Author Topic: No ifs, ands, or buts... (Read 6508 times)

byrd62 · « **on:** June 27, 2008, 12:47:33 PM »

I'm sure you all know that N@N is remaking one of sister channel Nick's old gameshows into My Family's Got GUTS, which will tape on the Universal Studios-Orlando lot in August, though not necessarily at the old Extreme Arena/Nickelodeon lot, which for about a year has been occupied by a Blue Man Group stage show.

But who to host MFGG? Let's see...Mike O'Malley, the original host, might be available. As for original co-host/"referee" Moira Quirk...lately she's done some cartoon and videogame voices, but I don't see why she wouldn't be part of the remake. Mike & Mo are each married with at least two kids [Mike has three], which would fit right in with MFGG's two adults/two kids team format.

I know, the game's the thing, but if the hosts were to matter as much, I think MFGG wouldn't work without Mike & Mo, if both feel they want to host this.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #1 on:** June 27, 2008, 04:24:29 PM »

I don't think it matters who hosts Nick game shows as long as they're mid-late 20's or so. Those shows were generally hosted by actors looking for a job between sitcom roles. The original hosts are a little too old to resonate with today's kids and any parent old enough to have kids that can participate probably never watched "Guts" first-run. Notice when they remade DD, Marc Summers was nowhere to be found.

byrd62 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 27, 2008, 05:13:21 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'189171\' date=\'Jun 27 2008, 04:24 PM\']
I don't think it matters who hosts Nick game shows as long as they're mid-late 20's or so. Those shows were generally hosted by actors looking for a job between sitcom roles. The original hosts are a little too old to resonate with today's kids and any parent old enough to have kids that can participate probably never watched "Guts" first-run. Notice when they remade DD, Marc Summers was nowhere to be found.
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How quickly I forgot about DD2k. But if the game's the thing with respect to MFGG, perhaps it wouldn't matter to me who actually gets to host as long as this version has, in each episode, an event with bungee-jumping, and an Aggro/MegaCrag at the end. Then again, who knows? They might let individuals in each family team compete in each of the first four rounds, and perhaps have some sort of relay event instead of the Crag in the final round...or they could change the Crag to a relay if the producers, to borrow from another old Nick game show title....Figure It Out.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #3 on:** June 27, 2008, 05:15:52 PM »

[quote name=\'byrd62\' post=\'189173\' date=\'Jun 27 2008, 05:13 PM\']

How quickly I forgot about ~~Jason Harris in the Marc Summers role and a girl named Tiffany in the Harvey role for~~ DD2k.
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Fixed that for ya.

WhammyPower · « **Reply #4 on:** June 28, 2008, 12:21:01 PM »

At least Mike O'Malley has a role on TV right now.... a spokesperson for Time Warner Cable.

He just doesn't seem like he has the energy he used to.

comicus · « **Reply #5 on:** June 28, 2008, 01:07:27 PM »

[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'189226\' date=\'Jun 28 2008, 12:21 PM\']
At least Mike O'Malley has a role on TV right now.... a spokesperson for Time Warner Cable.

He just doesn't seem like he has the energy he used to.
[/quote]
I imagine that six years of Yes, Dear was soul-crushingly excruciating...

davemackey · « **Reply #6 on:** June 30, 2008, 07:21:00 PM »

[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'189228\' date=\'Jun 28 2008, 01:07 PM\']
[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'189226\' date=\'Jun 28 2008, 12:21 PM\']
At least Mike O'Malley has a role on TV right now.... a spokesperson for Time Warner Cable.

He just doesn't seem like he has the energy he used to.
[/quote]
I imagine that six years of Yes, Dear was soul-crushingly excruciating...
[/quote]
Even more so for the viewers.

uncamark · « **Reply #7 on:** July 02, 2008, 05:48:16 PM »

[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'189380\' date=\'Jun 30 2008, 06:21 PM\']
[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'189228\' date=\'Jun 28 2008, 01:07 PM\']
[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'189226\' date=\'Jun 28 2008, 12:21 PM\']
At least Mike O'Malley has a role on TV right now.... a spokesperson for Time Warner Cable.

He just doesn't seem like he has the energy he used to.
[/quote]
I imagine that six years of Yes, Dear was soul-crushingly excruciating...
[/quote]
Even more so for the viewers.
[/quote]

Saw the other day that Mike's going to be on the new NBC Christian Slater spy drama "My Own Worst Enemy" this fall. Something a little different for him.

weaklink75 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 06, 2008, 03:18:17 PM »

And here's your host...Ben Lyons.. (He's also doing the new Ebert and Roeper-free "At the Movies" too)

BrandonFG · « **Reply #9 on:** August 06, 2008, 03:23:15 PM »

[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'189490\' date=\'Jul 2 2008, 05:48 PM\']
Saw the other day that Mike's going to be on the new NBC Christian Slater spy drama "My Own Worst Enemy" this fall. Something a little different for him.
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I wonder if he'll wear a hat in every scene? Perhaps I should start a drinking game...

/3 drinks for anytime he doesn't wear a hat.

sshuffield70 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 06, 2008, 09:34:45 PM »

[quote name=\'weaklink75\' post=\'193524\' date=\'Aug 6 2008, 03:18 PM\']
And here's your host...Ben Lyons.. (He's also doing the new Ebert and Roeper-free "At the Movies" too)
[/quote]

At The Movies has been Ebert free for years. I realize some are confusing that title for what was Siskel & Ebert and the Movies

ISTR, after they left, they brought in Rex Reed and Bill Harris (who was later replaced by Dixie Whatley)

ZACH, GET AWAY FROM ME!

clemon79 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 06, 2008, 10:50:04 PM »

My precise reaction even before I saw that last line.

No, that's not a good thing.

Neumms · « **Reply #12 on:** August 07, 2008, 10:08:47 AM »

[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'189228\' date=\'Jun 28 2008, 12:07 PM\']
[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'189226\' date=\'Jun 28 2008, 12:21 PM\']
At least Mike O'Malley has a role on TV right now.... a spokesperson for Time Warner Cable.

He just doesn't seem like he has the energy he used to.
[/quote]
I imagine that six years of Yes, Dear was soul-crushingly excruciating...
[/quote]

You don't suppose that he was working for Time Warner Cable all along, do you? That Yes, Dear was just an insidious plot by the pay TV industry?

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #13 on:** August 07, 2008, 11:58:47 AM »

[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' post=\'193564\' date=\'Aug 6 2008, 09:34 PM\']
[quote name=\'weaklink75\' post=\'193524\' date=\'Aug 6 2008, 03:18 PM\']
And here's your host...Ben Lyons.. (He's also doing the new Ebert and Roeper-free "At the Movies" too)
[/quote]

At The Movies has been Ebert free for years. I realize some are confusing that title for what was Siskel & Ebert and the Movies

ISTR, after they left, they brought in Rex Reed and Bill Harris (who was later replaced by Dixie Whatley)

ZACH, GET AWAY FROM ME!

[/quote]

And of course, on the original Sneak Previews show, S & E were replaced by Neil Gabler and Ben's dad Jeffrey Lyons. So Lyons pere and Lyons fils both replaced Ebert. Coincidence? You be the judge.

Ob game show: Dixie Whatley was a contestant on BTB76.

Sorry, don't know what possessed me there

Allstar87 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 19, 2008, 05:40:48 PM »

The official site for My Family's Got Guts is up now:

http://www.nick.com/guts/

Incidentally, I attended a couple tapings; fun experience. If anyone has a question, I'll do my best to answer it.