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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: ChuckNet on April 19, 2006, 09:36:58 PM
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As per Wikipedia, a certain one-time GS host was supposedly offered the chance to play one of the most famous superheroes of all time, but turned it down...do you know who it was?
Perhaps his motto could've been "When you save the planet, YOU WIN!!!"...
Chuck Donegan (The Surprised "Chuckie Baby")
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If I think I know who you're talkin' about, and if he was EVER superman...
We're [blankin'] doomed here. SEND HIM BACK!!!!
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Bud Collyer.
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*shudders*
Patrick Wayne?
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'116646\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 08:35 AM\']
*shudders*
Patrick Wayne?
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Remember that Wikipedia isn't always 100% reliable, as discussed in an Invision thread a few weeks ago. People who don't know their stuff can change the entry and make it truer or falser than it already is.
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[quote name=\'melman1\' post=\'116637\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 12:34 AM\']
Bud Collyer.
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Perhaps it was the matter of fact way in which you said that (or typed it) but that positively cracked me up.
Queerily, I'm getting a mental image of Blake Emmons in that supersuit saying, "There's no need to fear".
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See, I was thinking Bob Hastings.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'116659\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 10:41 AM\']
See, I was thinking Bob Hastings.
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Somehow, I can't picture Kelcey as Superman.
Of course, a few weeks after getting the gig Jack Clark would replace him, right? :-)
Doug -- and the countdown to 1900 continues
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According to imdb, one of the cartoon voices Bob Hastings did was that of Clark Kent as Superboy, so I don't know if he ever voiced Superman. OB: Game Show, in early 74, the planets aligned ever so briefly that you could see both Capt. Binghamton and Lt. Carpenter hosting game shows, and usually McHale would show up as a guest on one show or the other.
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Oh, now I'm inspired!! Game show hosts as superheroes OR! as supervillains.
We'll go one at a time until someone comes along and lists their fifty favorite ideas:
* Gene Rayburn as The Joker
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'116669\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 01:45 PM\']
Oh, now I'm inspired!! Game show hosts as superheroes OR! as supervillains.
We'll go one at a time until someone comes along and lists their fifty favorite ideas:
* Gene Rayburn as The Joker
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* Jack Barry as The Devil
* Pat O'Brien as Whatever You Want Him to Be (sigh) Yeah!!!!11111111
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Kitty Carlisle as (what else?) Catwoman.
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the Banker as the Invisible Man
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Actually, this is completely true. I have the special edition of the Superman movie and in the special features IIRC, a clip of his screen test is shown.
David
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The definitive supervillain, and not much of a stretch.
Louie Anderson as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
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[quote name=\'FOXSportsFan\' post=\'116730\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 11:43 PM\']
Louie Anderson as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
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John Pinette would be better by several orders of magnitude.
ObGS, kinda: John Pinette was the referee on The Grudge Match.
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[quote name=\'FOXSportsFan\' post=\'116730\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 11:43 PM\']The definitive supervillain, and not much of a stretch.
Louie Anderson as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man[/quote]It's so easy to take a cheap shot, isn't it? The best part is you don't have to worry about it being funny or not, hence the cheapness of the shot being taken.
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Considering that both myself and Jim would also be eminently qualified for the same role, and I'm guessing pretty open about the fact, I don't think it was intended as a cheap shot.
Was it funny? Not really. But not intended as a cheap shot.
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I think you might lose out to me, Chris...hey, would you rather I've said Jabba the Hut? There you insult looks and voice.
And I thought I was the only one who remembered Grudge Match, lol.