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DoorNumberFour

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Games in which the host outshines the format.
« on: March 10, 2008, 05:02:22 PM »
Is there a perfect example of a show whose host has a tendency to outshine the game itself?

Besides Uncle Bill's shows, I would think Tom Kennedy sometimes upstaged the already-solid format of Split Second, or even Monty Hall as a fast-talking, ad-libbing salesman on Let's Make a Deal.

Are there any others?
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clemon79

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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2008, 05:19:10 PM »
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'180769\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 02:02 PM\']
Is there a perfect example[/quote]
This right there should tell you that you're not going to get a solid answer to this question.
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tpirfan28

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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2008, 05:20:27 PM »
Bob Barker wished.
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Jimmy Owen

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« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2008, 05:24:51 PM »
Gene Rayburn on MG.
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Stackertosh

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Games in which the host outshines the format.
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2008, 06:03:19 PM »
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'180773\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 05:24 PM\']
Gene Rayburn on MG.
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Louie Anderson Family Feud
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rigsby

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« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2008, 06:15:28 PM »
Mark L. Walberg on Moment of Truth.

Heck, a bowl of petunias could outshine Moment of Truth.
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Kevin Prather

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« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2008, 06:26:55 PM »
[quote name=\'Stackertosh\' post=\'180777\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 03:03 PM\']
Louie Anderson Family Feud
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*blinks*
*reads name of poster*
Oh.
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ChrisLambert!

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« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2008, 06:31:56 PM »
Bobcat's Big Ass Show.
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CJBojangles

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« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2008, 06:52:27 PM »
This could be a stretch... but how bout The Riddlers?
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comicus

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« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2008, 07:18:05 PM »
Richard Dawson always tried to make himself bigger than the show... bigger than the entire genre, really.  Feud's subsequent longevity, I believe, has proven this to not be true.

I think an argument could be made for Bob Saget on 1 vs. 100.  Any capable emcee could make that format work, and Saget spends a disproportionate amount of airtime making bad jokes.
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dzinkin

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« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2008, 07:44:52 PM »
My vote: Howie Mandel on Deal or No Deal.
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dale_grass

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« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2008, 09:54:24 PM »
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'180803\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 06:44 PM\']
My vote: Howie Mandel on Deal or No Deal.
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Well, that's a gimme, since there's nothing to the show to begin with.  (We're talking gameplay, here.  The 26 mobile set pieces with the gorgeous pairs of...eyes don't count.)
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TimK2003

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« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2008, 11:05:54 PM »
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'180769\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 05:02 PM\']
Is there a perfect example of a show whose host has a tendency to outshine the game itself?
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Groucho's "You Bet Your Life", where the quiz portion was definitely given the backseat of a 1955 DeSoto!
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lobster

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« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2008, 12:38:58 AM »
quintessential: Betty White, Just Men.

/y'ever notice 30% of the time Tony Danza had the magic key?
//..or whatever..
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fishbulb

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« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2008, 12:52:27 AM »
My picks:

Allen Ludden, Password
Tom Kennedy, Name That Tune
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