I wholehearted agree with your comparison. It is still my personal favorite game show. The fact that the episodes rarely see the light of day are shameful. I would love to see someone come back and do it again (though catching the lightning-in-a-bottle of Quinn, Leary, and Sandler amongst the recurring players may prove to be difficult). The photos of Martindale, Cullen, Hall, et al behind Ober were there as a loving tribute.
They were right: Kenny wasn't like all the other kids. On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Frank Conniff posted news of the death of the "Remote Control" host on > his Facebook profile. Though I've yet to find confirmation elsewhere, > it isn't the sort of thing Frank would joke about. > > Though I may get slammed for this, "Remote Control" did for game shows > what "Late Night with David Letterman" did for talk shows. It twisted > the genre whilst simultaneously respecting the shows that preceded it. > It gave goofballs and hotties a chance to win cash and prizes, while > the mainstream game shows were booking homemakers from Provo, Utah or > insurance salesmen from Omaha, Nebraska. > > I may have my chronology messed up, but I think it was one of the > first non-music oriented shows on MTV, but it still semi-related to > the other things found on the channel. I also recall either a > broadcast of syndication version of the series that flopped, but the > original gave us Kari Wuhrer, for which the male populace is grateful. > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
