Radio ad for "The Chase."

[Jimmy Owen]

Just ran one from Westwood One.  "Quizmaster Mark 'The Beast' Labett" is mentioned in the spot. No mention of question reader Brooke.

[Dbacksfan12]

Just ran one from Westwood One.  "Quizmaster Mark 'The Beast' Labett" is mentioned in the spot. No mention of question reader Brooke.

Why would she be?  She plays a very secondary role in the show, in my opinion.

Or did I just get 8/10ed?

[TLEberle]

She plays a very secondary role in the show, in my opinion.

I just wanted to highlight this for posterity; that the host of a game show plays "a secondary role."

(I suppose you could say that the host is secondary to the contestants. I wouldn't, as a good host shares the spotlight in a game of give-and-take with the contestants, but you could say that.)

[clemon79]

I'm going to guess that Jimmy was merely commenting on the use of the term "Quizmaster" (almost assuredly intended as "quiz master") as applied to the panelist (on a one-man panel) as opposed to the host, rather than the escalation-in-aggressiveness that Mark turned it into.

[Dbacksfan12]

She plays a very secondary role in the show, in my opinion.

I just wanted to highlight this for posterity; that the host of a game show plays "a secondary role."

(I suppose you could say that the host is secondary to the contestants. I wouldn't, as a good host shares the spotlight in a game of give-and-take with the contestants, but you could say that.)

Are you watching the show for Brooke, or are you watching to see if the contestants can beat Mark?

[TLEberle]

Since I don't get GSN, I'm not a regular viewer. To your disingenuous bear-trap of a question, I say "Yes. Yes I am."

[Jimmy Owen]

I'm going to guess that Jimmy was merely commenting on the use of the term "Quizmaster" (almost assuredly intended as "quiz master") as applied to the panelist (on a one-man panel) as opposed to the host, rather than the escalation-in-aggressiveness that Mark turned it into.

Yes.  I always have thought "Quiz master" was in reference to the host, or question reader.  While just a matter of word order,  but maybe "Master of the Quiz" would have been a more apt description for Mark Labett.

[BillCullen1]

I also heard the radio ad this morning, on 1010 WINS, a major newsradio station here in NYC. I'll definitely be watching new eps of The Chase starting July 8.