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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: sotcfan2004 on August 08, 2010, 03:01:17 AM
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...and is succeeded by Joey Fatone (http://\"http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/07/23/joey-fatone-dancing-your-ass-off/\").
Thoughts?
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[quote name=\'sotcfan2004\' post=\'245547\' date=\'Aug 8 2010, 12:01 AM\']Thoughts?[/quote]
If Joey doesn't puke, he's already an improvement over Burton Richardson.
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[quote name=\'sotcfan2004\' post=\'245547\' date=\'Aug 8 2010, 02:01 AM\']...and is succeeded by Joey Fatone (http://\"http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/07/23/joey-fatone-dancing-your-ass-off/\").
Thoughts?[/quote]
He should still be hosting The Singing Bee.....but that's another thought.
I didn't mind Burton's announcing, but the line "it's time to pla-ay....the Family Feud!" got to be kinda grating. It never really caught on for me. They almost changed it back to the original a few years back, (http://\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaxSyIFPkcQ\")but I guess it didn't catch on or something.
Announcing for Feud is not really as big a deal as a show like Price is Right or Wheel of Fortune, where you constantly hear the announcer throughout the show. There's an intro and a promotional consideration plug- done. That being said, all I can say is "we'll see".
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His "announcing" is just a static voiceover letting us know we're at Universal Studios - and hey, it's the Feud. And here's our host, Steve Harvey. There's no introductions to the families by the announcer, Steve just introduces them as usual.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'245550\' date=\'Aug 8 2010, 05:29 AM\']His "announcing" is just a static voiceover letting us know we're at Universal Studios - and hey, it's the Feud. And here's our host, Steve Harvey.[/quote]
Honestly, considering the announcer is almost a lost art nowadays, I'll take that much.
/Should try out to do voiceover work again
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[quote name=\'sotcfan2004\' post=\'245547\' date=\'Aug 8 2010, 12:01 AM\']...and is succeeded by Joey Fatone (http://\"http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/07/23/joey-fatone-dancing-your-ass-off/\").
Thoughts?[/quote]
Fret not for brother Burton. He's voicing HUB's new "Family Game Night."
Randy
tvrandywest.com
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[quote name=\'Jeremy Nelson\' post=\'245549\' date=\'Aug 8 2010, 12:28 AM\']I didn't mind Burton's announcing, but the line "it's time to pla-ay....the Family Feud!" got to be kinda grating. It never really caught on for me. They almost changed it back to the original a few years back, (http://\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaxSyIFPkcQ\")but I guess it didn't catch on or something.[/quote]
I always thought the execution was what screwed that up. If they didn't have Burton doing that stupid Russian Roulette-style voice, it might've actually worked.
I wonder if they'll have Joey doing the warm-ups the same way Burton did. And if we'll be hearing cheers and applause after every bonehead answer given.
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A friend of mine in Florida who went to see a taping of this said Joey was nowhere to be seen. That leads me to believe he's on tape. One of Harvey's people does the warm up. They also show clips of FF while you're waiting on line. Past highlights featuring every host EXCEPT Louie Anderson. Gee, what a surprise.
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Did Louie Anderson even have any highlights?
/My very first post on this forum asked what Joey's first talent was
//I guess it's nothing more than voiceover work?
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[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'245715\' date=\'Aug 11 2010, 08:24 AM\']Did Louie Anderson even have any highlights?
/My very first post on this forum asked what Joey's first talent was
//I guess it's nothing more than voiceover work?[/quote]
Does the time they featured one of the celebrities on CBS's Game Show Marathon count?
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[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'245715\' date=\'Aug 11 2010, 09:24 AM\']Did Louie Anderson even have any highlights?[/quote]
Is 'being canned' a highlight?
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'245722\' date=\'Aug 11 2010, 10:24 AM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'245715\' date=\'Aug 11 2010, 09:24 AM\']Did Louie Anderson even have any highlights?[/quote]
Is 'being canned' a highlight?
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Being able to stuff Louie into a single can would be a highlight. I concur.
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Louie was funny sometimes, but like Drew Carey, VERY inconsistent. Some shows, he was very funny and entertaining, and other shows, he looked TIRED and was longing to retreat to his dressing room to smoke. Also, I noticed Louie's "schtick" was limited and repetitive. I liked how he joked about the triple round, but he repeated a lot of those jokes. I think Howard Felsher put it best when he said that Louie doesn't seem to care about the contestants, and if you were ask him what their names were after the show, he wouldn't remember. I would agree with what someone said on here already that Louie's first season was his best, and then it just wore off after that.
I thought hiring Richard Karn was a curious choice. He was VERY likeable, and he was friendly enough with the players, and was a smoother host than Louie, but certainly not spontaneously funny. I think Karn also suffered from having limited capabilities. One show was no different from another... same annoying phrases "draw first blood.... DOUBLE THE POINTS.... TRIPLE THE POINTS"
It will be interesting to see how much of Steve Harvey's joking around and slow takes will make it into the show. Steve knows how to play off the contestants, and unlike the previous hosts, he pretty much says what everyone else is thinking. Does anyone know if they kept the "single, double, triple, sudden death" from the Bullseye format or if they reverted back to the "single, single, double, triple, sudden death" format from the previous seasons?
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[quote name=\'whewfan\' post=\'245765\' date=\'Aug 11 2010, 05:40 PM\']Does anyone know if they kept the "single, double, triple, sudden death" from the Bullseye format or if they reverted back to the "single, single, double, triple, sudden death" format from the previous seasons?[/quote]
It's indeed single, single, double, triple, sudden death.
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Okay. I was thinking they would keep the Bullseye scoring format (minus Bullseye) so that the game could be over in 3 rounds, and it gives Steve Harvey more breathing room to joke around.