That ENDED live runs of Bozo.
Then, how about these classic game shows (most of the original hosts are dead and gone...some of the names escape me offhand...but this IS the MEMORIES echo). In many cases, these were the ONLY host of the show.
Jeopardy! - Art Fleming (original host)
You Don't Say, Name That Tune, and Split Second - Tom Kennedy
Jackpot, The Gong Show, and Treasure Hunt - Geoff Edwards
Match Game - Gene Rayburn
Hollywood Squares - Peter Marshall
What's My Line? - John Daily and Wally Bruner
To Tell The Truth - (the host name escapes me)
Beat The Clock - (the host name escapes me)
You Bet Your Life - Groucho Marx
Chuck Woolery did some of these, but I forget which ones.
WSAZ-3 (Worst Station from A to Z) went on air in October, 1949. The other local station (WHTN-13) went on the air in 1955.
Then, how about these classic game shows (most of the original hosts aredead
and gone...some of the names escape me offhand...but this IS the
MEMORIES echo). In many cases, these were the ONLY host of the show.
Jeopardy! - Art Fleming (original host)
Watched that when I was home for lunch.
You Don't Say, Name That Tune, and Split Second - Tom Kennedy
At one time Tom Kennedy seemed to be every other game show on tv.
When I was a bit older than above I waited on the bus home in front
of a department store that had colour tv's on display and watched some game show or other. Couldn't hear, but hey, it was in COLOUR!
Jackpot, The Gong Show, and Treasure Hunt - Geoff Edwards
Chuck Barris was the original host of The Gong Show. Loved that show and Gene, Gene the Dancing Machine.
Match Game - Gene Rayburn
Those are the net and watch one or two every week.
Hollywood Squares - Peter Marshall
Another favourite.
What's My Line? - John Daily and Wally Bruner
The original with Daley was the best. The later syndicated show was
ok. It was more flashier and louder, I liked the more subdued version.
I've had a crush on Arlene Francis for years.
From her wry comments from time to time she must of been a hoot off stage.
To Tell The Truth - (the host name escapes me)
Beat The Clock - (the host name escapes me)
Both Bud Collyer.
He did a lot of radio before he went to tv and played Superman for several years.
You Bet Your Life - Groucho Marx
The one and only Groucho.
Chuck Woolery did some of these, but I forget which ones.
Like Peter Marshall, he's from around here, from a nearby town in KY.
He's back in the area every now and then.
Chuck Barris was the original host of The Gong Show.
Loved that show and Gene, Gene the Dancing Machine.
Some referred to him as Chuck Bare-@$$. :P
Hollywood Squares - Peter Marshall
Another favourite.
Some referred to him as Chuck Bare-@$$. :P
I never heard of that nickname. But I enjoyed the weird stuff
on the Gong Show. I'd watch it after coming home from school.
Chuck seemed to have better days than others - mode of the
time he seemed to be drunk. But he demonstrated a lot of
energy, enthusiasm, and humour.
Hollywood Squares - Peter Marshall
Another favourite.
The wit wrt to some of the answers was pretty good.
I enjoyed the weird stuff
on the Gong Show. I'd watch it after coming home from school.
I thought it was rather "hokey".
But I enjoyed the weird stuff on the Gong Show. I'd watch it after coming home from school.
Chuck seemed to have better days than others - mode of the time he seemed to be drunk.
But he demonstrated a lot of energy, enthusiasm, and humour.
Jeopardy! - Art Fleming (original host)
Watched that when I was home for lunch.
The answer is...Don Pardo. <G>
I wonder if some kids believed everything was in shades of black and white....after all, that's what was on TV. :P
There was a big stink years ago, because the contestants constantly
picked Richard Dawson for the SuperMatch...but if Richard wasn't picked, he got angry. It was if every one of them had an ego that needed to be stroked.
When I was young, and so was tv, I believed whatever
was seen in that magic box was live and happening at
that moment. And a lot of tv was live at the time.
I was confused how a filmed show set in daylight could
be happening since it was dark out, and vice versa.
Maybe it was dark/daylight on the other side of town,
I didn't know.
The same thing with The Match Game with Gene Rayburn. The Thursday/Friday shows were usually more loosey-goosey and giggly.
I thought it was rather "hokey".
That was the whole point of the show. It was a satire of game shows
and all in fun.
The gong, of course, goes back to Major Bowles Amateur Hour on radio where contestants were judged by the audience and if the act was really bad Bowles would strike a small gong on his desk to dismiss them.
Barris simply had a huge gong a panel member woul
The same thing with The Match Game with Gene Rayburn. The Thursday/Friday shows were usually more loosey-goosey and giggly.
Especially when most of the questions gravitated to a sexual and
innuendo theme.
I remember one of the Looney Tunes cartoons, and I think Daffy Duck had a line in one of them, which was "If only Major Bowles could see me now".
I had to look hard on YouTube for "the original one", as the "PC" world edited out several parts. Years ago, we were smart enough to know that
"you do NOT try this at home".
The same thing with The Match Game with Gene Rayburn. The Thursday/Friday shows were usually more loosey-goosey and giggly.
Especially when most of the questions gravitated to a sexual and
innuendo theme.
That was mostly the appeal of the show.
And the great thing it wasn't dirty. The games were suggestive at times, but never dirty.
I hate to think what the game would be like today.
Mike Powell wrote to DARYL STOUT <=-
I had to look hard on YouTube for "the original one", as the "PC" world edited out several parts. Years ago, we were smart enough to know that
"you do NOT try this at home".
Now that my generation, who mostly knew better, has given birth to the Tide pod eating generation, I am shocked they can show any of the old cartoons now.
Incidentally, starting in January, MeTV is going to run 3 hours of Saturday Morning cartoons, including Bugs, Daffy, Popeye, and Tom and Jerry. I am guessing they will be the edited versions, or they will
only show the episodes that don't require editing. I am hoping it is
the latter.
Mike
That was mostly the appeal of the show.
And the great thing it wasn't dirty. The games were suggestive at times, but never dirty.
I think it would be a lot like "The Bachelor/Bachelorette," or "Temptation Island," or any one of the other many singles shows that are on TV today. In other words, dirty.
I am guessing they will be the edited versions, or they will
only show the episodes that don't require editing. I am hoping it is the latter.
Mike
What do they edit out of them?
Incidentally, starting in January, MeTV is going to run 3 hours of Saturday Morning cartoons, including Bugs, Daffy, Popeye, and Tom and Jerry. I am guessing they will be the edited versions, or they will only show the episodes that don't require editing. I am hoping it is the latter.
What do they edit out of them?
I don't know how people can go around outraged about something all
the time. Its not good for ones mental health.
Incidentally, starting in January, MeTV is going to run 3 hours of Saturday Morning cartoons, including Bugs, Daffy, Popeye, and Tom and Jerry. I am guessing they will be the edited versions, or they will only show the episodes that don't require editing. I am hoping it is the latter.
What do they edit out of them?
Many of the cartoons contain "cartoon violence" where something happens to
a character, like Elmer Fudd shoots Daffy Duck. Of course, they don't die & there is (rarely) even any blood. More mature audiences know better than
to point guns at people. When I was a kid, we knew that shooting at
someone had consequences. But that kind of stuff sometimes gets edited out as the kids apparently are no longer taught anything.
Also, keeping in mind that the heyday of some of these old cartoons was overlapped by WWII, any stereotypes about the Axis countries (especially Japan) have to be removed so that no one gets their feelings hurt.
It never occured to me to use guns as toys after watching Looney Tunes. But th
n again, my family used to go hunting, so I saw first hand what guns do to livi
g creatures.
This I think isn't to protect the kids, as kids are not that dumb. IT's about >rotecting the sensibilities of idiot adults who don't understand how the world >ctually works.
Especially when most of the questions gravitated to a sexual and
innuendo theme.
That was mostly the appeal of the show.
And the great thing it wasn't dirty. The games were suggestive at times, but never dirty.
I hate to think what the game would be like today.
The narrator was talking about this and that event and then said something along the lines "For the first time are going to present the actual birth of a baby!"
The scene then goes to a curtain being pulled back with a baby in a upper berth. :)
Well, it was the actual berth of a baby. :)
Now that my generation, who mostly knew better, has given birth to the Tide pod eating generation, I am shocked they can show any of the old cartoons now.
Incidentally, starting in January, MeTV is going to run 3 hours of Saturday Morning cartoons, including Bugs, Daffy, Popeye, and Tom and Jerry. I am guessing they will be the edited versions, or they will
only show the episodes that don't require editing. I am hoping it is
the latter.
I don't like dirty, but I sometimes enjoy a bit of double entendre
and innuendo. I.e., Groucho vs four letter "comics" today.
Many of the cartoons contain "cartoon violence" where something happens
to a character, like Elmer Fudd shoots Daffy Duck. Of course, they
don't die & there is (rarely) even any blood. More mature audiences
know better than to point guns at people. When I was a kid, we knew
that shooting at someone had consequences. But that kind of stuff sometimes gets edited out as the kids apparently are no longer taught anything.
Also, keeping in mind that the heyday of some of these old cartoons was overlapped by WWII, any stereotypes about the Axis countries
(especially Japan) have to be removed so that no one gets their
feelings hurt.
Remember the lady who ordered Coffee from McDonalds Drive Thru and was very sorely suprised to find out that Coffee was HOT when some spilled
on her dress.
Parents here like to deflect their responsibilities.
Especially when most of the questions gravitated to a sexual and innuendo theme.
All I can think of is the numerous deals from "Hollywood Squares",
JOE MACKEY wrote to DARYL STOUT <=-
A few surviving original Match Game shows from the early '60s have surfaced on You Tube.
There were six guest panels, two teams of three men/three women, who
had to match other players answer, which was written on card, etc.
Gene Rayburn was the host.
One show from 1964 the panel were asked "Name some electric item
found in the bedroom".
The common answer was an electric blanket.
In the comments someone wrote:
1964: Electric blanket.
1974: A vibrator.
All I can think of is the numerous deals from "Hollywood Squares",
That show often had answers that somehow got past the censors.
He's also depressed that on Christmas (he hates the day now),
every restaurant will be closed, and his friends will be with
other family and friends. He prefers to meet them at a restaurant,
and just sit, talk, eat, drink beer...and basically "party all the
time".
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Ed,
Remember the lady who ordered Coffee from McDonalds Drive Thru and was very sorely suprised to find out that Coffee was HOT when some spilled
on her dress.
That's where it started (sigh!).
Like the warning labels...
1) Cape does not permit user to fly.
2) Remove shirt from child before putting in laundry.
The stupidity is stunning.
... "The computer is down. I hope it's something serious." -S.
Delaplane
A few surviving original Match Game shows from the early '60s have surfaced on You Tube.
I'll have to look for those - were they black and white?
wondering who the hell Charles Nelson Reilly and Rose Marie were,
One show from 1964 the panel were asked "Name some electric item
found in the bedroom".
The common answer was an electric blanket.
In the comments someone wrote:
1964: Electric blanket.
1974: A vibrator.
All I can think of is the numerous deals from "Hollywood Squares",
That show often had answers that somehow got past the censors.
I was talking to someone once and mentioned some event from my youth
and was asked "How was that possible?" and I replied, "Well, it was the '70s.." in a anything goes sort of answer.
Although we won't be able to this year, due to COVID, my mother and I usually go out to eat Chinese on Christmas. Many Chinese, and other ethnic restaurants, are open on Christmas.
He could probably do the same on a normal Christmas if he has at least
one friend that won't be busy with family.
I try to show My stupidity as much as I can when I write messages here.
I never read anything about S. Delaplane, guess I'll hafta go to DuckDuckGo to Search for that Name.
Or You could enlighten Me, if You would.
Others reading here may not know who that person is either and they
will appreciate You sharing what You know.
I've probably told you more than you cared to know. :)
I'll have to look for those - were they black and white?
My parents both worked when I was growing up, and I watched a lot of
afternoon TV. I remember watching Match Game all the time, and
wondering who the hell Charles Nelson Reilly and Rose Marie were,
since I'd never seen them in anything else...
Reminds me of the "Newlywed Game" when asked where is their favorite
place to make "whoopie" (in the house). I'll leave the answer to the
reader.
Host: "How many men in a professional hockey team?"
Paul Lynde, snickering: "About half..."
Circle gets the square!
I better quit now, or folks are going to really wonder about
me.
I better quit now, or folks are going to really wonder about
me.
Are gone too???
I got klutzy last night. I tripped over a break in the mat for the
chair in front of the computer, next to the bed, and fell. I bruised
my elbow, and hit the walker. Otherwise, I was OK.
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What a difference a decade makes.
All I can think of is the numerous deals from "Hollywood Squares",
That show often had answers that somehow got past the censors.
I was talking to someone once and mentioned some event from my youth
and was asked "How was that possible?" and I replied, "Well, it was the '70s.." in a anything goes sort of answer.
That was mild 50 years ago from what it is now <sigh!>.
Ok, no more eggnog for Daryl.
I'm thinking it was in the 70s when the TV Show "Happy Days" began.
I watched a few episodes and thought:
In the 1950s I avoided being around those kind of people who lived like that.
ME TV is still showing that Happy Days show.
I don't have Cable TV Service so it doesn't cost me anything to change Channels to watch something else OR to just turn the TV Off and head
for the computer room OR do something else like making a peanutbutter sandwich...
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