Author Topic: Rayburn & Lewis: a possible record (Read 6225 times)

Jay Temple · « **on:** October 07, 2008, 02:16:07 AM »

Somewhere recently I noticed that Robert Q. Lewis had appeared on Match Game '73. (I think I saw the last show of the prior week, where Gene throws it to Johnny to announce the next week's panel. I confirmed it at IMDb.) That means that, 19 years apart, each of them hosted a show with the other on the panel. I checked all the other combinations I could think of and cannot find any other pair who did so over a wider span of time.

whewfan · « **Reply #1 on:** October 07, 2008, 05:47:36 AM »

I don't know if this applies, but Rayburn was Steve Allen's sidekick on The Tonight Show in the 50s. Fast forward 20+ years later, and Rayburn was a semi-regular panelist on Allen's I've Got a Secret, and a year after IGAS was cancelled, Steve Allen was on Match Game.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #2 on:** October 07, 2008, 09:07:18 AM »

Bill Cullen was a panelist on Garry Moore's IGAS as early as 52, while Garry appeared on Bill's 25kp circa 75-76.

rwalker · « **Reply #3 on:** October 07, 2008, 02:02:06 PM »

Ludden was on Convy's Tattletales, Convy was on P+ when Allen hosted , and Convy ended up hosting SP.

PYLdude · « **Reply #4 on:** October 07, 2008, 02:04:52 PM »

[quote name=\'rwalker\' post=\'199114\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 01:02 PM\']
Ludden was on Convy's Tattletales, Convy was on P+ when Allen hosted , and Convy ended up hosting SP.
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The thread asks of longer turnovers between Lewis and Rayburn's situation. This does not even come CLOSE.

That's maybe, what, 10 years at the most?

chad1m · « **Reply #5 on:** October 07, 2008, 02:08:12 PM »

[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'199116\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 02:04 PM\']The thread asks of longer turnovers between Lewis and Rayburn's situation. This does not even come CLOSE.[/quote]Rawr. He's just contributing.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #6 on:** October 07, 2008, 02:15:39 PM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'199117\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 11:08 AM\']
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'199116\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 02:04 PM\']The thread asks of longer turnovers between Lewis and Rayburn's situation. This does not even come CLOSE.[/quote]Rawr. He's just contributing.
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If every contribution is like that, this page is going to be 10 pages before we knew what hit us. The topic asks for long turnovers, not short ones.

clemon79 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 07, 2008, 03:14:37 PM »

[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'199118\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 11:15 AM\']
If every contribution is like that, this page is going to be 10 pages before we knew what hit us. The topic asks for long turnovers, not short ones.[/quote]
I point out that these threads tend to shake out like "pick ONE" threads, in that quite a few users never bother to read the stipulation in their haste to show off their vast knowledge.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #8 on:** October 07, 2008, 03:41:47 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'199088\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 09:07 AM\']
Bill Cullen was a panelist on Garry Moore's IGAS as early as 52, while Garry appeared on Bill's 25kp circa 75-76.[/quote]
Based on the OP, that works if you consider Pyramid celebrities a "panel", which not many of us would. Still, it's a reciprocal arrangement 23 years apart, and that's certainly worth considering (and noting) as well.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #9 on:** October 07, 2008, 04:08:25 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'199129\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 12:41 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'199088\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 09:07 AM\']
Bill Cullen was a panelist on Garry Moore's IGAS as early as 52, while Garry appeared on Bill's 25kp circa 75-76.[/quote]
Based on the OP, that works if you consider Pyramid celebrities a "panel", which not many of us would. Still, it's a reciprocal arrangement 23 years apart, and that's certainly worth considering (and noting) as well.
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If it is worth noting, were the Osmond brothers ever on American Bandstand? Again, not a panel thing, but a reciprocal arrangement.

Eric Paddon · « **Reply #10 on:** October 07, 2008, 04:08:58 PM »

Gene Rayburn was according TV.com on Betty White's "Just Men" for a week in 1983, and Betty of course was a regular on Gene's "Make The Connection" in 1955 which makes for a 28 year span (and that I think has to be the record!)

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #11 on:** October 07, 2008, 04:51:47 PM »

[quote name=\'Eric Paddon\' post=\'199131\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 04:08 PM\']
Gene Rayburn was according TV.com on Betty White's "Just Men" for a week in 1983, and Betty of course was a regular on Gene's "Make The Connection" in 1955 which makes for a 28 year span (and that I think has to be the record!)[/quote]
Ladies and gentlemen (OK, mostly gentlemen...), I think we have a winner!

PYLdude · « **Reply #12 on:** October 07, 2008, 06:26:05 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'199136\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 03:51 PM\']
[quote name=\'Eric Paddon\' post=\'199131\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 04:08 PM\']
Gene Rayburn was according TV.com on Betty White's "Just Men" for a week in 1983, and Betty of course was a regular on Gene's "Make The Connection" in 1955 which makes for a 28 year span (and that I think has to be the record!)[/quote]
Ladies and gentlemen (OK, mostly gentlemen...), I think we have a winner!
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Hmm. How do you like that?

I think this whole exercise was interesting...shows how things can come full circle sometimes.

Jay Temple · « **Reply #13 on:** October 07, 2008, 07:15:08 PM »

I shouldn't have said panel. The Pyramid scenario was close enough to what I had in mind, although it's rendered moot by White/Rayburn. (And I'm kicking myself because I checked to see that Rayburn was never on Cullen's 25KP, but I didn't think of Cullen and Moore.)

PYLdude · « **Reply #14 on:** October 07, 2008, 07:26:01 PM »

I'm one of those who subscribes to a wider definition of "panel", so to speak.

I mean, yeah, Line, Secret, Truth, The Name's the Same, definites. But I think you could expand a broader scope for shows like Password and Pyramid.