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Post by feudfan55 on Jun 29, 2023 16:52:59 GMT -5
After Jack Clark's passing, M.G. was the WoF announcer for only a few short months before Charlie came back. Was that always the plan for M.G. to be temporary until Charlie was available? Or did he not work out for some reason?
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Post by joelh on Jun 29, 2023 20:24:17 GMT -5
Well he wasn't very good so I'm going to guess the latter.
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Post by aaaa on Jun 29, 2023 21:13:38 GMT -5
It was reported on Game Show FOrum IIRC that Jack Clark wanted Charlie O. to return to Wheel once Jack's health got to the point that he could not continue. Charlie O. was committed to announcing for the Newlywed(Eubanks than later Paul Rodriguez), Dating(Jeff MacGregor), and Gong Show(DOn Bleu) revivals in the 1988-89 season. When those ended production in early 1989(running in first run through Spring 1989), Charlie O returned to WOF.
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Post by splinkynip on Jun 29, 2023 22:25:14 GMT -5
I seem to recall Pat responding on his website or Twitter once that MG just didn't work out for the show.
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Post by SpeedAndStrategy on Jun 30, 2023 9:46:27 GMT -5
It was probably a combination of Charlie's new availability and M.G. just not working out. They did say M.G. had issues with ad-libbing too much and having to do a lot of re-takes on prize copy. They also had Don Pardo do the NYC shows, so maybe they were already iffy about M.G. by that point. Frankly I think M.G. would have been much better as the new daytime host rather than the announcer, if his audition tape is anything to go by.
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Post by danderson400 on Aug 5, 2023 20:14:01 GMT -5
I'd agree with this. Merv should have given MG the daytime show and gotten either Johnny Gilbert or Don Morrow to announce.
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