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aaron sica

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Re: Game show hosts who have won a ring or come close
« Reply #15 on: November 22, 2016, 03:14:36 PM »
Joe Namath did and he was considered to host Feud in 1988 before the job went to Ray Combs.

I'm not sure I would count hosts of pilots  - just shows that went to series.

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Re: Game show hosts who have won a ring or come close
« Reply #16 on: November 22, 2016, 03:15:49 PM »
Not a Cardinals fan?

Still no excuse. The second one he won riding the bench with the New York Giants. :)
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Re: Game show hosts who have won a ring or come close
« Reply #17 on: November 22, 2016, 07:09:35 PM »
Though he's somewhat of a Hall of Famer:

Vin Scully, former longtime Dodgers announcer and one-time game show host (It Takes Two), was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom today (11/22), the nation's highest-ever civilian honor.
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Re: Game show hosts who have won a ring or come close
« Reply #18 on: November 23, 2016, 01:13:08 AM »
Don't the broadcasters get rings too? Vin would certainly qualify as he would have six.
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Re: Game show hosts who have won a ring or come close
« Reply #19 on: November 23, 2016, 11:44:28 AM »
Dick Enberg may have covered a couple of those types of events.
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Re: Game show hosts who have won a ring or come close
« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2016, 12:56:19 PM »
Dick Enberg may have covered a couple of those types of events.

Yeah, but only as a national broadcaster. None of the local professional teams he worked for won titles during his tenure with them.
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Re: Game show hosts who have won a ring or come close
« Reply #21 on: November 23, 2016, 03:00:33 PM »
Yeah, but only as a national broadcaster. None of the local professional teams he worked for won titles during his tenure with them.

Enberg did UCLA basketball play-by-play when they won title year after year. Not sure if they hand out rings for that.

Another question: Which game show hosts ever hosted Saturday Night Live? It struck me while seeing Alec Baldwin. Drew did. Milton Berle hosted Jackpot Bowling and the SNL Lorne Michaels has never let be rerun.

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Re: Game show hosts who have won a ring or come close
« Reply #22 on: November 23, 2016, 03:12:24 PM »
Yeah, but only as a national broadcaster. None of the local professional teams he worked for won titles during his tenure with them.

Enberg did UCLA basketball play-by-play when they won title year after year. Not sure if they hand out rings for that.

Which is why I said *professional* teams.

/yeah. there's an argument
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Re: Game show hosts who have won a ring or come close
« Reply #23 on: November 23, 2016, 03:43:00 PM »
Another question: Which game show hosts ever hosted Saturday Night Live? It struck me while seeing Alec Baldwin. Drew did. Milton Berle hosted Jackpot Bowling and the SNL Lorne Michaels has never let be rerun.

Just going off the exhuastive Wikipedia list of hosts...

Betty White-Just Men! in 1983, hosted SNL in 2010
Harry Anderson-pilot for a What's My Line? revival in 2000, hosted SNL several times in the 80's
Dick Cavett-College Bowl in 1987, SNL date unknown
Greg Kinnear-College Mad House in 1989, SNL in 1998
Norman Lear-Quiz Kids in 1981, SNL date unknown
Bob Saget-1 vs. 100 in 2006, hosted SNL in 1995

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Re: Game show hosts who have won a ring or come close
« Reply #24 on: November 23, 2016, 05:23:32 PM »
Another question: Which game show hosts ever hosted Saturday Night Live? It struck me while seeing Alec Baldwin. Drew did. Milton Berle hosted Jackpot Bowling and the SNL Lorne Michaels has never let be rerun.
Dick Cavett-College Bowl in 1987, SNL date unknown

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Re: Game show hosts who have won a ring or come close
« Reply #25 on: November 23, 2016, 05:37:27 PM »
While the definition of "big game" may vary, Rolf also appeared in the 1981 AFC Championship game.
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Re: Game show hosts who have won a ring or come close
« Reply #26 on: November 23, 2016, 10:16:35 PM »
While the definition of "big game" may vary, Rolf also appeared in the 1981 AFC Championship game.

That's coming close, I'd say.
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Re: Game show hosts who have won a ring or come close
« Reply #27 on: November 24, 2016, 02:03:54 AM »
Another question: Which game show hosts ever hosted Saturday Night Live? It struck me while seeing Alec Baldwin. Drew did. Milton Berle hosted Jackpot Bowling and the SNL Lorne Michaels has never let be rerun.
Norman Lear-Quiz Kids in 1981, SNL date unknown

Norman Lear hosted SNL on Sept. 25, 1976.