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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Tim L on December 27, 2012, 08:44:02 PM
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Cleveland Plain Dealer Ad for The Premiere of ABC's "The Name's The Same" aired on WXEL Channel 9 in Cleveland..December 5, 1951..
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This proves something that I guess I could have looked up. Of all the successful (or in this case, moderately successful) Goodson-Todman panel shows, this is the only one that kept its panel intact right from the beginning. The team of Burrows, Alexander and Willson remained the regular panel for nearly a full year before Burrows left in November of 1952. Willson followed a few months after, but Joan Alexander remained with the show throughout its nearly four year run.
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Would John Reed King have been the announcer or the celebrity guest for that episode? I thought Lee Vines was the announcer for the whole series, but I could be wrong.
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Would John Reed King have been the announcer or the celebrity guest for that episode? I thought Lee Vines was the announcer for the whole series, but I could be wrong.
I assumed they were referring to King as a guest, but I checked and the EOTVGS says that he did commercials for the show. That was a specific and very visible role for many early live shows, something less than a co-host but more than an off-camera announcer. Of course, in many cases, the announcer and the commercial reader were the same, but in this case, it looks like they were different.
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Great find Tim! TNTS has been one of my favorites over the years.
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I found it to be fresh and gay, but not all that bright. :)