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Studio 46 - Non-TPiR Discussion => Out In Left Field => Topic started by: Reloaden on July 07, 2020, 05:59:02 PM
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Weakest link is making a come back. It's unknown what network the show is airing on or whos hosting. A lot of the newer versions the hosts are much nicer i wonder if they will follow.
http://buzzerblog.com/2020/07/07/weakest-link-revival-now-casting/?fbclid=IwAR1wiUFPoXXvkXL_I2M46tAzRrvOBTxOPP7xZApfIl5GEb6kwZxsl9WXjzY (http://buzzerblog.com/2020/07/07/weakest-link-revival-now-casting/?fbclid=IwAR1wiUFPoXXvkXL_I2M46tAzRrvOBTxOPP7xZApfIl5GEb6kwZxsl9WXjzY)
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A lot of the newer versions the hosts are much nicer i wonder if they will follow.
I dunno... maybe it doesn't qualify as "newer," but I thought George Gray was snarky in his role as host. It's hard to reconcile the George Gray who invites people to "come on down" with the George Gray who declared "you are the weakest link" and dismissed them with a smarmy "goodbye."
(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gameshows/images/f/f8/Weakestlink2.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/300/height/300?cb=20130319033248)
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And we have confirmation of a host with Hollywood Game Night's Jane Lynch being the host of the revival set to production set to begin later this year on NBC and will have a few modern twists.
https://tvline.com/2020/07/08/weakest-link-reboot-jane-lynch-nbc/
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I emailed and was told that they’re only looking to cast people in the LA area. I’m assuming this will be cheap low budget filler material for the gaps in the fall schedule due to Corona.
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I emailed and was told that they’re only looking to cast people in the LA area. I’m assuming this will be cheap low budget filler material for the gaps in the fall schedule due to Corona.
Or possibly just figuring it's easier at this point if those coming are close by to avoid travel issues?
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And we have confirmation of a host with Hollywood Game Night's Jane Lynch being the host of the revival set to production set to begin later this year on NBC and will have a few modern twists.
https://tvline.com/2020/07/08/weakest-link-reboot-jane-lynch-nbc/
I could definitely see her hosting this show, seeing that she had a mean streak of her own as Sue Sylvester on Glee.
As for George Gray, I never thought in a million years that he'd trade in "You are the weakest link, goodbye" for "Come on down!" In retrospect, he's a much better fit as the TPIR announcer than he ever was as the Weakest Link host.
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I could definitely see her hosting this show, seeing that she had a mean streak of her own as Sue Sylvester on Glee.
As for George Gray, I never thought in a million years that he'd trade in "You are the weakest link, goodbye" for "Come on down!" In retrospect, he's a much better fit as the TPIR announcer than he ever was as the Weakest Link host.
He's a far cry now from his controversial Extreme Gong stint a few years before that too. He was pretty much universally hated for a time from that.
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He's a far cry now from his controversial Extreme Gong stint a few years before that too. He was pretty much universally hated for a time from that.
When you say "universally hated", do you mean just us crapping on him, or legit missing out on job opportunities because of a bad reputation? (I've heard that Geoff Edwards had that problem in the 1970s due to his association with Treasure Hunt)
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When you say "universally hated", do you mean just us crapping on him, or legit missing out on job opportunities because of a bad reputation? (I've heard that Geoff Edwards had that problem in the 1970s due to his association with Treasure Hunt)
I feel like he had a bad rep from the online community at the time at least, although what that cost him or didn't I am not sure, but could be wrong. I seem to recall there was something he said on the show that really pissed people off. Someone can correct me if I am off on that, but that's what I remember reading about later (I was only about 10 at the time Extreme Gong was on so anything I heard was second hand pretty much after the fact).
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I never saw a single episode of Extreme Gong, but saying hi to his Mama May at the start of each TPIR episode should more than make up for that.
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I seem to recall there was something he said on the show that really pissed people off.
From what I've heard, there was supposedly an episode where he took a direct potshot at ATGS (the direct forerunner to The Game Show Forum), and it went over about as well as expected.
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From what I've heard, there was supposedly an episode where he took a direct potshot at ATGS (the direct forerunner to The Game Show Forum), and it went over about as well as expected.
Yeah that seems about right to what I remember.
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Jane Lynch is a great choice to host, she definitely has the snark and wit needed.
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George doesn't get near enough credit for what he did on Weakest Link... he had to
•replace a very iconic host that that originated the role, without duplicating her style
•balance the triple act of being a straight game show host who will keep the game moving, being warm enough to get contestants to open up on camera, and being a condescending malapert willing to get down in the mud and really roast them
•read 60-80 questions smoothly and clearly every episode, with no time for retakes
•make funny ad-libs about contestants' lame excuses, without depending on a producer or cue cards or an IFB in his ear
It is not an easy role, especially for somebody who was relatively unknown at the time, but he absolutely held his own. I still think that's some of his best work. He hit just the right mix & supplanted Anne Robinson in my mind.
From what I've heard, there was supposedly an episode where he took a direct potshot at ATGS (the direct forerunner to The Game Show Forum), and it went over about as well as expected.
I think I remember the story was that the producer was unhappy that ATGS was lambasting his show, so he made it a recurring bit on the show to call out the site by name mocking in as many ways as possible ("our consolation prize: hanging out with the other losers at alt.tv.game-shows") & do thinly veiled jabs at specific posters & comments. Which only made ATGS more irate, which only made the show more acidic, etc.
Luckily, everybody learned after that incident and nobody ever overreacted about/on a game show message board again.
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I think I remember the story was that the producer was unhappy that ATGS was lambasting his show, so he made it a recurring bit on the show to call out the site by name mocking in as many ways as possible ("our consolation prize: hanging out with the other losers at alt.tv.game-shows") & do thinly veiled jabs at specific posters & comments. Which only made ATGS more irate, which only made the show more acidic, etc.
Luckily, everybody learned after that incident and nobody ever overreacted about/on a game show message board again.
Well.....there WAS that period in Drew's early years where he openly mocked this forum for being what he deemed nitpicky......I think that was in Seasons 37 and 38 if I am not mistaken no?
Oh and on TWL.....George ALSO had to do what he did DAILY, where Anne in the US had not had to. So he had that pressure too on top of everything else. He had to keep the game moving more being in a half hour format as well vs. Anne's hour. To get 1 and a half seasons from all that, and at a time when Millionaire was running at that, definitely nothing to sneeze at.
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Well.....there WAS that period in Drew's early years where he openly mocked this forum for being what he deemed nitpicky......I think that was in Seasons 37 and 38 if I am not mistaken no?
Pretty sure that whole mess came about directly because of:
* the perfect Showcase bid;
* the way the show completely botched their handling of it, and
* Drew's snark in response to us calling them out for their handling of it.
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Well.....there WAS that period in Drew's early years where he openly mocked this forum for being what he deemed nitpicky......I think that was in Seasons 37 and 38 if I am not mistaken no?
Oh and on TWL.....George ALSO had to do what he did DAILY, where Anne in the US had not had to. So he had that pressure too on top of everything else. He had to keep the game moving more being in a half hour format as well vs. Anne's hour. To get 1 and a half seasons from all that, and at a time when Millionaire was running at that, definitely nothing to sneeze at.
Drew actually came to this site? Is it possible for somebody to find the topic(s) he posted in?
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Drew actually came to this site? Is it possible for somebody to find the topic(s) he posted in?
I don't think he posted really at all if I remember, most I recall was appearing in chat a few times. Someone can correct me if that's wrong though, but I think that's what his involvement here more was. His taking shots was more like George, doing so on air. Specifically, there was an episode where he made fun of the fact that a camera shot had changed I believe it was as they came back from break, saying "I"m calling Rich Di Pierro!", but there were other times too I think.
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Luckily, everybody learned after that incident and nobody ever overreacted about/on a game show message board again.
Well.....there WAS that period in Drew's early years where he openly mocked this forum for being what he deemed nitpicky......I think that was in Seasons 37 and 38 if I am not mistaken no?
Nope, ATGS was the only recorded incident like that in game show history, everything after that is bliss and peace and harmony. :D
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But seriously...
Pretty sure that whole mess came about directly because of:
* the perfect Showcase bid;
* the way the show completely botched their handling of it, and
* Drew's snark in response to us calling them out for their handling of it.
It definitely wasn't a one-sided affair. By the time the perfect bid incident happened, this site had heaped so much negativity on them I can understand them doubting the intentions of gr.net were purely constructive. I'm not going to dispute it was handled unprofessionally, but let's not pretend Drew & Mike & co didn't have a good reason for being suspicious after a big public months-long negative circlejerk.
Yeah, the show started to suck in some ways and we weren't shy about saying so, but members of this site also blew up some good-faith efforts the show made to reach out (going to Drew's new blog and demanding public apologies for Terry/Jack Wagner/Drewcases, etc.)
It takes two parties to communicate. For a while this site was "Roger's Facebook" levels of toxic. If I were involved in running the show, I wouldn't want to reach out to gr.net either circa 2008-2015.
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It takes two parties to communicate. For a while this site was "Roger's Facebook" levels of toxic. If I were involved in running the show, I wouldn't want to reach out to gr.net either circa 2008-2015.
Was it really up to 2015 that it was that toxic? I thought by then (the Drew/George era having long been established) that was over with. Am I wrong?
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Don't know the exact year, I admittedly didn't visit here very actively during that period. Clicked on a few old recap threads from then and maybe I'm misremembering. It certainly seemed like it took quite a while though.
It does seem like things have changed for the better, whether it's the site that's changed or the show that's changed (seems like both to me). Even if they're not giving us personal backstage tours there's at least water under the bridge.
I think a lot of it is survivorship bias. We discuss the current show here, and you're not likely to stick around for years here if you just want things to go back the way they were and can't find anything to like about the current show. Another part it is most people, even among the most devout hardcore fans, can't watch a show regularly for 10 years without life getting in the way, and the site naturally will shed users & pick up new ones.
George & Drew definitely seem very comfortable with LFaTs these days. They're nice, they're great at interacting with fans, they love chatting with LFaTs in the studio during commercial breaks, they interact with silly fan stuff on twitter, the whole nine yards.
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Don't know the exact year, I admittedly didn't visit here very actively during that period. Clicked on a few old recap threads from then and maybe I'm misremembering. It certainly seemed like it took quite a while though.
It does seem like things have changed for the better, whether it's the site that's changed or the show that's changed (seems like both to me). Even if they're not giving us personal backstage tours there's at least water under the bridge.
I think a lot of it is survivorship bias. We discuss the current show here, and you're not likely to stick around for years here if you just want things to go back the way they were and can't find anything to like about the current show. Another part it is most people, even among the most devout hardcore fans, can't watch a show regularly for 10 years without life getting in the way, and the site naturally will shed users & pick up new ones.
George & Drew definitely seem very comfortable with LFaTs these days. They're nice, they're great at interacting with fans, they love chatting with LFaTs in the studio during commercial breaks, they interact with silly fan stuff on twitter, the whole nine yards.
I have to wonder.....if Drew wasn't having the weight and depression issues he had when the show started......would he have been the same way still? I feel that coulda played into his attitude as much as anything else did given how he changed once the weight came off.
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George doesn't get near enough credit for what he did on Weakest Link... he had to
•replace a very iconic host that that originated the role
•being warm enough to get contestants to open up on camera
Not so much in the US, since Anne Robinson wasn't well known here (as far as I know), but in the UK, was she enough of a known quantity/iconic enough that even though her persona was mean and antisocial and all that, contestants were still willing to open up to her because she's Anne Robinson?