Substitute hosts

[WarioBarker]

On the subject of Price guest hosts, Don Pardo filled in at least twice -- December 31, 1959 and December 28, 1962.

While we're on the subject, which GS holds the record for most sub hosts?

To Tell The Truth had 13 fill-ins (including Joe Garagiola before he officially became host) and 20 hosts altogether. If I were a betting man, I'd say the record goes to the United Kingdom's Have I Got News For You -- 72 guest presenters since Angus Deayton was fired in 2002.

[Twentington]

Am I correct in my recollection that, with the exception of stunts (The April Fools J!/WOF host switch, Peter Marshall and Tom Bergeron switching places, etc.), Millionaire is the only show to have a guest host since Goodson filled in for Trebek on TTTT '90?

When did WWTBaM have a guest host? I stopped following it after Super Millionaire ended.

[clemon79]

I would be.

Apparently.

Separate categories with clue values of similar rising increments, phrasing responses in a question-like form and writing a question down at the end would be enough similarities, buuut of course that's just me.

Yes, that's certainly you all over.

The fact that the game is fundamentally changed in a major way (no control over clue value, never mind the cosmetic issues of the board being radically different *and* the minor point of a player being locked out for the next clue on their third wrong answer) where the other three versions are *exactly* the same game passes the "which of these things is not like the other" test pretty clearly, I think.

[Matt Ottinger]

By comparison, the number of different people who have hosted Jeopardy at least once is three.

Four, if you count Jeff Probst. Unless we're being sticklers and only counting shows actually titled Jeopardy!

I'm not sure you'd have to be called a 'stickler' to consider Probst's gig a different show.  Same with Jep.  I honestly haven't seen that one recently enough to know what the dramatic difference is.  Everybody's line is going to be one place or another.

[BrandonFG]

When did WWTBaM have a guest host? I stopped following it after Super Millionaire ended.

Several times in the last few years. Off the top of my head, Tom Bergeron, Al Roker, Cat Deeley, Steve Harvey, Dave Price, and I'm sure I left a couple off.

[DrBear]

Just to stir the pot - does that make J! 78 a different show, because of the cutting of contestants after each round?

[Clay Zambo]

Just to stir the pot - does that make J! 78 a different show, because of the cutting of contestants after each round?

Possibly; and it also had a new bonus round.  But since it had the same host as the prior version...

[clemon79]

Just to stir the pot - does that make J! 78 a different show, because of the cutting of contestants after each round?

Sure, and feel free to discount it, too, because...

But since it had the same host as the prior version...

[Matt Ottinger]

I remember when we did our Top 50 event a few years ago, we had several discussions about what constituted a 'different' version of a show and what didn't.  Since I was administering it, I got final say, but I'm still not entirely sure some of my choices were right.  On the other hand, I was very comfortable with some choices even though others disagreed.  Much like defining precisely what is or is not a game show, we're all going to have our own internal barometer, and our choices may appear arbitrary to someone else.

[TheLastResort]

Is the first format of Play the Percentages considered the same show as the last format of Play the Percentages?

[Mr. Armadillo]

By comparison, the number of different people who have hosted Jeopardy at least once is three.

Four, if you count Jeff Probst. Unless we're being sticklers and only counting shows actually titled Jeopardy!

I'm not sure you'd have to be called a 'stickler' to consider Probst's gig a different show.  Same with Jep.  I honestly haven't seen that one recently enough to know what the dramatic difference is.  Everybody's line is going to be one place or another.

The ONLY differences between Trebek's show and Probst's were the show's name, host, subject matter, and the lack of returning champions on the latter.  The formats themselves were identical.

I never saw Jep!, but according to Wikipedia, the board had 20 clues instead of 30, clue values were chosen at random, and there's that whole "three strikes and you're out for one question" thing.  The whole 'pick a clue and question an answer' schtick was the same, but it didn't play out the same as Grand-daddy Jeopardy! the way Probst's did.

/I can't remember...did Probst's version use the same set?
//that might be another one

[Twentington]

Is the first format of Play the Percentages considered the same show as the last format of Play the Percentages?

And for that matter, the second format of Snap Judgment — same show as the first, or a short-lived Password revival?

(Seriously, why did they do that anyway? Desperation?)

[clemon79]

/I can't remember...did Probst's version use the same set?

Same basic set pieces, very different trim.

[Ian Wallis]

Is the first format of Play the Percentages considered the same show as the last format of Play the Percentages?

I'd say yes, because it's the same show but with a different format.  You could probably ask the same question of a show like Wheel of Fortune.  It's played much differently today than it was in 1975, but it's still the same show.

[tpirfan28]

/I can't remember...did Probst's version use the same set?

Same basic set pieces, very different trim.

I could swear I read somewhere it was the traveling set (obviously dressed up for the program).