TPIR Observation: Rod Roddy
D.T. Ramos
well as new shows....and it seems to me that TPIR has had 3 regular
announcers, not two.
First of all, there was Johnny Olsen. Perfect.
Next, after a parade of temps around 1986, came Rod Roddy. He was
good...very energetic, lively, and knew how to say "A NEW CAR!!".
Now, since about 1992, there's some guy I don't know. His voice cracks all
the time...he seems to have lost interest in announcing....his "come on
down"s sound uninterested and forced out.
Does anyone agree with me? Has Rod Roddy lost his glow?
Flame me, I don't care. I thrive on it.
Dave
Rhudson765
should have gotten the gig in the first place.
Gene Wood.
Richard Hudson
Erich Linkenauger
The only person I can think of is Gene Wood, but he usually does the plugs
before the Second Showcase Showdown. He did that last summer when there
were repeats and Roddy was not available. I also knew Tom Kennedy's TPiR
had several announcers since Olsen died.
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Cat
who
>should have gotten the gig in the first place.
He just seems disinterested, doesn't he? He's not enthusiastic at all in
the beginning...especially when u hear Johnny's discriptions of things.
And I HATE the "The...Price....Is...Right" stuff.....its The Priceis
Right! :) Cat
--
Gene: "Old Man Perriwinkle said to his 17 year old bride...'On our
honeymoon,
u can do anything u want to do...but remember...whatever u do, do it
_______"
Bill Cullen: "Well...the way you did him, he sounded awfully old. So he
said
'whatever u do, do it alone'" *Bill laughs the Bill Cullen laugh*
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D.T. Ramos
OHboy1981 wrote in message <19990303194037...@ng-fv1.aol.com>...
>hey I have an Idea, why dont we just put up a giant monitor which can have
a
>picture of a Ouija board on it--that way Johnny O. can announce from
"beyond
>the grave" LOL
>
>
That would kick ass.
D.T. Ramos
I'm saying EXACTLY what Cat said in the reply to my post....(oh my god I
agreed with him! :)
ROD RODDY SOUNDS BORED AND DISINTERESTED WITH HIS JOB!
I know, Erich, that there were several other announcers after Johnny's
death, and I'm NOT slamming Rod as an announcer...I like him fine, I
guess...but I'm just making a comment that he sounds really disinterested
with his job. And FYI, I don't know about Gene Wood. He sounds to me like
one of those drama-ridden New York news anchors; seems to me like he's
always ready to start yelling, "next on worlds most dangerous (insert noun
here)".
Dave
D.T. Ramos wrote in message ...
>I've been watching repeats of the Price Is Right for some time now....as
>well as new shows....and it seems to me that TPIR has had 3 regular
>announcers, not two.
>
>First of all, there was Johnny Olsen. Perfect.
>
>Next, after a parade of temps around 1986, came Rod Roddy. He was
>good...very energetic, lively, and knew how to say "A NEW CAR!!".
>
>Now, since about 1992, there's some guy I don't know. His voice cracks all
>the time...he seems to have lost interest in announcing....his "come on
>down"s sound uninterested and forced out.
>
>Does anyone agree with me? Has Rod Roddy lost his glow?
>
>
>
>Flame me, I don't care. I thrive on it.
>
>
>Dave
>
>
Cat
ya
>know? Of course Johnny Olson was fabulous, but Rod was he successor
and he's
>the NEW "Come on Down" guy. He's now 78 or 79 and I think doing well,
all
>things considering. It's tradition, and you can't mess with it. The
>interaction between him and Bob is often times very funny and great to
watch.
>They get along really well, and I wouldn't want to see the show suffer
from a
>drastic change like that.
>-Jay
Ummmmm......huh? Rod is 50 maybe. Thats all. Cat
matt...@teleport.com
Or, how about having someone announce the contestant's name and have an audio
clip of Johnny O announcing the words "...Come on down - you're the next
contestant on The Price is Right!"
- Matthew
B Bell
Why would Gene would be doing plugs during reruns of the Price is Right?
JTFriends1
OHboy1981
picture of a Ouija board on it--that way Johnny O. can announce from "beyond
the grave" LOL
"Can you see what kind of people I've been working with for the past 26 years?
She can't drive and he can't read the car plugs! Is it any wonder why I have
white hair?!?!"
--Bob Barker, The Price Is Right 26th Season Premiere
COHENZEE
couple of seasons on Price, or otherwise he would lose it altogether. I might
be wrong, but I think i saw that here a while ago.
This Adam Cohen saying thanks for Pressing Your Luck, so long
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<dra...@ameritech.net> writes:
>Has Rod Roddy lost his glow?
My guess it's been a growing problem since the $33K win on PYL, where the prize
description kept going and going and going and... You can hear it starting
toward the end, and I don't remember hearing it before then.
Woogie
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"You can drown people and it's legal."
--a Jeopardy! teen contestant on why she likes water polo
Tice
cohe...@aol.comspam (COHENZEE) wrote:
> From what i heard Rod was told by doctors to tone down his announcing after a
> couple of seasons on Price, or otherwise he would lose it altogether. I might
> be wrong, but I think i saw that here a while ago.
>
I think that would account for this perceived lack of enthusiasm. I never
really noticed that. The thing that makes him look worst is his continual
inability to get through a day of plugs without stammering. I've noticed that
Bob is starting to call attention to it more often these days...at least it
has certain comic potential.
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Erich Linkenauger wrote in message <7bkhtd$lvj$1...@juliana.sprynet.com>...
>"Our bids are instantaneously recorded on our tote machines provided by the
>American TotalData Company, a subsidiary of Universal Control, Inc." --
Bill
>Cullen
Actually, it's the American Totalisator Company.
D.T. Ramos
_DEFAULT <_DEF...@prodigy.net> wrote in message >>"Our bids are
instantaneously recorded on our tote machines provided by the
>>American TotalData Company, a subsidiary of Universal Control, Inc." --
>
>
Oh yeah. Back in the '50's-60's, companies didn't have to resort to that
STUPID practice of somehow forgetting where their space bar was when they
were thinking of ProductNames or CompanyNames.
God, I hate when they do that.
Dave
John Sergent
> I've been watching repeats of the Price Is Right for some time now....as
> well as new shows....and it seems to me that TPIR has had 3 regular
> announcers, not two.
>
> First of all, there was Johnny Olsen. Perfect.
>
> Next, after a parade of temps around 1986, came Rod Roddy. He was
> good...very energetic, lively, and knew how to say "A NEW CAR!!".
>
> Now, since about 1992, there's some guy I don't know. His voice cracks all
> the time...he seems to have lost interest in announcing....his "come on
> down"s sound uninterested and forced out.
>
> Does anyone agree with me? Has Rod Roddy lost his glow?
Some days, he sounds great. Others, maybe he should have stayed home and let
Bob announce. Why the difference?
John Sergent
> Does anyone agree with me? Has Rod Roddy lost his glow?
Yep. His coat today didn't glow at all; it was flat black! What's wrong?
Mark
Rod screws up on a copy, Bob just laughs and continues on with the show, after
Johnny, Rod is the next best thing for TPIR.
ROBDON33
Shades of Johnny and Ed, I think. :)