Game show panel casting call: "Queer Eye" style

[thgames65]

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"Queer Eye" TYPES for game show panel

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Reply to: getrealent@yahoo.com
Date: 2005-01-17, 12:41PM PST


COULD YOU BE A PART OF THE “QUEER EYE” TEAM, OR A MALE HOST ON “THE VIEW”??

Hit network is conducting a nationwide search for an exciting new series. This is an old game show from the 50’s-60’s that we are revamping with a TWIST... We are going to be selecting four "Queer Eye" TYPE panelists to replace the celebrity panel!

Seeking a cross-mix of colorful MALE characters with BIG personalities, hip, smart and clever between the ages of 21-40 to be a part of every episode… Covering the spectrum from “Will” to “Jack” (of “Will & Grace”). If this is you… then you need to apply!! (Transvestites welcome)

LOS ANGELES OPEN CALL – 1 day only
Wednesday, January 26TH Noon-7pm

KTLA/TRIBUNE STUDIOS
5800 Sunset Blvd.
Building 11 / Suite 104
Los Angeles, CA 90028
*(Park in Lot ‘A’ – corner of Sunset & Bronson)
ENTER Studio @ Bronson Entrance

OR submission accpted by mail ASAP, no later than Jan 28th!!

INFO & APPLICATION:

www.burtdubrowproductions.com

getrealent@yahoo.com



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[cmjb13]

2 words...

Transvestites welcome?

[thgames65]

Searching for info on "Burt Dubrow Productions" on IMDB shows a lone credit for "The Cindy Margolis Show".  

Though unfamiliar with that show, I'm certainly not surprised.

Tim H.

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'thgames65\' date=\'Jan 17 2005, 07:27 PM\']Hit network is conducting a nationwide search for an exciting new series. This is an old game show from the 50’s-60’s that we are revamping with a TWIST... We are going to be selecting four "Queer Eye" TYPE panelists to replace the celebrity panel!

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And which panel show will they be reviving, dare I ask? This might make TTTT2k and Oprahvision IGAS seem like the Moore eras of both shows.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Jan 17 2005, 05:33 PM\']2 words...

Transvestites welcome?

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They're sending a special shout-out to Eddie Izzard, in case he wants the gig.

[Jimmy Owen]

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 17 2005, 08:46 PM\'][quote name=\'thgames65\' date=\'Jan 17 2005, 07:27 PM\']Hit network is conducting a nationwide search for an exciting new series. This is an old game show from the 50?s-60?s that we are revamping with a TWIST... We are going to be selecting four "Queer Eye" TYPE panelists to replace the celebrity panel!

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And which panel show will they be reviving, dare I ask? This might make TTTT2k and Oprahvision IGAS seem like the Moore eras of both shows.

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Masqueerade Party, perhaps?

[TunaHead]

[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Jan 17 2005, 07:33 PM\']2 words...

Transvestites welcome?

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Well, I was thinking a different 2 words, but that suffices as well....

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'thgames65\' date=\'Jan 17 2005, 09:26 PM\']Searching for info on "Burt Dubrow Productions" on IMDB shows a lone credit for "The Cindy Margolis Show". [/quote]
Actual research (well, cursory Googling anyway) shows many other talk shows to his credit, though some people might still want to use the term "credit" loosely.  I'm finding some sort of responsibility for all kinds of shows:

ALF's Hit Talk Show
The New Tom Green Show
It's Christopher Lowell
Kids Are People Too!
Jerry Springer
Dr. Joy Browne
The Mo Show
Sally Jessy Raphael
The Cindy Margolis Show
Bob Braun

He's also a childhood friend of Andy Kaufman and a TV memorabilia collector with a particular interest in Howdy Doody.  It's amazing what Google can do!

I'm not one to judge anything before it's on the air, and if someone's bringing a panel show back to television, I'm the first one to cheer.  Still, someone with that sort of track record and that sort of press release doesn't sound like someone who'll take  care to make sure the game works.  And if not, then why bother playing a game?  Couldn't he just have a fabulous talk show instead?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Jan 17 2005, 08:34 PM\']Couldn't he just have a fabulous talk show instead?

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Dammit, I was gonna suggest that there was an outside chance we were gonna get lucky and they were lining up guests for The Faaaabulous Marble Machine, but Matt beat me to the gag first.

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 17 2005, 11:42 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Jan 17 2005, 08:34 PM\']Couldn't he just have a fabulous talk show instead?[/quote]Dammit, I was gonna suggest that there was an outside chance we were gonna get lucky and they were lining up guests for The Faaaabulous Marble Machine, but Matt beat me to the gag first. [/quote]
Sorry about that.  Still, I actually hope it's something a little less traditional and not, say, one of the classic G-T properties.  Though if it is, I imagine we'll be hearing from somebody at  Fremantle about it soon enough.  Actually, even though Jimmy's was a gag too, a new version of Masquerade Party is probably overdue.

[chris319]

Why not just drop the pretense and say "flamboyantly gay"?

Masqueerade Party, perhaps?

Good guess. That's probably it.

[ChuckNet]

Re: Dubrow's stint w/Springer, he only produced the show for its first 3 seasons...it wasn't until his 1994 departure and the installation of new producer Richard Dominick that it evolved from a Donahue clone into the human circus we've come to know and love(?), which was done mainly as a last-ditch effort to save the show from an impending cancellation.

ObGameShow: Springer hosted the UK version of Greed, and did a great job, IMO.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

[bricon]

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 02:53 PM\']

Masqueerade Party, perhaps?

Good guess. That's probably it.

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Nope, this one is a "secret"

bri "no affiliation with it" con

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'bricon\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 06:22 PM\']Nope, this one is a "secret"

bri "no affiliation with it" con

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"I've Got A Really Gay Secret"

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 10:24 PM\'][quote name=\'bricon\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 06:22 PM\']Nope, this one is a "secret"
bri "no affiliation with it" con[/quote]
"I've Got A Really Gay Secret" [/quote]
I've Got A Really Bad Feeling About This....