Author Topic: Hollywood Squares question (Read 5214 times)

bulldog_06 · « **on:** November 11, 2005, 04:30:23 AM »

Check the website, and take a look at the bottom:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Marshal...me_show_host%29

A movie about Squares and a new revival of Squares, that would be very nice. The original master back in action!

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2005, 04:51:45 AM »

A movie doesn't make him an "active game show host".

This doesn't seem plausable...I'm sure someone here would have heard about it. Keep in mind I could type in an entry about myself on Wikipedia, and say I have a 15-inch schlong.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #2 on:** November 11, 2005, 10:53:48 AM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Nov 11 2005, 05:51 AM\']A movie doesn't make him an "active game show host".[/quote]
Pay more attention. The listing said there was talk of a movie AND a new series.
[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Nov 11 2005, 05:51 AM\']This doesn't seem plausable...I'm sure someone here would have heard about it. Keep in mind I could type in an entry about myself on Wikipedia, and say I have a 15-inch schlong.[/quote]
I use Wikipedia a lot, and given its open nature, I'm surprised there aren't more...uh..."15-inch-schlong" listings. Still, this thing about Marshall doesn't make a lot of sense. What's likely is that Marshall himself has said he'd like to do a new version and no one's taken it seriously except the author of the Wiki article (who's clearly a fan, if not an insider). Marshall once announced on his website that he'd be doing a stage version of the show with some of his old regulars, and that appears not to have gone anywhere either.

The Pyramids · « **Reply #3 on:** November 11, 2005, 11:01:03 AM »

If something sounds too good to be true...you know the rest.

I would like to see those 'In Living Color' sketches though.

uncamark · « **Reply #4 on:** November 11, 2005, 12:16:13 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Nov 11 2005, 09:53 AM\'][quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Nov 11 2005, 05:51 AM\']A movie doesn't make him an "active game show host".[/quote]
Pay more attention. The listing said there was talk of a movie AND a new series.
[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Nov 11 2005, 05:51 AM\']This doesn't seem plausable...I'm sure someone here would have heard about it. Keep in mind I could type in an entry about myself on Wikipedia, and say I have a 15-inch schlong.[/quote]
I use Wikipedia a lot, and given its open nature, I'm surprised there aren't more...uh..."15-inch-schlong" listings. Still, this thing about Marshall doesn't make a lot of sense. What's likely is that Marshall himself has said he'd like to do a new version and no one's taken it seriously except the author of the Wiki article (who's clearly a fan, if not an insider). Marshall once announced on his website that he'd be doing a stage version of the show with some of his old regulars, and that appears not to have gone anywhere either.

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In my other life, I use Wikipedia frequently and have noticed that, depending on the topic, errors or bull do seem to get noticed and taken off. A game show host may be another story.

I've also noted that the Wikipedia people tend to swarm on vanity entries quite quickly and get them off, so Mark's 15-inch schlong may not, excuse the expression, stay up that long.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 11, 2005, 12:27:35 PM »

[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Nov 11 2005, 12:16 PM\']I've also noted that the Wikipedia people tend to swarm on vanity entries quite quickly and get them off, so Mark's 15-inch schlong may not, excuse the expression, stay up that long.
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So....how is the "Quizbusters" entry still up there?

Please...don't ban me.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #6 on:** November 11, 2005, 12:51:08 PM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Nov 11 2005, 01:27 PM\'][quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Nov 11 2005, 12:16 PM\']I've also noted that the Wikipedia people tend to swarm on vanity entries quite quickly and get them off, so Mark's 15-inch schlong may not, excuse the expression, stay up that long.
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So....how is the "Quizbusters" entry still up there?

Please...don't ban me.[/quote]
Please...don't share any more about your schlong.

Meanwhile, I was highly amused to see the QuizBusters entry, but I'm not the responsible party. I touched up the Bill Cullen bio that was already there, and I added a couple of small listings for his shows, but that's been about my only contribution to WikiWorld. Our producer didn't even know what Wikipedia is, and I doubt anybody else at the station would care about us and not the public affairs series that doesn't have its own page.

So I'm baffled. Baffle, by the way, doesn't have its own page either.

clemon79 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 11, 2005, 12:59:22 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Nov 11 2005, 09:51 AM\']So I'm baffled. Baffle, by the way, doesn't have its own page either.

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There's always Bo Bielefeldt.

Oh, wait, the information in that article was accurate.

Steve McClellan · « **Reply #8 on:** November 11, 2005, 02:32:22 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Nov 11 2005, 09:51 AM\']I was highly amused to see the QuizBusters entry, but I'm not the responsible party.[/quote]
Obviously not. I had to go in and make a fix: in the Pop Quiz, the contestants are given two, three, or four letters.

Fedya · « **Reply #9 on:** November 11, 2005, 09:51:54 PM »

I think this is the Peter Marshall biopic.

ChuckNet · « **Reply #10 on:** November 11, 2005, 10:07:03 PM »

Mark, do you have to be such a prick? <ducking>

Chuck Donegan (The Comedic "Chuckie Baby")

uncamark · « **Reply #11 on:** November 14, 2005, 12:15:32 PM »

[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Nov 11 2005, 08:51 PM\']I think this is the Peter Marshall biopic.

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Wrong Peter Marshall--but along with that other Bill Cullen, guaranteed to cause confusion for game show fans at eBay.

And not only is "Baffle" not wiki-ed, neither is "Bible Baffle" or "PDQ" as a game show.

ChuckNet · « **Reply #12 on:** November 14, 2005, 09:58:01 PM »

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Wrong Peter Marshall--but along with that other Bill Cullen, guaranteed to cause confusion for game show fans at eBay.

To make matters worse, there's also a Peter Marshall in the UK...ironically, however, he's also a GS host and helmed a late 80s revival of $otC over there.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #13 on:** November 15, 2005, 08:58:27 AM »

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To make matters worse, there's also a Peter Marshall in the UK...ironically, however, he's also a GS host and helmed a late 80s revival of $otC over there.

It's too bad that Peter wasn't asked to host "Celebrity Squares" instead of Bob Monkhouse!

ChuckNet · « **Reply #14 on:** November 15, 2005, 06:48:15 PM »

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It's too bad that Peter wasn't asked to host "Celebrity Squares" instead of Bob Monkhouse!

LOL...then they could've kept the "w/Peter Marshall" tag on the mid-70s Ideal game, a near-exact duplicate of which was released across the pond for their version, the only changes being in the title and the host pictured on the cover.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")