Author Topic: The 13 Greatest Game Show Hosts (Read 6970 times)

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #15 on:** October 21, 2009, 06:20:22 PM »

To most people that is minutia. WOF is on a good number of CBS affils, there's a CBS Television Dist. logo at the end of the show, that can lead to people thinking it has a connection to CBS.

David Levy · « **Reply #16 on:** October 21, 2009, 06:50:30 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'228970\' date=\'Oct 21 2009, post=\']To most people that is minutia. WOF is on a good number of CBS affils, there's a CBS Television Dist. logo at the end of the show, that can lead to people thinking it has a connection to CBS.[/quote]
Yes, I understand why the confusion arises. But when someone states to an online audience that a syndicated program airs "on CBS," this spawns further confusion (and points many readers toward the wrong stations).

Incidentally, it is correct to state that "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" have a connection to CBS (the corporation, not the network). As you noted above, they're distributed by CBS Television Distribution (due to the CBS acquisition of King World).

chris319 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 21, 2009, 07:24:27 PM »

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He also originally had #5 spelled "Chuck Wolery."

Everyone knows the correct spelling is Wollery.

Darion Blackwood Daniel · « **Reply #18 on:** October 21, 2009, 09:30:22 PM »

I cannot believe Dick Clark is not on the countdown. I thought he would be on that countdown for sure.

Don Howard · « **Reply #19 on:** October 21, 2009, 11:19:40 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'228936\' date=\'Oct 21 2009, 11:50 AM\']You want weird, look at some of the "you forgot" comments in the responses.[/quote]
Yes. One scholar's comments offer a list of seventeen names which should have been included within "The Top 13".
But, what the hey, there are 11 teams in The Big Ten.

Twentington · « **Reply #20 on:** October 21, 2009, 11:31:29 PM »

[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'228972\' date=\'Oct 21 2009, 07:24 PM\']

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He also originally had #5 spelled "Chuck Wolery."

Everyone knows the correct spelling is Wollery.
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I forget. Wasn't he the guy that hosted Family Fued?

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #21 on:** October 21, 2009, 11:49:25 PM »

[quote name=\'Twentington\' post=\'228995\' date=\'Oct 21 2009, 11:31 PM\'][quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'228972\' date=\'Oct 21 2009, 07:24 PM\']

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He also originally had #5 spelled "Chuck Wolery."

Everyone knows the correct spelling is Wollery.
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I forget. Wasn't he the guy that hosted Family Fued?[/quote]
Not sure, but I do know that the announcer for the pilot of Family Fued was Johnny Olsen.

In the original printing of Harry Eisenberg's book about Jeopardy, there are references to Pat Sajack and comedian John Stewart.

That's all I've got.

napanickg · « **Reply #22 on:** October 21, 2009, 11:51:38 PM »

Wolery left whel, dont'cha know?

//someone had to say it

J.R. · « **Reply #23 on:** October 22, 2009, 12:30:03 AM »

[quote name=\'Twentington\' post=\'228995\' date=\'Oct 21 2009, 09:31 PM\']I forget. Wasn't he the guy that hosted Family Fued?[/quote]
No, it was Joe Nammath.

Twentington · « **Reply #24 on:** October 22, 2009, 01:04:53 AM »

[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'228999\' date=\'Oct 22 2009, 12:30 AM\'][quote name=\'Twentington\' post=\'228995\' date=\'Oct 21 2009, 09:31 PM\']I forget. Wasn't he the guy that hosted Family Fued?[/quote]
No, it was Joe Nammath.
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Yeah, you're right, it was. I just couldn't think of his name-ath.

/I take no credit for that pun

tvrandywest · « **Reply #25 on:** October 22, 2009, 02:29:03 AM »

[quote name=\'Twentington\' post=\'229002\' date=\'Oct 21 2009, 10:04 PM\']Yeah, you're right, it was. I just couldn't think of his name-ath...[/quote]
Reminds me, I gotta get Rolfed tomorrow. Benirschke's not in the top 13?

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Not sure, but I do know that the announcer for the pilot of Family Fued was Johnny Olsen.

Is there NOTHING that Matt does not know?!

Page 323 from that new book:
... Johnny voiced the pilot episode that featured members of the Speir household
feuding with the Madvig clan, but Gene Wood was cast to announce the series
because Johnny’s schedule was full. The veteran announcer may be considered
lucky that other work precluded his participation, as by all accounts, Family Feud
became one of the more contentious sets during some difficult years of friction
between Richard Dawson and Producer Howard Felsher...

Randy
tvrandywest.com

Mr. Armadillo · « **Reply #26 on:** October 22, 2009, 10:16:34 AM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'228993\' date=\'Oct 21 2009, 10:19 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'228936\' date=\'Oct 21 2009, 11:50 AM\']You want weird, look at some of the "you forgot" comments in the responses.[/quote]
Yes. One scholar's comments offer a list of seventeen names which should have been included within "The Top 13".
But, what the hey, there are 11 teams in The Big Ten.
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If you've watched Illinois try to play football this year, you'd know that last sentence is false.

/Uh, at least we beat Illinois State?

NickS · « **Reply #27 on:** October 22, 2009, 08:45:04 PM »

[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'229013\' date=\'Oct 22 2009, 09:16 AM\']/Uh, at least we beat Illinois State?[/quote]

At least life was normal against a school from Normal for one Saturday.

/Thank God for WSCR on drives to ISU

alfonzos · « **Reply #28 on:** October 22, 2009, 10:29:27 PM »

Okay, I apologize for my flippant generalization. But my point meant to be that the body of work of veterans of the industry because so little footage exsists. For example, Dennis James rarely gets mentioned among the all-time greaats despite the fact that he was hosting since television's very beginning and he was the other host of The New Price is Right.

Now, you kids get off my lawn.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #29 on:** October 22, 2009, 11:03:52 PM »

[quote name=\'alfonzos\' post=\'229046\' date=\'Oct 22 2009, 10:29 PM\']Dennis James rarely gets mentioned among the all-time greaats despite the fact that he was hosting since television's very begining and he was the other host of The New Price is Right.[/quote]
One could argue (even one who's not quite fifty) that Dennis James doesn't deserve to be named among the all-time greats just because he happened to have been around from the beginning. You probably could have picked a better example. I have a website dedicated to one, for instance.