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Title: Radio ad for "The Chase."
Post by: Jimmy Owen on July 02, 2014, 07:48:48 AM
Just ran one from Westwood One.  "Quizmaster Mark 'The Beast' Labett" is mentioned in the spot. No mention of question reader Brooke.
Title: Re: Radio ad for "The Chase."
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on July 02, 2014, 01:18:12 PM
Just ran one from Westwood One.  "Quizmaster Mark 'The Beast' Labett" is mentioned in the spot. No mention of question reader Brooke.
Why would she be?  She plays a very secondary role in the show, in my opinion.

Or did I just get 8/10ed?
Title: Re: Radio ad for "The Chase."
Post by: TLEberle on July 02, 2014, 02:11:12 PM
She plays a very secondary role in the show, in my opinion.
I just wanted to highlight this for posterity; that the host of a game show plays "a secondary role."

(I suppose you could say that the host is secondary to the contestants. I wouldn't, as a good host shares the spotlight in a game of give-and-take with the contestants, but you could say that.)
Title: Re: Radio ad for "The Chase."
Post by: clemon79 on July 02, 2014, 02:20:54 PM
I'm going to guess that Jimmy was merely commenting on the use of the term "Quizmaster" (almost assuredly intended as "quiz master") as applied to the panelist (on a one-man panel) as opposed to the host, rather than the escalation-in-aggressiveness that Mark turned it into.
Title: Re: Radio ad for "The Chase."
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on July 02, 2014, 03:17:32 PM
She plays a very secondary role in the show, in my opinion.
I just wanted to highlight this for posterity; that the host of a game show plays "a secondary role."

(I suppose you could say that the host is secondary to the contestants. I wouldn't, as a good host shares the spotlight in a game of give-and-take with the contestants, but you could say that.)
Are you watching the show for Brooke, or are you watching to see if the contestants can beat Mark?
Title: Re: Radio ad for "The Chase."
Post by: TLEberle on July 02, 2014, 03:38:05 PM
Since I don't get GSN, I'm not a regular viewer. To your disingenuous bear-trap of a question, I say "Yes. Yes I am."
Title: Re: Radio ad for "The Chase."
Post by: Jimmy Owen on July 03, 2014, 04:44:02 AM
I'm going to guess that Jimmy was merely commenting on the use of the term "Quizmaster" (almost assuredly intended as "quiz master") as applied to the panelist (on a one-man panel) as opposed to the host, rather than the escalation-in-aggressiveness that Mark turned it into.
Yes.  I always have thought "Quiz master" was in reference to the host, or question reader.  While just a matter of word order,  but maybe "Master of the Quiz" would have been a more apt description for Mark Labett.
Title: Re: Radio ad for "The Chase."
Post by: BillCullen1 on July 03, 2014, 09:49:26 AM
I also heard the radio ad this morning, on 1010 WINS, a major newsradio station here in NYC. I'll definitely be watching new eps of The Chase starting July 8.