[quote name=\'CoreyCoop\' post=\'256918\' date=\'Feb 10 2011, 10:42 PM\'][quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'256900\' date=\'Feb 10 2011, 07:31 PM\']When Breslow got there, he and Goodson came up with the opening that had the celebrity team captains in a box wipe against the multi-colored set wall and the opening copy used on the air was written.[/quote]
I don't think Marc Breslow ever had an original thought in his head, Goodson came up with the opening, or was able to over-rule Paul and pick the best ideas from others on staff to come up with the opening. Of course I was not there, so pardon my prejudice against Breslow, I just never saw any reason to think he could direct anything that didn't already have a pattern setup for him, or didn't fit in one of the two patterns he knew already.
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Hi Corey, welcome to the board.
Something changed between Tuesday and Wednesday of that week when Goodson returned from Todman's services and brought Breslow with him. Putting a celebrity's face inside a box wipe against a background was hardly a stroke of genius because it's so much like the Match Game opening, directed by guess who. It's plausible that Breslow suggested it, but anyone else on the staff could have as well. All you need to do then is write some opening lines to go with it and presto! A show opening! Paul fumbled around for a couple of days, having contestants on each team glaring at their opponents while the camera panned their faces. They even rented a Quantel DVE for the week but came up with nothing.