FYI- The most recent Judge John Hodgman podcast featured a dispute about a dented car door. One of those in the “courtroom” was a recent Jeopardy champion who spoke briefly about his time on the show (one of the final weeks with Alex Trebek).
On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 4:38 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > I have some friends who were on "America Says" a couple months ago and won > the bonus round - I assume eventually, they're going to run through every > possible combination of people in Southern California. > > I was set to be a contestant on "Master Minds" with Brooke Burns back in > February 2020, but I discovered a couple days before my tape date that I > knew someone who was working as a researcher on the show. > > I hope it was obvious that I was being extremely tongue-in-cheek in > suggesting Larry Elder. > > > On Sep 17, 2021, at 4:30 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 4:06 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dave mentioned Brooke Burns, who hosted GSN's "The Chase" and is now >> hosting GSN's "Master Minds." (The host of ABC's version is Sara Haines, >> probably best known for "The View.") >> >> GSN's other originals are hosted by a variety of people you've never >> heard of (such as Dylan Lane on "Chain Reaction") and people who you may >> have heard of, but aren't capital-letter Game Show Hosts like most of the >> people on Dave's list (Joey Fatone, "Common Knowledge"; John Michael >> Higgins, "America Says"). >> > > A few of my in-laws recently appeared on “America Says”; they did not do > well > > >> Come to think of it, a lot of the people on Dave's list got their start >> on radio... Larry Elder for "Jeopardy!" host? >> > > In the late 1990s, when I was a runner in Hollywood, I quite enjoyed both > Larry Elder and Dennis Prager. Neither were as loud and shouty then as they > are now, nor were they as overtly political. They cared about social > issues, and I often disagreed with both men, but their shows were > entertaining and the hosts had charisma. They were funny and they weren’t > mean… people who disagreed weren’t “the enemy” back then. > > When Barack Obama emerged, politics in media turned nasty. I don’t blame > Obama for it, but his rise to prominence was a clear tipping point. There > were always Rush Limbaughs and even Wally Georges (I adored Wally’s TV > show, by the way), but they were the exception, not the rule. > > All this is my way of saying Larry Elder was a good host once, and 20 > years ago he might’ve gotten my vote. But now he’s just a bitter, angry old > man, and I have no stomach for that in politics anymore. > > >> >> >> On Sep 17, 2021, at 3:58 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> I don't know if this counts as doing it regularly, but Craig Ferguson is >> still doing "The Hustler" and went a few seasons hosting "Celebrity Name >> Game." >> >> Is the 'talent' on GSN just lousy, or people we wouldn't know if we >> didn't watch? >> >> David >> >> On Friday, September 17, 2021, 03:28:43 PM PDT, [email protected] < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I think "dog and pony show" is the best description. Had the intention >> been to audition actual candidates, we probably would have seen a >> completely different set of candidates. Does anyone think Sanjay Gupta or >> Anderson Cooper or Robin Roberts was actually going to quit their day jobs >> to be the host? Yes, it's prestigious (in its way), but it was more of a >> series of stunts than anything else. >> >> The pool of game show hosts is getting pretty shallow. Other than Carey, >> Sajak, and Harvey, is there anyone who does it regularly? (I don't count >> the hosts of the ABC reboots; that's more stunt casting.) Brooke Burns on >> "The Chase" isn't bad, but there just isn't the supply (Cullen, Rayburn, >> Kennedy, Narz, Martindale, Ludden, Trebek, Convy, Regis) there used to be. >> >> --Dave Sikula >> >> On Friday, September 17, 2021, 07:30:16 AM PDT, PGage <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> Well, if the main criteria was just a host who would not make long time >> viewers stop watching they could have skipped the whole dog and pony show >> and just installed the most popular weatherman from Iowa City. >> >> I am not saying there is a good reason to ban white men from hosting >> Jeopardy, just that even with that show’s older, more conservative average >> audience, a good host has to have more than that. >> >> On Thu, 16 Sep 2021 at 9:41 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 11:45 PM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I'm finally catching up with his first episode. I don't find him >> coprorate; he's just kind of bland. Having seen the other candidates >> (except for Burton), I'd rank him near the bottom. He's outwardly pleasant >> enough, but doesn't really run the game; cetainly not as well as Jennings >> and Cohen did. For that matter, neither did Bialik (I'd rank her low, too), >> but that ship has sailed. >> >> >> Given enough time and practice he, or anybody, would rise to be an >> acceptable host. 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