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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Track Man 876 on June 27, 2003, 10:39:54 PM
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Hello once again fellow game show fans! It's been quite a long time since I made a post, since I had trouble getting full membership to the ezboard. But it feels good to be back again and to talk with you guys about game shows.
For my first post here on Invision, I felt like having a little fun. It's something I wanted to do for quite a while, but I'm happy enough to finally do this. It's the Game Show Host Look Alike Contest. No, it's not really a contest, and there are no winners. It's just a list of people that I thought of, who I see often on national TV, and believe that they look somewhat similar to a certain game show host. Here are a few of them:
Robert Reed: Alex Trebek
Patrick Duffy: Bert Convy (Bert even said on a WLOD episode \"I get that a lot\")
Also, have you seen the commercial for Werther's Original Caramel Candy? The guy who says \"It's the finest caramel I ever had\" looks somewhat similar to a younger Chuck Woolery.
That's all I can think of for right now. I had some others, but I decided not to put them on the list, because when I take a second look, they don't really look alike. Can you think of any others? Feel free to add to the list. Thanks in advance.
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I always thought Robb Weller resembled Bert Convy as well, although he had NONE of Bert's talent
The guy who plays the father on the gawdawful Fox show \"The Pitts\" looks like a cross between David Graf and Todd Newton.
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My 9th grade algebra teacher was the spitting image of Art Fleming. In looks and in voice. True story. Weird guy, tho. Never said anything about it to him 'cuz I was afraid he wouldn't appreciate it as I did. :)
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The first time I saw \"The Money Maze,\" I thought, \"Oh good! Clark Race has a new show!\"
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Speaking of 'game show host lookalikes,' might I point out Jim Peck and Peter Tomarken both look somewhat alike. I have a 1986 episode of Crosswits in which BOTH of these men were guests. What's more, they were both on the same team! I was expecting one of them to admit that he had been looking in a mirror all along!
Or how about Tom Bergeron and Pat Bullard! When I hosted my first 'net Match Game question a couple of years ago, I had Pat on my 'cyber-celeb panel,' and he held up a 'blue card' that said, 'I am NOT Tom Bergeron!'
Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Kathy Mitchell of the Big Board!'
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I sorta bear a striking resemblance to Gordon Elliott in his TTTT 90 days.
-Joe R.
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It's just a list of people that I thought of, who I see often on national TV, and believe that they look somewhat similar to a certain game show host.
Well, that's how it started, Track Man, but two of the other replies you've gotten so far misinterpreted what you're looking for.
(Heck, I'm no better; when I started this reply, I was gonna bring up the striking similarity of \"Monopoly\" host Michael Reilly and a guy who was a trainer at a gym I used that summer (1990). Then I reread the original post.)
Anyway... after watching David Hasselhoff on last night's \"Whose Line...?\", it occurred to me that he could play a Chuck Woolery-type, in a \"Diagnosis: Murder/She Wrote\"-sort of way... couldn't he?
And is everyone being nice, or has no one else remembered the resemblance of Jim Perry to HRH The Prince of Wales? (I think they even did a CS survey, showing Jim's headshot and Prince Charles' portrait to 100 people on the street and asking the folks if the two pix were the same guy.)
Esoteric Eric... No, really, as soon as Mike Reilly was introed on the first ep, I said, \"So, Merv was working out one day, and his trainer says, 'Y'know, Mr. G., I'd be a really good GS host if I ever got the chance.'\" ((8=D))
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[quote name=\'Esoteric Eric\' date=\'Jun 28 2003, 05:50 PM\'] Esoteric Eric... No, really, as soon as Mike Reilly was introed on the first ep, I said, "So, Merv was working out one day, and his trainer says, 'Y'know, Mr. G., I'd be a really good GS host if I ever got the chance.'" ((8=D)) [/quote]
If I remember correctly, that isn't too far removed from how it happened.
(I'm trying to remember a story I heard fifteen years ago, so there's a good chance I'm goofing it up.)
IIRC, Reilly was actually being used as a test contestant when they were developing the game. Griffin was present (I _believe_ he was playing \"host\"), decided he wanted to try playing, and booted Reilly over to the host's podium. Merv liked what he saw.
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IIRC, Reilly was actually being used as a test contestant when they were developing the game. Griffin was present (I _believe_ he was playing \"host\"), decided he wanted to try playing, and booted Reilly over to the host's podium. Merv liked what he saw.
I think you're right, Chris.
It's certainly logical for Reilly to have been present as a test contestant, since (per EOTVGS2) he had been a contestant on \"Jeopardy!\" (I wasn't aware of his J! appearance at the time of his hosting debut.)
Esoteric Eric... but the trainer at my gym - sheesh - I could've beaten him (to say nothing of all the other trainers and half the clientele) at J! with half my brain tied behind my back!
(Oh, yeah, and about the actual SUBJECT of the thread... uh, how 'bout Kennedy and SNL's Tina Fey? Mike Darrow and \"Scrubs\"' John C. McGinley?)
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I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the famous example of game show hosts -- Rayburn and Marshall. Someone with a better memory than mine probably can explain why they were both on a Pontiac commercial at the same time... I seem to remember that it had something to do with a thought bubble.
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I think I personally look like a very constipated Jim Peck.
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Patrick Duffy: Bert Convy (Bert even said on a WLOD episode \"I get that a lot\")
I also had a friend tell me he thought Bert looked like Tom Jones.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")
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[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Jun 29 2003, 09:47 AM\'] I also had a friend tell me he thought Bert looked like Tom Jones.
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That's not unusual.
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The story I heard about Monopoly states that Reilly was indeed a test contestant. The tryout host (it wasn't Merv) blew, and Reilly jokingly said to Merv, \"I could do better than that guy.\"
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The story I heard about Monopoly states that Reilly was indeed a test contestant. The tryout host (it wasn't Merv) blew, and Reilly jokingly said to Merv, \"I could do better than that guy
For what it's worth, the host of the Monopoly pilot was Peter Tomarken, who did (in my opinion) a capable job.
The pilot also featured a little person in a tuxedo to move around the board.
Merv has used unknowns before (one that comes to mind is Arizona newscaster Ron Hoon, who hosted a pilot called Buzzword) And, Pat Sajak was a national unknown when selected for Wheel. So he's apparently willing to take a chance on new blood.
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[quote name=\'bricon\' date=\'Jun 29 2003, 03:52 PM\']
The story I heard about Monopoly states that Reilly was indeed a test contestant. The tryout host (it wasn't Merv) blew, and Reilly jokingly said to Merv, "I could do better than that guy
For what it's worth, the host of the Monopoly pilot was Peter Tomarken, who did (in my opinion) a capable job.
The pilot also featured a little person in a tuxedo to move around the board.
Merv has used unknowns before (one that comes to mind is Arizona newscaster Ron Hoon, who hosted a pilot called Buzzword) And, Pat Sajak was a national unknown when selected for Wheel. So he's apparently willing to take a chance on new blood. [/quote]
I don't think it was Tomarken....from what I heard, Tomarken did a pilot in 1987, then Merv himself hosted one, and then a few others until the version that aired got on.
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I think, in a vague way, Ray Combs and Pat Sajak look somewhat similar. Think hair color, and hair style. I first noticed this when I saw the two appear side by side on the E! THS wearing tuxes.
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[quote name=\'bricon\' date=\'Jun 29 2003, 03:52 PM\'] Merv has used unknowns before (one that comes to mind is Arizona newscaster Ron Hoon, who hosted a pilot called Buzzword) [/quote]
By any chance, was this pilot done around 1981 or 1982? Just a theory...
) And, Pat Sajak was a national unknown when selected for Wheel. So he's apparently willing to take a chance on new blood.
Taking a chance on new blood, yes, but also cutting back pay scales. With the notable exception of Bill Cullen, I can't think of an emcee that brings so much life to a game show that makes them inherently better game show hosts. All they bring with them is experience, and sometimes it's cheaper to teach the fundamentals than to pay for the experience. And, if anyone would be good at teaching GS fundamentals, it would be Griffin.
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[quote name=\'bricon\' date=\'Jun 29 2003, 03:52 PM\'] Merv has used unknowns before (one that comes to mind is Arizona newscaster Ron Hoon, who hosted a pilot called Buzzword) And, Pat Sajak was a national unknown when selected for Wheel. So he's apparently willing to take a chance on new blood. [/quote]
... and sometimes that can result in collosoal failures.
*cough*Rolf*cough*
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The Buzzword pilot was done in 1986, TV Game SHow Magazine(the seven issue GS fanzine that existed at the time) even reported that Merv was doing a pilot for NBC. A report in ATGS several years back said that the show had unscrambling words as part of the format.
In a Tom Snyder CBS show interview several years back. Merv even talked about Jimmy Connors trying out as a WOF host, but he didn't say at what point he tried out.
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I don't think it was Tomarken....from what I heard, Tomarken did a pilot in 1987, then Merv himself hosted one, and then a few others until the version that aired got on
Trust me, it was Tomarken. Merv appears at the beginning of the pilot, introducing it, but didn't host it.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 28 2003, 05:12 AM\'] My 9th grade algebra teacher was the spitting image of Art Fleming. In looks and in voice. True story. Weird guy, tho. Never said anything about it to him 'cuz I was afraid he wouldn't appreciate it as I did. :) [/quote]
Hmmm....I had a high school sub that we all swore looked like Mark DeCarlo. :-P
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I always thought Greg Proops from Whose Line Is It Anyway? resembles a young Allen Ludden.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jun 29 2003, 10:05 PM\'] I always thought Greg Proops from Whose Line Is It Anyway? resembles a young Allen Ludden. [/quote]
Only 'cuz he wears those same thick glasses. He had them off on an episode of DLIIA? last week and there wasn't much of a likeness. Even MORE goofy lookin' guy with his glasses off, tho.
ObProops: One of my favorite Greg Proops moments was the single episode of \"Vs.\" I saw, where one of the contestant teams was not only a group of porn stars, but one of said stars was none other than the legendary Ron Jeremy. He was trying to keep a low profile, but apparently Proops was familiar with his work, and insisted on calling him by his nickname, \"Hedgehog\", over the entire course of the show.
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Seeing the \"you fool\" incidents on a MOGSM had my girlfriend and I thinking Tom Bergeron looked like Simon Cowell in that particular episode.
Now, get a load of this...
http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~lgwozdz/ (http://\"http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~lgwozdz/\")
... the above address links to the website of Lawrence Gwozdz, professor of music (specifically, the sax) at Southern Miss.
We've had him on the morning show I produce a few times and some of the crew and I agree Lawrence looks like Bill Cullen.
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And when I was a kid, I had an art/music teacher that looked something like Ross Shafer.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")
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http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~lgwozdz/ (http://\"http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~lgwozdz/\")
As David Letterman might say, \"What's the deal with old guys and giant glasses?\"
Of course, I've wanted to see Bill Cullen turn up on one of those segments. Yeah, I see a resemblance between Cullen and your guy.
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I was channel surfing last night and, I must say, that Ron Popiel looks and talks just like Wink Martindate !
-Joe R.
(On that same night, I aslo caught Jim Caldwell hawking a dog vitamin)
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Several people have told me I look like Louie Anderson:( Now all I have to do is become famous...
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I think Casey Casem looks like Peter Tomarken. If you've seen his new commercial you'll agree.
Then again, when I first watched Starcade w/ Mark Richards I thought *I* was hosting it for a moment, so I digress....
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Hey, For any of you \"Last Comic Standing\" viewers, Dave Mordal looks EXACTLY like Tom Bergeron...
http://www.nbc.com/Last_Comic_Standing_The...ca/photo/8.html (http://\"http://www.nbc.com/Last_Comic_Standing_The_Search_for_the_Funniest_Person_in_America/photo/8.html\")
http://www.nbc.com/nbc/Last_Comic_Standing...ve_mordal.shtml (http://\"http://www.nbc.com/nbc/Last_Comic_Standing:_The_Search_for_the_Funniest_Person_in_America/contestants/dave_mordal.shtml\")
But if you watch the show, you can get a real good look at him...the similarity is astounding!