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SRIV94

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« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2004, 07:52:28 PM »
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Nov 15 2004, 06:12 PM\'][quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Nov 15 2004, 04:48 PM\']Also, Goodson did indeed want to revive Match Game; he emceed the office run-thru as a matter of fact (with Arlene Francis as one of the panelists).
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When was this?

After MG90?
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If I read this thread correctly, Chris C. was referring to this quote in Travis' original post:

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He didn't want to do MG '73 anyhow, what made him think he knew how to improve a game that didn't need improving in the first place?

And if I didn't, never mind.  :)

EDIT:  Why am I always the SECOND one to post an answer to a question in a thread?  Geez!  I need faster fingers (or the restoration of the line that told us that other people were also reading a thread, potentially stopping multiple "exactly the same" replies to the same post--if I had known Jason A. was also online, I would've refrained from posting).

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« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2004, 09:25:38 PM »
As Jason correctly surmised; I was referring to MG'73.  I didn't know MarkG was even considering doing an MG pilot, but if he had, I thought it was none less than Gene Rayburn who convinced Mark to ditch the "name a rich man" type questions, and go for the comedy.  Good call, in any event.
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chris319

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« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2004, 09:52:13 PM »
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'Nov 15 2004, 07:25 PM\']As Jason correctly surmised; I was referring to MG'73.  I didn't know MarkG was even considering doing an MG pilot, but if he had, I thought it was none less than Gene Rayburn who convinced Mark to ditch the "name a rich man" type questions, and go for the comedy.
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The body of game show folklore contains a lot of misappropriated credit. I never heard Frank Wayne claim credit for inventing air, but I wouldn't put it past him. Yeah, Gene Rayburn may have been in the pro-comedy camp, but I'm sure Ira and others had a lot to say about it.

The MG office run-thru was probably done in late '72 or early '73.
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SamPrainito

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« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2004, 09:27:30 AM »
If it makes a difference to anyone, in his autobiography "Good Days & MAD", Dick DeBartolo takes the credit for adding the comedy element to "Match Gane."
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Don Howard

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« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2004, 10:37:15 AM »
Now it must be told. I can keep it secret no longer. It was my idea to add the Dumb Dora-type questions on Match Game '73. I also personally took Johnny Olson under my wing to give him announcing tips. I also changed CBS's mind on what to call the show. They wanted to name it We Love The Match Game, but I stopped them.
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chris319

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« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2004, 04:41:43 PM »
[quote name=\'SamPrainito\' date=\'Nov 16 2004, 07:27 AM\']If it makes a difference to anyone, in his autobiography "Good Days & MAD", Dick DeBartolo takes the credit for adding the comedy element to "Match Game."
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Wondering aloud, I wonder if Dick started dabbling in funny questions back in the NBC days. He certainly wrote a lot of funny material for the CBS version.

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It was my idea to add the Dumb Dora-type questions on Match Game '73. I also personally took Johnny Olson under my wing to give him announcing tips. I also changed CBS's mind on what to call the show. They wanted to name it We Love The Match Game, but I stopped them.
Did you also invent air?
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Jimmy Owen

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« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2004, 06:41:36 PM »
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Nov 16 2004, 10:37 AM\']Now it must be told. I can keep it secret no longer. It was my idea to add the Dumb Dora-type questions on Match Game '73. I also personally took Johnny Olson under my wing to give him announcing tips. I also changed CBS's mind on what to call the show. They wanted to name it We Love The Match Game, but I stopped them.
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If that is correct, that probably explains why your wife, Morgan Fairchild, appears as a regular on the newest casino slot machine.
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Don Howard

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« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2004, 07:11:55 PM »
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Nov 16 2004, 06:41 PM\'][quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Nov 16 2004, 10:37 AM\']Now it must be told. I can keep it secret no longer. It was my idea to add the Dumb Dora-type questions on Match Game '73. I also personally took Johnny Olson under my wing to give him announcing tips. I also changed CBS's mind on what to call the show. They wanted to name it We Love The Match Game, but I stopped them.
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If that is correct, that probably explains why your wife, Morgan Fairchild, appears as a regular on the newest casino slot machine.
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Ex-wife. I am now married to Brooke Burke.
And, no, I didn't invent air. But having people breathe it was my idea.
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