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The Game Show Forum => Game Show Channels & Networks => Topic started by: game show guy on March 12, 2007, 06:38:43 AM
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Well, it was another episode with Bill Cullen on the panel. Also, it featured Gary Moore as host with the "updated" blue and brown set. The date of this ep was in 1974. Yes, GSN left in the copyright date:):)
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[quote name=\'game show guy\' post=\'147846\' date=\'Mar 12 2007, 05:38 AM\']
Well, it was another episode with Bill Cullen on the panel.[/quote]
Running the count up to five consecutive weeks of "Cullen Overnight." I haven't seen the episode yet, was there anything particularly interesting or noteworthy about it?
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Yes, Bill had long hair.
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They could name this spot "The Bill Cullen Show" and have enough material for once a week airings for years..And that might not be such a bad thing..
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[quote name=\'Tim L\' post=\'147861\' date=\'Mar 12 2007, 12:30 PM\'] They could name this spot "The Bill Cullen Show" and have enough material for once a week airings for years..And that might not be such a bad thing.. [/quote]
Man...if that happened...I'd beg for GSN. And wouldn't it be closer to decades (if not a century) worth of material, once a week?
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Not sure that they should rename the slot. TIVO and your on-screen program guide would continually list that Betty Brewer and the Milton DeLugg Trio are the guests in perpetuity. :)
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'147886\' date=\'Mar 12 2007, 04:03 PM\']
Not sure that they should rename the slot. TIVO and your on-screen program guide would continually list that Betty Brewer and the Milton DeLugg Trio are the guests in perpetuity. :)[/quote]
We're here for Mogen David, and boy what a thrill!
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[quote name=\'Tim L\' post=\'147861\' date=\'Mar 12 2007, 12:30 PM\']
They could name this spot "The Bill Cullen Show" and have enough material for once a week airings for years..And that might not be such a bad thing..
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No doubt, and just from guest appearances alone. In fact, not to slight his hosting abilities, I think that's where he was so entertaining...he stole the show without upstaging the host or contestants.
/Would be a great excuse to bring back TJW!
//Don't touch the credits
///So help me, if you touch those credits...
////rackem-frackem
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For anyone interested, the central character in the first game was double agent Dusko Popov (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricycle_(spy)\"), who claimed to be Ian Fleming's inspiration for James Bond.
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[quote name=\'game show guy\' post=\'147846\' date=\'Mar 12 2007, 06:38 AM\']
The date of this ep was in 1974. Yes, GSN left in the copyright date:):)
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Not only that, they even managed to leave in a couple of fee plugs (one for Best Western hotels).
Also, Alan Alda was on the panel. And game #2 (the guy who lost all the weight and made the Guiness Book of Records for it) had a rather unexpected outcome.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'147887\' date=\'Mar 12 2007, 03:08 PM\']
We're here for Mogen David, and boy what a thrill!
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That's hilarious--what's it from? Is it a Cullen thing or a Jan Murray thing?
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[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'147953\' date=\'Mar 13 2007, 08:35 AM\']
That's hilarious--what's it from? Is it a Cullen thing or a Jan Murray thing?
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I'm pretty sure he's referring to this (http://\"http://userdata.acd.net/ottinger/cullen/shows/billshow.html\").
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'147954\' date=\'Mar 13 2007, 10:37 AM\'][quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'147953\' date=\'Mar 13 2007, 08:35 AM\']That's hilarious--what's it from? Is it a Cullen thing or a Jan Murray thing?
[/quote]I'm pretty sure he's referring to this (http://\"http://userdata.acd.net/ottinger/cullen/shows/billshow.html\").[/quote]
Even if I wasn't a Cullen fan, that song makes me giggle every time I hear it. In twenty seconds, Milt sets the stage, identifies the cast, gets in a sponsor plug and lets you know exactly what kind of show to expect. Twenty seconds. Plus he gets in a rhyme for "Delugg." Genius!
S-A-N-T-A C-L-A-U-S
Hooray for Santy Claus!
I tell you, the guy is a genius!
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'147958\' date=\'Mar 13 2007, 10:51 AM\']
S-A-N-T-A C-L-A-U-S
Hooray for Santy Claus!
I tell you, the guy is a genius!
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And in the budding of her career, Milton got to appreciate the singular talent of--Pia Zadora! Genius!
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'147958\' date=\'Mar 13 2007, 11:51 AM\']
Even if I wasn't a Cullen fan, that song makes me giggle every time I hear it. In twenty seconds, Milt sets the stage, identifies the cast, gets in a sponsor plug and lets you know exactly what kind of show to expect. Twenty seconds. Plus he gets in a rhyme for "Delugg." Genius!
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*sigh* They just don't open shows like that anymore.
The opening to radio's Stop the Music wasn't bad either.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'147958\' date=\'Mar 13 2007, 11:51 AM\']
S-A-N-T-A C-L-A-U-S
Hooray for Santy Claus!
I tell you, the guy is a genius!
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That made me laugh so hard, because I JUST watched that episode of MST3K before reading that just now. :)
It was a good episode, and all of the credits fit, for some reason! Lately GSN has been going to the infomercials in the middle of the fee plugs, or crunching the credits.
And I so wouldn't mind if Moore/Garagiola TTTT made it onto the schedule.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'147919\' date=\'Mar 12 2007, 09:49 PM\']
For anyone interested, the central character in the first game was double agent Dusko Popov (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricycle_(spy)\"), who claimed to be Ian Fleming's inspiration for James Bond.
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Since they aired a poker special on Monday to promote the DVD release of Casino Royale, my suspicion is that they aired this particular show for the same reason. Cullen's presence for a fifth consecutive week was a happy coincidence.
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There were a couple of funny things in this episode:
1.) After Garry said goodbye and the camera turned to the panel standing up, Kitty had already bolted the scene for the day. (Maybe nature was calling? or her broker?)
2.) The other three (Cullen, Cass, Alda) seemed to be having a hell fo a time getting out from behind the panel desk. For a few seconds (a longer than average goodbye shot of the panel deboarding), we got to see them struggle mightily to clear those tight chairs and reach the path behind the desk.
3.) The whole set seemed askew physically. Look at the wall behind Garry. Usually the viewer sees the white stucco strip to the far right and you never see the yellow curtain behind him. This show, the blue wall behind Garry seems too far over stage left. The side of the door, the curtain is in clear view behind Garry about a quarter of the screen. There was no demonstration requiring the wall behind Garry to be pulled wider as they frequently did. Maybe they were in a rush to put up the set that day.