows:

Monty Hall

Pat Sajak

(?)Chuck Woolery

Any others?

clemon79:
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Jul 28 2003, 01:50 AM\'] I would hate to see Bergeron added to the list of people who thought they could make careers outside of game shows, only to fail and return to game shows:
Monty Hall
Pat Sajak
(?)Chuck Woolery
 [/quote]
 The thing that comes to mind that separated Bergeron from the three names you mention is that Bergeron has _maintained_ a gig outside of his Squares hosting duties...he's still lined up on AFV and was doing the fill-in stuff on GMA and the CBS morning show for a while. Further, his first national exposure (if you could call it that on fX in it's infancy) was as something other than a game-show host.

The point I'm making is that people already _know_ of his versatility, so if he decides to leave Squares to pursue other endeavors, I don't think he'll necessarily have that \"game show host\" stigma attached, because he's already got a pedigree outside of the genre.

ChuckNet:

--- Quote ---I've been a Tom Bergeron fan ever since his days with Laurie Hibberd on Breakfast Time before fX turned into the NYPD Blue/M*A*S*H
channel. I was thrilled he got that H2 gig and he's done stellar work.
Absolutely not a sad path for him. Of course, that's my unobjective
die hard game show fan opinion.
--- End quote ---

I totally agree...in fact, I'd call him one of the best new GS hosts to emerge in the 90s.


--- Quote ---If, as is seemingly hauntingly likely, H2 goes bye-bye after the upcoming season, wouldn't it be a hoot seeing him as host of an updated and infinitely improved Match Game? I say infinitely improved because
how could it be worse than the 1998 model?
--- End quote ---

Funny you should mention that...when H2 and MG '98 first premiered, someone suggested that Bergeron and Michael Burger switch jobs, and I agree that he'd do quite well on another celeb comedy game like MG.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")

Matt Ottinger:
Don't forget that the Miss America gig usually goes to people who are known for being something more than *just* a game show host.

I keep going back to the British system.  There doesn't seem to be nearly the stigma attached to being a game show host that keeps talented people from doing other things, including news.  Over there, they're all \"presenters\", and Bergeron has certainly proven himself to be a very good \"presenter\".

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