Author Topic: Game Show "Celebrity Player" Veterans (Read 10678 times)

ChuckNet · « **Reply #30 on:** October 13, 2004, 07:49:37 PM »

Coolio's become a GS veteran in recent years, having appeared on:

MG '98
HS (Bergeron)
Figure it Out
2-Minute Drill
Pyramid
WL
Pictionary

...and possibly a coupla others that I'm missing.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

SplitSecond · « **Reply #31 on:** October 13, 2004, 08:37:01 PM »

[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Oct 13 2004, 04:49 PM\']Coolio's become a GS veteran in recent years

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Fedya · « **Reply #32 on:** October 13, 2004, 11:23:59 PM »

How quickly everybody forgets that CNR and Brett did a week of H^2's Game Show Week in 2002. :-)

And Anita Gillette did a week of $100K Pyramid in either late 1986 or early 1987, just before the cancellation of Search for Tomorrow. (I recall GSN airing it when they most recently had it on in the 11AM ET hour.)

TimK2003 · « **Reply #33 on:** October 14, 2004, 04:57:50 AM »

I'm surprised that Phyllis Diller Jim J. Bullock, & Arte Johnson were not mentioned yet. And I'm thinking that if John Ritter did H2, or something in the 90s he'd meet the 3 decade prerequisite too, but did he do 3 other shows besides $xxx,000 Pyramid & HSq?

Anyhoo, it's amazing that most, if not all of the people who have fit the 5 show/3 decade requirement thus far fall into one of 2 categories:

1) Comedian/comedienne, or

2) Someone who was famous for one single show/movie/play (i.e. Jamie Farr). But if you didn't know that one big show, you'd probably think they were game show fodder from off the street because you don't know where the heck else they came from.

Tim

zachhoran · « **Reply #34 on:** October 14, 2004, 07:24:59 AM »

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Oct 14 2004, 03:57 AM\']I'm surprised that Phyllis Diller Jim J. Bullock, & Arte Johnson were not mentioned yet. And I'm thinking that if John Ritter did H2, or something in the 90s he'd meet the 3 decade prerequisite too, but did he do 3 other shows besides $xxx,000 Pyramid & HSq?

Tim

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Ritter did Dating Game, Get Rich Quick(pilot), Dawson Feud(all-star primetime ABC special). His Dating Game appearance was in the 60s, so he fits the three decade requirement.

If Richard Kline did a show in the 70s(did he do the Feud special with the 3's Co. team), he too fits the three decade club, as he did Pyramid and others in 80s, and MG90 in the 90s.

Did Arte do a game show in the 60s? I suspect he did letters to Laugh-In. If so, he fits the three decade club(did Hot Potato in 80s, and MG90 in 90s, plus his 70s appearances)

Ron Masak fits the three decade club too, as he did MG74 and Password Plus in the 70s , Last Word and Hot Potato in the 80s , and TTTT90 in 90s.

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #35 on:** October 14, 2004, 09:29:24 AM »

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Gene Rayburn. All sorts of guest panelist appearances from the fifties through the eighties. The imdb.com page lists Name's the Same, TTTT, WML, Tattletales, Just Men!, many others. I tend to think of him as a host only...and of only one show. Shows how a single gig - if it's the perfect gig - can define a performer's image.

Many sitcom performers have stated the same - that no matter what they do, they'll always be known for their most famous role. Don Adams (of "Get Smart") and Bob Denver (of "Gilligan's Island") are two that fit the bill. Both have had other roles but I bet most people would be hard pressed to name them. Some stars have even said that the fame of that one character has even hurt their chances of being cast in other roles.

Don was a guest on "Match Game 74" and Bob did "Definition" in 1976.

sshuffield70 · « **Reply #36 on:** October 14, 2004, 10:00:28 AM »

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Many sitcom performers have stated the same - that no matter what they do, they'll always be known for their most famous role. Don Adams (of "Get Smart") and Bob Denver (of "Gilligan's Island") are two that fit the bill. Both have had other roles but I bet most people would be hard pressed to name them.
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opimus · « **Reply #37 on:** October 14, 2004, 05:16:07 PM »

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Many sitcom performers have stated the same - that no matter what they do, they'll always be known for their most famous role. Don Adams (of "Get Smart") and Bob Denver (of "Gilligan's Island") are two that fit the bill. Both have had other roles but I bet most people would be hard pressed to name them.
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Here's an obvious answer Artie Johnson and Jamie Farr.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #38 on:** October 14, 2004, 05:29:03 PM »

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Many sitcom performers have stated the same - that no matter what they do, they'll always be known for their most famous role. Don Adams (of "Get Smart") and Bob Denver (of "Gilligan's Island") are two that fit the bill. Both have had other roles but I bet most people would be hard pressed to name them.
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Here's an obvious answer Artie Johnson and Jamie Farr.

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Not sure I see what's so obvious about your answer. If you're answering the OP's question, both Arte Johnson and Jamie Farr already have been named in this thread (on the other hand, maybe THAT'S what's obvious ;-) ).

If you're answering Shuffield's question, then you've really lost me.

Doug

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #39 on:** October 14, 2004, 07:45:56 PM »

Re: Bob Denver. Many thought it would be difficult for him to escape being typecast as Maynard G. Krebs, but they were proved wrong. He was on Celeb. Sweepstakes for at least one week.

ChuckNet · « **Reply #40 on:** October 14, 2004, 09:45:55 PM »

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And Anita Gillette did a week of $100K Pyramid in either late 1986 or early 1987, just before the cancellation of Search for Tomorrow. (I recall GSN airing it when they most recently had it on in the 11AM ET hour.)

She also did a wk of Super Password around that time (1986), joined by Robert Reed, who I believe was one of her SFT co-stars at the time.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

uncamark · « **Reply #41 on:** October 15, 2004, 05:35:08 PM »

Speaking of Anita Gillette, a lot of people will probably be seeing her at the movies this weekend--she's one of J-Lo's dance students with Richard Gere in "Shall We Dance?" Lisa Ann Walter, which some of you lusted after when she appeared on one of the comedian U.S. "TWL" shows, is also in the film.

Neumms · « **Reply #42 on:** October 15, 2004, 06:10:22 PM »

Anita Gillette did have a recurring role on "Quincy" and she was on "Law and Order" in the last couple of years. Fine actress, but I still say she didn't add much to a panel.

Does anyone know how Charlie Brill and Mitzi McCall gained celebrity status? They appeared on Match Game, Tattletales, Rhyme and Reason and the Gong Show. I assume there's a fifth out there somewhere, though they probably don't meet the three decade standard. But anyway, who the hell are they?

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #43 on:** October 15, 2004, 06:12:51 PM »

They followed the Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

Neumms · « **Reply #44 on:** October 15, 2004, 06:18:32 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Oct 15 2004, 05:12 PM\']They were the opening act for the Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

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Really? So what did they do? Did they juggle plates? Were they billed as the next Nichols and May? Were they in a soup commercial?

Author Topic: Game Show "Celebrity Player" Veterans (Read 10678 times)

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