"Family Feud" tapings with Ray Combs at CBS - (1988-1994)
de...@viptx.net
tapings of Family Feud with Ray Combs at Studio 33, (now the Bob Barker
Studio), at CBS Television City in Los Angeles sometime during the show's six
year run, (1988-1994), on CBS and in syndication. What was it like? Did Ray
Combs and Gene Wood do audience warm-ups before the show? What was it like
after the show was over? How many times did Ray take Feud on the road? I
remember a certain episode where Ray took Feud to Opryland/ Nashville,
Tennessee in salute to the Grand Old Opry. If I am correct, Porter Wagner
and "Little Jimmy" Dickens appeared on the show and it seemed like Ray had a
very good time. I really wish I had that episode on tape along with many
other episodes of the Combs Feud! Also, I think the survey board that was
used when Ray Combs took Family Feud on the road was the same survey board
that was used on Richard Dawson's Feud '94. On the Opryland show the survey
board was in the "fast money" mode for the entire show meaning that during
the face-off rounds the answers did not "flip" when they were revealed like
they always did on the regular CBS set. The answers, on the Opryland show,
were revealed just like fast money answers are: computerized. This was also
the case during the big money "Bulls-Eye" game. The background of the survey
board, which on the CBS set contained the white blinking lights, was shadowed
with an assortment of leafy plants. (On Feud '94 the survey board background
consisted of panes of blue/red glass.) The entire set background was also
surrounded by leafy plants on the Opryland show. Also, when Ray committed
suicide on Sunday, June 02nd, 1996, did Bob Barker make a reference to Ray's
death on "The Price Is Right" shortly afterwards? They, (Bob and Ray), always
seemed to be good friends from what I saw on the Feud episodes in which "The
Price Is Right" played against "The Young And The Restless". If I recall
correctly, Bob and the rest of the "Price" cast never made an appearance on
Richard Dawson's Feud '94. Did Richard Dawson make a reference to Ray after
he returned to Family Feud in September 1994? Just curious.
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MrTV1
>tapings of Family Feud with Ray Combs at Studio 33
[raising hand]
> What was it like? Did Ray
>Combs and Gene Wood do audience warm-ups before the show? What was it like
>after the show was over?
It was great! Ray was very funny, the show was fun and Gene's fun with the
auidience during show breaks was sometimes funnier than Feud.
Gene invited people from the audience to act out a scene from Gone With The
Wind....very funny!
To answer your questions, I am not aware that Bob made any mention to Ray on
Price. I don't recall PiR appearing on Feud 94 and I know for a fact that
Dawson made no reference to Ray on Feud 94.
Hope that helps! All the shows I saw were fun to attend and Feud was no
exception!
John
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stuff. Someone, ANYONE ELSE, give me ANY info you have on Family Feud. Photos
of hosts, sets, anecdotes, complete lists of contestants -- ANYTHING!!!
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John Sergent
de...@viptx.net wrote:
> I'm just curious as to how many of you fellow game show fanatics attended
> tapings of Family Feud with Ray Combs at Studio 33, (now the Bob Barker
> Studio), at CBS Television City in Los Angeles sometime during the show's six
> year run, (1988-1994), on CBS and in syndication. What was it like? Did Ray
> Combs and Gene Wood do audience warm-ups before the show? What was it like
I've never been to California, but I have both Nashville weeks on tape
(somewhere). This was the first and only time the show went on the road, and
they took the travelling set and added the glass squares to make the '94 set.
(Or else they built a new one just exactly like it, which certainly wouldn't be
the only foolish thing they did that year). The first week they had Opryland
stars; The second they had local Nashville families. The next week in
California, they started with their current regular champs vs. the Nashville
Champions and had Rod Roddy as announcer. TPiR may have finished production
for the season by June 2nd, I don't know. One of the things that annoyed me
about the '94 Dawson Feud is that they acted as though the show had simply been
off the air since 1985. They never mentioned Ray or had any of the returning
families from his version mixed with the ones from the original, and I think he
even said something about it being nice for him and the Feud to be back on the
air!