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Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: Kevin Prather on September 08, 2003, 10:24:27 PM
Personally, I prefer Randy. Johnny Gilbert, IMO, is more suited for Jeopardy, or a game of J's nature. Randy's voice best suits SS, i think.

Opinions?
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: J.R. on September 08, 2003, 10:35:34 PM
Randy. If I say you were the best announcer on \"SS\". Will you say: \"Joe Raygor, Come on down ! You're the next contestant on The Price is Right !\" ?

Seriously, I say they're both equally good.
-Joe R.
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on September 08, 2003, 11:21:36 PM
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Sep 8 2003, 09:24 PM\'] Personally, I prefer Randy. Johnny Gilbert, IMO, is more suited for Jeopardy, or a game of J's nature. Randy's voice best suits SS, i think.

Opinions? [/quote]
 Are you deliberitly trying to raise some kind of ruckus?
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: LA the DJ on September 09, 2003, 12:02:58 AM
I hope nobody is going to raise Ruckus. Let it stay dead :-D

In all seriousness, what a loaded question this is.
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: chris319 on September 09, 2003, 01:37:43 AM
Randy did a much better job of announcing Supermarket Sweep than Gene Wood ever did, yessiree Bob.
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: WhammyPower on September 09, 2003, 12:43:08 PM
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Sep 9 2003, 12:37 AM\'] Randy did a much better job of announcing Supermarket Sweep than Gene Wood ever did, yessiree Bob. [/quote]
 Gene Wood?  That's like saying Charlie O'Donnell announced \"Twenty-One.\"
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: Brandon Brooks on September 09, 2003, 01:46:10 PM
[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' date=\'Sep 9 2003, 11:43 AM\'] Gene Wood?  That's like saying Charlie O'Donnell announced "Twenty-One." [/quote]
 Chris' comment sailed over your head, I see.

Brandon Brooks
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: MyCapableAssistant on September 09, 2003, 11:35:17 PM
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Sep 8 2003, 08:24 PM\']Personally, I prefer Randy. Johnny Gilbert, IMO, is more suited for Jeopardy, or a game of J's nature. Randy's voice best suits SS, i think.

Opinions?[/quote]
My vote goes to Mr. West.. for not just the SS
game show.. but for whichever game show is
in need of a GOOD announcer!

I think Randy has a VERY enjoyable, easy, and
\"fun to listen to\" voice. He's the kinda announcer
that \"makes you feel at home\" when you're listening to
him.
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: inturnaround on September 09, 2003, 11:44:25 PM
I'd liken it to ice cream. Some days I want chocolate, other days I want strawberry. It doesn't mean one is better than the other.

I'll leave it to you to decide which one is the chocolate and which one is strawberry.

(This metaphor works equally well in french vanilla and rocky road versions)
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: clemon79 on September 09, 2003, 11:56:19 PM
[quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Sep 9 2003, 08:44 PM\'] I'd liken it to ice cream. Some days I want chocolate, other days I want strawberry. It doesn't mean one is better than the other.

I'll leave it to you to decide which one is the chocolate and which one is strawberry. [/quote]
That said, you'd have to be a pretty big twit to ask people what they thought of Peanut Butter & Chocolate when Mr. Reese is in the room, know what I mean?
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: chris319 on September 10, 2003, 02:30:46 AM
Johnny West or Randy Gilbert, it's tough to choose between them.
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on September 10, 2003, 03:28:18 AM
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Sep 10 2003, 01:30 AM\'] Johnny West or Randy Gilbert, it's tough to choose between them. [/quote]
 Johnny West...didn't he have a hit country single in 1954 called \"The Meat Counter\"? :)
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: tvrandywest on September 10, 2003, 12:58:22 PM
Johnny West is actually a disc jockey on the legendary (and fictional) WVWA, known affectionately to its audience simply as \"NINE!\".

Click and hear the celebrated story of \"NINE!\" from 1974, and the behind-the-scenes insanity of it's FM sister \"NINETY NINE!\" created 25 years later. If you don't find pant-wetting amusement in these spoofs from a game show announcer and his oldest, most whacked friends, your name will be called to \"come on down\" at the next tape date of TPIR........ (in rehearsal only).

http://www.reelradio.com/99/index.html (http://\"http://www.reelradio.com/99/index.html\")

The original \"NINE!\" is at the bottom of this link which primarily celebrates the silver anniversary creation of \"NINETY NINE!\"  A little OT? It will be forgotten with your second laugh         ;-)
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: Jimmy Owen on September 10, 2003, 03:37:41 PM
But Randy, you dodged the question.  Who is the better Market Sweep announcer?
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: tvrandywest on September 10, 2003, 04:42:24 PM
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Sep 10 2003, 02:37 PM\'] But Randy, you dodged the question.  Who is the better Market Sweep announcer? [/quote]
 Seeming how it's so rare that I don't shoot off my mouth with something that I later regret, I was actually enjoying my silence  ;-)
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: clemon79 on September 10, 2003, 04:42:28 PM
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Sep 10 2003, 12:37 PM\'] But Randy, you dodged the question.  Who is the better Market Sweep announcer? [/quote]
 Tell me you're joking.
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: GS Warehouse on September 10, 2003, 05:17:02 PM
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 10 2003, 03:42 PM\'] [quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Sep 10 2003, 12:37 PM\'] But Randy, you dodged the question.  Who is the better Market Sweep announcer? [/quote]
Tell me you're joking. [/quote]
 My sarcasm detector is going haywire.  Asking Randy if he's a better announcer than Johnny Gilbert is like asking me whether I make better hamburgers than anyone on this group.  (BTW, I've got secret ingredients!)
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: Jimmy Owen on September 10, 2003, 06:19:44 PM
Randy, you're the best just for stopping by here and sharing your insight.  clemon, I wuz jez jokin' when I asked Randy who was the better announcer, he probably would have said Wally King or Richard Hayes.
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: tommycharles on September 11, 2003, 03:13:15 PM
I never heard Johnny doing Sweep, but I have a question: did he do the running commentary like Randy does?
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on September 11, 2003, 03:31:50 PM
[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Sep 11 2003, 02:13 PM\'] I never heard Johnny doing Sweep, but I have a question: did he do the running commentary like Randy does? [/quote]
 Yes.
Title: Randy West or Johnny Gilbert?
Post by: zachhoran on September 11, 2003, 07:48:22 PM
[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Sep 11 2003, 02:13 PM\'] I never heard Johnny doing Sweep, but I have a question: did he do the running commentary like Randy does? [/quote]
 He did the commentary for the sweeps as Randy did. They both did equally viable jobs as both Randy and Johnny are great announcers.