[quote name=\'William A. Padron\' post=\'241812\' date=\'Jun 3 2010, 09:21 AM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Game Show\' post=\'241768\' date=\'Jun 2 2010, 12:34 AM\'][quote name=\'Bill Neuweiler\' post=\'241764\' date=\'Jun 1 2010, 11:45 PM\'][quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'241761\' date=\'Jun 1 2010, 10:41 PM\']Despite his rugged body and charming good looks, Alan is 66. Between Letterman and voice-overs, he works full time now. Why would he want to add a whole bunch of multiple cross-country trips?[/quote]
Just another reason to move Pyramid back to New York.
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Just about any reason to get Pyramid back to New York, is good for me. I hope Embassy Row can find a way to make it happen, though Andy Richter would probably veto that idea. Who knows ? Maybe he wont do well in the Pilot, and Davies/CBS will look to Regis or another East coast talent, that will get Pyramid back to NYC. I know its a huge longshot at this point, and the Pilot has to sell first.... but I'd still like to see Pyramid back where it all began. I have to believe that would be Embassy Row's preference too, since they are based in NYC.
Interesting that Embassy Row is based in NYC, and is taping the Pyramid Pilot in LA, and Freemantle is based in LA, and is taping Emeril's Game Show Pilot in NYC. It sounds like Emeril will tape his Pilot on 6/15 in Manhattan. I have not seen a specific studio location mentioned yet.
Speaking of the Alan Kalter comment, I believe he would be a very good host. I was in the audience for the Finish Line Pilot, and he was excellent. Alan wasnt the problem. As I recall, the format was decent (not great) but the bonus round was a disaster - cant blame Alan for that.
It's too bad David Letterman and Alan Kalter arent a bit younger, so they could handle Pyramid. Letterman could Host, Kalter announcing, and they can tape 2 weeks of shows every other weekend, at the Ed Sullivan Theater. How cool would that be... to have Pyramid back in it's original home. Another idea... if Pyramid doesnt sell for Daytime, how about having several primetime specials for CBS, with Letterman & Kalter in NYC. I know its a wild idea, but stranger things have happened.
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Just a side note here about Letterman and Kalter on Pyramid...they were on the same soundstage set at ABC Studio TV-15 on the network daytime edition back in February 1979 during a five episode taping session done that day. Letterman was a celebrity guest (versus JoAnne Worley) and Kalter was heard as the sub-announcer filling in for Bob Clayton. The Monday 2/26/1979 OAD episode with them is in the collection of the Paley Center for Media.
Embassy Row may be NYC-based, but the company currently produces The Newlywed Game for GSN in the Los Angeles metro area since its second season, with Randy West as the announcer there. I would not be surprised though if CBS and/or Sony, after seeing TNG can be done easily on the West Coast, probably told and insisted Michael Davies to have the new Pyramid to be done in Los Angeles instead of New York.
The only studio location that I could possibly think of where Emeril's game show pilot that might be done here in New York City easily would be where they did Power of 10, Million Dollar Password (the first few episodes) and the two 2009 Pyramid pilots: the Kaufman-Astoria Studios in the borough of Queens. The studio is located just a fifteen-to-twenty minute subway ride away from midtown Manhattan via the "R" train.
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Hi William !
Thanks for the very interesting Pyramid information. I was curious if Mr Letterman and Mr Kalter had crossed paths on Pyramid, and we now have our answer.
As for Embassy Row currently shooting Newlywed Game in LA, that is probably one of the reasons that Mr Davies is shooting in LA now. Once he approved Newlywed's move, he opened the door for his future shows to be taped in LA. IMHO, I would have looked for another host for Newlywed, than move the show West, but that's another discussion. Of course, Sony probably prefers LA as well. It's too bad, as Mr Davies seemed committed to shooting in NYC. Now that he's shown he is willing to tape in LA, the NYC advantage is probably gone. Mr Davies was pretty much my last hope for a resurgence of NYC based Game Shows, but his NYC train seems to have left the station, for now anyway. At least Millionaire is still taping in NYC.
Various casting reports have said the Emeril's Pilot will be taped in Manhattan, so I doubt Kaufman Astoria will be used. Why not tape at the CBS Broadcast Center ? How big of a set does a cooking Game Show need ? As Otm shank said, there are several smaller studios in Manhattan that can be used. Although a bit unlikely, ABC's or NBC's facilities can be used, if they have open studio space. At any rate, it's nice to see another potential CBS Game Show being taped in NYC, though I hoped it would be Pyramid.
