Top 10 New Hosts
JSNY1959
No host lives or even remains active forever. We have to accept new hosts
(that doesn't mean we have to like certain individual new hosts -- if some
of them are lousy, then by all means post!) or the genre will fade into
extinction. With that in mind, here is my top ten list of personalities
that should try hosting at least ONE show, just to see if we think they're
okay...
X) voice actor Rob Paulsen (the animated THE MASK)
9) soap actor David Wallace (GENERAL HOSPITAL's Tom Hardy)
8) actor Barry Van Dyke (DIAGNOSIS MURDER's Det. Sloan)
7) comic actress Kathy Griffin (SUDDENLY SUSAN's Vicki)
8) sportscaster Keith Overmann (ESPN)
7) newsie Craig Kilborne (Comedy Central's DAILY SHOW)
6) comic actor Joe Piscopo (SNL)
5) New York weathercaster Bill Evans (WABC-TV)
4) announcer Edd Hall (Jay Leno's TONIGHT SHOW)
3) Farrah (after doing Dave, she'll have to settle for this)
2) comic actor Anthony Clark (BOSTON COMMON)
1) Stuttering John Melendez (radio's HOWARD STERN)
Tom Bromley
Long before the premiere of TNPIR barely made it on to the
airwaves here, I had been convinced that Doug Davidson was the
wrong soap star to host a game show (seeing the few episodes that
WDZL aired, of course, proved me right). At the time, his
character on The Young and the Restless showed very little
personality -- although that was better than the personality
he *did* show in Studio 33!
Unless you watch Y&R, their names may mean little to you, but I
thought back then that Davidson's co-stars, Peter Bergman (Jack
Abbott) or Don Diamont (Bradley Carlton) would have made better
choices. Even today, I think the soaps have several actors who
may have the charisma to make the jump to that higher calling
of game-show host. "The Bold & The Beautiful" stars Ronn
Moss and Winsor Harmon are two possibilities. (If they're
looking for Barkeresque maturity, even B&B's John McCook
would be a good choice.) And if the game being revived is
"Name that Tune" or, dare I suggest?, "Musical Chairs", there
are several daytime stars with the musical talent to supply
the la-las.
If game shows are ever to reclaim daytime from the Montels and
Sally Jessys, soap stars could give the genre some needed name
recognition.
--
Tom Bromley ap...@yfn.ysu.edu
"For every honest, inoffensive, harmless citizen,
there is a bureaucrat waiting to goof him up."
-- Mike Royko (9/13/32-4/29/97) R.I.P.
C Alliaume
In article <5qb3j2$j...@news.ysu.edu>, ap...@yfn.ysu.edu (Tom Bromley)
writes:
>If game shows are ever to reclaim daytime from the Montels and
>Sally Jessys, soap stars could give the genre some needed name
>recognition.
I've seen Walt Willey ("All My Children") do a few parades on ABC. I
suspect he could do a decent job as a host if given the opportunity.
Keith Olbermann (see JSNY1959's original post) would also be fine; since
he's left ESPN he's currently unemployed.
Parade hosts are usually decent candidates to host games because they can
read a Teleprompter without making it sound like they're reading it and ad
lib fairly well. For example, Betty White did Macy's Thanksgiving Day
parade for years (before most of us here, including myself, can remember).
Alex Trebek has done the Rose Bowl parade a few times, and Bob Eubanks
has done it for a long time for KTLA (I caught it one year when WPIX in
NYC picked up the KTLA transmission).
Anyone who can sound and act natural, can make the contestants excited and
interesting without belittling them, and can keep a show moving is an
excellent candidate to host as far as I'm concerned. With the retirement
of most of the '60s and '70s hosts, the field is wide open.
-- Curt Alliaume
TaterStud
i'll give you David Wallace.....but I could see the guy who is Allen
Quartermain as a host too
Dave Mackey
C Alliaume wrote in article <19970713202...@ladder02.news.aol.com>
...
>In article <5qb3j2$j...@news.ysu.edu>, ap...@yfn.ysu.edu (Tom Bromley)
>writes:
>
>>If game shows are ever to reclaim daytime from the Montels and
>>Sally Jessys, soap stars could give the genre some needed name
>>recognition.
>
>I've seen Walt Willey ("All My Children") do a few parades on ABC. I
>suspect he could do a decent job as a host if given the opportunity.
I've seen Walt Willey's standup act (very funny), and he did some "Match
Game" in the 90's so he's game-show friendly. He just may work, but doing
"AMC" does take a big chunk out of his schedule.
>Keith Olbermann (see JSNY1959's original post) would also be fine; since
>he's left ESPN he's currently unemployed.
Keith Olbermann just signed a deal to do a show for MSNBC. I think he'll be
on following Soledad. <groucho>Ah, to spend my time following
Soledad...</groucho>
--
Dave Mackey
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C Alliaume
In article <5qbh7o$3...@crow.cybercomm.net>, "Dave Mackey"
<Xdma...@raven.cybercomm.net> writes:
>>Keith Olbermann (see JSNY1959's original post) would also be fine; since
>>he's left ESPN he's currently unemployed.
>
>Keith Olbermann just signed a deal to do a show for MSNBC. I think he'll
be
>on following Soledad. <groucho>Ah, to spend my time following
>Soledad...</groucho>
I hadn't thought of this, but Olbermann is limited in what he can do
because of an eyesight problem -- he doesn't drive because of this. (That
doesn't mean he can't host a game show, but if it was based in Los
Angeles, he'd have a hard time getting to the studio unless he took a car
service.)
The things you think of...
-- Curt Alliaume
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The UPN 3-5 p.m. Game Show Block
Call your local UPN affiliate and demand it!
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Dave Mackey
C Alliaume wrote in article <19970715230...@ladder01.news.aol.com>
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>I hadn't thought of this, but Olbermann is limited in what he can do
>because of an eyesight problem -- he doesn't drive because of this.
(That
>doesn't mean he can't host a game show, but if it was based in Los
>Angeles, he'd have a hard time getting to the studio unless he took a car
>service.)
I can sympathize with Olbermann in that way, because my wife has the same
problem: severe eyesight problems that preclude her from driving a car. I'm
sure Olbermann had somebody to drive him to Bristol and back every day, and
on his salary he sure could afford it. I'm certain MSNBC will accomodate
him in every way possible.