Greatest Hosts of All Time - Results Thread

[DrBear]

All right, I'll admit it ...





I'm the guy who voted for Bill Leyden.

[The Ol' Guy]

Hmmm...only ONE vote for Jack Bailey? I wonder what kind of addle-pated geezer would insert him in such a list?

[comicus]

I'm pleased to hear that three other people on this board recognized the greatness that is Joe Garagiola.

[uncamark]

Time to bring up again Donny Osmond meeting Bruce Vilanch for the first time in a hallway at the Osmond Entertainment Center in Orem, Utah, as Bruce has just been hired to write "Donny and Marie":

DONNY:  You look like a Muppet.

BRUCE:  Well, Jim Henson had his hand up my ass just last night.

I'll be here all week.

[cweaver]

[quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' post=\'133547\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 10:15 AM\']
Hmmm...only ONE vote for Jack Bailey? I wonder what kind of addle-pated geezer would insert him in such a list?
[/quote]

Probably the same kind of old coot who admitted having seriously considered him in an earlier post.

[Monarx]

I put Chuck Barris at #20.

[Chuck Sutton]

[quote name=\'Monarx\' post=\'133591\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 04:27 PM\']
I put Chuck Barris at #20.
[/quote]


So the other person put him at #7!!! wow

[The Ol' Guy]

cweaver Posted Today, 02:29 PM
  QUOTE(The Ol' Guy @ Oct 5 2006, 10:15 AM)

Hmmm...only ONE vote for Jack Bailey? I wonder what kind of addle-pated geezer would insert him in such a list?



Probably the same kind of old coot who admitted having seriously considered him in an earlier post.


There's at least one less old geezer around here than you think.... :-)

[RMF]

While we're all admitting to unusual host choices...

I'm the guy that put Clifton Fadiman on the list.

[HairMetalLives]

[quote name=\'RMF\' post=\'133616\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 05:21 PM\']
While we're all admitting to unusual host choices...[/quote]

And I'm the guy who voted for J.D. Roth.

[tomobrien]

OK, since we're confessing, I had the single vote for Bob & Ray.

[Tim L]

For what It's worth Here's my top 20 as sent to Matt with a a bit of comment for each one..

Bill Cullen-1-Can Be No One Else

Gene Rayburn-2-Personable with a bit of an edge especially in MG 73, etc.

Tom Kennedy-3-Very good host..Lasted a long time

Bob Barker-4-Two long running shows..well loved

Monty Hall-5-He made Let's Make A Deal

Allen Ludden-6-Intelligent yet pleasant..

Jack Narz-7-A Pro

Garry Moore-8-Went from the active I've Got a Secret to the somewhat
sedentary To Tell The Truth (Synd.) Did both well

John Daly-9-Perfect for What's My Line?  Well rounded with News experience

Bud Collyer-10-Radio Pro In The 40's..Did more than one style of Game Show
well..

Hugh Downs-11-He Was Concentration..Put in many long days as Host of Today
as well as Concentration

Art Fleming-12-Great Choice for Jeopardy..Was a dramatic actor in the 50's
and a radio host in St.Louis Later

Peter Marshall-13-He could work with stars and "civilians" equally well

Alex Trebek-14-Good hosting skills, Could be a bit aloof i have heard

Chuck Woolery-15-Likable, Could host anything

Dick Clark-16-Pioneer for Pyramid-He ran the game well

Bob Eubanks-17-Best at the Newlywed Game-Also hosted Card Sharks

Jim Lange-18-He was great at the Dating Game

Bert Convy-19-Very Friendly..A great sense of humor

Marc Summers-20-Good with kids..Nice run with Nick's Double Dare

What I did was wrote down the names as they came to mind then ranked them..


Tim Lones

[Neumms]

I'll confess to the lone Bruce Forsyth vote. But damn it, I loved that show. And I'll admit I forgot to put Pat Sajak in somewhere.

[RichZ]

I don't think I'ver heard any one mention him, but I'm interested to find out if/where Larry Blyden appears on this list.  I know he didn't host much, but in his three seasons on What's My Line, he was terrific.  I think if he had gotten the chance, he'd have been a great fit for Showoffs, and possibly more shows down the line.

-Rick Z

[wheelloon]

Coming clean then?

I put Betty White as 19, I'll admit it. Why? She was the first woman, IIRC, to really be the true "emcee" of a game show, AND, she even won an emmy for it, the first woman to do so. Now I'd bet if she had gotten some slightly stronger formats, she could've won a few more...