High Rollers question

[bulldog_06]

I am a big High Rollers fan, but I wanted to that:

Is it true that such stars like Leslie Uggams, Suzanne Somers, Dawn Wells, and Nanette Fabray helped assist Alex Trebek on the '70s versions of High Rollers? If they did what years were they on there?

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'bulldog_06\' date=\'Mar 17 2004, 04:53 PM\']I am a big High Rollers fan, but I wanted to that:

Is it true that such stars like Leslie Uggams, Suzanne Somers, Dawn Wells, and Nanette Fabray helped assist Alex Trebek on the '70s versions of High Rollers? If they did what years were they on there?[/quote]
Don't know about Suzanne, but the other ladies were fill-ins for Ruta Lee at one point or another in the original run--and Elaine Stewart did the syndicated version in 1976.

[bulldog_06]

The reason I asked because she is labeled an assistant at the Internet Movie Database, and most of the stuff is true there, and I just wasn't sure or not.

[ChuckNet]

The reason I asked because she is labeled an assistant at the Internet Movie Database, and most of the stuff is true there, and I just wasn't sure or not.

Most of the stuff is true? I've found a number of errors in my visits there (Charlie O'Donnell and Charlie Tuna are the same person??).

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Mar 17 2004, 09:49 PM\']

The reason I asked because she is labeled an assistant at the Internet Movie Database, and most of the stuff is true there, and I just wasn't sure or not.

Most of the stuff is true? I've found a number of errors in my visits there (Charlie O'Donnell and Charlie Tuna are the same person??).

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby") [/quote]
 IMDB also lists a 1985 syndicated version of Match Game, when in reality reruns of 1979-82 MG Syndie aired in some cities at the time. Let's not forget Randy AMasia's profile by the legendary Bo Bielefeldt.

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Mar 17 2004, 10:49 PM\'] Most of the stuff is true? I've found a number of errors in my visits there (Charlie O'Donnell and Charlie Tuna are the same person??). [/quote]
<sigh>

How many errors have you found?  Six?  Twelve?  A hundred?  There are millions and millions of facts on the IMDB.  Not only is "Most of the stuff is true" an accurate statement, it's probably safe to say that more than 99% of it is true.

The guy saw a fact he wasn't sure about so he wisely came here to see if he could get it verified.  That is precisely what to do when you want to be sure about an IMDB piece of information.  I really don't see why it's necessary to bash this wonderful resource every time it's mentioned.

[mmb5]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Mar 18 2004, 10:15 AM\'] The guy saw a fact he wasn't sure about so he wisely came here to see if he could get it verified.  That is precisely what to do when you want to be sure about an IMDB piece of information.  I really don't see why it's necessary to bash this wonderful resource every time it's mentioned. [/quote]
 Because they're a competitor.

Seriously, until a few years ago, IMDB was a user-supported database with limited editing capabilities, so mistakes are bound to occur.  Now that their traffic has hit a critical mass, they can finally afford staff to edit this stuff.  My employer and IMDB competitor, www.allmovie.com, despite the fact we focus only on movies available on video/DVD, have a full-time staff of seven whose only job is to find mistakes and correct them.

We get dozens of corrections a day (and hundreds on our music site) and each of those have to be researched before they are entered.  To echo Matt, cut IMDB (and other, more-superior B2B entertainment data delivery systems) some slack, there's a lot of data out there.


--Mike