Old Contestant Hotline numbers

[davemackey]

Merv Griffin was a few blocks up Vine Street at 1541 North Vine Street. Which I believe was also the address for the TAV Celebrity Theatre, where Merv taped his talk show.

I also remember a long time ago a contestant address for the Ralph Andrews shows as being in Channel Islands, California. I always used to joke that they were sending the mail to Larry Hovis' mansion.

[Robair]

[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 01:22 AM\'] [quote name=\'SplitSecond\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 12:37 AM\'] Fishman-Freer, please. [/quote]
Sure hope you didn't hurt yourself pulling that one out of your orifice! Weren't they in the building with Hunt-Jaffe?


Randy
tvrandywest.com [/quote]
 I thought Ed Fishman worked out of whatever Del Webb hotel he was closest to, whether the Sahara in Vegas of the Kuilima.

He in fact was the guy who invented the concept of a slot tournament! Pretty interesting guy still working in casinos to this day.

[longshot1980]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 10:23 AM\'] [quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 12:24 AM\']Chuck Barris Prods. 1313 N. Vine Street   Hollywood, CA. 91602
[/quote]
That wasn't where the old Vine Street Theatre was located, was it?  Or was it?

Doug [/quote]
 If you write to 1313 N. Vine today, you'll get the AIDS Project Los Angeles building.

1541 N. Vine will soon be the Sunset & Vine shopping center/apartment complex, where I may have a part-time job at the Borders which will be opening there soon.

[bricon]

If you write to 1313 N. Vine today, you'll get the AIDS Project Los Angeles building.

Actually,  APLA sold the building to the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.  Some details and a couple of neat photos are at:

http://www.oscars.org/facilities/pickford.html

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'bricon\' date=\'Aug 9 2003, 11:32 AM\']

If you write to 1313 N. Vine today, you'll get the AIDS Project Los Angeles building.

Actually,  APLA sold the building to the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.  Some details and a couple of neat photos are at:

http://www.oscars.org/facilities/pickford.html[/quote]
Great link, Brian.  Thanks.

And while I appreciate the response, longshot, my question was whether the Vine Street Theatre was located at that address.  And for those who didn't know (like myself), the answer is \"no.\"  The Vine Street Theatre was at 1615-29 N. Vine Street.  This webpage has a little bit of information:

Explore Hollywood Boulevard

Doug

[MyCapableAssistant]

[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Aug 8 2003, 02:10 PM\']
Yes, yes, yes!

But for phone freaks, these are the contestant phone numbers for these shows' last seasons (again, the area codes have changed):

Classic Concentration:   213-965-1234
Family Feud   213-965-9999
Match Game ('90)    213-965-1111
TTTT ('90) -Imposters   213-965-6579

That's enough for now; knock yourself out!


Randy
tvrandywest.com[/quote]
Here's one to add to the numbers which Randy just
posted. It's from Ray Combs' last season of \"Family
Challenge.\"

I found the number really \"interesting,\" and I am pretty
sure this is accurate:

(505) XXX - 5696

or it may have been (XXX) 505 - 5696. Actually, I THINK this
is what it was:

(818) 505 - 5696.

Anyway, what I was attempting to tell you was that I never
forgot that number... at least the 5696 part of it.. and the
505 part.. wherever it goes.. Does anybody see what I found so
bizarre in that number, excluding the 505 part?

IOW, what does the 5696 signify to you when you look at it,
keeping in mind the host was Ray Combs?

[PeterMarshallFan]

[quote name=\'MyCapableAssistant\' date=\'Aug 10 2003, 07:52 AM\'] IOW, what does the 5696 signify to you when you look at it,
keeping in mind the host was Ray Combs? [/quote]
 OMG. Now THAT is just plain scary.

[bricon]

Great link, Brian. Thanks.

And while I appreciate the response, longshot, my question was whether the Vine Street Theatre was located at that address. And for those who didn't know (like myself), the answer is \"no.\" The Vine Street Theatre was at 1615-29 N. Vine Street. This webpage has a little bit of information:

http://www.historicla.com/hollywood/map.html

And *that's* a great webpage too, thanks!  I didn't know the Doolittle was ever officially \"Vine Street Theatre\" - I suppose ABC calling their facility that, doesn't mean a thing  Just like the \"Palace Theater\", on Vine, was also called at one time the El Capitan, not to be confused with the one on Hollywood Blvd.  And, to tie it in to game shows, The Dating Game (at various times), and Temptation, were done at the El Capitan/Palace at 1735 N. Vine St.