Author Topic: Syndie TPIR Question (Read 7887 times)

cmjb13 · « **on:** November 28, 2004, 08:22:36 PM »

Was anybody else up for the job besides Tom Kennedy?

Did anyone else shoot a pilot assuming Kennedy did?

The Pyramids · « **Reply #1 on:** November 28, 2004, 08:24:55 PM »

I imagine they went to Bob Barker first. Good question though. Who else could have done it?

Don Howard · « **Reply #2 on:** November 28, 2004, 09:27:07 PM »

[quote name=\'PaulD\' date=\'Nov 28 2004, 08:24 PM\']I imagine they went to Bob Barker first. Good question though. Who else could have done it?

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Geoff Edwards certainly would have done well. How do you believe Bert Convy would have fared?

zachhoran · « **Reply #3 on:** November 28, 2004, 09:54:58 PM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Nov 28 2004, 09:27 PM\'][quote name=\'PaulD\' date=\'Nov 28 2004, 08:24 PM\']I imagine they went to Bob Barker first. Good question though. Who else could have done it?

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Geoff Edwards certainly would have done well. How do you believe Bert Convy would have fared?

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Bert didn't seem to do as well with the civilians as he did with the celebs, as we had a thread about on ATGS a few years ago. Geoff would have done well, and wouldn't be a bad idea for a classic emcee to join the TPiR Live clique if he were asked. Ditto for Peter Tomarken, and he'd have gotten to work with Rod halfway through that season to boot.

The Pyramids · « **Reply #4 on:** November 28, 2004, 10:05:45 PM »

Imagine Peter Marshall in the role.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #5 on:** November 28, 2004, 10:24:32 PM »

I would have liked Dennis James or Jack Narz.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 28, 2004, 10:46:26 PM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Nov 28 2004, 08:54 PM\']Bert didn't seem to do as well with the civilians as he did with the celebs, as we had a thread about on ATGS a few years ago.

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I'm not sure I buy that, and while doing a quick search on google.com regarding this "thread" I found varying opinions in various threads about Convy's ability to deal with civilian contestants--much of which were positive about said ability.

Can you provide a little more specific detail that leads you to this conclusion (like a little more about the premise of the thread that you have in mind so I can see it for myself)? Personally, I always thought his work on SP was fine.

Doug -- and the countdown to 800 continues

zachhoran · « **Reply #7 on:** November 28, 2004, 11:27:35 PM »

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Nov 28 2004, 10:46 PM\'][quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Nov 28 2004, 08:54 PM\']Bert didn't seem to do as well with the civilians as he did with the celebs, as we had a thread about on ATGS a few years ago.

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I'm not sure I buy that, and while doing a quick search on google.com regarding this "thread" I found varying opinions in various threads about Convy's ability to deal with civilian contestants--much of which were positive about said ability.

Can you provide a little more specific detail that leads you to this conclusion (like a little more about the premise of the thread that you have in mind so I can see it for myself)? Personally, I always thought his work on SP was fine.

Doug -- and the countdown to 800 continues

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The beef some have about his SP and WLOD work is that he spent more time yukking it up with celebs than he did with the contestants. Whether he could have successfully done a show with contestants only, and no celebs, we will never know.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 28, 2004, 11:39:09 PM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Nov 28 2004, 10:27 PM\']The beef some have about his SP and WLOD work is that he spent more time yukking it up with celebs than he did with the contestants. Whether he could have successfully done a show with contestants only, and no celebs, we will never know.

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I accept that. It's a little less blanket than what you made it sound like in the previous post. Thanks.

Doug -- and the countdown to 800 continues

Adam Nedeff · « **Reply #9 on:** November 28, 2004, 11:40:18 PM »

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I imagine they went to Bob Barker first.

Per my interview with Tom Kennedy, Bob was approached first and didn't want to do it (Bob later told The Onion AV Club that he thought ten shows a week was overexposure) and since Tom was already on the Goodson payroll at that point, I'm guessing he was the immediate choice after Bob.

Robair · « **Reply #10 on:** November 29, 2004, 12:02:24 AM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Nov 28 2004, 10:24 PM\']I would have liked Dennis James or Jack Narz.

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[/quote]Narz -- Kennedy's brother, no less -- may have already crossed over to the "too old" list at the networks by then, remember, it was about a year later that he publicly decried the ageism pervading the hosting ranks, that he could only get work on local shows. And James pretty much retired from games after his first TPIR hitch to concentrate on one weekend in January a year.

chris319 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 29, 2004, 03:01:48 AM »

People sometimes describe things in euphemistic terms.

Bob Barker's "overexposure" may mean he didn't feel like taping 10 shows per week.

Dennis James' "retirement" may translate to "put out to pasture", the former being voluntary and the latter not.

dazztardly · « **Reply #12 on:** November 29, 2004, 07:47:42 AM »

Not to stray off-topic, but didn't Steve Edwards host a TPiR pilot in the late 90's?

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tvwxman · « **Reply #13 on:** November 29, 2004, 08:18:34 AM »

[quote name=\'dazztardly\' date=\'Nov 29 2004, 07:47 AM\']Not to stray off-topic, but didn't Steve Edwards host a TPiR pilot in the late 90's?

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Wrong local LA-TV Anchor...it was Mark Kriski, who tried out for the 94 version....

And he lost to Doug Davidson? Geez...

zachhoran · « **Reply #14 on:** November 29, 2004, 10:32:10 AM »

[quote name=\'dazztardly\' date=\'Nov 29 2004, 07:47 AM\']Not to stray off-topic, but didn't Steve Edwards host a TPiR pilot in the late 90's?

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He did host a pilot for a revival in the early 90s, but it wasn't TPIR, but rather for a syndicated Scrabble(Woolery was doing Love Connection and was about to be doing his short-lived daily hour long gabfest in syndication at the time).

Someone say 40-50 who had already had hosting experience would have been worth a shot for that syndie run of TPIR(Barker was 48 when he first hosted the CBS version). Tomarken or Geoff Edwards or even Jim Perry or Chuck Woolery(the latter two had syndie hosting gigs at the time) would all have been worth the shot. Kennedy was no slouchy choice, either. But even Bob Barker hosting it wouldn't have helped its ratings much with time slots like 2:30AM in NYC or against WOF or the then-growing J! in other cities.