Anyone remember "Roggin's Heroes"?
greywizard
I caught this show during its last year. After being tortured with the
moronic "America's Funniest Home Videos", this show seemed like genius.
A mix between "Videos" and one of those blooper shows.
I guess it wasn't THAT great. But host Fred Roggin was more funny and
appealing than Bob Saget, and there were some really funny lines on the
show. I remember one clip showing a stunt motorcyclist wiping out, and
the annoucer saying, "Footage from the Gary Busey Motorcycle Riding
School!". And, of course, there was Officer Feldman.
Anyone remember this show? I know after it ended, Roggin made a pilot
for one of the networks, which was essentially the same as this show
(and it had some interesting footage, such as clips from really bizarre
Japanese game shows). The network actually broadcast the pilot twice,
but it never developed into a series.
HADI
In article <34aa1...@news.pinc.com>, greyw...@coastnet.com (greywizard)
wrote:
> Anyone remember this show?
remember it. loved it. loved feldman. it only came on at like 2am in my
area (detroit). is he (roggin) doing anything in tv these days?
Tom Bromley
Roggin most recently has been co-host of a soon to be defunct talk show
"Arthel & Fred", with former "Extra" host and Neville Brothers relative
Arthel Neville. It was a failed attempt to copy "Regis & Kathie Lee".
Hopefully, with the renewed interest in reality-based comedy shows (such
as "Candid Camera" and "Tv's Bloopers"), Roggin won't be out of work too
long. He'd also make a good host if game shows become a hot genre again.
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"If the world were a logical place,
men would ride side-saddle"
--Rita Mae Brown
greywizard
I just remembered one of my favorite bits on the show. As you probably
know, in "America's Funniest Home Videos", Bob Saget would end the show
by saying a "funny" line intended for his wife.
Anyway, at the end of one episode of "Roggin's Heroes", Fred Roggin
ended the show by saying something like, "Oh, Bob Saget - tell your wife
I'll be home soon!" The audience shrieked with laughter!!!
Samuel Bethune
greywizard <greyw...@coastnet.com> wrote in article
<34aa1...@news.pinc.com>...
I used to see this show late on Sunday nights on KMTV (Channel 3, Omaha).
It was quite good, especially "Officer Feldman's Safety Tips". Roggin's
Heores
is comparable to "America's Funniest Home Videos" only to the extent that
both programs showed video clips of mishaps, men getting hit in the crotch,
etc. The voice-overs by Fred Roggin were far superior to Bob Saget's
irritating drivel.
My recollection is that Roggin was a sports reporter for a California TV
station,
and it seems that there was some sort of move to take the show out of
syndication
and put it with one of the networks, but that apparently fell through.
Great show, and I sure do miss it!
Sam
Steve Mindykowski
In <01bd164f$87910ea0$1284020a@GTE/sbethune> "Samuel Bethune"
<defe...@theonramp.net> writes:
>My recollection is that Roggin was a sports reporter for a California
TV
>station,
flagship, KNBC. Nationwide, you can find him today on the "Arthel &
Fred" talk show; that is, if you can find it -- many stations place A&F
in late night, either due to lack of space available, or it did poorly
during the day (WFLA, my local NBC station, showed it at 10AM, but
later moved it to 2:30AM(?).
On the other hand, I think his "Heroes" was pretty cool, too.
Steve Mindykowski
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Wendy
Saget was awful but the show was very funny. It has only been on once that
I know of in Canada and it was even worse with Daisy Fuentes. She is so
bad.
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Wendy
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Samuel Bethune <defe...@theonramp.net> wrote in article
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> greywizard <greyw...@coastnet.com> wrote in article
> <34aa1...@news.pinc.com>...
> > I caught this show during its last year. After being tortured with the
> > moronic "America's Funniest Home Videos", this show seemed like genius.
> > A mix between "Videos" and one of those blooper shows.
> >
> > I guess it wasn't THAT great. But host Fred Roggin was more funny and
> > appealing than Bob Saget, and there were some really funny lines on the
> > show. I remember one clip showing a stunt motorcyclist wiping out, and
> > the annoucer saying, "Footage from the Gary Busey Motorcycle Riding
> > School!". And, of course, there was Officer Feldman.
> >
> > Anyone remember this show? I know after it ended, Roggin made a pilot
> > for one of the networks, which was essentially the same as this show
> > (and it had some interesting footage, such as clips from really bizarre
> > Japanese game shows). The network actually broadcast the pilot twice,
> > but it never developed into a series.
> >
> I used to see this show late on Sunday nights on KMTV (Channel 3, Omaha).
> It was quite good, especially "Officer Feldman's Safety Tips". Roggin's
> Heores
> is comparable to "America's Funniest Home Videos" only to the extent that
> both programs showed video clips of mishaps, men getting hit in the
crotch,
> etc. The voice-overs by Fred Roggin were far superior to Bob Saget's
> irritating drivel.
>
> My recollection is that Roggin was a sports reporter for a California TV
> station,
Anthony Bruce Gilpin
I remember "Roggin's Heroes." It began as a local show in Los Angeles,
where Roggin did the sports news for the NBC-owned TV station.(does? I
don't live in California anymore). The show kind of grew out of a weekly
segment of bloopers called Fred Roggin's Sports Hall of Shame. The
bloopers proved popular, and Roggin eventually added the best plays of
the week to accompany the comedies of errors.
Cindy Snitchler
Fred Roggin still does sports on KNBC-TV,which can be seen on satellite
TV(Primetime 24 networks on DirecTV,Dish Network,and large C-Band dish).
Glenn Dwiggins
Cindy Snitchler (cin...@webtv.net) wrote:
: Fred Roggin still does sports on KNBC-TV,which can be seen on satellite
: TV(Primetime 24 networks on DirecTV,Dish Network,and large C-Band dish).
Basically, he's getting all the TV time he deserves. Being called better
than Saget is truly faint praise. In a fairer world, Saget would be
serving up Big Macs somewhere in Iowa, where his charms would be put to
better use.
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tk...@nyx.net
Anthony Bruce Gilpin <star...@gte.net> wrote:
: I remember "Roggin's Heroes." It began as a local show in Los Angeles,
: where Roggin did the sports news for the NBC-owned TV station.(does? I
: don't live in California anymore). The show kind of grew out of a weekly
: segment of bloopers called Fred Roggin's Sports Hall of Shame. The
: bloopers proved popular, and Roggin eventually added the best plays of
: the week to accompany the comedies of errors.
He still si on KNBC.
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