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Title: Hosts leaving the stage before the closing?
Post by: Long live Jeopardy on October 15, 2024, 11:35:34 AM
How many shows can you think of where the host left the stage before the closing credits started? Here are some:

$25K/$100K Pyramid (Dick Clark/John Davidson versions)
Jumble - The Interactive Game (with the winning contestant)
Family Feud (Louie Anderson version)
Russian Roulette (with the winning contestant if the $10K/$100K was won)
Title: Re: Hosts leaving the stage before the closing?
Post by: Kevin Prather on October 15, 2024, 12:30:53 PM
For a while, Dawson would leave the set after signing off too.

I hesitate to count Bob Barker after a double overbid because the audience is ostensibly part of the stage in PiR.
Title: Re: Hosts leaving the stage before the closing?
Post by: Blanquepage on October 15, 2024, 03:03:56 PM
Geoff on both iterations of Treasure Hunt. Anyone know if Bob exited the stage upon signing off on TNG? I don't recall the camera ever cutting back to his podium during the credits.
Title: Re: Hosts leaving the stage before the closing?
Post by: aaron sica on October 15, 2024, 03:26:32 PM
Would Ray Combs' last Feud qualify?
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Post by: SuperMatch93 on October 15, 2024, 04:11:53 PM
Didn't Ben Bailey drop through the floor at the end of each ep of Who's Still Standing?
Title: Re: Hosts leaving the stage before the closing?
Post by: chrisholland03 on October 15, 2024, 05:16:16 PM
Quote from: aaron sica on October 15, 2024, 03:26:32 PM
Would Ray Combs' last Feud qualify?

As would Richard Dawson frequently, later in the run
Title: Re: Hosts leaving the stage before the closing?
Post by: BrandonFG on October 15, 2024, 05:33:52 PM
On Pitfall, Alex and the winning contestant occasionally exited via the elevators and walked offstage. In other episodes the credits end as the elevators descend, but I imagine they were headed offstage too. :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OzXOP7MP4c&t=23m27s
Title: Re: Hosts leaving the stage before the closing?
Post by: TimK2003 on October 15, 2024, 09:50:04 PM
Quote from: Blanquepage on October 15, 2024, 03:03:56 PM
Geoff on both iterations of Treasure Hunt. Anyone know if Bob exited the stage upon signing off on TNG? I don't recall the camera ever cutting back to his podium during the credits.

The same could be said of Peter Marshall on HS.  After Peter signed off, they would just alternate between the wide shot of the 9 squares and close-ups of each celebrity.
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Post by: rjaguar3 on October 15, 2024, 11:53:08 PM
Dick Clark and the winning contestant on The Krypton Factor.
Title: Re: Hosts leaving the stage before the closing?
Post by: Strikerz04 on October 17, 2024, 10:50:54 AM
Bob Goen, That's the Question...
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Post by: Blanquepage on October 17, 2024, 11:07:51 AM
Another one: Tom Kennedy on 50 Grand Slam
Title: Re: Hosts leaving the stage before the closing?
Post by: thewhammy_2000 on October 17, 2024, 11:44:36 AM
Peter's Hit Man finale
Jack's CBS Joker Finale