Author Topic: Fremantle Toying With Reviving What's My Line? with Whoopi Goldber (Read 11364 times)

BrandonFG · « **Reply #15 on:** March 26, 2013, 11:19:58 PM »

I wonder if by \"extreme\" they mean Mike Rowe/\"Dirty Jobs\"-type occupations?

An example they cited was a nose repairer for the figures on Mount Rushmore.

That actually sounds pretty cool. Thanks!

TLEberle · « **Reply #16 on:** March 26, 2013, 11:34:43 PM »

When I hear that Whoopi Goldberg is on board I don\'t think of the dignified (if staid) affair hosted by John Charles Daily that I would eagerly watch for two weeks every December--I think of the over-the-top salaciousness of the 2000-2001 version of To Tell the Truth. The money doesn\'t enter into it; find interesting occupations and game players to guess them and it\'ll be fine.

SuperMatch93 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 26, 2013, 11:36:35 PM »

The phrase \"If it ain\'t broke, don\'t fix it.\" has never been more relevant.

Jay Temple · « **Reply #18 on:** March 26, 2013, 11:54:56 PM »

When I hear that Whoopi Goldberg is on board I don\'t think of the dignified (if staid) affair hosted by John Charles Daily that I would eagerly watch for two weeks every December--I think of the over-the-top salaciousness of the 2000-2001 version of To Tell the Truth.

I think that\'s a valid concern. Then again, I rather enjoyed GSN\'s revival of IGAS.

TLEberle · « **Reply #19 on:** March 27, 2013, 12:02:25 AM »

I\'ve Got a Secret is a completely different show than What\'s My Line. The mood is as different as can be.

ChrisLambert! · « **Reply #20 on:** March 27, 2013, 12:05:29 AM »

The phrase \"If it ain\'t broke, don\'t fix it.\" has never been more relevant.

\"Relevance\" is a touchy term when discussing a show that hasn\'t aired a new episode in 38 years. Didn\'t they kinda fix what wasn\'t broken in 1968 by adding Soupy Sales and demonstrations?

SuperMatch93 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 27, 2013, 12:14:37 AM »

The phrase \"If it ain\'t broke, don\'t fix it.\" has never been more relevant.

\"Relevance\" is a touchy term when discussing a show that hasn\'t aired a new episode in 38 years. Didn\'t they kinda fix what wasn\'t broken in 1968 by adding Soupy Sales and demonstrations?

While I haven\'t seen a full episode of the second run, from what I\'ve heard of it, it seems like they were merely adding small touches to liven up the gameplay rather than changing it as radically as this proposed version will. I\'ve read before that the demonstrations didn\'t happen in the first run because Daly didn\'t like them, but the demonstrations as they occurred in the second run didn\'t really change the basic gameplay very radically.

geno57 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 27, 2013, 02:36:09 AM »

Not a fan of the \"touchy-feely\" idea, but I do like the Mystery Guest sitting on the panel.

I, too, liked the GSN \"Secret\". They had the perfect panel and host. I wish it had caught on, and had gone on longer.

Here\'s hoping WML? goes, and goes over well.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #23 on:** March 27, 2013, 09:01:04 AM »

I think it\'s overreacting a bit to call these changes \"radical\". It\'s still celebrities questioning someone with a quirky hobby. Just because it\'s not being done the same exact way it was in the 50s/60s/70s does not mean the changes are \"radical\", even with the \"touchy-feely\" part.

I\'m not a Fremantle fan in the slightest, but I\'m not going to get up in arms over a few updates to bring it into the 21st century.

Jay Temple · « **Reply #24 on:** March 27, 2013, 11:29:04 AM »

I\'ve Got a Secret is a completely different show than What\'s My Line. The mood is as different as can be.

True, but the mood of the syndie revival was a lot closer. Put it this way: I\'d welcome a revival of IGAS. A revival of WML that feels like IGAS would be the next best thing to that.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #25 on:** March 27, 2013, 11:51:26 AM »

Is Whoopi based out of NYC? If so, this would be good. Tom Bergeron might even be coaxed into hosting if its a short-term show for ABC.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #26 on:** March 27, 2013, 11:56:35 AM »

Is Whoopi based out of NYC?

The View is, and I wanna say Everybody Hates Chris was shot in NYC, so I\'d say yes.

tvwxman · « **Reply #27 on:** March 27, 2013, 12:08:13 PM »

Is Whoopi based out of NYC? If so, this would be good. Tom Bergeron might even be coaxed into hosting if its a short-term show for ABC.

Oooooh. I like that. A lot....

BillCullen1 · « **Reply #28 on:** March 27, 2013, 05:34:34 PM »

I\'d give any version of WML a look. The idea of the MG staying and playing sounds like a good twist. Whoopi would add funny moments like Soupy Sales did.

irwinsjournal.com · « **Reply #29 on:** March 27, 2013, 07:33:52 PM »

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Million dollar What\'s My Line is just dumb though.

Rats, once again I am four pages behind.

/Oh, well, still +1 though.