Author Topic: Greatest Hosts of All Time - Results Thread (Read 111003 times)

Eric Paddon · « **Reply #180 on:** October 17, 2006, 06:54:56 PM »

Clearly McDonald was felt to have made a good enough impact to be convincing as a broadcast personality and two famous ones at that.

Game Show Man · « **Reply #181 on:** October 17, 2006, 07:15:34 PM »

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McDonald played Barry better than Barry himself.

Christopher McDonald is Irish. Jack Barry was Jewish. That's too much of a disconnect for me, especially given that the public knew Barry through thousands of TV appearances. It would be like having Dick Van Dyke play the late Allen Funt.
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And yet McDonald also played another Jewish broadcaster, Mel Allen in the Billy Crystal cable movie *61 and was just as convincing there IMO as he was when he played Jack Barry.
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Grand. I'll call Bruce Willis and tell him he's got the role of Paul Lynde if they ever do a biopic.
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Make sure you call Steve Carell first, Chris.

chris319 · « **Reply #182 on:** October 17, 2006, 07:57:24 PM »

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Clearly McDonald was felt to have made a good enough impact to be convincing as a broadcast personality and two famous ones at that.
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That's a ridiculous statement. You could just as easily say he was miscast by two different directors if you didn't like him in Quiz Show OR 61* (to be fair I haven't seen 61*).

Eric Paddon · « **Reply #183 on:** October 17, 2006, 08:37:47 PM »

My point is he wasn't miscast in either and that he did fine in both parts. And I think it is worth noting that he proved more than once that the objection raised that the idea of him playing a broadcast personality who happened to be Jewish because he isn't is a pretty weak one overall in light of his track record.

Don Howard · « **Reply #184 on:** October 17, 2006, 09:08:06 PM »

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Is Wheel the easiest gig in game shows, or does Sajak just make it look that way?
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See Byrnes, Edd.

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Loved him on $weep$take$. Not sure why the tuxedo only lasted for the first month or so.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #185 on:** October 19, 2006, 12:15:07 PM »

[color=\"#6600CC\"]15 Peter Tomarken[/color]
Press Your Luck, Wipeout, Hit Man
(340 39/68, including one first place vote)

[color=\"#6600CC\"]14 Bob Eubanks[/color]
The Newlywed Game, Card Sharks, Dream House
(351 43/68)

[color=\"#6600CC\"]13 Geoff Edwards[/color]
Jackpot, Starcade, Shoot for the Stars
(361 38/68)

[color=\"#6600CC\"]12 Peter Marshall[/color]
The Hollywood Squares, Reel to Reel Picture Show, All-Star Blitz
(393 43/68)

[color=\"#6600CC\"]11 Wink Martindale[/color]
Tic Tac Dough, Gambit, Debt
(497 49/68, including one first place vote)

clemon79 · « **Reply #186 on:** October 19, 2006, 12:23:10 PM »

I have to say that I find it interesting that we're up to the Top 10 and still only seeing straggling first-place votes. You'd think we would get someone who at least had a couple-three by now. Were the results THAT polarized?

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #187 on:** October 19, 2006, 12:25:41 PM »

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Yes. As you'll see, there is a very distinct "Big Six", and then there's everybody else.

DrBear · « **Reply #188 on:** October 19, 2006, 12:28:09 PM »

I think it's a good guess that most of the remaining 60 or so votes will be split among 3-4 candidates, with a few stragglers in the top 10. Knowing this group, we can pretty much guess who they will be. Unlike the game shows, we've seen pretty much everybody who will be in the top 20 at one time or another, even if not on the show where they made their name, so we're familiar with their work.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #189 on:** October 19, 2006, 12:36:40 PM »

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Great. With only nine names left in my "unaccounted for" list, that means I left someone major off.

I feel like Chris Farley talking to Paul McCartney right now.

Doug

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #190 on:** October 19, 2006, 12:37:34 PM »

Re. 15-11; Marshall, Eubanks and Martindale all finished in my top 10; I had Edwards at 16 and Tomarken at 19.

While I know there is some disliking of Bob Eubanks around here, I'm a bit surprised that Peter Marshall and Wink Martindale didn't finish a bit higher. I know that Peter's work on the original Squares is highly respected. Wink's done so many shows, and he seems like a very easy-going likable guy that I thought for sure he'd be a Top 10 finisher.

Unless I've missed something, that means Allen Ludden finished in the top 10. I have nothing against him, and I certainly respect the results of the voting, but considering he's best-known for one main show and Wink's hosted so many and done them well, doesn't that make Wink a better overall host?

clemon79 · « **Reply #191 on:** October 19, 2006, 12:40:10 PM »

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While I know there is some disliking of Bob Eubanks around here,
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Gotta say, having watched the episode of Diamond Head that Jamie posted on the Page 'O' Clips yesterday, I think it's completely justified. But, of course, opinions vary.

(My God, that was a bad show. My memories of it were SO clouded with the Swirling Money Booth.)

DrBear · « **Reply #192 on:** October 19, 2006, 12:44:14 PM »

I'd disagree about Ludden being known for one show (remember College Bowl?) but I think some credit has to be given for success on a network (espec. in prime time) vs. success in syndication. Maybe it's a math formula:
1 yr. network=? in syndication.

clemon79 · « **Reply #193 on:** October 19, 2006, 12:46:59 PM »

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I'd disagree about Ludden being known for one show (remember College Bowl?)
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I'm too young to remember College Bowl (lemme tell you, it's a refreshing change lately to be able to say THAT), but I absolutely remember him on Liar's Club, and vaguely remember Stumpers. So at least some of us have seen him do stuff other'n Password.

aaron sica · « **Reply #194 on:** October 19, 2006, 02:20:08 PM »

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I'm too young to remember College Bowl (lemme tell you, it's a refreshing change lately to be able to say THAT), but I absolutely remember him on Liar's Club, and vaguely remember Stumpers. So at least some of us have seen him do stuff other'n Password.
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Thanks to the "Those Wonderful TV Game Shows" special that NBC ran in '84, that's when I knew he was known for more than just Password when they ran that tribute to him. At the time, I was under the impression from the clip they showed of "Stumpers" (under the "here's Allen Ludden at his finest", saying goodbye ),that it was a long-running show.. Mind you I was 9 and didn't know all the history of game shows that I do now.