I've always wondered 1.) where the "sleazy-voiced car salesman" stereotype of game show hosts came from (Martindale + Hall + Eubanks + a few scoops of comedic exaggeration is my only guess), and 2.) why people still use it so often. It reminds me of when people parody country music and it amounts to dressing like a cowboy, and singing in the most exaggerated, whiny twang possible about mama, dogs and trucks. Sure, they're identifiable parodies, but they're incredibly inaccurate — Eubanks was rarely slimy outside Newlywed, and there are maybe two dog songs and four truck songs in the entire genre.
/"You Never Even Called Me by My Name" doesn't count since it was done satirically
//and "Feed Jake" is more of a song about society