And he sat down on "Concentration" about a year into the run, since he was blocking the prize board behind him. Goodson-Todman got rid of the podium between the puzzle board and the contestants when they took over the franchise, I guess because they liked the idea of the host standing between the contestants. However, Hugh Downs and Bob Clayton only did that when there was no gameplay.
On Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 4:43 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > Incidentally, when people in the “Jeopardy!” studio audience would ask > Alex what his favorite (non-“Jeopardy!”) show was that he hosted, his > standard answer was “'To Tell the Truth,’ because I got to sit down." > (Although he did have a chair at his “Jeopardy!” lectern for the last few > years.) > > > On Nov 14, 2020, at 2:33 PM, Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm watching a "Classic Concentration" marathon on Buzzr right now. Boy he > was good on this show. > > BTW, with the deaths of Trebek and Tom Kennedy, there are only three > still-living hosts with shows on the current Buzzr schedule: Bob Eubanks > (Card Sharks), David Ruprecht (Supermarket Sweep), and Jon Bauman (MG/HS > Hour). > Buzzr did run the 1990s Annie Wood-hosted dating show "Bzzz!" within the > past year (and had Wood come back to do promos for it), but it's not on > their current schedule. > > On Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 6:58:54 PM UTC-5 Brad Beam wrote: > >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Kevin M. >> >> *>*One of the best clips circulating of Alex right now are outtakes of >> recordings he made for the Jeopardy phone game. I’m sure many have seen >> these before, but if you haven’t, it’s a classic. >> >> >> >> Elsewhere, how the CBC avoided losing a second “HNIC” crew member this >> weekend*. (No surprise – it came down to the mustache.) >> >> >> https://www.si.com/hockey/news/how-alex-trebek-almost-became-host-of-hockey-night-in-canada >> >> >> >> *Howie Meeker; with apologies to Marv Albert, the prime minister of the >> telestrator >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JMoPjFQi70 >> >> >> >> _ _ >> >> |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV >> >> |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/79b7f4e2-e99c-42d6-8b87-9351c6b9a288n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/79b7f4e2-e99c-42d6-8b87-9351c6b9a288n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/DDDF0580-00F1-4E5A-8920-12046717C7C0%40ellwanger.tv > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/DDDF0580-00F1-4E5A-8920-12046717C7C0%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi9yEFTy9hvKzbKPXEhZfgfF9kVi-MtyKviSOufJLGyy7g%40mail.gmail.com.
