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edholland83:
before posting yesterday, it had been a while since I last posted, so I felt I had to make the second most recent post, interesting and to get the view of the members of the board. Anyway, here's my question, other than the given shows that they are known for do you think that this list of hosts would have been better away from the formats they worked with? If I confused anyone again, I was saying would these hosts have fit on other shows?

Gene Rayburn - TPIR
Allen Ludden - Jeopardy
Bill Cullen - Match Game
Bob Barker - Beat the Clock
Peter Marshall - Password
Pat Sajak - Concentration
Alex Trebek - College Bowl
Bob Eubanks -  Hollywood Squares
Chuck Woolery - Blockbusters

I'll post back with my thoughts later, i'm just interested in the opinions of everyone else

cmjb13:
Gene Rayburn - TPIR
I think it might have worked but wouldn't have lasted very long

Allen Ludden - Jeopardy
I think the format would be too structured for him

Bill Cullen - Match Game
Wouldn't have been as much fun with Bill (sorry Matt!)

Bob Barker - Beat the Clock
Based on the success of TOC, I say yes

Peter Marshall - Password
Could work

Pat Sajak - Concentration
Never saw the original, but if it was CC, possibly

Alex Trebek - College Bowl
Never saw it. Can't comment

Bob Eubanks - Hollywood Squares
No

Chuck Woolery - Blockbusters
No

PeterMarshallFan:
Marshall was actually on the list to replace Ludden on P+, so it's not that far-fetched.

SplitSecond:
Gene Rayburn - TPIR
Rayburn's style was to act like he was holding court amongst a bunch of loons, which usually prompted the contestants, panelists, etc., to act like loons to trigger a mock brow-beating from him.  Look at how unruly everyone was with his guest-host appearance on Tattletales, and from there, project what you think the average Price audience would do with Gene.  That would be too annoying for a 31-year stretch.

Allen Ludden - Jeopardy
Well, he did do College Bowl...

Bill Cullen - Match Game
Given how uncomfortable Bill seemed with Celebrity Hot Potato vs. Hot Potato, I don't know that I would want to watch him at the helm of an intentionally rowdy show like Match Game.  I also think that there would be an added layer of sterility with having to have the host behind a podium, or at least be stationary.

Bob Barker - Beat the Clock
Bob's forte is audience participation, so I would say this would be the best match so far...

Peter Marshall - Password
I don't know if this would have worked (just call it a hunch), but he would certainly have been better for Super Password than Bert Convy.  Maybe he could have brought in Jerry Shaw to direct, rather than (from accounts I've heard) less-than-competent George Choderker.

Pat Sajak - Concentration
If I remember correctly, someone once called Concentration the \"golf of game shows\".  Combine it with Pat's current tendency to phone in his Wheel appearances, and I think this might be a combination guaranteed to make the audience's collective head implode.

Alex Trebek - College Bowl
Well, Alex does moderate the National Geography Bee...

Bob Eubanks - Hollywood Squares
I don't quite remember Bob's performance on All-Star Secrets, so I'm just going on Newlywed Game and Card Sharks here... it would be interesting to see, to say the least.  Bob's able to play the straight man, but in a much different way than Peter Marshall or Tom Bergeron.  His straight man is much more mean-spirited and seems to operate from a \"let's let them hang themselves with their own words\" standpoint.  I don't know if that would work in an environment where the principal players (on Squares, the stars) are supposed to appear both funny *and* smart.

Chuck Woolery - Blockbusters
Watch an episode of Lingo and tell me if you'd want that man reading questions to you against a 45- or 60-second clock.

Adam Nedeff:
Gene Rayburn - TPIR

Nope. Too structured for Gene's tastes.

Allen Ludden - Jeopardy

Definitely. Allen could have added a certain feeling of class to the proceedings.


Bill Cullen - Match Game

60s Match Game, maybe, 70s Match Game, absolutely not. Bill seems more comfortable when he's in absolute control of his surroundings, while Gene made the show work by delibrately letting things get out of hand now and then.

Bob Barker - Beat the Clock

Close enough to \"Truth or Consequences\" for Bob to make it work. I could see it happening.

Peter Marshall - Password

Probably. Not to undermine Allen Ludden or anyone else who hosted, but \"Password\" seems a fairly simple game to host. Virtually anybody would work, but show would certainly have a different \"feel\" to it.

Pat Sajak - Concentration

See above.

Alex Trebek - College Bowl

Actually, I'm surprised he HASN'T. Why Pat Sajak was chosen for the '80s version I don't know/

Bob Eubanks - Hollywood Squares

Bob would be too relaxed, and the show would take on the same problems Davidson's version had (i.e. Bob wouldn't tell the celebs to shut the hell up when they needed to.)

Chuck Woolery - Blockbusters

Hmmm....nah. Q&A doesn't seem like Chuck's forte.

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