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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: CBSJokersWildFan on December 20, 2003, 09:43:15 PM
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At what point in the run of Password Plus did Rich Jeffries replace Gene Wood as announcer?
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[quote name=\'CBSJokersWildFan\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 06:43 PM\'] At what point in the run of Password Plus did Rich Jeffries replace Gene Wood as announcer? [/quote]
I believe you're thinking of Super Password (since Rich Jeffries never announced P+).
Anyways, Gene Wood replaced Jeffries on SP (not the other way around) in early 1985.
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[quote name=\'Casey Buck\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 10:59 PM\'][quote name=\'CBSJokersWildFan\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 06:43 PM\'] At what point in the run of Password Plus did Rich Jeffries replace Gene Wood as announcer? [/quote]
I believe you're thinking of Super Password (since Rich Jeffries never announced P+).[/quote]
Well, I was going by The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows, Vol. 3 when I posed my question. There, Jeffries is listed as having announced P+.
[quote name=\'Casey Buck\']Anyways, Gene Wood replaced Jeffries on SP (not the other way around) in early 1985.[/quote]
That was going to be my next question.
Thanks, Casey! :-)
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I just went to Travis's Super Password page, and it says that John Harlan also announced, but he was a sub-announcer.
In addition, I went to David Livingston's Super Password page, and it says that Bob Hilton and Johnny Olson were also sub-announcers.
Gene Wood was the primary announcer, but Harlan, Hilton, and Olson were the sub-announcers.
But I didn't think that Rich Jeffries would announce P+, but if he did, then I believe you guys.
The only show I knew he announced was SP.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 11:28 PM\'] I just went to Travis's Super Password page, and it says that John Harlan also announced, but he was a sub-announcer.
In addition, I went to David Livingston's Super Password page, and it says that Bob Hilton and Johnny Olson were also sub-announcers.
Gene Wood was the primary announcer, but Harlan, Hilton, and Olson were the sub-announcers. [/quote]
Harlan, Olson, and Hilton subbed on P+. Only Rich Jeffreys and Gene Wood ever did SP.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 10:29 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 11:28 PM\'] I just went to Travis's Super Password page, and it says that John Harlan also announced, but he was a sub-announcer.
In addition, I went to David Livingston's Super Password page, and it says that Bob Hilton and Johnny Olson were also sub-announcers.
Gene Wood was the primary announcer, but Harlan, Hilton, and Olson were the sub-announcers. [/quote]
Harlan, Olson, and Hilton subbed on P+. Only Rich Jeffreys and Gene Wood ever did SP. [/quote]
Saw that on both those pages, respectively.
At David's SP page, it says that Rich Jeffries announced for the first few weeks (And the Christmas shows are included, see my Game Shows on Christmas Day thread).
After that, in came Gene Wood.
And I think I saw at Chris Lambert's ALL-Password page, that Gene Wood announced on all 3 versions of Password. Am I right, or did I misread?
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And for 25 points, what was Rich Jeffries "real" job before Gene Wood helped to groom him for announcing?
Answer tomorrow ;-)
Randy
tvrandywest.com
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[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Dec 21 2003, 02:44 AM\'] And for 25 points, what was Rich Jeffries "real" job before Gene Wood helped to groom him for announcing?
Answer tomorrow ;-)
Randy
tvrandywest.com [/quote]
Randy W. will know for sure, but wasn't Rich Jeffries' name(assuming it is the same guy) in the credits for the Blank Check pilot on the trading circuit?
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I believe he was also on the production team at B-E for "We've Got Your Number".
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 21 2003, 07:35 AM\'][quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Dec 21 2003, 02:44 AM\'] And for 25 points, what was Rich Jeffries "real" job before Gene Wood helped to groom him for announcing?
Answer tomorrow ;-)
Randy
tvrandywest.com [/quote]
Randy W. will know for sure, but wasn't Rich Jeffries' name(assuming it is the same guy) in the credits for the Blank Check pilot on the trading circuit?[/quote]
Randy should know the answer since Randy posed the question. :)
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[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Dec 21 2003, 02:44 AM\'] And for 25 points, what was Rich Jeffries "real" job before Gene Wood helped to groom him for announcing? [/quote]
Porn star? :-)
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[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Dec 21 2003, 02:44 AM\'] And for 25 points, what was Rich Jeffries "real" job before Gene Wood helped to groom him for announcing?
Answer tomorrow ;-)
Randy
tvrandywest.com [/quote]
Is it bigger than a breadbox? I will guess that he was responsible for recruiting nuns.
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Is it tomorrow already? Rich Jeffries was Bert Convy's stand-in.
Rich is/was an actor who had done primarily stage work, iirc. Sharing hours on the set he and Gene Wood became friends, and Gene coached and groomed Rich for announcing work. Although never a sterling announcer for my tastes, Rich was a really nice guy; I wonder where he is now.
I don't know anything about "Blank Check", but I used to date a black chick. Is that close enough? Certainly our grand high exhaulted mystic co-ruler Chris must have crossed paths with Rich at GT.
Randy
tvrandywest.com
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Although never a sterling announcer for my tastes, Rich was a really nice guy; I wonder where he is now.
I liked his announcing style, but most agree that his voice was rather unusual-sounding (something like a cross between Jay Stewart and Bullwinkle).
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Is it tomorrow already? Rich Jeffries was Bert Convy's stand-in.
Rich is/was an actor who had done primarily stage work, iirc. Sharing hours on the set he and Gene Wood became friends, and Gene coached and groomed Rich for announcing work. Although never a sterling announcer for my tastes, Rich was a really nice guy; I wonder where he is now.
Rich was also a freelance lighting director for commercials, around the time he was working for Goodson/Todman.
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We never used "sub-announcers" at G-T, we used substitute announcers. When used as a prefix, "sub-" means subordinate. Quoting the American Heritage dictionary:
sub-
pref.
1. Below; under; beneath: subsoil.
2.
a. Subordinate; secondary: subplot.
Rich was Allen Ludden's, then Tom Kennedy's, rehearsal stand-in on P+. He was pretty darn good at running the game but lacked the pipes to fill in on the air in Allen's absence. When he expressed an interest in announcing I suggested that he get some formal voice training, but we parted company before he developed his infamous "Bullwinkle" sound. At the time he worked for the NABET film local with offices at 6430 Sunset Boulevard.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 21 2003, 07:35 AM\'][quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Dec 21 2003, 02:44 AM\'] And for 25 points, what was Rich Jeffries "real" job before Gene Wood helped to groom him for announcing?
Answer tomorrow ;-)
Randy
tvrandywest.com [/quote]
Randy W. will know for sure, but wasn't Rich Jeffries' name(assuming it is the same guy) in the credits for the Blank Check pilot on the trading circuit?[/quote]
The guy who co-created "Blank Check" (in its original 1957 incarnation as "ESP") was Rich *Jefferies,* I believe. A *very* common alternate spelling of "Jeffries"--and I should know. :)
"ESP" ran in prime time on ABC with Vincent Price hosting and was basically contestants guessing which cards other contestants were picking--there were no numbers or quiz questions involved. I recall reading that it was a show with a dark set, spooky lighting, eerie music, that sort of thing. The show tanked and the game was dumped after the first few weeks--the show became an anthology drama about people using ESP in various situations for the rest of its 13 weeks, with Price remaining the host.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 11:29 PM\'] Only Rich Jeffreys and Gene Wood ever did SP. [/quote]
Sorry, Zach. Gotta correct you on this one. Bob Hilton did at least a week of Super Password guest announcing. I've got such an episode on tape.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 12:11 PM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 11:29 PM\'] Only Rich Jeffreys and Gene Wood ever did SP. [/quote]
Sorry, Zach. Gotta correct you on this one. Bob Hilton did at least a week of Super Password guest announcing. I've got such an episode on tape. [/quote]
I've never heard about this one, so I'll take your word for it.