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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Matt Ottinger on February 01, 2004, 09:25:27 PM
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Folks on Sony's Jeopardy forum started a thread wondering who would follow in Trebek's footsteps whenever he decides to call it quits. There are some interesting choices over there, but I'd be interested in hearing about what some of our members think.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Feb 1 2004, 09:25 PM\'] Folks on Sony's Jeopardy forum started a thread wondering who would follow in Trebek's footsteps whenever he decides to call it quits. There are some interesting choices over there, but I'd be interested in hearing about what some of our members think. [/quote]
I don't know if he 1) would consider "Survivor" as a step down, or 2) if, like Bergeron, wants to be more than a game show host, but how about Jeff Probst, given his Rock-and-Roll Jeopardy experience?
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Matt, if you don't send them a tape, I will. (it would be of me, though.)
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Hmm....personally I couldn't stand Probst's work on R&RJ! although I do like him on Survivor.
If there was a chance he'd do it, I'd recommend Anderson Cooper.
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Gordon Elliott.
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Tom Bergeron is out since he doesn't want to do any more game shows, so I'm thinking Marc Summers might do OK(unless he nabs the TPIR gig on Barker's retirement)
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Feb 1 2004, 11:00 PM\'] Tom Bergeron is out since he doesn't want to do any more game shows, so I'm thinking Marc Summers might do OK(unless he nabs the TPIR gig on Barker's retirement) [/quote]
I really, really hope that Summers doesn't get TPiR...it wouldn't fit, I don't think.
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Funny -Gordon Elliott immediately came to mind, too - but is it just me, or does the idea of Johnny Gilbert annoucing Gordon Elliott sound strange? There's something about Alex Trebeck's hard-sounding name that makes it sound so right for today's Jeopardy....a no-nonsense name for a no-nonsense game.
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I still recommend Jeff Probst.
Like you said, he's done well on Rock & Roll Jeopardy!, so he could do well on Jeopardy! as well.
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Jeff Probst has done well on "Rock 'n' Roll Jeopardy"? Just because he doesn't stutter? Granted he's no Rolf, but he has no wit whatsoever.
Gordon Elliott would be great on something. And speaking of TTTT hosts, John O'Hurley might not be bad either.
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I don't care if he stutters or not.
You guys mentioned Jeff's experience with R&R Jeopardy!, so that's enough to put him on the list of possible candidates.
But we shouldn't also forget that he's been featured in a few clues on Jeopardy!, and he's been on Celebrity Jeopardy! as well.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 2 2004, 12:44 AM\'] You guys mentioned Jeff's experience with R&R Jeopardy!, so that's enough to put him on the list of possible candidates.
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Right, and if Pat Sajak should leave Wheel, Rolf Berneschke should be put on the list of candidates, since he has expierence, right?
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Feb 1 2004, 11:55 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 2 2004, 12:44 AM\'] You guys mentioned Jeff's experience with R&R Jeopardy!, so that's enough to put him on the list of possible candidates.
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Right, and if Pat Sajak should leave Wheel, Rolf Berneschke should be put on the list of candidates, since he has expierence, right? [/quote]
And we may add Bob Goen as well, since he hosted the show, too.
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I think a no nonsense type guy is needed.
I think Gordon Elliot would bring some Aussie wit to the show and is well expirenced. But none of his shows seem to do well, guess hes just Geoff Edwards cursed.
Probst I think is not a good fit for a hard quiz. He was more fit for the laid back Rock and Roll version.
Alot of ppl would kill me and she's probs too pricey but I think Meredith Viera could do well. I like her serious but laid back style on millionaire.
Marc Summers would do a good job but I think most viewers would never be able to get "Double Dare" out of their head
Here's a name we havent discussed: Mark L. Whalberg, I like his style on RR and I think he did well in the old brain teaser format of the Endgame. I think he could be good on a hard quiz like J!.
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[quote name=\'Starkman\' date=\'Feb 2 2004, 12:15 AM\'] Probst I think is not a good fit for a hard quiz. He was more fit for the laid back Rock and Roll version.
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Really? How hard was R&R Jeopardy! anyway, since I only saw a few shows of it?
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 2 2004, 01:13 AM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Feb 1 2004, 11:55 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 2 2004, 12:44 AM\'] You guys mentioned Jeff's experience with R&R Jeopardy!, so that's enough to put him on the list of possible candidates.
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Right, and if Pat Sajak should leave Wheel, Rolf Berneschke should be put on the list of candidates, since he has expierence, right? [/quote]
And we may add Bob Goen as well, since he hosted the show, too. [/quote]
Ah...Flight 149....to Clueville....right over your head.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 2 2004, 01:31 AM\'] [quote name=\'Starkman\' date=\'Feb 2 2004, 12:15 AM\'] Probst I think is not a good fit for a hard quiz. He was more fit for the laid back Rock and Roll version.
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Really? How hard was R&R Jeopardy! anyway, since I only saw a few shows of it? [/quote]
You haven't seen enough of R&R J! to know whether or not it was difficult, and yet you've seen enough to know that Jeff Probst should be on the list of candidates to replace Alex Trebek?
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If you're willing to have an open mind and not limit it to someone who has done game shows, a sportscaster such as Keith Olbermann might be able to handle the assignment.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 1 2004, 10:44 PM\'] But we shouldn't also forget that he's been featured in a few clues on Jeopardy!, and he's been on Celebrity Jeopardy! as well. [/quote]
And that qualifies him? Cheech Marin has similar credentials, is he on the short list?
I'd say he's a possible candidate in the same way that 99% of the celebrity population with any modicum of fame and a clear speaking voice is a possible candidate, but I wouldn't say that his performance on R&RJ! would be enough to kick his resume into the shorter pile.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 2 2004, 01:31 AM\']
Really? How hard was R&R Jeopardy! anyway, since I only saw a few shows of it? [/quote]
Only easy if you know popular music from the 60s-onward(I don't recall them asking much from the pre-British Invastion early years of the genre)
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[quote name=\'Starkman\' date=\'Feb 2 2004, 01:15 AM\']
Here's a name we havent discussed: Mark L. Whalberg, I like his style on RR and I think he did well in the old brain teaser format of the Endgame. I think he could be good on a hard quiz like J!. [/quote]
Aside from the spelling, I agree. Wahlberg really made "Russian Roulette" his own, with the right edge to his humor, keeping the game front and center and giving the right amount of drama to the end game. Given his resume, he doesn't seem, uh, classy enough for "Jeopardy!" but he could be good.
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George Gray. He was very well on Weakest Link mixing the right amount of humor and straight quizzing. Anne Robinson had a little too much humor mixed in, which was also very insulting. I guess Anne could do it though, but it would be hard to get her.
I'm also thinking Regis Philbin. He had a very laid back style on Millionaire, but you could also tell he was trying to be a serious quizzer. If he was a little less laid back, Regis could do Jeopardy also.
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[quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Feb 2 2004, 10:42 AM\'] Aside from the spelling, I agree. Wahlberg really made "Russian Roulette" his own, with the right edge to his humor, keeping the game front and center and giving the right amount of drama to the end game. Given his resume, he doesn't seem, uh, classy enough for "Jeopardy!" but he could be good. [/quote]
I promise you that if this group had existed in 1984, almost no one would have proposed Alex Trebek as the successor to Art Fleming. (Some of us still have a hard time accepting him, of course.) We would have pitched Jim Perry, Tom Kennedy, Jim Peck, and Geoff Edwards, but Alex would have been among the second tier of candidates at best.
As long as Sony doesn't go the other way and chooses a standup comic (or Alan Thicke, who has the advantage of being a Trebek buddy), it shouldn't matter much. The host has to have some authority, and must be able to read questions rapidly without stumbling much. (Which actually rules out Regis, who had a couple of pronunciation issues -- as if the fact that he's older than Trebek and based on the other coast didn't rule him out already.)
Wahlberg isn't a bad choice; neither is John O'Hurley (who would fit both qualifications), and Donny Osmond has proven a pretty good host over the last two years.
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[quote name=\'calliaume\' date=\'Feb 2 2004, 06:19 PM\']
Wahlberg isn't a bad choice; neither is John O'Hurley (who would fit both qualifications), and Donny Osmond has proven a pretty good host over the last two years. [/quote]
Graham Elwood proved on Cram he's not a bad question reader, maybe with a few more years to mature as a host like Trebek had before getting the J! gig, he could be considered.
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Bob Barker?
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Feb 2 2004, 06:16 PM\'] Bob Barker? [/quote]
But then you'd have to replace Bob Barker, a subject NOBODY on this board has ever posted about... :)
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What about Kenny Mayne? He did well on 2-Minute Drill, and I think his style would fit Jeopardy.
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Tom Bergeron is out since he doesn't want to do any more game shows, so I'm thinking Marc Summers might do OK(unless he nabs the TPIR gig on Barker's retirement)
I'm leaning more towards Summers, myself...his work on History IQ and Wintuition proved that he can handle a straight Q&A show like J!, so he seems like a potential candidate, IMO. The aforementioned Kenny Mayne might do a good job, as well.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Feb 2 2004, 06:15 PM\'] The aforementioned Kenny Mayne might do a good job, as well.
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Think about Mayne's utterly deadpan delivery. David Duchovny or Ben Stein would be similarly intelligent choices.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Feb 2 2004, 01:04 AM\'] If you're willing to have an open mind and not limit it to someone who has done game shows, a sportscaster such as Keith Olbermann might be able to handle the assignment. [/quote]
Repeating the choice I made at the J! board, another sportscoaster who, like Cheech Marin, has won on Celeberity J!--Bob Costas. There's a man who could read clues with authority.
I'll agree that John O'Hurley would also be a good choice.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Feb 1 2004, 11:04 PM\']If you're willing to have an open mind and not limit it to someone who has done game shows, a sportscaster such as Keith Olbermann might be able to handle the assignment.[/quote]
Ummmm... I'm watching KO on MSNBC right now, and he ain't talking sports. (Actually, he's talking about the Super Bowl halftime debacle.)
While I'd certainly enjoy a game show hosted by KO, I just don't think it's gonna happen, certainly not now that he's got a news show where he no longer has to talk about a presidential sex scandal an hour an night for weeks on end.
Esoteric Eric, noting that geography might play a part in KO's career choice; he certainly seems to prefer New York City (and its metro area) to LA, or even Bristol, CT. (P.S. It also seems that Caroline Rhea prefers to based in the Big Apple.)
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George Gray. He was very well on Weakest Link mixing the right amount of humor and straight quizzing.
Why of course! Jeopardy! is such a Komedy Laff-Riot that they really need a COMEDIAN to emcee. Who'da thought Merv had it wrong the past 40 years with those stuffy Fleming and Trebek guys?
Hey while you're at it, make every category name a JOKE! I know where you can find a bunch of soon-to-be-unemployed writers who specialize in just that kind of thing.
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Why of course! Jeopardy! is such a Komedy Laff-Riot that they really need a COMEDIAN to emcee. Who'da thought Merv had it wrong the past 40 years with those stuffy Fleming and Trebek guys?
LOL...yeah, I'm leery of comedians on straight Q&A shows, which is why I'd reject the suggestions of George Gray or Graham Elwood...and don't even get me started on Chris Wylde of Taboo!
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Well, if they're hiring sportscasters, Chris Berman did well on "Superbowl of Sports Trivia." But they'd have to make the board larger to get in the nicknames:
Contestant: "Vice Presidents for $600."
Board:
HE LOST THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION IN 1800 TO THOMAS
"MOVIN' ON UP TO THE EAST
"SIDE" JEFFERSON
Contestant: "Who is Aaron Burr?"
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[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Feb 3 2004, 02:00 PM\'] Well, if they're hiring sportscasters, Chris Berman did well on "Superbowl of Sports Trivia." But they'd have to make the board larger to get in the nicknames:
Contestant: "Who is Aaron Burr?" [/quote]
Actually, if they're going to do that, they also ought to make the contestants respond in Berman-ese.
Contestant: Who is "Aaron on the side of caution" Burr?
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Chris "He's worse than a Siberian labor camp in Decem" Berman?
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William G Stewart could be a decent candiate since he has been reading thousands of questions across 15 Years along with his producing background (Producing Family Fortunes, TPIR w/Leslie Crowther) and since 15 To 1 is now axed it might launch him into US "small GS" stardom.
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[quote name=\'TravisP\' date=\'Feb 3 2004, 05:16 PM\'] William G Stewart could be a decent candiate since he has been reading thousands of questions across 15 Years along with his producing background (Producing Family Fortunes, TPIR w/Leslie Crowther) and since 15 To 1 is now axed it might launch him into US "small GS" stardom. [/quote]
In terms of demeanor and delivery, Stewart is probably the closest thing the UK has to Trebek -- serious without being TOO stuffy, and ever-so-slightly pompous. The only problem I see -- isn't he, like, 112 years old by now?
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Thats a fact as he will be 69 later this year.
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It sure won't be Mo Rocca, who's currently "hosting" the Today Show Beatles Trivia game. Not to rule him out as the host of some show, sometime, but not J!, or at least not with a major "let's make it a more fun, freewheeling game" revision.
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Jeopardy after Alex Trebek??? Replace him with Bob Barker. :-)
John
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[quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Feb 5 2004, 07:57 AM\'] Jeopardy after Alex Trebek??? Replace him with Bob Barker. :-)
John [/quote]
Already posted by Jimmy Owen and duly joked about by yours truly.