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nate80s

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« on: August 21, 2009, 12:45:16 AM »
For every game show host/hostess, announcer, and so on, there is someone in Hollywood who could portray them in a movie.  Who would you pick to portray your favorite personality?  For example, I always thought Michael Keaton would make a great Peter Tomarken.

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« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2009, 12:47:33 AM »
Andrew "Dice" Clay as Bob Barker.
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« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2009, 12:53:37 AM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'223556\' date=\'Aug 21 2009, 12:47 AM\']Andrew "Dice" Clay as Bob Barker.[/quote]
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Back to the thread, I always thought late-90s/early-2000s era Drew Carey resembled a 1950s Bill Cullen (well, with more weight). Of course, comparisons were made when he took over the show.
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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2009, 12:56:08 AM »
When news of a possible Dorothy Kilgallen biopic emerged, someone suggested that Philip Seymour Hoffman could play Bennett Cerf and I agree with it 150%.
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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2009, 04:16:36 AM »
If I've seen enough Hank promos this week, I'd sware Kelsey Grammar would make a good Howie Mandel.

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« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2009, 06:22:14 AM »
Eric Braeden as Alex Trebek.

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« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2009, 06:54:10 AM »
Norm MacDonald as Bill Leyden.
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« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2009, 08:38:49 AM »
George Clooney as Herb Shriner would be too easy, no?
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« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2009, 09:55:42 AM »
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'223595\' date=\'Aug 21 2009, 08:38 AM\']George Clooney as Herb Shriner would be too easy, no?[/quote]How about George Clooney as Nick Clooney?

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« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2009, 10:29:11 AM »
Christopher Knight! Wait...oh.....you meant people who could portray REAL game show personalities....sorry.

Weren't they going to have Bill Murray play Michael Larsen in a film quite a few years back?
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« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2009, 10:39:59 AM »
[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'223559\' date=\'Aug 21 2009, 12:56 AM\']When news of a possible Dorothy Kilgallen biopic emerged, someone suggested that Philip Seymour Hoffman could play Bennett Cerf and I agree with it 150%.[/quote]
Christina Applegate as Dorothy Kilgallen?
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« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2009, 09:44:22 PM »
Wil Shriner as Herb Shriner?

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« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2009, 01:29:02 AM »
This thread reminds me of that running gag of Match Game '7X questions that go like this: The Hollywood producer said, "There's something wrong with the casting of this movie. It's the life story of "So-and-so," and in the starring role, they've got BLANK." (Note: I'm NOT running a "netgame.")

Long ago, when I was at another GS group that I will not mention, I suggested Tom Bergeron as Bill Leyden.

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« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2009, 04:52:35 AM »
[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' post=\'223602\' date=\'Aug 21 2009, 09:55 AM\'][quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'223595\' date=\'Aug 21 2009, 08:38 AM\']George Clooney as Herb Shriner would be too easy, no?[/quote]How about George Clooney as Nick Clooney?
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That would be cool.  Quentin Tarantino presents "The Monee Mayz: The Movie."
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« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2009, 08:52:36 AM »
[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'223610\' date=\'Aug 21 2009, 10:39 AM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'223559\' date=\'Aug 21 2009, 12:56 AM\']When news of a possible Dorothy Kilgallen biopic emerged, someone suggested that Philip Seymour Hoffman could play Bennett Cerf and I agree with it 150%.[/quote]
Christina Applegate as Dorothy Kilgallen?
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You'd have to remove more stuff from Christina to make that happen. Like, say, her jaw...