Author Topic: Most game shows announced at one time (Read 3762 times)

chrispw1 · « **on:** March 10, 2008, 04:39:19 PM »

I was wondering, who has announced the most different game shows at one time? Two I have thought of were Gene Wood who at one point from the Fall 1988 to Spring 1989 announced for Super Password, the daytime and nighttime Family Feud, Card Sharks and I believe also the daytime and nighttime Win, Lose Or Draw. Also, since Kenny Williams announced for I believe every Heatter-Quigley game show except for Magnificent Marble Machine, at various points he would have had several shows at one time.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #1 on:** March 10, 2008, 05:21:47 PM »

It's been established that Rich Fields set the record a couple summers back with TPIR, BTC, PYL, LMAD, MG, and whatever else was on Game Show Marathon.

pacdude · « **Reply #2 on:** March 10, 2008, 07:11:20 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'180772\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 05:21 PM\']
It's been established that Rich Fields set the record a couple summers back with TPIR, BTC, PYL, LMAD, MG, and whatever else was on Game Show Marathon.
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I feel like that's a bit shady. Technically, yes, he announced all those. Or, he announced for one show: Game Show Marathon. I dunno.

clemon79 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2008, 07:14:33 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'180772\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 02:21 PM\']
It's been established that Rich Fields set the record a couple summers back with TPIR, BTC, PYL, LMAD, MG, and whatever else was on Game Show Marathon.
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Yeah, forgive me if I slap a big fat asterisk on that.

(Especially because it was completely and utterly wrong, technicalities aside: when he was announcing PYL, the only other show he was announcing concurrently was Price, because he wasn't announcing BTC anymore.)

/but I'm sure that won't stop him from milking the shiat out of it

bwood · « **Reply #4 on:** March 10, 2008, 07:29:35 PM »

I don't believe that record should hold up either. I count GSM as one show.
Also, wasn't there a show (or two) that Rich didn't announce at the taping? I thought I read that someone announced it and Rich went back in and dubbed his voice over it. I want to say one was the Let's Make a Deal episode. Come to think of it, did I read that Randy West actually announced that in-studio? I could be mistaken.

Don Howard · « **Reply #5 on:** March 10, 2008, 08:26:23 PM »

[quote name=\'chrispw1\' post=\'180768\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 04:39 PM\']
I was wondering, who has announced the most different game shows at one time? Two I have thought of were Gene Wood who at one point from the Fall 1988 to Spring 1989 announced for Super Password, the daytime and nighttime Family Feud, Card Sharks and I believe also the daytime and nighttime Win, Lose Or Draw.[/quote]
All of those and Classic Concentration, too.

toddyo · « **Reply #6 on:** March 10, 2008, 09:50:09 PM »

Yeah....the Rich Fields "record" is full of minutia. That was one program. That would be like saying that Ernie Anderson announced on every single ABC program in the 80's. He was the staff announcer for promos and voicers over credits (remember those days?).

I'll say Gene Wood or Johnny O. or even Johnny Jacobs, with all of the daytime and nighttime versions of Barris productions and The Joker's Wild.

But not Rich Fields.

JasonA1 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 10, 2008, 10:26:28 PM »

The record Rich was claiming to "break" was announcing the greatest number of different game shows in a year (held by Johnny Olson IIRC), not most at one time.

-Jason

TimK2003 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 10, 2008, 11:01:52 PM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'180805\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 08:26 PM\']
[quote name=\'chrispw1\' post=\'180768\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 04:39 PM\']
I was wondering, who has announced the most different game shows at one time? Two I have thought of were Gene Wood who at one point from the Fall 1988 to Spring 1989 announced for Super Password, the daytime and nighttime Family Feud, Card Sharks and I believe also the daytime and nighttime Win, Lose Or Draw.[/quote]
All of those and Classic Concentration, too.
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Was Gene still announcing for Love Connection in 1988?

ChrisLambert! · « **Reply #9 on:** March 10, 2008, 11:14:33 PM »

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'180819\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 10:26 PM\']
The record Rich was claiming to "break" was announcing the greatest number of different game shows in a year (held by Johnny Olson IIRC), not most at one time.

-Jason
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And Peter Dickson would have something to say about that.

/so would Chris Dickson, I bet.

davidhammett · « **Reply #10 on:** March 11, 2008, 12:32:45 AM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'180772\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 05:21 PM\']
It's been established that Rich Fields set the record a couple summers back with TPIR, BTC, PYL, LMAD, MG, and whatever else was on Game Show Marathon.
[/quote]
A slightly different bent on the other responses... he didn't announce all of these at the same time. He announced TPIR (daytime) while announcing the others, but he announced LMAD... then he announced BTC... then he announced PYL... and so on, and so on, and so on.

/Faberge Organics shampoo, anyone?

Craig Karlberg · « **Reply #11 on:** March 11, 2008, 03:46:03 AM »

I'll put my vote for Johnny Jacobs. Wherever there was a Chuck Barris show, he was right there in his announcing gig(Treasure Hunt, The Gong Show, TNG, TDG, $1.98 Beauty Show). Even Break the Bank '76(although that wasn't a Barris production), he was right there.

davemackey · « **Reply #12 on:** March 11, 2008, 06:35:31 AM »

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'180848\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 03:46 AM\']
I'll put my vote for Johnny Jacobs. Wherever there was a Chuck Barris show, he was right there in his announcing gig(Treasure Hunt, The Gong Show, TNG, TDG, $1.98 Beauty Show). Even Break the Bank '76(although that wasn't a Barris production), he was right there.
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Well, how many shows was Johnny Jacobs doing in 1975? He had at least the tail end of "The Joker's Wild" and its two replacements - "Spin-Off" and "Give and Take", as well as some episodes of "Rhyme and Reason" (on which he alternated with Jim Thompson). Was "Treasure Hunt" still going?

BrandonFG · « **Reply #13 on:** March 11, 2008, 03:33:37 PM »

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'180848\' date=\'Mar 11 2008, 03:46 AM\']
I'll put my vote for Johnny Jacobs. Wherever there was a Chuck Barris show, he was right there in his announcing gig(Treasure Hunt, The Gong Show, TNG, TDG, $1.98 Beauty Show). Even Break the Bank '76(although that wasn't a Barris production), he was right there.
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Those shows didn't all run concurrently. I think at the most, he would've announced four at the same time in fall-1978: Gong, Dating/Newlywed, and Beauty Show.

And Dave, yes TH was running as of 1975.

Don Howard · « **Reply #14 on:** March 11, 2008, 09:52:35 PM »

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'180822\' date=\'Mar 10 2008, 11:01 PM\']
Was Gene still announcing for Love Connection in 1988?
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No, sir. He announced for that show during the 1986-87 season, replacing Rod Roddy.
I believe Rich Jeffries announced from 1987-88 and Johnny Gilbert from 1988-89.