I actually liked his voice because of it's similarities to Clayton's. What really got me about him was his free-form ad-libbing over his open microphone (which furthered my little notion that this was a bad stage show that was unfortunately going out over the air) and how he seemed more in control and knowledgeable of the format than the host, who just spewed out nothing lines a mile-a-minute and threw to the announcer often.
Indeed...did you see how he had to interrupt Greg after The Maze so he could reveal the "monster" box? He did that in an ep I have, as well, only Greg had already gone into his "We'll be right back w/more awesome VG action" spiel.
And yeah, now that I think about it, it did seem more like a televised stage show than anything else...was annoying having Chris make those inane little comments during the open while the theme was playing, and those repeated shots of the audience seemed a bit dry, while the clips that ran going into commercial seemed more like a subtle plug for Magic Mountain.
Incidentally, they seemed to run the same commercials on virtually every ep...except for the Frosted Flakes spot, ALL of them appeared in another ep I have. Also, the primary sponsor was Sega, who apparently thought this show might bring them recognition and stem the flow of red ink they were drowning in @ that point in time...talk about putting your eggs in the wrong basket!
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
