Bob Goen

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Jul 13 2004, 04:30 PM\']

ObBlackout: IMO, Blackout wasn't that bad, but it needs a little tweaking if it ever does come back.

Don't we all! [/quote]
 You mean we all think Blackout wasn't that bad or we all need a little tweaking?

And come to think of it, could CS01 may be why Fremantle never pitched any syndication projects since?

[tvrandywest]

[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Jul 13 2004, 03:38 PM\'] You mean we all think Blackout wasn't that bad or we all need a little tweaking? [/quote]
 It's like a Rorschach test. It means what you think it means   ;-p

And come to think of it, could CS01 may be why Fremantle never pitched any syndication projects since?

Doubtful. Feud is a hit... season 6? season 7?


Randy
tvrandywest.com

[LostCluster]

But likewise, Feud itself might be a reason why Fremantle isn't pumping out another game show title. Want a companion show to Feud? How about more Feud... buy the double-run package! No need to develop a second title when they have a show that's being seen three times daily in major markets... twice on a major station in current season episodes, and last season's episodes reruning on Pax at 7:30pm.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'LostCluster\' date=\'Jul 13 2004, 04:32 PM\'] The article says that Goen's development deal is with Paramount, same company he's at now with ET. Hey, wait a second... last time Paramount went anywhere near a game show was Wipeout. CBS/Viacom's division best known for game shows is King World, afterall.

Should be interesting. [/quote]
 I hate to nitpick, but it was nighttime TPiR from '94.

But you're right, it does seem interesting. :-)

[HairMetalLives]

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jul 13 2004, 04:08 PM\'] [quote name=\'HairMetalLives\' date=\'Jul 13 2004, 12:16 PM\'] I thought he was teriffic on "Wheel of Fortune." If he does come back to game shows, I'd definitely welcome him back. [/quote]
Or maybe Fremangle will consider him for TPIR when the time comes..... He's roughly the age Barker was when he began hosting it. [/quote]
 Hey, I didn't think of that! He'd be a great fit, I think!

I've always thought Marc Summers should succeed Bob Barker on "Price," but who's older: Goen or Summers? Or would that even factor into any decision?

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'HairMetalLives\' date=\'Jul 14 2004, 01:46 AM\']
I've always thought Marc Summers should succeed Bob Barker on "Price," but who's older: Goen or Summers? Or would that even factor into any decision? [/quote]
 SUmmers is two or three years older than Goen.

[Don Howard]

I truly believe Bob Goen could host just about any game show and do a good job as the man loves the genre and would put his heart and soul into it. He even made The Home Shopping Game bearable.

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Jul 14 2004, 01:09 PM\'] I truly believe Bob Goen could host just about any game show and do a good job as the man loves the genre and would put his heart and soul into it. He even made The Home Shopping Game bearable. [/quote]
 That was the very first time I had heard of Bob Goen, was from the "Home Shopping Game"....WCAU-10 (then CBS) aired it in the summer of '87 with another game show - can't remember what it was though..

Bob was one of two hosts on Home Shopping Game if I remember...Bob Circosta was the other one - what was his claim to fame?

[mystery7]

Bob Circosta's biggest claim to fame was apparently selling a billion dollars worth of stuff during his time as a host on HSN. Long way from the 112 can openers Bud Paxson asked him to sell after a newscast.

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Jul 14 2004, 03:09 PM\'] Bob Circosta's biggest claim to fame was apparently selling a billion dollars worth of stuff during his time as a host on HSN. Long way from the 112 can openers Bud Paxson asked him to sell after a newscast. [/quote]
Ah, OK.

I thought I remembered him being tied into HSN in some capacity, but wasn't sure. After all, this was 17 summers ago..

Summer 1987 - the summer that home shopping games invaded TV (don't forget "Bargain Hunters".....OK, on second thought, *forget* "Bargain Hunters").

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jul 14 2004, 02:59 PM\'][quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Jul 14 2004, 03:09 PM\'] Bob Circosta's biggest claim to fame was apparently selling a billion dollars worth of stuff during his time as a host on HSN. Long way from the 112 can openers Bud Paxson asked him to sell after a newscast. [/quote]
Ah, OK.

I thought I remembered him being tied into HSN in some capacity, but wasn't sure. After all, this was 17 summers ago..

Summer 1987 - the summer that home shopping games invaded TV (don't forget "Bargain Hunters".....OK, on second thought, *forget* "Bargain Hunters").[/quote]
It was home shopping *everything* that year--after HSN went public and caused a sensation on Wall Street, everyone and his brother wanted in on it--and for the most part, lost their shirts.

We can't forget Lorimar/Telepicutres' "VTV/Value Television," or what Alex Trebek considered his last best hope for doing a talk show.  When they upped the pitching and cut down the interviewing after the first 13 weeks, he and co-host Meredith MacRae both bailed out, to be replaced by--Richard Simmons.  Which shows you how cold the home shopping craze had become by then.

[Jimmy Owen]

Anybody ever see "D.H.(Dayton Hudson) Direct"?  It was on only one station in Michigan and from what I understand it was hosted by Jim Peck.

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jul 14 2004, 03:43 PM\']Anybody ever see "D.H.(Dayton Hudson) Direct"?  It was on only one station in Michigan and from what I understand it was hosted by Jim Peck.[/quote]
It also ran in Chicago, although Dayton Hudson (now Target Stores) had yet to acquire Marshall Field's.  Did see a promo, but never saw the actual show, can't remember which station it was on (although I would guess either WPWR or WGBO).

[GSWitch]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jul 14 2004, 02:59 PM\'] Summer 1987 - the summer that home shopping games invaded TV (don't forget "Bargain Hunters".....OK, on second thought, *forget* "Bargain Hunters"). [/quote]
 Goen hosted the Home Shopping Game.  

Bob Goen had better luck after shaving that mustache when doing the daytime Wheel for CBS & NBC.

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jul 14 2004, 12:35 PM\']

Bob was one of two hosts on Home Shopping Game if I remember...Bob Circosta was the other one [/quote]
 Debbie Barlett of 80s Dream House and Every Second Counts was Bob and Bob's co-host.