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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: PeterTomarkensGal on September 14, 2003, 02:24:35 PM
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(I posted this on the GSN forum today)
Heya.
I was bored so I was flipping through channels at 10:30 and when I
got to PIN (all-infomercial station), I saw a guy that looked like
Peter Tomarken. I turned up my volume a little louder, and sure
enough - with that unmistakable voice, it was him.
He looks very good! I think he looks better than Dr. Larry May, who
is with him on this paid advertisement.
The product is called Alphacalm. It's supposed to relieve tension,
anxiety, and depression.
This infomercial looks VERY recent. I think it's Peter's most recent
project.
Unfortunately I didn't record it, but I'll be sure to flip through
channels during the beginning of every half hour.
Take care,
Anne
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Alphacalm. Sounds like a good product for people suffering from \"Paranoia,\"
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[quote name=\'PeterTomarkensGal\' date=\'Sep 14 2003, 01:24 PM\'] (I posted this on the GSN forum today)
Heya.
I saw a guy that looked like
Peter Tomarken. I turned up my volume a little louder, and sure
enough - with that unmistakable voice, it was him.
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The product is called Alphacalm. It's supposed to relieve tension,
anxiety, and depression.
Take care,
Anne [/quote]
Welcome to this board Anne my dear, it's always nice to have another lady around in this male-dominated group :) It's a shame that Peter's latest project has to be an infomercial, but oh well.
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Thanks for the welcome, Zach! I enjoy reading your posts.
BTW, Peter is wearing a cranberry red shirt on the infomercial and he puts on a pair of glasses to read something for a minute.
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Well, at least good ol' Pete has a job.
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Well I saw it on RNN at 11 AM today and recorded it. I'll post some screenshots later on.
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This post has me thinking that a whole bunch of emcees have
gone the informercial route along the way--which is the only
reason why I'd ever watch those things.
The list of names I can come up with off the top of my head are
Art Fleming, Peter Marshall, Dennis James, Jim Perry, Art James,
Bob Eubanks, Monty Hall (for the Let's Make A Deal phone
game which included clips from the 70s LMAD) and--of course--
Peter Tomarken.
Who have I left out?
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 12:46 PM\'] This post has me thinking that a whole bunch of emcees have
gone the informercial route along the way--which is the only
reason why I'd ever watch those things.
The list of names I can come up with off the top of my head are
Art Fleming, Peter Marshall, Dennis James, Jim Perry, Art James,
Bob Eubanks, Monty Hall (for the Let's Make A Deal phone
game which included clips from the 70s LMAD) and--of course--
Peter Tomarken.
Who have I left out? [/quote]
Any ideas what they were promoting besides Hall?
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Any ideas what they were promoting besides Hall?
Art Fleming's was about money makers such as Famous Amos and Carleton Sheets. In later years, he did one or two more with Carleton then was seen hosting a show about losing weight by \"listening to pleasant sounds which contained subliminal messages\".
Peter Marshall also hosted one with Carleton. And let me say this about that one. If someone had knocked Peter's script pages to the ground, he would have been hopelessly lost. While watching that, I thought, \"So that's why he got kicked off 3rd Degree\".
Bob Eubanks' show dealt with some automobile product.
Dennis James co-hosted with Frankie Avalon to plug Zero Pain, which I believe was targetted at arthritic persons.
Art James appeared in one 10 or so years ago with Morgan Fairchild and it had something to do with food, but I forget the specifics.
Jim Perry's dealt with some money-making plan. I saw that in 1991.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 11:46 AM\'] This post has me thinking that a whole bunch of emcees have
gone the informercial route along the way--which is the only
reason why I'd ever watch those things.
The list of names I can come up with off the top of my head are
Art Fleming, Peter Marshall, Dennis James, Jim Perry, Art James,
Bob Eubanks, Monty Hall (for the Let's Make A Deal phone
game which included clips from the 70s LMAD) and--of course--
Peter Tomarken.
Who have I left out? [/quote]
The champion of gameshow hosts MR.....
Joe Farago!
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 03:28 PM\'] [quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 11:46 AM\'] This post has me thinking that a whole bunch of emcees have
gone the informercial route along the way--which is the only
reason why I'd ever watch those things.
The list of names I can come up with off the top of my head are
Art Fleming, Peter Marshall, Dennis James, Jim Perry, Art James,
Bob Eubanks, Monty Hall (for the Let's Make A Deal phone
game which included clips from the 70s LMAD) and--of course--
Peter Tomarken.
Who have I left out? [/quote]
The champion of gameshow hosts MR.....
Joe Farago! [/quote]
OK, I don't think he actually hosted this (although I could be wrong), but did somebody say. . . {echo chamber}Woolery?{off/echo chamber}
Seem to recall something involving Victoria Principal.
Doug
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We shouldn't forget Dick Clark either -- I've seen him on at least 2 different infomercials, plugging rechargable alkaline batteries (made by Buddy L -- the toy car people) in one, and selling a greatest rock & roll hits collection (by Time-Life, of course) in another.
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 04:10 PM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 03:28 PM\'] [quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 11:46 AM\'] This post has me thinking that a whole bunch of emcees have
gone the informercial route along the way--which is the only
reason why I'd ever watch those things.
The list of names I can come up with off the top of my head are
Art Fleming, Peter Marshall, Dennis James, Jim Perry, Art James,
Bob Eubanks, Monty Hall (for the Let's Make A Deal phone
game which included clips from the 70s LMAD) and--of course--
Peter Tomarken.
Who have I left out? [/quote]
The champion of gameshow hosts MR.....
Joe Farago! [/quote]
OK, I don't think he actually hosted this (although I could be wrong), but did somebody say. . . Woolery?
Seem to recall something involving Victoria Principal.
Doug [/quote]
not to mention the infamous MotoLure.
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I seem to recall reading that one Jim Caldwell also made some (Tic Tac) Dough doing infomercials in recent years.
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[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 09:09 PM\'] I seem to recall reading that one Jim Caldwell also made some (Tic Tac) Dough doing infomercials in recent years. [/quote]
He did.
For Durashine (car wax) and some handheld drill.
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I tend to think of Jim Caldwell and Joe Farago as infomercial hosts who happened to host a game show once.
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[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Sep 28 2003, 06:50 AM\'] [quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 09:09 PM\'] I seem to recall reading that one Jim Caldwell also made some (Tic Tac) Dough doing infomercials in recent years. [/quote]
He did.
For Durashine (car wax) and some handheld drill. [/quote]
I remember the Durashine one (poor Jim got a little too close to a laser used to prove the product's durability IIRC). It used to run on Speed Channel Sunday mornings.
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[quote name=\'rugrats1\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 06:03 PM\'] We shouldn't forget Dick Clark either -- I've seen him on at least 2 different infomercials, plugging rechargable alkaline batteries (made by Buddy L -- the toy car people) in one, and selling a greatest rock & roll hits collection (by Time-Life, of course) in another. [/quote]
Dick also did an infomercial on a self-help relationship course with lecturer Gary Smalley in the early 90s.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 03:01 PM\']
Peter Marshall also hosted one with Carleton. And let me say this about that one. If someone had knocked Peter's script pages to the ground, he would have been hopelessly lost. While watching that, I thought, "So that's why he got kicked off 3rd Degree".
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Peter also did an infomercial for the $50K Phone Trivia game in 1990, Wink Martindale did an infomercial for a $25K Phone trivia contest around the same time.
Alex(Worldvision charitable organization) Trebek drank some Molsons while taping a Phone Jeopardy! infomercial in 1990(or was it just a two minute commercial)
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Alex(Worldvision charitable organization) Trebek...
He wasn't the first game show host to do TV specials for religious organisations (they were alot of them on the dial in the 1970s and 1980s); I have a 1/24/1981 San Diego \"Tv Guide\" that had an ad for \"Battle For Africa\", which deals with the effort to promote Christianity in Africa. I don't know the organisation responsible (neither ad nor listings say), but the ad said the special was hosted by Jim McKrell (\"Celebrity Sweepstakes\").
Of course, McKrell was also the host of the busted \"Genesis\" pilot on Pax.
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Here's page 1 of the pix....
http://www.geocities.com/tapgirl111/alphacalm1.html (http://\"http://www.geocities.com/tapgirl111/alphacalm1.html\")
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Sep 30 2003, 05:34 PM\'] [quote name=\'rugrats1\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 06:03 PM\'] We shouldn't forget Dick Clark either -- I've seen him on at least 2 different infomercials, plugging rechargable alkaline batteries (made by Buddy L -- the toy car people) in one, and selling a greatest rock & roll hits collection (by Time-Life, of course) in another. [/quote]
Dick also did an infomercial on a self-help relationship course with lecturer Gary Smalley in the early 90s. [/quote]
Dick has been doing a lot of radio spots lately as well.
In the So. Cal. area, he is spokesperson for a new gambling casino near San Diego (no word if this place has an abundance of Pyramid, American Bandstand & New Year's Rockin Eve slots), while nationwide he is endorsing one of those adjustable mattress beds.
Has anyone else hawked products on the radio airwaves outside of doing spots on their radio shows?
Not sure if this was already mentioned, but Regis has done an infomercial for Time-Life hawking big-band era songs from the 40s & 50s.
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Also, Pat Finn did an infomercial around 95-96 for some travel company.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")