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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Casey Buck on June 21, 2007, 03:05:59 AM
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Drew Carey, come on down! You're the next contender to replace Bob Barker as host of "The Price is Right."
CBS and producer FremantleMedia North America have talked to the comic about hosting the long-running daytime gameshow, people familiar with the situation said. Eye already has a relationship with Carey, who's been tapped to host the net's upcoming primetime quizzer "Power of 10" (Daily Variety, March 21).
More info at: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967336.html (http://\"http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967336.html\")
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Not to cut Drew, but this is turning into a joke. It's become add any relevant celebrity or TV personality you can think of. Maybe it's just a dream...that's right, I'm gonna wake up, find Patrick Duffy in my shower and the last eight months will have been a dream!
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Oh hell, just give Wilford Brimley the damn show already. He's already second in screen time after Bob as it is.
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Did somebody mention Wilford Brimley (http://\"http://youtube.com/watch?v=2hNu1I9r_1A\")?????
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I'm starting to wonder if the UK producer (wasn't he rumoured to take the reins of the US version?) is starting to influence the potential candiates.... I see Drew Carey as Joe Pasquale without the squeaky voice.
That said, I think he's VERY capable of doing this seriously, that is, if you, the audience , doesn't have a problem with a womanizing, stripper-loving party guy who can be really, REALLY dirty.
I think he's gonna do great as a funny host who can inject seriousness on "Power of 10".
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I see Drew Carey as Joe Pasquale without the squeaky voice.
I see Drew Carey as an overweight Bill Cullen without the charm and energy.
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[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'155723\' date=\'Jun 21 2007, 01:32 AM\']
Oh hell, just give Wilford Brimley the damn show already. He's already second in screen time after Bob as it is.
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Plus, it's the right thing to do.
/and a tasty way to do it!
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'155727\' date=\'Jun 21 2007, 07:06 AM\']
if you, the audience, doesn't have a problem with a womanizing, stripper-loving party guy who can be really, REALLY dirty.
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A serial womanizer at the helm of Price? Sorry, I don't think the audience would ever tolerate that.
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There is no chance in you know what that he'll get this job, especially since he's hosting "Power of 10" later this summer.
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[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'155752\' date=\'Jun 21 2007, 12:40 PM\']
There is no chance in you know what that he'll get this job, especially since he's hosting "Power of 10" later this summer.
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Just as there was no way the guy from Truth Or Conseqences would host the daytime version of The Price Is Right.
Also, the guy from Body Language had no chance of landing the job hosting TPiR's nighttime version.
Or am I misunderstanding your statement?
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'155756\' date=\'Jun 21 2007, 10:48 AM\']
Or am I misunderstanding your statement?
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That you ever tried to understand it in the first place was your first mistake. Most of us gave up on that a loooooong time ago. :)
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[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'155752\' date=\'Jun 21 2007, 12:40 PM\']
There is no chance in you know what that he'll get this job, especially since he's hosting "Power of 10" later this summer.
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As usual, you don't know what the hell you're talking about. Considering he had a weekly sitcom and improv show than ran concurrently, I think he can handle multi-tasking. The biggest issue would be flying from coast to coast, and other hosts proved it's possible (see Clark, Richard and Rayburn, Gene, and Bergeron, Thomas).
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Oh hell, just give Wilford Brimley the damn show already. He's already second in screen time after Bob as it is.
Hells yes. (http://\"http://diabeetis.com/\").
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'155771\' date=\'Jun 21 2007, 03:31 PM\'][quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'155752\' date=\'Jun 21 2007, 12:40 PM\']There is no chance in you know what that he'll get this job, especially since he's hosting "Power of 10" later this summer.[/quote]As usual, you don't know what the hell you're talking about.[/quote]
Please, PLEASE.
It's "you don't know what the you know what you're talking about".
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'155785\' date=\'Jun 21 2007, 05:39 PM\']
Please, PLEASE.
It's "you don't know what the you know what you're talking about".
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Touché. :-)
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[quote name=\'TheLastResort\' post=\'155724\' date=\'Jun 21 2007, 05:14 AM\']
Did somebody mention Wilford Brimley (http://\"http://youtube.com/watch?v=2hNu1I9r_1A\")?????
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What did the world do before YouTube? That is fan-freakin-tastic. :)
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'155771\' date=\'Jun 21 2007, 03:31 PM\']
As usual, you don't know what the hell you're talking about. Considering he had a weekly sitcom and improv show than ran concurrently, I think he can handle multi-tasking. The biggest issue would be flying from coast to coast, and other hosts proved it's possible (see Clark, Richard and Rayburn, Gene, and Bergeron, Thomas).
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You left out one big example: Perry, Jim.
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I don't know, seems like "completely unsuitable for the job" is a much bigger issue than "would have a long commute".
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Wasn't there a time where Bill Cullen was commuting from NYC for "Pyramid", LA for "Love Experts" and Columbus for "How Do You Like Your Eggs?"?
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'155881\' date=\'Jun 23 2007, 06:28 AM\']
Wasn't there a time where Bill Cullen was commuting from NYC for "Pyramid", LA for "Love Experts" and Columbus for "How Do You Like Your Eggs?"?
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Although that may have been possible, "Eggs" was produced in a single week in 1977..Which would have made it just one trip to Columbus for Bill..According to Matt Ottinger's page for the show.I find it interesting that Bill would take on an "experimental" show like that..And receive a gift of a "Pong" game?
http://userdata.acd.net/ottinger/cullen/shows/howeggs.html (http://\"http://userdata.acd.net/ottinger/cullen/shows/howeggs.html\")
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[quote name=\'Tim L\' post=\'155886\' date=\'Jun 23 2007, 09:16 AM\']I find it interesting that Bill would take on an "experimental" show like that..And receive a gift of a "Pong" game?[/quote]If all of the game show hosts were pals, he could have regifted it to Geoff.
Come to think of it, maybe that's where the bug got him...
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Okay, first Katie Couric turns out to be a mismatch for the Evening News, now this?!? Rosie was bad enough, but I REFUSE to picture the star of "Who's Line is it Anyway" following in Bob Barker's footsteps!!!
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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'156005\' date=\'Jun 25 2007, 02:28 PM\']
Okay, first Katie Couric turns out to be a mismatch for the Evening News, now this?!? Rosie was bad enough, but I REFUSE to picture the star of "Who's Line is it Anyway" following in Bob Barker's footsteps!!!
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How could Drew be worse than Rosie? He may hang out with strippers, but it's not exactly like Barker had immaculate morals. And at least he keeps his politics to himself (I believe he leans to the right but is more libertarian), for the most part. I would have the same objections I had to Rosie if Bill O'Reilly was under consideration for "TPIR."
How about watching the guy on "Power of 10" before making such a pronouncement?
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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'156005\' date=\'Jun 25 2007, 03:28 PM\']
Okay, first Katie Couric turns out to be a mismatch for the Evening News, now this?!? Rosie was bad enough, but I REFUSE to picture the star of "Who's Line is it Anyway" following in Bob Barker's footsteps!!!
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I'm sorry, but will you please take a chill pill? Your fanb0ish whining about everything is really getting annoying. Not that CBS really cares about you not liking their decision.
Honestly, do you like ANY hosting decisions, since you seem to always have so many suggestions on who should host a show?
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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'156005\' date=\'Jun 25 2007, 03:28 PM\']Okay, first Katie Couric turns out to be a mismatch for the Evening News, now this?!? Rosie was bad enough, but I REFUSE to picture the star of "Who's Line is it Anyway" following in Bob Barker's footsteps!!![/quote]
I won't have you speak that way about Clive.
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[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'156031\' date=\'Jun 25 2007, 04:36 PM\']
[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'156005\' date=\'Jun 25 2007, 03:28 PM\']Okay, first Katie Couric turns out to be a mismatch for the Evening News, now this?!? Rosie was bad enough, but I REFUSE to picture the star of "Who's Line is it Anyway" following in Bob Barker's footsteps!!![/quote]
I won't have you speak that way about Clive.
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Clive Anderson...? Now that makes one think...
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I think it's fine time to sit back and relax with a big bowl of oatmeal :) Mmmmmmmm!!!
Now everyone thinks that people good for the job are either too old or are dead. Here's 2 people I'll throw in the pot:
1) Doug Davidson (hosted TPIR 94). Could he be better this time around? Haven't seen him in a while.
2) Todd Newton (Did the TPIR DVD game but was he any good at it? Sorry, never bought it.)
At least there's some TPIR experience (yeah but Todd Newton doing it via green screen doesn't account for much I guess).
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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'156005\' date=\'Jun 25 2007, 03:28 PM\']
Okay, first Katie Couric turns out to be a mismatch for the Evening News, now this?!?[/quote]
Yes, but Roger Mudd and Morton Dean are too old and Charles Kuralt too dead.
I know this could never happen, but I can't get the idea from my head of Joe Franklin being given a TPiR audition. I can only imagine how The King of Nostalgia would handle the hosting chores:
"Here, my friends, is the Showcase Showdown wheel, which debuted on this stage in 1975 shortly after the show was sadly moved from its late afternoon time period on the CBS Television Network".
Tom Snyder could do that, too, I suppose.
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"Carey's Cuties," anyone?
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[quote name=\'saussage\' post=\'156052\' date=\'Jun 25 2007, 06:01 PM\']
At least there's some TPIR experience (yeah but Todd Newton doing it via green screen doesn't account for much I guess).
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How about "precisely nothing." Now, hosting the stage show, that's something. But doing the DVD is exactly zero game-show experience. That's acting experience. Which you don't want your host doing.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'156020\' date=\'Jun 25 2007, 04:44 PM\']
How could Drew be worse than Rosie? He may hang out with strippers, but it's not exactly like Barker had immaculate morals. And at least he keeps his politics to himself (I believe he leans to the right but is more libertarian), for the most part. I would have the same objections I had to Rosie if Bill O'Reilly was under consideration for "TPIR."
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For what it's worth, as far as Drew's personality goes, he'd be a good candidate.
After a taping of the Drew Carey Show I saw about 7 years ago, he stood by the exit shaking hands and taking all the time he could to do autographs (not just a simple scribble -- he'd sign and date each autograph) and to speak with the people who came to see him.
And when the Rock Hall in Cleveland opened up 11 years ago, though he wasn't officially in the Grand Opening Parade, he actually walked along the parade route down East 9th Street and again shook hands, signed autographs and posed for pictures with anyone who wanted them.
At least Drew Carey (up to a few years ago for sure) has never placed himself on a high pedestal in front of his fans, nor does he go into seclusion and turn off his on-camera persona the moment he hears a director say "that's a wrap" like some former hosts of TPIR.
We'll see how he does on PO10.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'156062\' date=\'Jun 25 2007, 10:08 PM\']
That's acting experience. Which you don't want your host doing.
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Too bad no one told Burt Luddin.
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'156260\' date=\'Jun 28 2007, 06:32 PM\']
Too bad no one told Burt Luddin.
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I hope you're not insinuating in any way that Burt Luddin's Love Buffet is even REMOTELY an example of a good game show. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'156271\' date=\'Jun 28 2007, 10:32 PM\']
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'156260\' date=\'Jun 28 2007, 06:32 PM\']
Too bad no one told Burt Luddin.
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I hope you're not insinuating in any way that Burt Luddin's Love Buffet is even REMOTELY an example of a good game show. :)
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I first saw GSN regularly in late 1998-early 1999..I knew from the start that Bert Luddin was a parody of a game show..The show WAS an act..
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'156271\' date=\'Jun 28 2007, 10:32 PM\']
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'156260\' date=\'Jun 28 2007, 06:32 PM\']
Too bad no one told Burt Luddin.
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I hope you're not insinuating in any way that Burt Luddin's Love Buffet is even REMOTELY an example of a good game show. :)
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Of course not. :-) The show sucked for many other reasons beyond the fact that the host was acting, but that said, I don't recall him being such great shakes in the role either.
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ESPN's Dan Patrick mentioned on his show today that he had been approached for an audition by CBS.
Keith Olbermann then related his one experience with game shows. He was apparently asked early in his career to give up a bunch of time to a game show pilot entitled "Your Face or Mine". (Seriously). Keith declined.
More info on Mr. Patrick: http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_6256880 (http://\"http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_6256880\") (halfway down the page.)
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Go steal Larry Emdur from the Aussies. Please. I beg of you. End this mess. He can do it right. And the fanB0iz would like it. Please.
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If they're reaching for the Dan Patricks of the world.....CBS have your people contact my agent.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'156360\' date=\'Jun 29 2007, 05:59 PM\']
If they're reaching for the Dan Patricks of the world.....CBS have your people contact my agent.
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At least they didn't get Stuart Scott.
"And here we have Ray-Ray, Pookie, and Shaniqua in the Showcase Showdown...BOO-YA!"
"To the windows to the walls, here's the next item up for bids..."
/He does have hosting experience
//and by experience, I mean 90% of ESPN's game shows in the last three years
///even Teammates
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'156361\' date=\'Jun 29 2007, 06:07 PM\']
"And here we have Ray-Ray, Pookie, and Shaniqua in the Showcase Showdown...BOO-YA!"
"To the windows to the walls, here's the next item up for bids..."
/He does have hosting experience
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Which has me wondering if Adam Wade has been considered.
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Dan Patrick of ten years ago, maybe... he's rather pompous these days.
Rich Eisen would love the chance, I believe.
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That would be a real slap in Rosie's face if Dan, Stu or Rich got the gig and due to their ESPN committment, Fremantle had to move the whole kit and kaboodle to Bristol.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'156378\' date=\'Jun 29 2007, 08:53 PM\']
That would be a real slap in Rosie's face if Dan, Stu or Rich got the gig and due to their ESPN committment, Fremantle had to move the whole kit and kaboodle to Bristol.
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then again, some of us would LOVE that.
signed, Connecti-Matt (who, as a non-ESPNer, has spent more time in Brisol than most people should. Seriously. Keith Olbermann was right on.)
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'156379\' date=\'Jun 29 2007, 08:59 PM\']
Seriously. Keith Olbermann was right on.)
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Happiness is Bristol in my rear-view mirror.
/great book
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Fremantle had to move the whole kit and kaboodle to Bristol
Umm, yeah, right.
Which has me wondering if Adam Wade has been considered.
Surely you mean Adam West, don't you?
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/4513/E...t,%20Adam%20(I) (http://\"http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/4513/Events/4513/AdamWest_Grant_7894112_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=West,%20Adam%20(I)\")
A fella can always use a job. I can hear it now: "A new Batmobile!!!"
Then there's Richard Chamberlain:
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2415/E...20Richard%20(I) (http://\"http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2415/Events/2415/MerylStree_Caulf_2274139_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Chamberlain,%20Richard%20(I)\")
and Tab Hunter:
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1264/Mptv...er,%20Tab%20(I) (http://\"http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1264/Mptv/1264/0961_0802.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Hunter,%20Tab%20(I)\")
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[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'156384\' date=\'Jun 29 2007, 11:36 PM\']
Then there's Richard Chamberlain:
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2415/E...20Richard%20(I) (http://\"http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2415/Events/2415/MerylStree_Caulf_2274139_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Chamberlain,%20Richard%20(I)\")
and Tab Hunter:
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1264/Mptv...er,%20Tab%20(I) (http://\"http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1264/Mptv/1264/0961_0802.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Hunter,%20Tab%20(I)\")
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They're saving themselves for the return of American Gladiators.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'156404\' date=\'Jun 30 2007, 10:53 AM\']
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'156384\' date=\'Jun 29 2007, 11:36 PM\']
Then there's Richard Chamberlain:
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2415/E...20Richard%20(I) (http://\"http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2415/Events/2415/MerylStree_Caulf_2274139_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Chamberlain,%20Richard%20(I)\")
and Tab Hunter:
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1264/Mptv...er,%20Tab%20(I) (http://\"http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1264/Mptv/1264/0961_0802.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Hunter,%20Tab%20(I)\")
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They're saving themselves for the return of American Gladiators.
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We should look as good as they do when we're their age (a little cosmetic "s" can make that happen).
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The only ESPN person who could host this, IMHO, is Kenny Mayne. There is no way in the world Dan Patrick can get this job.
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[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'156420\' date=\'Jun 30 2007, 04:19 PM\']
The only ESPN person who could host this, IMHO, is Kenny Mayne. There is no way in the world Dan Patrick can get this job.
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Then how do you explain the apparent fact that he was asked?
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'156421\' date=\'Jun 30 2007, 04:29 PM\']
[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'156420\' date=\'Jun 30 2007, 04:19 PM\']
The only ESPN person who could host this, IMHO, is Kenny Mayne. There is no way in the world Dan Patrick can get this job.
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Then how do you explain the apparent fact that he was asked?
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The same way he explained that there's no way in you know what that Drew Carey's getting the job.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'156422\' date=\'Jun 30 2007, 04:31 PM\']
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'156421\' date=\'Jun 30 2007, 04:29 PM\']
[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'156420\' date=\'Jun 30 2007, 04:19 PM\']
The only ESPN person who could host this, IMHO, is Kenny Mayne. There is no way in the world Dan Patrick can get this job.
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Then how do you explain the apparent fact that he was asked?
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The same way he explained that there's no way in you know what that Drew Carey's getting the job.
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That's what I figured.
(Damn optimism again.)
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[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'156384\' date=\'Jun 29 2007, 10:36 PM\']
Which has me wondering if Adam Wade has been considered.
Surely you mean Adam West, don't you?
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At least Wade had a hosting job in MUSICAL CHAIRS (then CBS came to their senses and restored TATTLETALES to the post-MG7x spot).
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I've been thinking about it. This might work out. Let's reinvent the show for a new generation. Maybe have Pat Kiernan host (off-screen) and have Dan Patrick and Lisa Guererro/Dergan/Whatever do play-by-play.
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Don't know why I'm doing this, but Rich Eisen's working for NFL Network these days, where he hosts their "Total Access" studio show. They're based in LA, so if he was offered "TPIR," it would be in the neighborhood.
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Now to add more fuel to the fire--Dan Patrick is leaving ESPN after 18 years. His final ESPN Radio program will air August 17.
Story here (http://\"http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2930637\"), among other places.
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'157023\' date=\'Jul 9 2007, 04:06 PM\']
Now to add more fuel to the fire--Dan Patrick is leaving ESPN after 18 years. His final ESPN Radio program will air August 17.
Story here (http://\"http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2930637\"), among other places.
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Although a Google News check shows that he repeated on today's program that he didn't audition for "TPIR" and is not interested in the job.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'157029\' date=\'Jul 9 2007, 05:38 PM\']
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'157023\' date=\'Jul 9 2007, 04:06 PM\']
Now to add more fuel to the fire--Dan Patrick is leaving ESPN after 18 years. His final ESPN Radio program will air August 17.
Story here (http://\"http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2930637\"), among other places.
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Although a Google News check shows that he repeated on today's program that he didn't audition for "TPIR" and is not interested in the job.
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I think I know what job he IS interested in - the vacancy created by Don Imus when he put his foot in it last spring. The Westwood One folks would be stupid not to get him, as the network (and WFAN) have been foundering with a variety of guest hosts over the last three months.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'157029\' date=\'Jul 9 2007, 04:38 PM\']
Although a Google News check shows that he repeated on today's program that he didn't audition for "TPIR" and is not interested in the job.
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I know that and you know that. But other people didn't know that. Just trying to have a little fun.
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[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'157091\' date=\'Jul 10 2007, 10:51 AM\']
I think I know what job he IS interested in - the vacancy created by Don Imus when he put his foot in it last spring. The Westwood One folks would be stupid not to get him, as the network (and WFAN) have been foundering with a variety of guest hosts over the last three months.
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Is Patrick's radio show any good? He seems too dry for morning radio.
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[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'157108\' date=\'Jul 10 2007, 01:30 PM\']
[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'157091\' date=\'Jul 10 2007, 10:51 AM\']
I think I know what job he IS interested in - the vacancy created by Don Imus when he put his foot in it last spring. The Westwood One folks would be stupid not to get him, as the network (and WFAN) have been foundering with a variety of guest hosts over the last three months.
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Is Patrick's radio show any good? He seems too dry for morning radio.
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When I listen to it, it's not that bad. (Considering Dan Patrick is opposite Randi Rhodes and I'm an Air America fan, my choice for the afternoon is clear.)
I think he could do well in that slot on The FAN and syndicated across the CBS network...it would be wise to sign him if they give themselves the opportunity. (considering CBS/Westwood One's recent hires and format decisions in NYC, I dunno...)
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To each his own, I guess, but Dan Patrick is one of the few people I've heard who can take an exciting topic like sports and make it sound dull. What's the appeal?