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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: tvwxman on March 03, 2008, 12:49:00 PM
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Dave Price. This week. Watch and imagine why he didn't get the Price is Right gig.
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Two minutes in on my end, and it's a trainwreck.
There's a REASON you've never hosted a game show. Good thing in his opening spiel he didn't say "but I tried for Bob Barker's job, but I sucked so bad that I didn't get it."
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Attn. to Blake Emmons: You are no longer the most boring game show host in history.
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Ooh, is it that horrid? Perhaps I should Tivo so I can fuffill my Nelson quota for the week.
/HA-ha
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I may be in the minority here, but I thought he was at least better than Al Roker.
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[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'179735\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 10:48 AM\']
I may be in the minority here,[/quote]
Truer words.
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[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'179735\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 01:48 PM\']I may be in the minority here, but I thought he was at least better than Al Roker.
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Bandit Bobby: Proving since 2003 that it is possible for an opinion to be wrong.
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[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'179735\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 01:48 PM\']
I may be in the minority here, but I thought he was at least better than Al Roker.
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I didn't know that Millionaire had changed its format for the week to allow people to get a buttload of money without doing anything.
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It's times like this where I don't mind being on campus at 1PM every day.
Now I sort of want to see the GMA weather person host and see how bad (s)he does
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[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'179750\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 03:01 PM\']
Now I sort of want to see the GMA weather person host and see how bad (s)he does
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I haven't caught GMA in a while, but I'm pretty sure that Sam Champion is still male.
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'179751\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 03:03 PM\']
[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'179750\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 03:01 PM\']
Now I sort of want to see the GMA weather person host and see how bad (s)he does
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I haven't caught GMA in a while, but I'm pretty sure that Sam Champion is still male.
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You missed the February sweeps stunt, then.
/Didn't help our morning ratings.
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[quote name=\'Chief-O\' post=\'179722\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 01:20 PM\']
Attn. to Blake Emmons: You are no longer the most boring game show host in history.
[/quote]I seriously want to place Mr. Price lower on the "Best GS Host" scale than both Mr. Emmons and Mr. Wayne. He tried, and failed miserably.
For some morbid reason, I now want to see his Price audition. Gotta be a lifesucker.
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'179730\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 01:44 PM\']
Ooh, is it that horrid?[/quote]At least.
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It airs at 4 here...I have something to look forward to.
And I don't remember Roker being that bad, just too damn excitable over first tier questions. But leave it to Bandit to try and be different from the majority.
/will save my opinion on that
ETA: I wouldn't necessarily say he's "bad" per se. Just...awkward. He explained that he's never done a game show, but he also talks like your stereotypical game show host, the one you'd see in a sitcom game show.
I'm also convinced, he must've graduated from the Jack Barry School of Faux Drama Building.
He also didn't need to explain the gameplay to the contestant and viewers, as if it were brand new. It's only been around for nine years.
/Wait that can't be right.
//1999...well I'll be damned
///And quite old, too.
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'179743\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 11:22 AM\']
I didn't know that Millionaire had changed its format for the week to allow people to get a buttload of money without doing anything.
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Well, Price isn't hosting for free, right?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'179770\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 04:04 PM\']
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'179743\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 11:22 AM\']
I didn't know that Millionaire had changed its format for the week to allow people to get a buttload of money without doing anything.
[/quote]
Well, Price isn't hosting for free, right?
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Obviously, the price is right.
/this was one wrong Price, tho
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[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'179739\' date=\'Mar 3 2008, 11:13 AM\']Bandit Bobby: Proving since 2003 that it is possible for an opinion to be wrong.[/quote]You sir, Win at Life. Big pile of gold stars to you.
Watching the second half of today's show was like a simultaneous root canal-colonoscopy: painful on both ends. The man has no personality. It was like watching your neighborhood CPA hosting. He read the questions capably, and didn't much up the verdicts, but "capable" just won't do.
At one break, Dave kindly reminds us that we are indeed watching Millionaire. Just in case Bobby forgot, I guess.
When I thought it couldn't get any worse, he whipped out that chestnut made famous by Jack Barry: "Can you come back tomorrow." Mercifully it was after the time's up horn.
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Discuss. Or, disgust.
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'180014\' date=\'Mar 4 2008, 10:19 PM\']
http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id...19-208d628d9514 (http://\"http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=08968a5c-3030-49d8-b719-208d628d9514\")
Discuss. Or, disgust.
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I like the ".. I have acted in prime time dramas..."
tom kennedy says, "and heeeere they are!"
- Category 7: The End of the World (2005) (TV) (uncredited) .... Max Wilder
- "Without a Trace" .... Reporter (1 episode, 2005)
- "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" .... Elevator Operator (1 episode, 2005)
- Listen Up - Colon-oopscopy (2005) TV episode (uncredited) .... Anesthesiologist
- Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004) (TV) .... Engineer
- "Still Standing" .... Coat Checker (1 episode, 2004)
- "Yes, Dear" .... Mike Limpkey (1 episode, 2004)
...I guess that's easier than just saying "I played the uncredited anesthesiologist in the Colon-oops-copy episode of "Listen Up"
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I'm hypnotized by the Price's Eyebrow overuse in that short clip. They couldn't find anyone else in NYC on short notice or something?
/PLEASE, someone tell him to know his role and shut his mouth
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[quote name=\'Speedy G\' post=\'180017\' date=\'Mar 4 2008, 10:38 PM\']
/PLEASE, someone tell him to know his role and shut his mouth
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this is a guy whose career is built around cramming a lot of bs chatter with tourists into 12 seconds before spouting a quick summarized teleprompted weather report before throwing you to your local feed for the five-day forecast every 15 minutes for a few hours every morning.. of course he's going to be annoying :D
and did the make up dept just say 'screw it' and use spray-on tan on his face?
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Nice bonus clip of Jack Klugman at the beginning. Now, on to serious matters...
That will be the only two minutes of my life I will spend watching Dave Price do anything. What an obnoxious puke.
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[quote name=\'lobster\' post=\'180015\' date=\'Mar 4 2008, 11:32 PM\']
- Category 7: The End of the World (2005) (TV) (uncredited) .... Max Wilder
- "Without a Trace" .... Reporter (1 episode, 2005)
- "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" .... Elevator Operator (1 episode, 2005)
- Listen Up - Colon-oopscopy (2005) TV episode (uncredited) .... Anesthesiologist
- Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004) (TV) .... Engineer
- "Still Standing" .... Coat Checker (1 episode, 2004)
- "Yes, Dear" .... Mike Limpkey (1 episode, 2004)
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And not surprisingly, at least five of those are CBS shows, and I'm fairly certain* that at least one of those disaster flicks aired on CBS as well. He must've been in the area at the time. :-P
ETA:
Both (http://\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428144/companycredits\") did. (http://\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468988/companycredits\")
*All guesses have been made at 8am EST, from five hours of sleep and no coffee. The prices of the prizes were furnished to the contestants prior to the show and have been rounded off to the nearest dollar.
Gift certificates do not include sales tax.
/Yes, I looked that last part up.
//Listen Up...man did that show blow.
///Yes, Dear wasn't much better.
////Still Standing was pretty decent, though.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'180042\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 08:15 AM\']
And not surprisingly, at least five of those are CBS shows, and I'm fairly certain* that at least one of those disaster flicks aired on CBS as well. He must've been in the area at the time. :-P[/quote]
The first time I became aware of who Dave Price is, they were doing a sweeps stunt where he would have cameos on every CBS program in one night of prime-time. That accounts for half the list right there, and I imagine his appearances on the other shows were similarly concocted. So yeah, it's not as though he has an acting background, he was given those parts for reasons having nothing to do with talent.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'180061\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 11:10 AM\']
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'180042\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 08:15 AM\']
And not surprisingly, at least five of those are CBS shows, and I'm fairly certain* that at least one of those disaster flicks aired on CBS as well. He must've been in the area at the time. :-P[/quote]
The first time I became aware of who Dave Price is, they were doing a sweeps stunt where he would have cameos on every CBS program in one night of prime-time. That accounts for half the list right there, and I imagine his appearances on the other shows were similarly concocted. So yeah, it's not as though he has an acting background, he was given those parts for reasons having nothing to do with talent.
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Correct. A Contest done to get people to watch the Early Show (something like, spot Dave in prime time. Ugh).
He's as much of an actor as I am a dentist. I can get you to spit, but that's about it.
/I got nothing.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'180061\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 10:10 AM\']
That accounts for half the list right there, and I imagine his appearances on the other shows were similarly concocted. So yeah, it's not as though he has an acting background, he was given those parts for reasons having nothing to do with talent.
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..hence the roles of "Coat check guy" and "Elevator Operator" bahaha..
makes me wonder about how true to life his "SCUBA diver" claim is.. what, he went snorkeling once at a Sandals resort in Cabo? :D
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'180064\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 10:17 AM\']
Correct. A Contest done to get people to watch the Early Show (something like, spot Dave in prime time. Ugh).
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other uncredited roles not on his IMDB page include:- Man on subway
- Man #2 on pay phone
- Person #16 in crowd (back of head)
- Alternate pallbearer (not used)
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I had Millionaire on this morning waiting for my new TV to be delivered. He was so awful I changed it to Temptation, they run here at the same time.
--Mike
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I'm putting myself out for bashing here... but I actually like Dave Price's job so far. This is the first time that I have enjoyed watching Millionaire since Regis.
Dave's injected more energy than Meredith. I like the way he reads the questions.... and let's face it, a show like Millionaire (or even Jeopardy) is not as host driven as a show like TPiR, Match Game, or Family Feud is. I can't see Dave working well on a host-driven show, but for just simply a quiz show he'd do fine.
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[quote name=\'MitchJoseph2004\' post=\'180077\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 11:27 AM\']
I'm putting myself out for bashing here... but I actually like Dave Price's job so far. This is the first time that I have enjoyed watching Millionaire since Regis.
Dave's injected more energy than Meredith. I like the way he reads the questions.... and let's face it, a show like Millionaire (or even Jeopardy) is not as host driven as a show like TPiR, Match Game, or Family Feud is. I can't see Dave working well on a host-driven show, but for just simply a quiz show he'd do fine.
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Maybe it's his longevity but I honestly can't imagine anyone else hosting Jeopardy! (as we know it) than Alex.. Feud, on the other hand, as we've seen (at least in the past decade), can handle a tremendous amount of host turnover without a scrape to its popularity..
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I guess more what I mean by 'host driven' is that something like Jeopardy or Millionaire has very little contestant/host interaction when compared to something like Family Feud. To me, one of the reasons that Anderson and Karn failed at Feud was their 'awkwardness' when interacting with contestants.
Put Dave in a role with limited interaction, and he'll do fine.
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[quote name=\'MitchJoseph2004\' post=\'180097\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 01:30 PM\']Put Dave in a role with limited interaction, and he'll do fine.[/quote]
Then it's a good thing he's a weatherman.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'180061\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 08:10 AM\']
he was given those parts for reasons having nothing to do with talent.
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So, much like his day job, then?
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[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'180113\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 02:58 PM\']
[quote name=\'MitchJoseph2004\' post=\'180097\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 01:30 PM\']Put Dave in a role with limited interaction, and he'll do fine.[/quote]
Then it's a good thing he's a weatherman.
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What the hell does that mean?
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'180140\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 04:24 PM\']
[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'180113\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 02:58 PM\']
[quote name=\'MitchJoseph2004\' post=\'180097\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 01:30 PM\']Put Dave in a role with limited interaction, and he'll do fine.[/quote]
Then it's a good thing he's a weatherman.
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What the hell does that mean?
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"Gee, this foot tastes terrific!"
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'180140\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 01:24 PM\']
What the hell does that mean?[/quote]
Means yer a no-talent hack, Chromakey-boy. ;)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'180152\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 05:12 PM\']
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'180140\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 01:24 PM\']
What the hell does that mean?[/quote]
Means yer a no-talent hack, Chromakey-boy. ;)
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I thought it meant that he spends all day in a room by himself plotting the weather to ruin as many viewers' parties and other special events as possible. (He doesn't?)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'180152\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 05:12 PM\']
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'180140\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 01:24 PM\']
What the hell does that mean?[/quote]
Means yer a no-talent hack, Chromakey-boy. ;)
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That's "Mr. No-Talent Hack, Chromakey-boy" to you, bub. :)
/And Mello damn well better add 'sir'.
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'180154\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 02:16 PM\']
That's "Mr. No-Talent Hack, Chromakey-boy" to you, bub. :)[/quote]
Yer speaking to a former Chyron Boy. I'm the only thing stopping you from being fonted as "Dick Hertz" on the air. ;)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'180164\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 06:05 PM\']
Yer speaking to a former Chyron Boy. I'm the only thing stopping you from being fonted as "Dick Hertz" on the air. ;)
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Or Mr. Litoris? ;-)
We had a chryon like that earlier this week, for a lady who works in a local city council. Her name? Anita Hummer.
/I lol'd
//So did everyone else in the newsroom.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'180164\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 06:05 PM\']
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'180154\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 02:16 PM\']
That's "Mr. No-Talent Hack, Chromakey-boy" to you, bub. :)[/quote]
Yer speaking to a former Chyron Boy. [/quote]
Oh. Then go get me a coffee. Cream, two sugars.
/Cause I'm 'talent'. That's why.
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Oooo...a good ol' fashioned TV crew throwdown. I've got the popcorn and soda...looks like a good one tonight!
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Naw. Matt knew to put the word "talent" in quotes. He's one of the good guys. I'd fetch his coffee voluntarily. :)
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'180061\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 12:10 PM\']
he was given those parts for reasons havingrequiring nothing to do with talent.
[/quote]
There, Fixed That For Ya!
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'180177\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 09:00 PM\']
Naw. Matt knew to put the word "talent" in quotes. He's one of the good guys. I'd fetch his coffee voluntarily. :)
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And I'd do the same in a heartbeat.
/cause i'm really a nice guy to the crew.
//the whole crew.
///even the chyron folks.
////which we don't have, since we were parkervisioned years ago.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'180145\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 01:40 PM\'][quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'180140\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 04:24 PM\'][quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'180113\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 02:58 PM\'][quote name=\'MitchJoseph2004\' post=\'180097\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 01:30 PM\']Put Dave in a role with limited interaction, and he'll do fine.[/quote]Then it's a good thing he's a weatherman.[/quote]What the hell does that mean?[/quote]"Gee, this foot tastes terrific!"[/quote]I'm personally more fond of "That's our Mello!" myself, but it's a matter of personal taste. :)
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'180193\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 07:08 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'180177\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 09:00 PM\']Naw. Matt knew to put the word "talent" in quotes. He's one of the good guys. I'd fetch his coffee voluntarily. :)[/quote]And I'd do the same in a heartbeat.
/cause i'm really a nice guy to the crew.
//the whole crew.
///even the chyron folks.
////which we don't have, since we were parkervisioned years ago.[/quote]Aw, MAN. I was hoping this would turn into something more than the nacho match, but you guys already made nice and everything.
/Dammit.
//:)
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'180195\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 10:14 PM\']
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'180145\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 01:40 PM\'][quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'180140\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 04:24 PM\'][quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'180113\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 02:58 PM\'][quote name=\'MitchJoseph2004\' post=\'180097\' date=\'Mar 5 2008, 01:30 PM\']Put Dave in a role with limited interaction, and he'll do fine.[/quote]Then it's a good thing he's a weatherman.[/quote]What the hell does that mean?[/quote]"Gee, this foot tastes terrific!"[/quote]I'm personally more fond of "That's our Mello!" myself, but it's a matter of personal taste. :)
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Yeah, well, I'm still waiting for a response.....
/probably waiting for a long time
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Why do they call it 'talent' when it is essentially the skill set of a precocious seven year old: The ability to read aloud?
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Heh, Price didn't have much talent on Good Day Live, either.
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[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' post=\'180273\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 12:15 PM\']
Heh, Price didn't have much talent on Good Day Live, either.
[/quote]
Wasn't that Steve Edwards? Besides, they had Jillian Booberie to do the weather (oh, that's right, "Good Day Live" was a national show, they didn't have weather, oh well...)
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'180304\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 03:25 PM\']
[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' post=\'180273\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 12:15 PM\']
Heh, Price didn't have much talent on Good Day Live, either.
[/quote]
Wasn't that Steve Edwards? Besides, they had Jillian Booberie to do the weather (oh, that's right, "Good Day Live" was a national show, they didn't have weather, oh well...)
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For a brief time, Price was the 'east coast correspondent'... it was part of a contract renegotiation in 93. He took 3 weeks off from Good Day NY to renegotiate a deal that got him more national coverage (Good Day Live)... then left months later to jump to CBS2 in NY & the Early Show.
From a local TV perspective, the man has had a meteoric rise to the top. Luck like his only happens to mediocre talent.
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the man has had a meteoric rise to the top. Luck like his only happens to mediocre talent
A meteroric rise to the middle.
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[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'180317\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 04:13 PM\']
the man has had a meteoric rise to the top. Luck like his only happens to mediocre talent
A meteroric rise to the middle.
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A meteoric rise to mediocrity?
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"Some are born mediocre, some achieve mediocrity and some have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three." -- Joseph Heller, Catch-22.
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[quote name=\'MrBuddwing\' post=\'180323\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 04:25 PM\']
"Some are born mediocre, some achieve mediocrity and some have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three." -- Joseph Heller, Catch-22.[/quote]
For ten points, what's the source of the original quote that was based on?
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'180362\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 04:19 PM\']
[quote name=\'MrBuddwing\' post=\'180323\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 04:25 PM\']
"Some are born mediocre, some achieve mediocrity and some have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three." -- Joseph Heller, Catch-22.[/quote]
For ten points, what's the source of the original quote that was based on?
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The Twelfth Night. Substitute "mediocrity" for "greatness" and insert a hearty thrust of the waist upon the word "thrust".
/That's Kevin with an "I", dammit.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'180365\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 07:33 PM\']
and insert a hearty thrust of the waist upon the word "thrust".[/quote]
Stage direction as well. I am mightily impressed.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'180370\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 05:09 PM\']
[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'180365\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 07:33 PM\']
and insert a hearty thrust of the waist upon the word "thrust".[/quote]
Stage direction as well. I am mightily impressed.
[/quote]
Athankyew.