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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: JasonA1 on June 29, 2011, 03:22:15 PM
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Courtesy of Drew Carey's two Twitter (http://"http://twitter.com/DrewFromTV") accounts (http://"http://twitter.com/TPIRhost"), cameraman Marty Wagner is retiring after 55 years in the biz.
Marty used to take the pan shot of the first few rows in the opening. I was in the audience last August before the season started airing. I looked up at the monitor to see what they did differently that season, only to be spooked that Marty was panning mine and a dozen other faces in the crowd. When the episode aired, I was confused to see them using the same dips and swooshes from the jib camera in the open. I asked around why Marty was doing that shot. A safety for editing in case one of the other cameras went out?
"Nobody calls for that shot. Marty must be doing it for fun."
-Jason
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Interesting fellow that Marty..
I had been visiting the show for several years, when he decided to strike up a conversation with me (in either during Barker's Final year or Drew's first year)
I found it strange that when he was talking with me, he was literally nose to nose with me.
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I was confused to see them using the same dips and swooshes from the jib camera in the open. I asked around why Marty was doing that shot. A safety for editing in case one of the other cameras went out?
I believe all of the cameras are iso'ed now. That's how they were able to cover up Terry Kniess fielding his perfect showcase bid from the audience.
/How else would you spell the past tense of the verb "iso"?
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Loved chatting with Marty when I was working there. He has seen it all in his l-o-n-g career. Would enjoy seeing some game show or TV nostalgia website interview him.
I wish him less politics in his retirement ;-)
Randy
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