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Dbacksfan12

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« on: July 18, 2005, 07:51:15 PM »
We all know that many hosts only had one shot to host a show.  Which ones, in your opinion, deserved another chance?  And which ones rightfully only hosted one?

How about that Blake Emmons? :P
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« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2005, 07:55:52 PM »
[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Jul 18 2005, 06:51 PM\']We all know that many hosts only had one shot to host a show.  Which ones, in your opinion, deserved another chance?  And which ones rightfully only hosted one?

How about that Blake Emmons? :P
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Patrick Wayne...goes w/out saying.

I think Ross Schafer was a great host for MG90. He did an extremely respectable job considering the shoes he was filling. He didn't host any other GS's, did he?

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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2005, 08:00:03 PM »
[quote name=\'ITSBRY\' date=\'Jul 18 2005, 06:55 PM\']I think Ross Schafer was a great host for MG90. He did an extremely respectable job considering the shoes he was filling. He didn't host any other GS's, did he?
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#1: It's Shafer.
#2: Yes he did---"Love Me, Love Me Not".

I thought Lew Schneider and Michael Carrington were alright, considering what they were given.
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2005, 08:10:21 PM »
[quote name=\'Chief-O\' date=\'Jul 18 2005, 07:00 PM\'][quote name=\'ITSBRY\' date=\'Jul 18 2005, 06:55 PM\']I think Ross Schafer was a great host for MG90. He did an extremely respectable job considering the shoes he was filling. He didn't host any other GS's, did he?
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#1: It's Shafer.
#2: Yes he did---"Love Me, Love Me Not".

I thought Lew Schneider and Michael Carrington were alright, considering what they were given.
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And if you wanna be technical he hosts a bunch of corporate outing game shows to this day.
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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2005, 08:17:03 PM »
Politics aside, I kinda liked Michael Reagan's hosting of Lingo. Mostly casual, but with a little excitement when needed. He'd have to have a similar type of show - like Joe Farago's Break The Bank.
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« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2005, 08:22:06 PM »
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#1: It's Shafer.
#2: Yes he did---"Love Me, Love Me Not"

I recently got a signed pic from Ross, and I had mentioned Love Me, Love Me Not in the note I sent him.  He obviously has a sense of humor about that show, as his inscription reads, "You should be ashamed of yourself for watching Love Me, Love Me Not!  Ha Ha!!"
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« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2005, 09:17:26 PM »
Well, depending on whether or not you count Fox's celebrity spelling bee from a few years back, my vote goes to John O'Hurley.
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« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2005, 09:32:17 PM »
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jul 18 2005, 08:17 PM\']Well, depending on whether or not you count Fox's celebrity spelling bee from a few years back, my vote goes to John O'Hurley.
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He also did a pilot for a show called Who Knew? in 1998 or 1999. It was a game similar to Balderdash, but with contestants trying to guess which celeb was giving the correct origin of a word or phrase.
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« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2005, 09:33:43 PM »
The best one shot host IMO was Hugh Downs, made for very comfortable viewing at home.  Among latter day hosts, I would have liked to see Nick Clooney and Kevin O'Connell again, though I read Nick turned down any further game show offers.
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« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2005, 09:43:27 PM »
[quote name=\'FOXSportsFan\' date=\'Jul 18 2005, 05:10 PM\']And if you wanna be technical he hosts a bunch of corporate outing game shows to this day.
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And Art James hosted that game show at the end of Mallrats.

Neither are television game shows.
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« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2005, 10:14:40 PM »
I'll take Ben Stein as the best one-shot.

For the worst, I've made my feelings known about RODEO DRIVE's host.

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« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2005, 10:17:42 PM »
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jul 18 2005, 09:14 PM\']I'll take Ben Stein.  ("Turn Ben Stein On" wasn't a game show.)
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The Comedy Central version wasn't...then there was the Playboy Channel version...
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« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2005, 10:19:27 PM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jul 18 2005, 09:17 PM\'][quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jul 18 2005, 09:14 PM\']I'll take Ben Stein.  ("Turn Ben Stein On" wasn't a game show.)
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The Comedy Central version wasn't...then there was the Playboy Channel version...
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Which you've only seen via tape trades.  Is it getting warm in here?  :)

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« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2005, 10:20:21 PM »
[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Jul 18 2005, 06:51 PM\']How about that Blake Emmons?
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Ah, Blakey Poo. Poor man. Any of our Canadian friends know what that chap is up to these days?
To mention someone not mentioned, I really enjoyed Al DuBois. During Bumper Stumpers, I'd play the Al DuBois Drinking Game. Every time he said, "Good stuff", down went a Michelob.
For the sake of this poll, I trust non-televised pilots do not count, yes?
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« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2005, 10:50:07 PM »
I second my vote for Kevin O'Connell, though I haven't seen any of the pilots he did.  On "Go," he was comfortable around the celebrities, while at the same time kept the game moving (and entertaining).

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