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chad1m

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« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2010, 02:26:02 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'235158\' date=\'Jan 29 2010, 02:12 PM\']Approves.[/quote]Exactly the basis of my comment. :)
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« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2010, 06:45:01 PM »
The format is just Big Money BtC in a box but NPH makes the whole affair seem hip. Savvy move on CBS's part.
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« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2010, 06:53:16 PM »
[quote name=\'alfonzos\' post=\'235173\' date=\'Jan 29 2010, 03:45 PM\']The format is just Big Money BtC in a box but NPH makes the whole affair seem hip.[/quote]
Oh, did you see it?
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« Reply #18 on: February 04, 2010, 10:06:18 PM »
From Bother's Bar, the first reports on tonight's taping are starting to come in:
http://www.bothersbar.co.uk/?p=558#comments
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Alex Davis reports on Twitter that the money chain $1,000; $2,000; $10,000; $25,000; $75,000; $200K, then $500K.
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Jay Temple

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« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2010, 02:21:33 PM »
Just thinking: Would this make NPH the first openly gay host?
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« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2010, 03:41:28 PM »
[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'235455\' date=\'Feb 5 2010, 02:21 PM\']Just thinking: Would this make NPH the first openly gay host?[/quote]

Don't think so; Charles Nelson Reilly did Sweethearts in 1988.
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« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2010, 06:34:43 PM »
[quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'235459\' date=\'Feb 5 2010, 03:41 PM\']Don't think so; Charles Nelson Reilly did Sweethearts in 1988.[/quote]
"Openly gay" is a different thing than the wink-wink of a CNR or a Paul Lynde.  There have been quite a few gay game show hosts before CNR.  Merv Griffin, for example.
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« Reply #22 on: February 05, 2010, 09:18:03 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'235463\' date=\'Feb 5 2010, 06:34 PM\']There have been quite a few gay game show hosts before CNR.  Merv Griffin, for example.[/quote]

Wasn't he outed after he passed?
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« Reply #23 on: February 05, 2010, 09:35:55 PM »
[quote name=\'golden-road\' post=\'235466\' date=\'Feb 5 2010, 06:18 PM\']Wasn't he outed after he passed?[/quote]
This is Matt's precise point.
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« Reply #24 on: February 05, 2010, 10:00:58 PM »
I would assume that NPH would be the first person who you could unequivocally describe as "openly gay" at the time of hosting a game show.

If you're getting into the "not shouting from the rooftops but not trying to fool anyone" area by including the '80s CNR, then you have to get into whether or not The Mole counts as a game show and the conundrum of sexual identity that is Anderson Cooper.
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« Reply #25 on: February 05, 2010, 10:22:46 PM »
And why does any of this matter?
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« Reply #26 on: February 05, 2010, 10:28:01 PM »
[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'235472\' date=\'Feb 5 2010, 10:22 PM\']And why does any of this matter?[/quote]
Oh, I think it's every bit as relevant a discussion point as "first female host" or "first black host".  I think the very fact that we can talk about it casually speaks volumes.
   
[quote name=\'Unrealtor\' post=\'235469\' date=\'Feb 5 2010, 10:00 PM\']and the conundrum of sexual identity that is Anderson Cooper.[/quote]
Please.  Some of my theater friends in NYC would like to have a word with you.
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« Reply #27 on: February 10, 2010, 02:55:12 PM »
Wow, New York magazine gets it about as wrong as humanly possible:
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Neil Patrick Harris has found his calling — hosting a game show. CBS will premiere Minute to Win It on March 14 with NPH handling hosting duties. The show is based on a successful British show called The Cube, which places contestants in a chamber designed to induce stress where they're challenged to complete tasks for money. When they leave the chamber, NPH will promptly make fun of them.

*facepalm*
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« Reply #28 on: February 10, 2010, 03:06:17 PM »
[quote name=\'Kniwt\' post=\'235655\' date=\'Feb 10 2010, 02:55 PM\']Wow, New York magazine gets it about as wrong as humanly possible:
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Neil Patrick Harris has found his calling — hosting a game show. CBS will premiere Minute to Win It on March 14 with NPH handling hosting duties. The show is based on a successful British show called The Cube, which places contestants in a chamber designed to induce stress where they're challenged to complete tasks for money. When they leave the chamber, NPH will promptly make fun of them.

*facepalm*
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This is just ONE of the reasons magazine sales as a whole have fallen!  If they don't tell the truth, they get the story wrong!
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« Reply #29 on: February 12, 2010, 11:41:14 PM »
[quote name=\'Kniwt\' post=\'235655\' date=\'Feb 10 2010, 02:55 PM\']Wow, New York magazine gets it about as wrong as humanly possible:
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Neil Patrick Harris has found his calling — hosting a game show. CBS will premiere Minute to Win It on March 14 with NPH handling hosting duties. The show is based on a successful British show called The Cube, which places contestants in a chamber designed to induce stress where they're challenged to complete tasks for money. When they leave the chamber, NPH will promptly make fun of them.

*facepalm*
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Wow... I need to check a picture of Guy Fieri... are they that similar?
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