Author Topic: Best Shows of Celebrities (Read 4264 times)

Jimmy Owen · « **on:** June 12, 2007, 12:29:09 AM »

For example, Soupy Sales played a lot of games, but he was best at WML? IMO. What, in your opinion, was the one game at which each celebrity played best?

Jay Temple · « **Reply #1 on:** June 12, 2007, 12:41:13 AM »

I've seen McLean Stevenson on The $10,000 Pyramid, Password Plus (though only for charity) and Match Game. He embarrassed himself the least on MG.
Betty White was good at just about everything, but I thought she fared best on Pyramid.

Don Howard · « **Reply #2 on:** June 12, 2007, 08:16:19 AM »

Jan Murray on The Hollywood Squares.
I'd say Robert Fuller for THS also, but I don't recall him batting the game show circuit like Jan, Betty and Soupy.

Neumms · « **Reply #3 on:** June 12, 2007, 10:37:32 AM »

I'd think Nipsey Russell was best on Pyramid, because Dick actually requested poems, while on Match Game, Gene wasn't terribly supportive when Nipsey halted the proceedings to stick one in.

Actually, I assume he was best on Rhyme and Reason, but I haven't seen that lately.

clemon79 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 12, 2007, 11:43:12 AM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'154945\' date=\'Jun 12 2007, 05:16 AM\']
Jan Murray on The Hollywood Squares.
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I sighed for a moment, then I saw who posted it.

Bravo.

TheLastResort · « **Reply #5 on:** June 12, 2007, 06:29:22 PM »

Richard Dawson on Match Game. Say what you want about his attitude, but you can't beat his record on the head-to-head matches.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #6 on:** June 12, 2007, 06:44:29 PM »

[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'154936\' date=\'Jun 12 2007, 12:41 AM\']Betty White was good at just about everything, but I thought she fared best on Pyramid.[/quote]
Not to pick at your choice, but I'd give the edge for her best game-playing to Password. The Winner's Circle seemed to really fluster her sometimes.

Esoteric Eric · « **Reply #7 on:** June 13, 2007, 09:12:44 AM »

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'154957\' date=\'Jun 12 2007, 07:37 AM\']I'd think Nipsey Russell was best on Pyramid, because Dick actually requested poems, while on Match Game, Gene wasn't terribly supportive when Nipsey halted the proceedings to stick one in. [/quote]Of course, he got along great with the host of Your Number's Up. ((8=D )[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'154957\' date=\'Jun 12 2007, 07:37 AM\']Actually, I assume he was best on Rhyme and Reason, but I haven't seen that lately.[/quote]He was, in those occasional moments when Jaye P. Morgan wasn't having her expletives deleted.

My nomination: Rita Moreno, Celebrity Bullseye. (Or is that just because she played the game better than most of the other celebs?)

SRIV94 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 13, 2007, 10:37:34 AM »

Markie Post on PYRAMID.

(Although she was a good CS card dealer, and did a fair job introducing Chuck Barris on GONG.)

clemon79 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 13, 2007, 11:38:06 AM »

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'155048\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 07:37 AM\']
(Although she was a good CS card dealer, and did a fair job introducing Chuck Barris on GONG.)
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In all honesty, not the two most taxing occupations.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 13, 2007, 12:16:41 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'155053\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 10:38 AM\']
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'155048\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 07:37 AM\']
(Although she was a good CS card dealer, and did a fair job introducing Chuck Barris on GONG.)
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In all honesty, not the two most taxing occupations.
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No, but certainly easy on the eyes in both gigs.

Jay Temple · « **Reply #11 on:** June 14, 2007, 08:17:52 PM »

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'155048\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 09:37 AM\']
Markie Post on PYRAMID.

(Although she was a good CS card dealer, and did a fair job introducing Chuck Barris on GONG.)
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To be fair, the 1980's Pyramid probably had a slough of people for whom that was not only their best game but their most reliable paycheck. (See: Teresa Ganzel, Earl Holliman.)

TimK2003 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 19, 2007, 08:45:49 PM »

[quote name=\'TheLastResort\' post=\'155011\' date=\'Jun 12 2007, 06:29 PM\']
Richard Dawson on Match Game. Say what you want about his attitude, but you can't beat his record on the head-to-head matches.
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But if Brett, Charles or even Betty were picked just as often as Richard was (which toward the end of the pre-Star Wheel years was about 90% of the time), I'd be willing to bet that they would all be running neck and neck with Richard (it's more that way in the front games). It's that near-automatic choice of Dawson each time that makes him look like he's the Match King by far.

HYHYBT · « **Reply #13 on:** June 20, 2007, 07:39:57 AM »

How, then, did contestants come to pick him all the time in the first place?

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #14 on:** June 20, 2007, 09:31:30 AM »

[quote name=\'HYHYBT\' post=\'155635\' date=\'Jun 20 2007, 07:39 AM\']
How, then, did contestants come to pick him all the time in the first place?
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I think it was due to the fact that he was the only regular at the outset and players could count on him to do his best to match. Brett seemed to get nervous when there was cash at stake and Charles could not always come up with the best answer. You were able to catch Richard's wavelengh as he was on every show up to his departure. Then again, it may be as simple as a pretty girl wanting to get a kiss from Richard.