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JayDLewis

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« on: February 14, 2008, 01:58:35 PM »
While watching a Gong Show clip, it struck me that everyone on the panel was dead. (Buddy Hackett, Shari Lewis, Bill Bixby)

Are there any MG eps where the entire cast is now dead?

There must be permutations involving Gene, Johnny, Brett, Charles, McLean & DebraLee.
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MikeK

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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2008, 02:28:08 PM »
[quote name=\'JayDLewis\' post=\'177887\' date=\'Feb 14 2008, 01:58 PM\']Are there any MG eps where the entire cast is now dead?[/quote]
No.  A quick skim of an episode guide resulted in half a dozen or so panels with 4 deceased guests.  The only 6th seat regular who has passed on is Debralee Scott.
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weaklink75

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« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2008, 03:41:59 PM »
A Zombie Match Game would suck....everyone's answer would be BBBRRAAAIINNNSSS........
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« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2008, 04:16:32 PM »
Even with the greater number of stars on the panel, just the years of run would give you a better chance (how's that for a morbid-sounding phrase) to meet your criteria with "Hollywood Squares." Sans Peter, Rose Marie would probably be your biggest spoiler at the moment.

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Matt Ottinger

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« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2008, 04:52:05 PM »
This game is so much easier with What's My Line?
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Scrabbleship

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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2008, 05:36:17 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'177897\' date=\'Feb 14 2008, 04:52 PM\']
This game is so much easier with What's My Line?
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Or, sadly, 70's To Tell the Truth.
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Jeremy Nelson

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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2008, 05:36:20 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'177897\' date=\'Feb 14 2008, 03:52 PM\']
This game is so much easier with What's My Line?
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Not to mention To Tell The Truth.
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« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2008, 06:19:24 PM »
...and we've got a dead heat!
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mmb5

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« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2008, 06:23:27 PM »
[quote name=\'weaklink75\' post=\'177893\' date=\'Feb 14 2008, 03:41 PM\']
A Zombie Match Game would suck....everyone's answer would be BBBRRAAAIINNNSSS........
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Already done (friends of friends): picture link.
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Matt Ottinger

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« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2008, 06:36:19 PM »
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'177902\' date=\'Feb 14 2008, 06:19 PM\']
...and we've got a dead heat![/quote]
Nope, tie goes to the one on top.  Scrabbleship wins!  

(Rollercoaster87 is banned for making duplicate posts...)

Meanwhile, isn't it odd that seventies TTTT falls into this morbid category, but thanks to the not only living but still quite active Polly Bergen (not to mention Dick Van Dyke and even Mike Wallace), fifties TTTT doesn't?
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« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2008, 07:08:03 PM »
[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'177889\' date=\'Feb 14 2008, 02:28 PM\']
[quote name=\'JayDLewis\' post=\'177887\' date=\'Feb 14 2008, 01:58 PM\']Are there any MG eps where the entire cast is now dead?[/quote]
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You also don't need to scan before '78, since they will all have Richard Dawson, and he's still kickin'.  I didn't see any that had more than 4.


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Scrabbleship

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« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2008, 07:23:40 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'177904\' date=\'Feb 14 2008, 06:36 PM\']
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'177902\' date=\'Feb 14 2008, 06:19 PM\']
...and we've got a dead heat![/quote]
Nope, tie goes to the one on top.  Scrabbleship wins!  [/quote]

I gladly accept your honor :).

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Meanwhile, isn't it odd that seventies TTTT falls into this morbid category, but thanks to the not only living but still quite active Polly Bergen (not to mention Dick Van Dyke and even Mike Wallace), fifties TTTT doesn't?

It is odd, but the obvious scapegoat aside consider that seventies TTTT also was working with an old core of people (no intended offense to the Garry/Kitty/Bill/Peggy quartet) towards the end of the run and it also didn't help that it was rare that anyone under 40 filled the guest spot during the run.
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« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2008, 10:20:01 PM »
Quite a depressing topic, if you think about it.
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« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2008, 11:33:57 PM »
I think the closest you're going to get is the 38th week in 78... David Doyle, Brett, Charles, Debralee, and Nipsey Russell are all deceased.  The only person on that panel that's still alive is Betty White.

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« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2008, 11:51:58 AM »
Not to be morbid, but whom do we have with us from "I've Got a Secret?" Bess and Betsy? Is Faye Emerson still with us? Henry Morgan has passed, has he not?

One other thing that's been gnawing at me since they're on again--did Henry Morgan do commercial voiceovers in the 80s, specifically for Commodore computers? I love his voice.
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