As a fan of the classic CBS game show lineup, I'm really hoping they do right by LMAD and the possible Pyramid revival. There's life in these games without gimmicks & racy/oddly placed humor.
I also happen to think that Wayne Brady could do a really good job on LMAD; he's a natural entertainer and quick-witted without being insulting. I just wonder who could succeed Dick Clark on Pyramid (yes, I'm pretending the Donny debacle didn't happen) - you really need an old-school MC who can control the game. The thing you DON'T need on Pyramid is an entertainer; that's not the say the host can't be funny - Clark was funny in a Jack Benny sort of way...the humor happened around him, and he played it off as the hapless man in the middle. You need someone with that kind of quality to host Pyramid, and for the life of me, I'm drawing a blank on who that could be. (I'll say this much - the audition need only consist of one scripted line: "HERE is your first subject. READY? GO!") M-D On Jul 13, 6:22 pm, "Mark J." <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 11, 11:53 am, Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is from the latest edition of Steve Beverly's "Game Show Fix" > > newsletter. CBS is deciding whether to pair "Deal" with "Pyramid" as a > > daily replacement for "Guiding Light." > > Beverly, of course, is the pompous right-wing ass who probably has as > many skeletons in his closet as Larry Craig or Gov. Stanford. > > The game he has complained about many times (a game built around what > was under kilts worn by men) was, in my view, more out of place than > dirty, but could be expected, considering that NBC had given the show > to the producers of "Blind Date" under orders to hip it up. > > Considering that the word is that the "Pyramid" pilot (from Michael > Davies of "Millionaire") is very much old-school "Pyramid" without the > modernistic set tweaks and attempts of faux hipness of the Donny > Osmond remake ("What Regis Philbin's Coffee Cup Would Say"?), I would > guess that CBS wants in its daytime game shows comfort food, which, > for Drew Carey and the other tweaks made lately, "Price is Right" > still is. Therefore, "Pyramid" and "LMAD" would be expected to follow > that plan. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
