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Title: Lingo query
Post by: Twentington on February 12, 2012, 07:41:44 PM
Apparently, a couple episodes of Woolery Lingo had a model named Paula who introduced the contestants, gestured at the board, handled the Bonus Lingo balls, etc.

Has the identity of this Paula ever been revealed? Why was she dropped so fast?
Title: Lingo query
Post by: clemon79 on February 12, 2012, 10:11:26 PM
Quote from: Twentington on February 12, 2012, 07:41:44 PM
Apparently, a couple episodes of Woolery Lingo had a model named Paula who introduced the contestants, gestured at the board, handled the Bonus Lingo balls, etc.

Has the identity of this Paula ever been revealed? Why was she dropped so fast?
Is it possible that she was the model for the first run of shows that was done in the Netherlands with expats for contestants?
Title: Lingo query
Post by: Twentington on February 12, 2012, 10:20:41 PM
Quote from: clemon79 on February 12, 2012, 10:11:26 PM
Quote from: Twentington on February 12, 2012, 07:41:44 PM
Apparently, a couple episodes of Woolery Lingo had a model named Paula who introduced the contestants, gestured at the board, handled the Bonus Lingo balls, etc.

Has the identity of this Paula ever been revealed? Why was she dropped so fast?
Is it possible that she was the model for the first run of shows that was done in the Netherlands with expats for contestants?

Paula was a second model added for a couple episodes in mid-season 3, back when Stacey was still the co-host. The first run didn't have a model. Sorry for not clarifying.
Title: Lingo query
Post by: Allstar87 on February 15, 2012, 05:14:49 AM
Paula appeared on two season 3 episodes of Lingo. They were the first two taped; they hadn't even added the neon circles to the set yet. I'm guessing they got rid of her because, well...they didn't really need two models. Stacey could handle all that. (Granted, they didn't really need to add a model to begin with...)

While the show never gave her full name, the GSN PDFs did; it's Paula Cobb. This is her modeling website. (http://"http://www.paulacobb.com/20005_27.asp")
Title: Lingo query
Post by: cliffhanger285 on February 15, 2012, 09:30:48 AM
Now, here's a question I have: did Stacy or Shandi actually control the board, or were they there just to look pretty and laugh at Chuck's jokes?
Title: Lingo query
Post by: clemon79 on February 15, 2012, 01:15:19 PM
Quote from: cliffhanger285 on February 15, 2012, 09:30:48 AM
Now, here's a question I have: did Stacy or Shandi actually control the board, or were they there just to look pretty and laugh at Chuck's jokes?
The latter. If that keyboard was even connected to anything I would be shocked. :)
Title: Lingo query
Post by: DrBear on February 15, 2012, 02:38:27 PM
In her book, former ABC news person Lynn Sherr writes about how, for one election, she was giving exit poll results. The graphics people had rigged up a graphic that would spring up at the end of her desk, and told her to point at a spot on her desk when the graphics were supposed to pop up. She had trouble getting that down, so they took some bottle caps and glued them to the desk as "buttons" that she would "push" to bring up the screens. Peter Jennings got such a kick out of the display that during a slow period of returns, he insisted on going over and pushing one of the buttons.

So I would be 99 44/100 percent sure nothing was connected to anything at the Lingo desk.