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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: tpirfan28 on January 29, 2007, 12:54:14 PM
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BuzzerBlog has reported that Rossi Morreale (http://\"http://www.rossimorreale.com/\") will host "Temptation(s)". The link is to his personal site...there is no Wiki.
I've never heard of the guy...this could be interesting.
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'144824\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 09:54 AM\']
I've never heard of the guy...this could be interesting.
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In the same way that Dennis Wolfberg found a rigid colonscopy to be interesting, sure.
/RIP Dennis
//can't Alex pimp his own site just fine?
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'144824\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 09:54 AM\']BuzzerBlog has reported that Rossi Morreale (http://\"http://www.rossimorreale.com/\") will host "Temptation(s)". The link is to his personal site...there is no Wiki.
I've never heard of the guy...this could be interesting.[/quote]Interesting in the Chinese curse way? Absolutely. Interesting as in actually developing interest in the show? Nuh-uh.
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I'm really hoping that when hiring for a new game show host, looks is not priority 1 or 2. Do we now have to watch EXTRA or TBS Weekend to see this guy's ability?
Well if I cannot be the host, I can at least try to become a question writer. Does anyone know the address for the LA offices of FreMantle.
/How are the questions going Matt?
//Ladies and gentlemen, I just killed the slashie fad.
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Can we wait until the show airs and then bash the host? What if he turns out to be halfway decent? Judging a book by its cover and all...
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'144844\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 02:02 PM\']
Can we wait until the show airs and then bash the host? What if he turns out to be halfway decent? Judging a book by its cover and all...
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I will readily admit that my first reaction upon reading the host's name was to ask why Steve Rossi was being dragged out of retirement, and that my second was to ask if that was the new dessert I tried last week. But both reactions can be readily attributed to a severe migraine, and neither says a thing about Rossi Morreales himself or how good or bad he is.
Mike's right -- let's give the host, and the show, a chance.
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'144844\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 02:02 PM\']
Can we wait until the show airs and then bash the host? What if he turns out to be halfway decent? Judging a book by its cover and all...
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'144845\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 02:08 PM\']
Mike's right -- let's give the host, and the show, a chance.
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You do have a chance...he is a part of TBS's "weekend extra" (http://\"http://tbs.com/movies/weekendextra/\") movie set. This weekend's movie is "Father of the Bride", with a start time of 3:50pm Saturday. I've never seen the "weekend extra" setup, but if you want to see him, I'd turn in at 3:30p, because I find it really odd that a show would start at 3:50.
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'144845\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 11:08 AM\']
Mike's right -- let's give the host, and the show, a chance.
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Oh, I'll give him a chance, all I've said is that my hopes for the show the way it's meant to be done are significantly lower. I'd be pleased to be proven wrong.
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'144850\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 02:22 PM\']
You do have a chance...he is a part of TBS's "weekend extra" (http://\"http://tbs.com/movies/weekendextra/\") movie set. This weekend's movie is "Father of the Bride", with a start time of 3:50pm Saturday. I've never seen the "weekend extra" setup, but if you want to see him, I'd turn in at 3:30p, because I find it really odd that a show would start at 3:50.
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Then you don't know TBS that well, do you?
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'144850\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 01:22 PM\']
I've never seen the "weekend extra" setup, but if you want to see him, I'd turn in at 3:30p, because I find it really odd that a show would start at 3:50.
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TBS has, from almost the very beginning, started its programs at odd times. This is nothing unusual. In the 80s their shows always started at :05 and :35 past the hour.
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[quote name=\'isucgv\' post=\'144897\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 06:55 PM\']
TBS has, from almost the very beginning, started its programs at odd times. This is nothing unusual. In the 80s their shows always started at :05 and :35 past the hour.
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It's kinda odd that they still do this, considering how irrelevant print TV listing are getting these days....
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'144899\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 09:15 PM\']
[quote name=\'isucgv\' post=\'144897\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 06:55 PM\']
TBS has, from almost the very beginning, started its programs at odd times. This is nothing unusual. In the 80s their shows always started at :05 and :35 past the hour.
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It's kinda odd that they still do this, considering how irrelevant print TV listing are getting these days....
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Didn't they stop this practice in the late 90's, only allowing for movies or baseball games [on the Superstation at least] to run extra, and the next movie to run afterwards [if not concurrently while the credits are running]?
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[quote name=\'Strikerz04\' post=\'144900\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 07:21 PM\']
Didn't they stop this practice in the late 90's, only allowing for movies or baseball games [on the Superstation at least] to run extra, and the next movie to run afterwards [if not concurrently while the credits are running]?
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No clue. I turn on TBS maybe twice a year, and usually when they have a basketball game I'm interested in. Which is _also_ very rare anymore. (Do they even still _have_ basketball?)
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No clue. I turn on TBS maybe twice a year, and usually when they have a basketball game I'm interested in. Which is _also_ very rare anymore. (Do they even still _have_ basketball?)
I haven't seen a basketball game on there in a long time...however, they have started showing college football games. All of the NBA games Turner shows have been relegated to TNT (Thursdays). It's been that way for at least two, maybe three, years now.
ObGS: TBS showed Starcade in 1982...:)
Anthony
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Come on Chris...Jordana Spiro has to be another reason to tune to TBS. She's the only reason I tune in. :)
Here's hoping that Temptation succeeds...just like season 36 of TPIR, I will keep an open mind on the host.
The Inquisitive One
/Jordana's on "My Boys," Tuesdays at 9.
//Cut me some slack, this is my first time doing this.
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BuzzerBlog has reported that Rossi Morreale will host "Temptation(s)".
Nuts...there went my dreams that the great Jim Perry would come out of retirement...:(.
However, I'm going to be optimistic here and hope that the host can at least competently read questions. If he can do that, I'll be happy. I think it's interesting that they're going with a relatively unknown personality here, especially with the trend to hire people already well-established in show business.
Hey; it could be worse..."And now, here's the star of Temptation: Louie Anderson!"
(shudder) I shouldn't have even suggested that; I hope Fremantle isn't reading this!
Anthony
P.S. Does anybody know if there were other names being tossed about for host?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'144899\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 10:15 PM\']It's kinda odd that they still do this, considering how irrelevant print TV listing are getting these days....[/quote]
They don't anymore (as a quick check of TiVo could tell you) and to the best of my knowledge they haven't in a very long time. Wiki says they stopped using "Turner Time" in 1997, for whatever that's worth.
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[quote name=\'beatlefreak84\' post=\'144908\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 10:54 PM\']
Hey; it could be worse..."And now, here's the star of Temptation: Louie Anderson Richard Karn!"
(shudder) I shouldn't have even suggested that; I hope Fremantle isn't reading this!
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There, fixed that for ya. :)
/if that happened....
//could be Dave Price too...
///my aching head...
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[quote name=\'beatlefreak84\' post=\'144904\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 10:49 PM\']
No clue. I turn on TBS maybe twice a year, and usually when they have a basketball game I'm interested in. Which is _also_ very rare anymore. (Do they even still _have_ basketball?)
I haven't seen a basketball game on there in a long time...however, they have started showing college football games. All of the NBA games Turner shows have been relegated to TNT (Thursdays). It's been that way for at least two, maybe three, years now.
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And the only time you'd ever see an NBA game on TBS nowadays would be if one of the TNT games was in a severe overrun (which actually happened last playoffs)...and even then it would only be for a second.
/Bring back Becker, TBS
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Well, he has experience behind a camera, at least, and he's easy on the eyes. I'm a little worried, though, about how most of his stuff seems to have a slant towards the male 18-34 demo--something that I doubt Temptation's target will be. Of course, that might be Fremantle's grand scheme. Who knows?
I'm sure it could have been worse. It probably could have been better. We'll just have to wait and see. At least he'll be the best-looking host on television.
/Pat O'Brien, meet your match
//I hear he's pretty good.
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Okay, what in the holy CRAP are the so-called "geniuses" at Fremantle thinking? A guy who host movies on TBS and Foody Call on Style Network?! They have got to be kidding me! This is just proof that Hollywood simply is relying more on looks than on experience when selecting a host. Forgive the rant, but I just can't believe the utter IGNORANCE of producers that want to focus on a certain demo more that preserving the dignity of the game.
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Rossi who? The moment I saw that on Alex's site I was like WTF is Freemantle doing? As far as I'm concerned, they already have one strike against them right there. Couldn't they at least offered it to the host of the Aussie version? I guess he wasn't mentioned as a "possible" canidate. But, as Mike mentioned eerlier, I'm willing to give him a chance. If he does well, fine. But, if he doesn't, my expectations will be lowered even further than what they are now. Let's wait & see what happens when September rolls around.
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'144844\' date=\'Jan 29 2007, 02:02 PM\']
Can we wait until the show airs and then bash the host? What if he turns out to be halfway decent? Judging a book by its cover and all...
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I'm sorry, Mike, but I must hereby reject your orders and take them as some joke coming from someone who thinks that Bill Rafferty is actually the king of game shows. I don't know him, so he'll royally suck.
On a serious note, let's just wait and see before we judge, folks.
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One encouraging sign is that they are willing to take a chance on a newcomer to game shows. As long as they don't refer to the prize area as "Temptation Island."
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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'144922\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 02:31 AM\'] Okay, what in the holy CRAP are the so-called "geniuses" at Fremantle thinking? A guy who host movies on TBS and Foody Call on Style Network?! They have got to be kidding me! This is just proof that Hollywood simply is relying more on looks than on experience when selecting a host. Forgive the rant, but I just can't believe the utter IGNORANCE of producers that want to focus on a certain demo more that preserving the dignity of the game. [/quote]
You're kidding? They got that guy from 'Truth or Consequences' to host the new Price is Right? They have got to be kidding me! What is that so-called "genius" Mark Goodson thinking? When they could have had Bill Cullen? Forgive the rant, but I can't believe the utter IGNORANCE of producers that want to focus on a certain demo more than preserving the dignity of the game.
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Damn, my brain's been on slow for a few days.
Rossi was/is a co-host of "Instant Beauty Pageant" on Style with Debbie Matenopoulos (is it even still in production?). He wasn't bad on that show, but I wonder how working on that show would prepare him for "Temptation".
And, no, this isn't quite the same thing as hiring the guy from "Truth Or Consequences" to host "The Price Is Right". At least that guy had a lot of hosting experience coming into the job. Rossi has zilch.
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[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' post=\'144931\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 06:35 AM\']
Damn, my brain's been on slow for a few days.
Rossi was/is a co-host of "Instant Beauty Pageant" on Style with Debbie Matenopoulos (is it even still in production?). He wasn't bad on that show, but I wonder how working on that show would prepare him for "Temptation".
And, no, this isn't quite the same thing as hiring the guy from "Truth Or Consequences" to host "The Price Is Right". At least that guy had a lot of hosting experience coming into the job. Rossi has zilch.
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I think part of what the good doctor is trying to say in different terms is stop bitching (not just you) about this host until we actually, you know, SEE THE SHOW. Y'all would have bitched about a midwestern weatherman trying to take over Chuck Woolery's place on Wheel of Fortune.
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[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' post=\'144931\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 07:35 AM\']
Damn, my brain's been on slow for a few days.
And, no, this isn't quite the same thing as hiring the guy from "Truth Or Consequences" to host "The Price Is Right". At least that guy had a lot of hosting experience coming into the job. Rossi has zilch.[/quote]
You might want to check the setting on your brain again. "That guy" from Truth or Consequences had practically no TV experience outside that one show when he was picked to host TPIR. Rossi, as this thread has pointed out, has a lot of TV credits. True, none of them are very high-profile, but to say theat Barker had "a lot of experience" and that Rossi has "zilch" is patently false.
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I know what you're trying to say. But if we were strictly looking at game show credits, and took into account Bob's 18 year run on TorC (2 years simultaneous with TPIR), and compared it against Rossi, I'd say I'd have a case. And with "Temptation" being a completely different animal from anything else Rossi has done, as well as being a lot more serious game show, I don't hold out much hope at this time. That may change. But I feel putting an absolute game show host novice may not work in this case.
Now before anyone goes postal on me, yes, yes, I know about Karn. But the "Feud" isn't quite as serious a game as "Temptation" is (in fact, it's nowhere near serious.)
So while I hope he can pull it off, I just don't see this working out.
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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'144922\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 03:31 AM\']
Okay, what in the holy CRAP are the so-called "geniuses" at Fremantle thinking? A guy who host movies on TBS and Foody Call on Style Network?! They have got to be kidding me! This is just proof that Hollywood simply is relying more on looks than on experience when selecting a host. Forgive the rant, but I just can't believe the utter IGNORANCE of producers that want to focus on a certain demo more that preserving the dignity of the game.
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Calm down, you're looking like a fanb0i. And honestly, you're casting stones before he even hosts the show. Honestly, that's quite ignorant as well.
Look, I'm not fond of the guy's resume, but he could be one of the better hosts we've seen. Mandel and Saget, and to a lesser extent, Osmond* were pleasant surprises. This guy could be more than just a pretty face. And honestly, a lot of MyNetwork stations are getting this show. MNTV's lineup right now is primetime soaps featuring actors who look like Rossi. MNTV is likely trying to court that same audience. You really think they'd drag a 60-something Jim Perry out of retirement for this?
Just because the producers wanted someone young and handsome, it doesn't mean he's gonna pull a Dylan Lane, so step back in off the window ledge and calm down.
*Osmond could've toned it down a bit, tho.
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Calm down, you're looking like a fanb0i. And honestly, you're casting stones before he even hosts the show. Honestly, that's quite ignorant as well.
Look, I'm not fond of the guy's resume, but he could be one of the better hosts we've seen. Mandel and Saget, and to a lesser extent, Osmond were pleasant surprises.
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You're right, you're right. I shouldn't judge a book by its cover. I just feel a little upset because they somehow didn't consider somebody with more experience.
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This guy could be more than just a pretty face. And honestly, a lot of MyNetwork stations are getting this show. MNTV's lineup right now is primetime soaps featuring actors who look like Rossi. MNTV is likely trying to court that same audience.
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What lousy reasoning! I would rather fail with a successful international format hosted by an experienced host with at least some sort of broadcast work on his resume that succeed with one emceed by a pretty-boy former athlete.
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You really think they'd drag a 60-something Jim Perry out of retirement for this?
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Not really, but I still think Todd Newton should have at least had a chance to host a pilot.
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Just because the producers wanted someone young and handsome, it doesn't mean he's gonna pull a Dylan Lane, so step back in off the window ledge and calm down.
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I still predict he's going to fall flat on his face, but I'll tune in for a brief period to see how he does.
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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'144952\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 02:32 PM\']
I still predict he's going to fall flat on his face, but I'll tune in for a brief period to see how he does.
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Do you think he'll STINK MAJOR BOOTY?! (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=12192&st=15&p=143563&#entry143563\")
-Joe R.
/Sorry for my strong language.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'144969\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 04:45 PM\']
Do you think he'll STINK MAJOR BOOTY?! (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=12192&st=15&p=143563&#entry143563\")
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Dude, at least get the quote right.
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Didn't I see Stink Major Booty on Yo! MTV Raps?
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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'144952\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 12:32 PM\']Not really, but I still think Todd Newton should have at least had a chance to host a pilot.[/quote]I'll be honest, I thought you were a gibbering ninny long before you came here, thanks mainly to your totally broken game show revival proposals, but you're not doing yourself any favors here.
You stubbornly cling to this misguided notion that Todd Newton would be competent in the role when there is zero (and I mean zero) evidence to support that theory. Do you know something we don't? Is there some game show he hosted that the entire population of the Game Show Forum minus you have never seen? You haven't even tried to defend your position, you just say "He'd be good because I think he'd be good." Someone who got better than a 1.6 in Introduction to Logic could name the specific fallacy you're committing, but I throw my Bullpucky Beanbag and challenge your assertion.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'144989\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 11:30 PM\']
Someone who got better than a 1.6 in Introduction to Logic could name the specific fallacy you're committing, but I throw my Bullpucky Beanbag and challenge your assertion.
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Argumentum ad verecundiam, or the appeal to authority. More popularly known as the "Because I said so" fallacy. Also known as ipse dixit, from the Latin for "he himself said it".
/http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/513/themoreyouknowjg6.jpg
//aced Intro To Logic
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'144969\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 07:45 PM\']
Do you think he'll STINK MAJOR BOOTY?! (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=12192&st=15&p=143563&#entry143563\")
-Joe R.
/Sorry for my strong language.
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Ha Ha Ha. Very droll using my words against me.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'144989\' date=\'Jan 31 2007, 02:30 AM\'].
You stubbornly cling to this misguided notion that Todd Newton would be competent in the role when there is zero (and I mean zero) evidence to support that theory. Do you know something we don't? Is there some game show he hosted that the entire population of the Game Show Forum minus you have never seen? You haven't even tried to defend your position, you just say "He'd be good because I think he'd be good." Someone who got better than a 1.6 in Introduction to Logic could name the specific fallacy you're committing, but I throw my Bullpucky Beanbag and challenge your assertion.
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You want backup evidence? All righty then, here it is.... (exhaling deeply)
I just felt that since Todd was so good at doing those "take it or leave it" deliveries that he did on Hollywood Showdown's Box Office round a long while back, maybe he could handle the Instant Bargains on Temptation just as well. As for the handling of the questions during the Speed Round, maybe if he worked on it hard enough he could be a more-than-decent host. I also figured that since the stars of the other international versions of Temptation have had some broadcasting (radio AND television) experience, maybe Fremantle would have taken that into consideration in their selection instead of hiring somebody who's only had nothing more than a few low-rent cable reality shows and a college football career to his name.
Also, Todd does have that distinctive voice for radio and, I might point out, also hosted another game show revival (Whammy!).
And FYI, I have seen his work on E! in addition to both of the game shows he hosted; his audio/video resume on his website has also been taken into consideration.
So there we are. I believe this is the best defense that I can come up with without sounding like (as you so eloquently referred to me, Mr. Travis) "a gibbering ninny."
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And it still fails, since nowhere in there have you explained how Todd Newton would suddenly turn into a good reader.
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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'145096\' date=\'Feb 1 2007, 11:21 PM\']
As for the handling of the questions during the Speed Round, maybe if he worked on it hard enough he could be a more-than-decent host.[/quote]
So you're admitting that the guy you want to host the show can't handle what is a fairly important part of the show, and you have absolutely no idea whether or not he could, but because "maybe" he could do so he should be picked?
[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'145096\' date=\'Feb 1 2007, 11:21 PM\']
Also, Todd does have that distinctive voice for radio and, I might point out, also hosted another game show revival (Whammy!).
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Hey, David Sparks hosted the revival of Cross-Wits. Let's get him to host.
Your post isn't "backup evidence," it's a bunch of "maybe"s, "possibly"s and assorted irrelevancies. You'd be much better off if you'd simply admit that your real reason is "I want Todd Newton 'cuz," rather than continuing to try to defend it beyond that.
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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'145096\' date=\'Feb 1 2007, 11:21 PM\']
I just felt that since Todd was so good at doing those "take it or leave it" deliveries that he did on Hollywood Showdown's Box Office round a long while back, maybe he could handle the Instant Bargains on Temptation just as well.[/quote]
Do you know how many game shows, past and present, use a "take it or leave it" element?! Most Barry-Enright bonus games, LMaD, D/ND, some TPiR games, Millionaire, and many more use that. By your logic, we could get Barker, Mandel, Viera, or better yet, let's dig up Jack Barry! Be sure to put him in an open-collar suit like all the cool kids are wearing! Your argument holds water like an 80-year-old man in Depends.
Also, Todd does have that distinctive voice for radio and, I might point out, also hosted another game show revival (Whammy!).
And he yelled. A lot. I can see the Fame Game now. "$25!!!!11!1!" I liked him on HoSho, but this is not his speed. He'd do well on a looser-structered type of show.
/Heh. I said loose.
//{Sean Connery}He'd do well on your mother, Trebek...she's loose!{/SC}
///one 'M'
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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'144952\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 02:32 PM\'] I would rather fail with a successful international format hosted by an experienced host with at least some sort of broadcast work on his resume that succeed with one emceed by a pretty-boy former athlete.
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That's exactly why you're not a network executive.
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[quote name=\'tomobrien\' post=\'145101\' date=\'Feb 1 2007, 10:00 PM\']
[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'144952\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 02:32 PM\'] I would rather fail with a successful international format hosted by an experienced host with at least some sort of broadcast work on his resume that succeed with one emceed by a pretty-boy former athlete.
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That's exactly why you're not a network executive.
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Bravo. Bravissimo.
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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'145096\' date=\'Feb 1 2007, 08:21 PM\'] Also, Todd does have that distinctive voice for radio and, I might point out, also hosted another game show revival (Whammy!).[/quote]That "voice for radio" is the voice of that annoying guy on the RAWK 99.9 station who will Not Shut Up And Just Play the Damn Music. Todd was playing the role of "Game Show Host" on what was very clearly a parody of the genre as a whole. Almost everyone here saw that show for what it was. Almost everyone.
So there we are. I believe this is the best defense that I can come up with without sounding like (as you so eloquently referred to me, Mr. Travis) "a gibbering ninny."
You know how the truth is a valid defense against slander/libel? I hold the truth. I am more than happy to continue "sparring" with you, because I have all of the cards. ALL of them. You have zero ammunition, which no fewer than (what are we up to? Five?) five different people have told right to your face. But you keep tilting at windmills, and just like in the great story of Alonso Quixano, the windmill will kick ass every time. If there's anything I like more than making foolish people look or sound completely ridiculous, I haven't found it yet. But then again, I'm young yet. I have plenty of time.
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'145100\' date=\'Feb 1 2007, 09:16 PM\']Your argument holds water like an 80-year-old man in Depends.[/quote] That was so very very uncalled for. But I laughed. : ) I actually LOL'd. So you're off the hook.
And he yelled. A lot. I can see the Fame Game now. "$25!!!!11!1!" I liked him on HoSho, but this is not his speed. He'd do well on a looser-structered type of show.
Quoted for extreme amounts of overwhelming truthiness. Maurice? Step up to the bar and have a nice tall glass of the Truth. Newton is not the man for the job.
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I guess we really don't have a choice but to give the new guy a chance, do we? The game show genre is just starting to grow again, and we're dealing with a game that has not been on TV for nearly 20 years. We don't have a stable group of hosts to choose from, unlike the '70s or '80s, when you could easily find someone who had some sort of game show hosting experience. We have to deal with a whole new crop of candidates.
[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'144952\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 02:32 PM\'] I would rather fail with a successful international format hosted by an experienced host with at least some sort of broadcast work on his resume that succeed with one emceed by a pretty-boy former athlete.
[/quote]A 40-50 year old man on a network full of 25 year olds? Doesn't add up, man. The "experience before looks" era of television has been long dead.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'144943\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 01:15 PM\']
MNTV's lineup right now is primetime soaps featuring actors who look like Rossi. MNTV is likely trying to court that same audience . . . Just because the producers wanted someone young and handsome, it doesn't mean he's gonna pull a Dylan Lane, so step back in off the window ledge and calm down. [/quote]
Hmm. I can see the logic here, but I really don't think that Temptations is 18-34 material. Before the rampant dogmatism, I believe I stated that this show would skew older, perhaps towards the Female 25-49. If that's the people who are watching the telenovelas, then bully for MNTV.
In reply to rollercoaster's post, while employing a 40-year-old host may not be good business strategy, I'd rather take someone 5-10 years older (though not in apparent age) if he's got more experience. If the people at Fremantle were thinking the same thing, perhaps that's how Rossi got the job. Having a resumé longer than your tie isn't a bad thing.
As much as I would've liked a Jim Perry-esque character as host, the chips fell the way the did and I'm willing to accept that.
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[quote name=\'tomobrien\' post=\'145101\' date=\'Feb 2 2007, 01:00 AM\']
[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'144952\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 02:32 PM\'] I would rather fail with a successful international format hosted by an experienced host with at least some sort of broadcast work on his resume that succeed with one emceed by a pretty-boy former athlete.
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That's exactly why you're not a network executive.
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You never know... if Thad Dixon were to start a network, he'd need a second-in-command with similarly warped priorities. ;-)
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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'144922\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 03:31 AM\']
Okay, what in the holy CRAP are the so-called "geniuses" at Fremantle thinking? A guy who host movies on TBS and Foody Call on Style Network?! They have got to be kidding me! This is just proof that Hollywood simply is relying more on looks than on experience when selecting a host. Forgive the rant, but I just can't believe the utter IGNORANCE of producers that want to focus on a certain demo more that preserving the dignity of the game.
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The places where today's game show hosts are getting their "experience" (such as it is) are changing. The old wave of hosts came from radio. Barker, Lange, Eubanks, even someone as relatively recent as Sajak, all cut their teeth pulling four-or-five hour airshifts for years.
Now today's hosts are coming from these cheaply produced cable TV shows which maybe produce 40 episodes or so in about two weeks. Or maybe they're actors looking for a paycheck to tide them over until The Big Role comes. And, as such, they don't have the "people experience" that yesterday's disk jockeys had. Furthermore, the formats of these shows have evolved over the years to a point where we could care less about the contestants, because the hosts certainly don't.
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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'144952\' date=\'Jan 30 2007, 02:32 PM\']I would rather fail with a successful international format hosted by an experienced host with at least some sort of broadcast work on his resume that succeed with one emceed by a pretty-boy former athlete.[/quote]
You lost the microscopic smidgen of confidence I had in you with the fourth word in this statement.
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'145139\' date=\'Feb 2 2007, 02:57 PM\']
You lost the microscopic smidgen of confidence I had in you with the fourth word in this statement.
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If you were familiar with his other work, you wouldn't even have had that.
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Because of the bitter cold temperatures in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, I am now probably one of the nine people watching "Father of the Bride" (1990) on TBS. Could someone give me the address of FreMantle's Los Angeles office because I will be walking in with thinking "who the hell hires the people" and thinking heck If he can be hired to host a game show, I could be as well. We should amount an effort to find Rossi's address and send him tapes of the Perry $ale of the Century. The revolution starts now.
(Parts of this passage contain sarcasm)
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[quote name=\'rebelwrest\' post=\'145195\' date=\'Feb 3 2007, 06:10 PM\']
Because of the bitter cold temperatures in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, I am now probably one of the nine people watching "Father of the Bride" (1990) on TBS. Could someone give me the address of FreMantle's Los Angeles office because I will be walking in with thinking "who the hell hires the people" and thinking heck If he can be hired to host a game show, I could be as well. We should amount an effort to find Rossi's address and send him tapes of the Perry $ale of the Century. The revolution starts now.
(Parts of this passage contain sarcasm)
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Wow.
(not referencing the hosting choice...the post itself.)
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[quote name=\'rebelwrest\' post=\'145195\' date=\'Feb 3 2007, 06:10 PM\']
Because of the bitter cold temperatures in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, I am now probably one of the nine people watching "Father of the Bride" (1990) on TBS. Could someone give me the address of FreMantle's Los Angeles office because I will be walking in with thinking "who the hell hires the people" and thinking heck If he can be hired to host a game show, I could be as well. We should amount an effort to find Rossi's address and send him tapes of the Perry $ale of the Century. The revolution starts now.
(Parts of this passage contain sarcasm)
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At what point during the calendar year do you realize that you're not funny? Or witty? Or humorous? Have we reached that day yet?
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[quote name=\'rebelwrest\' post=\'145195\' date=\'Feb 3 2007, 05:10 PM\']
Because of the bitter cold temperatures in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, I am now probably one of the nine people watching "Father of the Bride" (1990) on TBS. Could someone give me the address of FreMantle's Los Angeles office because I will be walking in with thinking "who the hell hires the people" and thinking heck If he can be hired to host a game show, I could be as well. We should amount an effort to find Rossi's address and send him tapes of the Perry $ale of the Century. The revolution starts now.
(Parts of this passage contain sarcasm)
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Permission to use "Magical", sirs?
-Joe R.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'145204\' date=\'Feb 3 2007, 08:30 PM\']
Permission to use "Magical", sirs?
-Joe R.
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The rights to that are $1,250...but I'll sell it to you for $9. :)
/TTD '90 room for me
//or what I will be posting in the "GS Internet Find" topic soon.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'145204\' date=\'Feb 3 2007, 05:30 PM\']
Permission to use "Magical", sirs?
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Oh, granted, I assure you.
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'145206\' date=\'Feb 3 2007, 08:42 PM\']
[quote name=\'JRaygor\' post=\'145204\' date=\'Feb 3 2007, 08:30 PM\']
Permission to use "Magical", sirs?
-Joe R.
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The rights to that are $1,250...but I'll sell it to you for $9. :)
/TTD '90 room for me
//or what I will be posting in the "GS Internet Find" topic soon.
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I'll join you in a few minutes, but I warn you that some forum members will put a padlock on the door after I enter. I'm still trying to figure out why I wrote that.
/cause you're not funny
//cause you're stupid
///the cold temperature has gotten to your brain
////cause you were watching TBS on a Saturday afternoon