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Don Howard

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« on: July 11, 2008, 11:11:22 AM »
While watching material I recorded from Game Show Network in 2001, I realized that I miss the green ball and announcer Neal Ross. Am I alone in this?

SRIV94

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« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2008, 12:51:58 PM »
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'190638\' date=\'Jul 11 2008, 10:11 AM\']
While watching material I recorded from Game Show Network in 2001, I realized that I miss the green ball and announcer Neal Ross. Am I alone in this?
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Green ball no, Ross yes.
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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2008, 01:12:14 AM »
Green Ball was on the same caliber as the fairy on Nick @ (Or AT) Nite and. uh..................uh.................. What other channel had a quirky yet corny mascot to advertise their channel ?

So it's not really a miss. It was to be had, it worked somewhat for the Two or Three years they had him. But they could've done better. In other words 'Sok

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« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2008, 01:45:12 PM »
[quote name=\'William_S.\' post=\'190701\' date=\'Jul 12 2008, 01:12 AM\']
... What other channel had a quirky yet corny mascot to advertise their channel ?
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That damn WB frog.
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William_S.

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« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2008, 06:05:51 PM »
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'190727\' date=\'Jul 12 2008, 01:45 PM\']
That damn WB frog.
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Aha! I Forgot him on purpose.

/Tries to forget again.
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« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2008, 05:31:56 PM »
Anyone here miss Winnie?  (GSN's original logo)
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« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2008, 08:01:24 PM »
[quote name=\'William_S.\' post=\'190747\' date=\'Jul 12 2008, 03:05 PM\']
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'190727\' date=\'Jul 12 2008, 01:45 PM\']
That damn WB frog.
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Aha! I Forgot him on purpose.
/Tries to forget again.
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See, I find this interesting (if not entirely surprising). We didn't get a WB station at the time when I lived in California, but I came across a promo feed on the satellite at work one night, and I thought that a) using the frog and b) incorporating "Hello My Baby" into their jingle was pure genius.
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« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2008, 08:15:07 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'190962\' date=\'Jul 15 2008, 08:01 PM\']
See, I find this interesting (if not entirely surprising). We didn't get a WB station at the time when I lived in California, but I came across a promo feed on the satellite at work one night, and I thought that a) using the frog and b) incorporating "Hello My Baby" into their jingle was pure genius.
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And I thought Dave Chappelle's parody of him was hilarious.

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