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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: SamJ93 on June 20, 2004, 01:03:36 PM
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Obviously, since Bob Barker is now the major driving force behind TPiR and has been for a while, he probably deserves to be introduced as "the *star* of The Price is Right." But I also found it interesting that Johnny O. introduced him as the "star" rather than just the "host" from day one, as well--almost as if the producers foresaw the show's popularity...
I realize I'm getting into silly minutae, again, but it seems most shows usually introduce the host as simply that--"the host of so-and-so"...what other shows have introduced their host as the seemingly more positive "star" of the show? The only other one I can think of off the top of my head is "Family Feud."
Broadening the topic a little, what shows have introduced the host as anything other than the host? I can think of the original HS ("the master of the Hollywood Squares") and LMaD ("TV's Big Dealer")...any others?
--Sam
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I read somewhere (TV Guide, maybe) that hosts usually had an option on how they are introduced. Variations include "Here he is, the one, the only....GROUCHO" Then there was "the man who will guide you through next 30 mins of TTD....PW." IIRC on "Time Machine," it was just "...here's John Davidson."
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[quote name=\'SamJ93\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 01:03 PM\'] Broadening the topic a little, what shows have introduced the host as anything other than the host? I can think of the original HS ("the master of the Hollywood Squares") and LMaD ("TV's Big Dealer")...any others? [/quote]
"Here's the man who gives everybody a Second Chance, Jim Peck!"
"And here's the man with all the action, Wink Martindale!"
"It's his basement, it's his rules, it's his game show! The quizmaster of 72 Whooping Cough Lane, Ken Ober!"
"And now, here's the guy who puts the fun in Fun House, J.D. Roth!"
"And here's the Dean of College Mad House, Greeeeeeeg Kinnear!"
"Ladies and gentleman, Mark L. Walberg."
And finally, you could list the many different ways Bennett Cerf intro'd John Charles Daly on WML?.
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Battlestars: "And here's the man in command... Alex Trebek!"
High Rollers: "And here's the man with the action... Alex Trebek!"
I'm sure there are others, but these are two that came to mind right off the bat.
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Match Game (70's): With the Star of Match Game(7x, PM) Gene Rayburn!
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Cross-Wits... "And here's the keeper of the Cross-Wits, Jack Clark!"
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"Here's your host.........the star of Press Your Luck, Peter Tomarken!"
"Ladies and Gentlemen, here's your host, the star of Wipeout, Peter Tomarken!"
Peter's ego apparently inflated over time.;)
"And here's Tom Bergeron!"
"Here's your host, the star of (insert Chuck Barris show), (insert Barris show host)!"
And what show was it where the host actually introduced himself? It may be Quicksilver, but I don't think it was.
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[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 12:43 PM\'] Match Game (70's): With the Star of Match Game(7x, PM) Gene Rayburn! [/quote]
For the first year of Match Game '7x, Gene was introduced as "the host". He was upgraded to "star" sometime in 1974.
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Somewhere I read (and it may well have been the Gil Fates book, I'm not sure) that Larry Blyden requested to be introduced as "host" because he felt that the term "star" should be reserved for well, stars.
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[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 12:49 PM\'] And what show was it where the host actually introduced himself? It may be Quicksilver, but I don't think it was. [/quote]
Believe it or not, Annie Wood introduced herself on the dating show "BZZZZZZZZZZ", that aired during the mid-90's.
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 02:01 PM\'] Somewhere I read (and it may well have been the Gil Fates book, I'm not sure) that Larry Blyden requested to be introduced as "host" because he felt that the term "star" should be reserved for well, stars. [/quote]
Isn't there a similar story like that for Alex Trebek's introductions? He's always been the "host" on every show of his I have seen. I seem to recall reading that he prefers to be called "host" and doesn't feel worthy for the "star" title.
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It appears that at one point on "Just Men!", Betty White introduced herself as the hostess. (According to the clip from Brad Francini's site, anyhow.)
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From the $ale of the Century files, both here and Down Under:
"And now, here's the star of our show...Jim Perry!" - Jay Stewart and Don Morrow
"And now, here's the King of Quiz, Tony Barber!" - from a 1990 episode, announcer unknown
"Say hello to Glenn Ridge!" - from a 2001 episode
Also, weren't there some quips from the last season of Family Feud that irritated some of us on here, including yours truly?
By the way, the word "star" for TPiR was not just reserved for Mr. Barker:
"And now, here's the star of The (Nighttime or New) Price is Right, Dennis James/Tom Kennedy/Doug Davidson!" - Olson, Roddy, and Richardson
The Inquisitive One, signing off...
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You can add the late Gene Wood to the above list of announcers that did the nighttime Price shows.
Allso, here's one from the current Wheel: "Here are the stars of our show: Pat Sajak and Vanna White!" That comes from Charlie O Donnell of course. Before they had returning champs, Pat would be introduced alone like this: "And now here's your host, Pat Sajak!"
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[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 12:49 PM\'] And what show was it where the host actually introduced himself? It may be Quicksilver, but I don't think it was. [/quote]
You may be thinking of Chris Harrison on GSN's "Mall Masters."
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Host Ron Maestri did introduce himself on 'Quicksilver".
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[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 04:19 PM\'] By the way, the word "star" for TPiR was not just reserved for Mr. Barker:
"And now, here's the star of The (Nighttime or New) Price is Right, Dennis James/Tom Kennedy/Doug Davidson!" - Olson, Roddy, and Richardson [/quote]
And while we're on the subject, an intro with no host, no star, and one baseball player:
"And now, pinch-hitting for Bob Barker, here's Dennis James!" -- Johnny Olson
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Here's a quick one from Greed: "And now, Chuck Woolery."
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[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 06:47 PM\'] [quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 04:19 PM\'] By the way, the word "star" for TPiR was not just reserved for Mr. Barker:
"And now, here's the star of The (Nighttime or New) Price is Right, Dennis James/Tom Kennedy/Doug Davidson!" - Olson, Roddy, and Richardson [/quote]
And while we're on the subject, an intro with no host, no star, and one baseball player:
"And now, pinch-hitting for Bob Barker, here's Dennis James!" -- Johnny Olson [/quote]
Did James come out of the doors as usual?
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[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 02:24 PM\'] Also, here's one from the current Wheel: "Here are the stars of our show: Pat Sajak and Vanna White!" That comes from Charlie O Donnell of course. Before they had returning champs, Pat would be introduced alone like this: "And now here's your host, Pat Sajak!" [/quote]
And in between the two, you had "And now, here is your host and hostess, Pat Sajak and Vanna White!"
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[quote name=\'SamJ93\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 12:03 PM\'] Obviously, since Bob Barker is now the major driving force behind TPiR and has been for a while, he probably deserves to be introduced as "the *star* of The Price is Right." [/quote]
But Al DuBois was introduced as "Your Driving Force on Bumper Stumpers"
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[quote name=\'rugrats1\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 05:31 PM\'] Host Ron Maestri did introduce himself on 'Quicksilver". [/quote]
As did Mark Walberg on Free 4 All at the time. CHuck W. introduced himself on the initial 20 episodes of Lingo(Netherlands-taped shows)
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 06:51 PM\'] [quote name=\'rugrats1\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 05:31 PM\'] Host Ron Maestri did introduce himself on 'Quicksilver". [/quote]
As did Mark Walberg on Free 4 All at the time. CHuck W. introduced himself on the initial 20 episodes of Lingo(Netherlands-taped shows) [/quote]
Also introducing herself is Kennedy on Friend Or Foe?, referring to herself as our "stewardess" or our "dealer...would you like me to hit you?" and many others.
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On Supermarket Sweep, the intro went, "And here's our host, David Ruprecht!". During the Pax Seasons, it orignally was the same, except with a silly pun in between. Then it was changed to "And here's the host of our show, David Ruprecht!".
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[quote name=\'TV Favorites\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 12:10 PM\'] I seem to recall reading that he prefers to be called "host" and doesn't feel worthy for the "star" title. [/quote]
He didn't have a problem being called "The Man In Command"... :)
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I was going to mention this one under the best openings...I still like the TTTT7X with the sliding doors, and Bill Wendell's "Ladies and gentlemen .... Garry Moore!" and out he strides for the introduction. No mention of the title of the show (except on the wall behind him), no host or star...but you never doubted what show you were watching.
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Frank Nicotero on Street Smarts has always introduced himself at the beginning of the show.
Bert Convy was introed on Super Password like this: "With the Star of Super Password, Bert Convy!"
Also, on all the US and maybe other versions as well of Millionaire, the hosts have always introduced themselves.
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How about the intros Randy West used to give Wink Martindale on Trivial Pursuit, with a different fact each day? Randy might have to come back me up on the actual wording, but it was something kinda close to, "And now, a man who knows (insert fact here), Wink Martindale!" After the intro, Wink would say, "I'm something of an expert on..." and expound on whatever the fact was.
Since I'm something of an expert in the area of hosts who introduced themselves, I should mention that Wil Shriner did it on Small Talk.
And to tie it all together, anyone remember how Wink introduced Wil on Why Didn't I Think Of That?
- mystery7, who firmly believes that behind every great host MUST be an announcer
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Double Dare(Nick): And now here's your host(insert odd comment or fact here) Marc Summers!
One of my favorite intros from Family Double Dare, was when on the infamous episode where Marc is late, Harvey introed him like this.
"And now here's your host, the late, great Marc Summers!"
Classic.
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Have there any other game shows besides WWTBAM and Weakest Link where the host isn't introduced at all?
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[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 01:19 PM\'] From the $ale of the Century files, both here and Down Under:
"And now, here's the star of our show...Jim Perry!" - Jay Stewart and Don Morrow
"And now, here's the King of Quiz, Tony Barber!" - from a 1990 episode, announcer unknown
"Say hello to Glenn Ridge!" - from a 2001 episode [/quote]
The Aussie announcer's name was Peter Smith.
He also introduced Glenn Ridge thusly:
"...and here's the star of the Sale, Glenn Ridge." -1994 episode
"...and now it's good evening to Glenn Ridge." -1998 episode
"Game Show Man" Joe Van Ginkel
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[quote name=\'goongas\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 09:29 PM\'] Have there any other game shows besides WWTBAM and Weakest Link where the host isn't introduced at all? [/quote]
Only two other game shows have done this, and it only happened once on one show. I am speaking of course of the incident on Price is Right a short time ago, where Bob's name was never announced.
The other show to do this is the aforementioned Street Smarts.
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Have there any other game shows besides WWTBAM and Weakest Link where the host isn't introduced at all?
You can count BOTH versions of Twenty-One; I think Jack Barry introduced himself on the original version and then described what happened so far to the show's champion, just as Maury did on the 2000 version.
And how can you all forget:
Now, here's 'America's #1 Clockwatcher'.....Bud Collyer! (Beat the Clock)
And our moderator, another famous name, Robert Q. Lewis/Dennis James! (The Name's the Same)
Now here's the man who has everyone talking.....Wayne Cox! (Talkabout)
Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the Fannie Flagg of the Big Board!'
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"...and now it's good evening to Glenn Ridge." -1998 episode
Yet another quirk to Aussie and UK game shows is that their announcers basically participate in public small talk - the majority of them not seeming to "announce" anything. :) No offense, I did like John Deeks on Aussie WoF among others, but your general intro may go something like "Ta, it's Thursday here on $ale and today we have a doozy of a car" and blah blah blah.
So for example, Rob Elliott was introduced similarly on WoF, "now for a Thursday, here's the star of our show...here's Roooooooooobbbb Elliott!"
FK and MtG were two more shows that did the pun thing before the hosts were introduced. "Malcolm" introduced Alex Trebek as his "good buddy" and "the man with all the questions."
-Jason
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[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 09:34 PM\'] [quote name=\'goongas\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 09:29 PM\'] Have there any other game shows besides WWTBAM and Weakest Link where the host isn't introduced at all? [/quote]
Only two other game shows have done this, and it only happened once on one show. I am speaking of course of the incident on Price is Right a short time ago, where Bob's name was never announced.
The other show to do this is the aforementioned Street Smarts. [/quote]
Quicksilver and Free-4-All.
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As far as WOF goes, if Pat & Vanna are the stars, shouldn't they be introed as "co-stars"? After all, Pat does his job as host while Vanna does hers at the puzzleboard. Maybe I'm stretching things a bit there.
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[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 12:49 PM\'] And what show was it where the host actually introduced himself? It may be Quicksilver, but I don't think it was. [/quote]
Wil Shriner, host of the dismally cheap "Small Talk," played announcer as well.
"And here's your host (insert comment here)... Me."
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[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 08:40 PM\'] I was going to mention this one under the best openings...I still like the TTTT7X with the sliding doors, and Bill Wendell's "Ladies and gentlemen .... Garry Moore!" and out he strides for the introduction. No mention of the title of the show (except on the wall behind him), no host or star...but you never doubted what show you were watching. [/quote]
Well, the title was in the theme song, wasn't it? (Or am I thinking of the wrong version?)
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"Ladies and gentlemen....Ahmad Raschad" (Caesar's Challenge)
Interesting that the first three hosts of "Card Sharks" (Jim, Bob, Bill) were all introduced as "host".
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Jun 21 2004, 01:39 AM\'] As far as WOF goes, if Pat & Vanna are the stars, shouldn't they be introed as "co-stars"? After all, Pat does his job as host while Vanna does hers at the puzzleboard. Maybe I'm stretching things a bit there. [/quote]
They are, correctly, referred to in the open as "your host and hostess."
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' date=\'Jun 21 2004, 06:38 AM\'] Well, the title was in the theme song, wasn't it? (Or am I thinking of the wrong version?) [/quote]
No, you have the right version, that was the cheesy psychadelic 60's version, but it would have been hard to make the words out over the celebs being introduced. You'd hear 'em fine in the end credits, provided there was no local voice-over instructing you to "stay tuned for the Diamond Head Game, coming up next!" :)
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Jun 21 2004, 10:43 AM\'] Interesting that the first three hosts of "Card Sharks" (Jim, Bob, Bill) were all introduced as "host". [/quote]
What about Pat Bullard?
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' date=\'Jun 21 2004, 08:38 AM\'][quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 08:40 PM\'] I was going to mention this one under the best openings...I still like the TTTT7X with the sliding doors, and Bill Wendell's "Ladies and gentlemen .... Garry Moore!" and out he strides for the introduction. No mention of the title of the show (except on the wall behind him), no host or star...but you never doubted what show you were watching. [/quote]
Well, the title was in the theme song, wasn't it? (Or am I thinking of the wrong version?)[/quote]
In the opening, for Garry's intro, the music was just the "bah bah bah bah bah bah bahhhh...." The regular theme came with the panel intro.
However, during the years of the last set, there was a logo graphic on the screen during Garry's intro--along with the logo on the set and the little men mascots on the wall.
And you can add Arte Johnson on "Knockout" on the list of hosts that didn't get an intro--he opened the show with a mini-monologue on a darkened set with him in closeup and then tossed it to Jay Stewart for the contestant intros.
And Barker was always introed on "T or C" as star--"And now, ladies and gentlemen, here's the star of our show, BOB BARKER!"--and then (in the later years) the flashing light panels parted and he walked out to the triumphant final notes of the theme from that British session musician orchestra. To which Barker would then bring out the first group of contestants to noodling from Dave Bacal's Hammond. (At least the music was better when Hal Hidey took over.)
Back in radio days, the one "T or C" I've heard and remember introed Ralph Edwards as "that Duzzy guy himself" (a reference to the sponsor, Duz detergent). When Edwards filled in for Barker in 1973, Charles Lyon's intro was "and now, filling in for Bob Barker, the originator of 'Truth or Consequences,' back to pay the consequences after after 20 years, Ralph Edwards!"
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On one of the audio tapes I have of Password '75 (post-All Stars), Allen introduces himself sans music. "Hi, I'm Allen Ludden. These are your contestants, who'll be playing today with Jack Klugman and Juliet Mills. And the name of your game is, of course, Password!" cue music, etc.
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I'll just address the two in the thread title, "star" and "host." With rare exceptions, on a good show, the host is just that, the host, and the contestants are the stars.
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[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Jun 21 2004, 12:00 PM\'] [quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Jun 21 2004, 10:43 AM\'] Interesting that the first three hosts of "Card Sharks" (Jim, Bob, Bill) were all introduced as "host". [/quote]
What about Pat Bullard? [/quote]
He was a black hole.
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[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Jun 21 2004, 08:53 PM\'] I'll just address the two in the thread title, "star" and "host." With rare exceptions, on a good show, the host is just that, the host, and the contestants are the stars. [/quote]
I'm not so sure... I was just talking with someone about this very matter the other day, a subject we disagreed upon. He said that the host is the star, and the contestants are just tools for the star. I said the host and contestants are essentially co-stars, that they need to complement one another.
And then, I guess there's also your third way of looking at it ;).
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[quote name=\'Frank15\' date=\'Jun 21 2004, 07:14 PM\'] He said that the host is the star, and the contestants are just tools for the star. [/quote]
Depending on the show, I'd certainly agree that the contestants are tools. :)
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jun 21 2004, 11:33 AM\'] On one of the audio tapes I have of Password '75 (post-All Stars), Allen introduces himself sans music. "Hi, I'm Allen Ludden. These are your contestants, who'll be playing today with Jack Klugman and Juliet Mills. And the name of your game is, of course, Password!" cue music, etc. [/quote]
Speaking of which, there was also Password Plus, Allen was referred to as the "star," while Bill and then Tom were the "hosts." Of course, when Allen died, Tom was upgraded to "star" himself.
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In Season One of Lingo, Chuck Woolery introduced himself. "Hello everyone, I'm Chuck Woolery....", Now, of course Stacey intros him, I think he's called the host as well as having some made up, stupid thing about him like, "and here's the host of Lingo,The man who's VCR clock is no longer flashing, Chuck Woolery!"
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[quote name=\'mb425\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 06:08 AM\'] In Season One of Lingo, Chuck Woolery introduced himself. "Hello everyone, I'm Chuck Woolery....", Now, of course Stacey intros him, I think he's called the host as well as having some made up, stupid thing about him like, "and here's the host of Lingo,The man who's VCR clock is no longer flashing, Chuck Woolery!" [/quote]
And in Season 2, Randi Thomas introed him with "And now, here's your host, Chuuuck Woolery!" (I think that's right)
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In Season One of Lingo, Chuck Woolery introduced himself. "Hello everyone, I'm Chuck Woolery....", Now, of course Stacey intros him, I think he's called the host as well as having some made up, stupid thing about him like, "and here's the host of Lingo,The man who's VCR clock is no longer flashing, Chuck Woolery!"
They also used ad-libbed comments in the intros to Super Sloppy and Family DD (1st season), as they do on the current FF.
Speaking of which, how many shows have had the host introduced w/the prefix "Mr."? The only ones that come to mind are Dream House and FF, as of this season...any others?
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 11:58 AM\'] Speaking of which, how many shows have had the host introduced w/the prefix "Mr."? The only ones that come to mind are Dream House and FF, as of this season...any others? [/quote]
Didn't the late-70s Newlywed Game do likewise?
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There were times on Win, Lose or Draw with Bert Convy, that he would be called Mr.
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On the Bob Stewart shows, wasn't Bill Cullen usually introduced with the title of the show, then ".....starring Bill Cullen."?
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[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 03:19 PM\'] By the way, the word "star" for TPiR was not just reserved for Mr. Barker:
"And now, here's the star of The (Nighttime or New) Price is Right, Dennis James/Tom Kennedy/Doug Davidson!" - Olson, Roddy, and Richardson [/quote]
Actually, Doug Davidson was introduced as the "host."
Also, regarding the recent incident on TPIR, Rich said that he did introduce Bob that day, but he had a cold and his voice was cracking big time when he introduced Bob. That raspy intro was edited out, but Rich's re-recorded intro didn't make it into the show.
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[quote name=\'FeudDude\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 12:15 PM\']Also, regarding the recent incident on TPIR, Rich said that he did introduce Bob that day, but he had a cold and his voice was cracking big time when he introduced Bob. That raspy intro was edited out, but Rich's re-recorded intro didn't make it into the show.[/quote]
Interesting, considering that the previous announcer on "TPIR" seemed to have no problems with his voice cracking on the air.
Although it sure fit at the end of another show, when Rod was saying "...is a Jay Wolpert Presentation for Burt Sugarman, Inc. (or "a production of the Bud Austin Company!")! Stay tuned for 'The Price is Right' after the news next on most of these CBS stations!"
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Well, there's always the possibility of truth in advertising...
"And now, here's the flaming egotist who makes more money for one show than I do all year...."
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[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 01:37 PM\']Well, there's always the possibility of truth in advertising...
"And now, here's the flaming egotist who makes more money for one show than I do all year...."[/quote]
"And speaking of flaming, here's your host--Ryan Seacrest!"
[Angus Deayton] Allegedly. [AD]
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If I recall correctly, Peter Tomarken was introduced as "the star of Press Your Luck." Which I always disagreed with, since the Whammy was the star of that show.
--
Scott Robinson
Or, on days when nobody hit a Whammy, the big board.
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I know when Johnny Gilbert sub-announced on the Dawson Feud in 1981, he sometimes introed Richard as "Mr. Richard Dawson".
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I heard him doing the same thing once or twice on Dick Clark's Pyramids. And he never said "Your host is..." like the other announcers. It was always, "And now, here is your host..." Dean Goss actually put a colon into his version of the spiel: "Your host: Dick Clark!"
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[quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 09:32 PM\'] I heard him doing the same thing once or twice on Dick Clark's Pyramids. And he never said "Your host is..." like the other announcers. It was always, "And now, here is your host..." Dean Goss actually put a colon into his version of the spiel: "Your host: Dick Clark!" [/quote]
Wasn't there one of the announcers that said "Your host is Dick Clark!!"?
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 08:48 PM\'] [quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 09:32 PM\'] I heard him doing the same thing once or twice on Dick Clark's Pyramids. And he never said "Your host is..." like the other announcers. It was always, "And now, here is your host..." Dean Goss actually put a colon into his version of the spiel: "Your host: Dick Clark!" [/quote]
Wasn't there one of the announcers that said "Your host is Dick Clark!!"? [/quote]
I think that was the standard intro for Clark...that's the one I remember most.
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Yes, it was. It dates back to the New York days. Johnny Gilbert and Dean Goss are the only two announcers who deviated from it.
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[quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 09:22 PM\']Yes, it was. It dates back to the New York days. Johnny Gilbert and Dean Goss are the only two announcers who deviated from it.[/quote]
Although it always seemed to me that Bob Clayton usually said, "and now, here's your host, Dick Clark!" The shortened version seemed to come along after Clayton's death.
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[quote name=\'MSTieScott\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 08:09 PM\'] If I recall correctly, Peter Tomarken was introduced as "the star of Press Your Luck." Which I always disagreed with, since the Whammy was the star of that show.
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Scott Robinson
Or, on days when nobody hit a Whammy, the big board. [/quote]
If I am not mistaken, I think that was the rare intro in which Peter was introduced as both:
"Here's the host - the star of Press Your Luck - Peter Tomarken!"
I'll have to check my tapes on that, but I am sure that he was introduced as so.
The Inquisitive One
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[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Jun 23 2004, 05:13 PM\'] If I am not mistaken, I think that was the rare intro in which Peter was introduced as both:
"Here's the host - the star of Press Your Luck - Peter Tomarken!" [/quote]
That was the norm.
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[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' date=\'Jun 20 2004, 12:49 PM\'] "Here's your host, the star of (insert Chuck Barris show), (insert Barris show host)!"
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Just to change things up a bit, Johnny Jacobs introed The Dating Game thusly for a while:
"Here's the star of the show and your host, Jim Lange!"
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HS98:
blahblahblah America's Sweetheart, Caroline Rhea blahblahblah The Philly Phanatic blahblahblah and in the center square Whoopi Goldberg! andyourhosttombergeron
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[quote name=\'JayDLewis\' date=\'Jun 24 2004, 01:03 AM\'] HS98:
blahblahblah America's Sweetheart, Caroline Rhea blahblahblah The Philly Phanatic blahblahblah and in the center square Whoopi Goldberg! andyourhosttombergeron [/quote]
Nope...even worse, it was
"And STARRING Whoopi Goldberg, with Tom Bergeron, your host, ALL on 'Hollywood Squares!"
NEVER liked that line. Nothing against Whoopi, but I found it a bit egotistical, executive producer or not. It just upstaged the other 8 squares and even the host. Gee, I wonder why it was never used in the last two seasons for the center square. ;-)
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jun 24 2004, 01:08 AM\'] [quote name=\'JayDLewis\' date=\'Jun 24 2004, 01:03 AM\'] HS98:
blahblahblah America's Sweetheart, Caroline Rhea blahblahblah The Philly Phanatic blahblahblah and in the center square Whoopi Goldberg! andyourhosttombergeron [/quote]
Nope...even worse, it was
"And STARRING Whoopi Goldberg, with Tom Bergeron, your host, ALL on 'Hollywood Squares!"
NEVER liked that line. Nothing against Whoopi, but I found it a bit egotistical, executive producer or not. It just upstaged the other 8 squares and even the host. Gee, I wonder why it was never used in the last two seasons for the center square. ;-) [/quote]
Martin Mull wasn't the executive producer?