Peter Tomarken Pilots

[Jeremy Nelson]

That seems like a short time to reconfigure the set (the pilot set was a bit cramped), built the familiar oval game board and get episodes taped to start airing July 12. 

To be fair, 6 weeks seems like an ample amount of time to build the game board considering all of the other elements (the scoreboards, the survey board) were already built- they just needed new housing.

[Matt Ottinger]

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Read more Nedeff literature, y'all 

Always good advice.

So it really seems as though Jack never got to the point that he hosted a Feud pilot.  Still, that's right up there with Tomarken as a pretty unfortunate track record of shows that got away.  Nevertheless, it's clear he was a G-T favorite in the seventies, and certainly didn't starve.

[carlisle96]

It just occurred to me that Tomarken hosted four different pilots (Rodeo Drive, Wordplay, Monopoly, Whammy!) that eventually made it to air with somebody else hosting it.  Does any other host have a similarly unlucky track record of being involved with that many pilots but not in the series that followed?

I thought Jack Clark was King of the Pilots -- or at least run-throughs

[BillCullen1]

I thought Jack Clark was King of the Pilots -- or at least run-throughs

This might also apply to Jim McKrell as well.

[Dbacksfan12]

I thought Jack Clark was King of the Pilots -- or at least run-throughs

This might also apply to Jim McKrell as well.

Matt was specifically talking about shows that made it to air.

[JasonA1]

I only offer these names and shows that eventually made it to air in case I'm forgetting other relevant pilots these hosts did:

Jack Clark: The Face is Familiar, Now You See It
Geoff Edwards: Your Number's Up*, Fun & Fortune
Tim Vincent: Chain Reaction, Pyramid

* = This one has been passed along for a while, but I can't find specific citation. Geoff mentioned Fun & Fortune in an interview.


-Jason

[Blanquepage]

I only offer these names and shows that eventually made it to air in case I'm forgetting other relevant pilots these hosts did:
Geoff Edwards: Your Number's Up*, Fun & Fortune

* = This one has been passed along for a while, but I can't find specific citation. Geoff mentioned Fun & Fortune in an interview.

Geoff hosting the Your Number's Up pilot is cited in The Ultimate TV Game Show Book. My copy's in a box somewhere, but I'm pretty sure it also shows Geoff hosting the Make Me Laugh pilot on the page listing series' with different pilot hosts.

[JasonA1]

Geoff hosting the Your Number's Up pilot is cited in The Ultimate TV Game Show Book. My copy's in a box somewhere, but I'm pretty sure it also shows Geoff hosting the Make Me Laugh pilot on the page listing series' with different pilot hosts.

Good call! Yes, page 190. So with Make Me Laugh, that would put Geoff at 3, at least.

There's another interesting one on the list I forgot: Art James hosted a pilot for Winning Streak. Neat-o.

-Jason

[Jamey Greek]

Geoff was also considered to host TTD before Wink eventually got it.

[PYLdude]

Geoff was also considered to host TTD before Wink eventually got it.

Where did this come from?

[tyshaun1]

Good call! Yes, page 190. So with Make Me Laugh, that would put Geoff at 3, at least.

-Jason

And it was said somewhere that Geoff was under consideration for $ale before moving forward with Jim Perry.

[Bryce L.]

Good call! Yes, page 190. So with Make Me Laugh, that would put Geoff at 3, at least.

-Jason

And it was said somewhere that Geoff was under consideration for $ale before moving forward with Jim Perry.

I'm not sure whether this was an actual pilot, or runthrough, or what, but there was this...

https://www.reddit.com/r/gameshow/comments/http1x/had_the_privilege_of_watching_host_auditions_for/

[SuperMatch93]

Good call! Yes, page 190. So with Make Me Laugh, that would put Geoff at 3, at least.

-Jason

And it was said somewhere that Geoff was under consideration for $ale before moving forward with Jim Perry.

I'm not sure whether this was an actual pilot, or runthrough, or what, but there was this...

https://www.reddit.com/r/gameshow/comments/http1x/had_the_privilege_of_watching_host_auditions_for/

I haven't seen it, but from my understanding it was essentially a screen test. There was a pilot for $ale hosted by Jim, but other than footage from an early promo, it's never turned up.

[Adam Nedeff]

Good call! Yes, page 190. So with Make Me Laugh, that would put Geoff at 3, at least.

-Jason

And it was said somewhere that Geoff was under consideration for $ale before moving forward with Jim Perry.

I'm not sure whether this was an actual pilot, or runthrough, or what, but there was this...

https://www.reddit.com/r/gameshow/comments/http1x/had_the_privilege_of_watching_host_auditions_for/

I've seen that, and as already said, "screen test" is the more accurate term. Geoff is one of a group of hosts who came in, hosted a single mock-round on a bare stage, and then left after five minutes. Of the auditions on that tape, he's by far the best candidate.

[Nick]

All I know is the one that circulates is #3.

On that subject, I was mulling over a while back whether "pilot #3" is really the most common pilot available on the circuit of those pilots on the circuit of series that had multiple pilots (I mean, I think of more "pilot #3"s faster than I do "pilot #2"s).  Now that somebody mentioned it, it would make sense that your later ones are probably the better ones and thus the ones you're using the sell the show, which makes sense they would be the ones that inevitably got out among collectors.

But has anybody done any recordkeeping that it could be said definitely, "Yeah, there really are more pilot #3s out there than others"?