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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: PPatters on June 21, 2024, 06:32:25 PM
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I recently purchased some game show pilot host cards off eBay. Most are mundane and have nothing on the backs; some are more interesting and do have information on the backs. For anyone who cares, I've setup a Google Drive (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11ITQBGpkcJC32AgPp4b3Y_s7qCEYWj_Q?usp=drive_link) folder with what I purchased. Here are the most interesting tidbits:
- There was a What's My Line? pilot filmed with the Osbournes (Sharon and the gang) as the regular panelists.
- Fremantle considered digging up a very old format in the form of Split Personality.
- Many of us already know this, but they tried to revive Trebek's Double Dare as The Spoilers
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I did not know that Double Dare was on the list as it were. That's nice to hear.
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Thanks for sharing. Those are neat!
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It’s a few I didn’t know were being considered for pilots so that’s really cool. Thank for sharing!
Is this the same WML? that Harry Anderson of “Night Court” hosted? I don’t remember if that was before or after “The Osbournes” became a thing.
EDIT: spelling.
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It’s a few I didn’t know were being considered for pilots so that’s really cool. Thank for sharing!
Is this the same WML? that Harry Anderson of “Night Court” hosted? I don’t remember if that was before or after “The Osbornes” became a thing.
I think this was likely after that pilot — I think that pilot was from 2001 or so. I also think we’ve seen a segment from that pilot.
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It’s a few I didn’t know were being considered for pilots so that’s really cool. Thank for sharing!
Is this the same WML? that Harry Anderson of “Night Court” hosted? I don’t remember if that was before or after “The Osbornes” became a thing.
I think this was likely after that pilot — I think that pilot was from 2001 or so. I also think we’ve seen a segment from that pilot.
Definitely after. The Harry Anderson pilot was shot even before The Osbournes as a reality show was a thing.
The Osbournes attempted to make a TV comeback of sorts with Osbournes Reloaded in 2009. You may or may not recall that did not go well. Only a single episode aired, and even that was edited from an hour down to 30 minutes. According to newspaper reports, one of the segments they were planning to do was essentially a WML? Mystery Guest round. Feels like any effort to make a full-blown WML? revival with them would have been right around that time.