Author Topic: Games in which the host outshines the format. (Read 7609 times)

DoorNumberFour · « **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?

clemon79 · « **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.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 10, 2008, 05:20:27 PM »

Bob Barker wished.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2008, 05:24:51 PM »

Gene Rayburn on MG.

Stackertosh · « **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

rigsby · « **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.

Kevin Prather · « **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.

ChrisLambert! · « **Reply #7 on:** March 10, 2008, 06:31:56 PM »

Bobcat's Big Ass Show.

CJBojangles · « **Reply #8 on:** March 10, 2008, 06:52:27 PM »

This could be a stretch... but how bout The Riddlers?

comicus · « **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.

dzinkin · « **Reply #10 on:** March 10, 2008, 07:44:52 PM »

My vote: Howie Mandel on Deal or No Deal.

dale_grass · « **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.)

TimK2003 · « **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!

lobster · « **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..

fishbulb · « **Reply #14 on:** March 11, 2008, 12:52:27 AM »

My picks:

Allen Ludden, Password
Tom Kennedy, Name That Tune

Author Topic: Games in which the host outshines the format. (Read 7609 times)

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