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Post by Mandoli on Jun 19, 2014 20:08:42 GMT -5
I have never heard of this guy in my life as the host. Who is this? Any background information on him?
(The sound doesn't really matter. I'm just asking for host information.)
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Post by thekid965 on Jun 19, 2014 20:26:42 GMT -5
Ah yes... this is from the final season of the show, which was clearly dying by inches after the initial fad had worn off. (And sadly, "dying by inches" also describes Bert Convy by this point, one of the reasons you see someone else here.)
Robb Weller is a former Entertainment Tonight anchor who still does some news-type stuff; at last check he was co-hosting a Sunday-morning show on Los Angeles's KTTV. Draw was his only significant game show credit, although IIRC he has a few pilots on his résumé as well. He also did a local talk show here in Columbus in the early '80s for subscribers to Warner AMEX's QUBE system, an early experiment in "interactive television" (the same one that also lured Bill Cullen himself out to this crappy little corner of reality for How Do You Like Your Eggs?).
[Source: Wikipedia]
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Post by Mandoli on Jun 19, 2014 20:29:43 GMT -5
Oh. That helps. There were other hosts before him but after Convy? Or did he take over for Convy?
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Post by thekid965 on Jun 19, 2014 20:32:29 GMT -5
He took over for Convy (who was moving on to host The 3rd Degree, for as long as that lasted) for Draw's final season. Unless you count the teen version that Disney Channel aired at the time, the only other person to host Draw would have been Vicki Lawrence, who was at the helm for the NBC Daytime version while Bert was doing Super Password.
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Post by Mandoli on Jun 19, 2014 20:35:27 GMT -5
I'm going to start going off topic here, but the daytime version: It was airing while Convy/Weller's version was running? (So many questions. I promise I'll stop.)
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Post by thekid965 on Jun 19, 2014 20:49:09 GMT -5
Yes. In fact, the NBC and syndie versions premiered on the same date (7 September 1987).
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Post by ladykelsey on Jun 20, 2014 1:59:11 GMT -5
I'm going to start going off topic here, but the daytime version: It was airing while Convy/Weller's version was running? (So many questions. I promise I'll stop.) Reruns of the Vicki Lawrence version of Win Lose Or Draw were also seen on NBC from 1991 to I think 1993 {I'm not sure but I'll check the Win Lose Or Draw section of my trusty game show encyclopedia to make sure} But I remember watching it with my mom and she was the champion of Win Lose Or Draw and she would guess the picture right away, Kelsey |
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Jun 20, 2014 8:09:18 GMT -5
I love Win Lose or Draw. Still wishing that I had taped more of the Convy version when GSN aired it. Vicki was a great host and I wish her version lasted longer and that she hosted more game shows.
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Post by Mandoli on Jun 20, 2014 9:16:41 GMT -5
Yes. In fact, the NBC and syndie versions premiered on the same date (7 September 1987). I'm kind of surprised more people weren't confused. They'd be like... "Why is this person hosting the show? They can't do that! It's supposed to be (add host here)'s show!" |
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Post by thekid965 on Jun 20, 2014 9:31:32 GMT -5
I'm kind of surprised more people weren't confused. They'd be like... "Why is this person hosting the show? They can't do that! It's supposed to be (add host here)'s show!" Tell me about it. Even to this day I see comments from people who think Wheel of Fortune is an ABC or CBS series, simply because it airs on one of those affiliates in their market. It's as if they don't even want to understand how the syndication model works... too confusing, or too much trouble for such a trivial thing. |
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Jun 20, 2014 10:08:51 GMT -5
I'm kind of surprised more people weren't confused. They'd be like... "Why is this person hosting the show? They can't do that! It's supposed to be (add host here)'s show!" Tell me about it. Even to this day I see comments from people who think Wheel of Fortune is an ABC or CBS series, simply because it airs on one of those affiliates in their market. It's as if they don't even want to understand how the syndication model works... too confusing, or too much trouble for such a trivial thing. Whatever you do, don't tell them about daytime WoF in 1989, lol. I wonder if Bert would have hosted the daytime version too if he wasn't doing Super Password at the time. |
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Post by carpetcrawler on Jun 20, 2014 18:28:08 GMT -5
(And sadly, "dying by inches" also describes Bert Convy by this point, one of the reasons you see someone else here.) This seems to be a little inappropriate of a comment to make. Tell me about it. Even to this day I see comments from people who think Wheel of Fortune is an ABC or CBS series, simply because it airs on one of those affiliates in their market. It's as if they don't even want to understand how the syndication model works... too confusing, or too much trouble for such a trivial thing. Whatever you do, don't tell them about daytime WoF in 1989, lol. I wonder if Bert would have hosted the daytime version too if he wasn't doing Super Password at the time. I'm not sure. Vicki was by all accounts a good friend of Burt Reynolds so it could be a possibility that it was a starring vehicle for her. Don't forget that she would later host the Body Talk pilot in 1989 after this show ended its run; it's very possible that she was looking to get into game shows. |
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Post by thekid965 on Jun 20, 2014 18:43:16 GMT -5
(And sadly, "dying by inches" also describes Bert Convy by this point, one of the reasons you see someone else here.) This seems to be a little inappropriate of a comment to make. That wasn't at all my intent, though now that you mention it I can see how it could come off that way. Maybe it was a poor choice of idiom on my part, but all I meant was that Bert was by that time clearly feeling the effects of the cancer that would eventually end his life far too soon. Apologies to anyone who may have taken offense at my wording. I certainly didn't mean it that way. |
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Post by stevearino on Oct 22, 2017 17:07:19 GMT -5
Hello Out There From TV Land,
Steve Arino here, wanting to share with you information on one of my all-time favorite TV game shows: the Disney Channel Original Game Show "Teen Win, Lose or Draw."
Created by Jay Wolpert, "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" aired on Disney Channel from April 29, 1989 - September 26, 1992.
Hosted by Marc Price, "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" had 2 teams (each composed of a Teen Celebrity guest and 2 Teen Contestants per show) compete in a game where the object was for each team to get their teammates to say words, names, and phrases by drawing pictures, with the team with the most points at game's end winning a Grand Prize package e.g. a trip to U.S. Space Camp, with the runners-up winning a Cheaper Prize package e.g. a Nintendo NES Game Pack from Acclaim.
Each game started with a Clue Puzzle Round, where the teams had 60 seconds to draw a Series of Clues leading up to a well-known subject; this was followed by a Phrase Round, where the teams had 60 seconds or less to Communicate a Phrase, with 200 points awarded per team in both Clue Puzzle Round & Phrase Round if the teams guessed correctly, but however, in the Phrase Round, the drawer could hand off to another teammate, but doing so would cut the points in half to 100 points in the Phrase Round only.
As with regular "Win, Lose or Draw" (which "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" spun off from), each game ended with a 90-second Speed Round to determine the Prize Package winners.
On a personal note, one of my favorite episodes of "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" is one I used to have on tape, but the tape, regretfully, broke years ago: the episode featured Celebrity Guests Josie Davis ("Charles in Charge") & Scott Weinger ("Disney's Aladdin"). If anyone has that episode, please digitize it for me. It'd bring back great and wonderful memories.
Steve
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Post by stevearino on Jan 15, 2018 21:40:04 GMT -5
Hello everyone,
I'm Steve Arino, and I have a very long-shot Project Proposal for everyone at GSP: a Complete Series Restoration Project of the Disney Channel Original Game Show "Teen Win, Lose or Draw," a collaborative Project I believe would be a great project for 2018.
So far, I'm proud to say I have 10 episodes of the 65 half-hour episodes Disney Channel aired (including one uploaded to Mega.nz via ClassicNickShows thanks to CNS user SailorFreak, along with 9 other episodes I acquired respectively via Ryan Rinkerman, of whom I acquired 3 episodes from, and Chuck Donegan, whom I acquired 4 episodes from, and an episode I myself was lucky enough to Digitize and convert to a self-made DVD before regretfully taping over it as with other episodes I used to have).
If anyone here is willing to help me out, please feel free to do so.
Meanwhile, for those who've never seen the show, here's a Complete Showography to be followed by a partial Episode Guide.
Created by Jay Wolpert, "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" originally aired on Disney Channel from April 29, 1989 - September 26, 1992.
Hosted by Marc Price, each game had 2 teams, each composed of a Teen Celebrity Guest and 2 Teen Contestants per show, compete in a game where the object was to get their teammates to say words, names & phrases by drawing pictures. The team with the most points at game's end won a Prize Package e.g. a trip to U.S. Space Camp, while the runners-up won a cheaper prize e.g. Nintendo NES Video Games from Acclaim Entertainment.
Each game began with a Clue-Puzzle Round where the teams had 60 seconds to get a Series of Clues leading up to a famous subject; this was followed by a Phrase Round, where the object was to communicate a Phrase from a category e.g. Favorite Subjects.
As with regular "Win, Lose or Draw," each game ended with a 90-second Speed Round to determine the prize package winners, followed, if there was any time left, by an Audience Round where an Audience Member was selected to have the team of his/her choice guess a word in 60 seconds or less e.g. Bathroom, in the hopes of earning $25 Disney Dollars (later the home game "Win, Lose or Draw Junior" by Milton Bradley, which sponsored the show for Disney Channel throughout its 3-year run).
Whereas its predecessor was videotaped at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" was videotaped entirely at The Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida; after Jay Wolpert left the show, he was succeeded as showrunner by Scott Stone and David Stanley, whose Stone Stanley Productions company produced the show for Disney Channel for the rest of the run.
During its first season, new episodes of "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" aired twice weekly, Saturday nights at 6:30 and Sunday mornings at 11 A.M. on Disney Channel; for Seasons 2 and 3, new episodes were seen only on Saturday mornings at 12 P.M. starting November 3, 1990 (later 10:30 A.M. starting October 12, 1991) for the rest of its run.
As promised, and now, a partial Episode Guide for "Teen Win, Lose or Draw":
1. 1989: Celebrity guests are Tina Yothers and Chris Barnes
2. 1989: Celebrity guests are Allison Smith and Chris Barnes
3. 1989: Celebrity guests are Allison Smith and Freddy Koehler
4. 1989: Celebrity guests are Tina Yothers and Freddy Koehler
5. 1989: Celebrity guests are Lecy Goranson and Danny Pintauro
6. 1989: Celebrity guests are Lecy Goranson and Brice Beckham
7. 1989: Celebrity guests are Soleil Moon Frye and Brice Beckham
8. 1989A: Celebrity guests are Josie Davis and Jason Hervey
9. 1989B: Celebrity guests are Josie Davis and Jason Hervey
10. 1989: Celebrity guests are Josie Davis and Wil Wheaton
11. 1989: Celebrity guests are Candace Cameron and Danny Ponce
12. 1989: Celebrity guests are Candace Cameron and Chad Allen
13. 1989: Celebrity guests are Mayim Bialik and Danny Ponce
14. 1989: Celebrity guests are Regina King and Wil Wheaton
15. 1989: Celebrity guests are Jamie Luner and Scott Nemes
16. 1989: Celebrity guests are Tiffany Brisette and David Faustino
17. 1989: Celebrity guests are Ari Meyers and David Faustino
18. 1990: Celebrity guests are Danica McKellar and Jason Hervey
19. 1990: Celebrity guests are Maureen Flannigan and Jason Hervey
20. 1990: Celebrity guests are Kellie Martin and Brice Beckham
21. 1990: Celebrity guests are Josie Davis and Bobby Jacoby
22. 1990: Celebrity guests are Danica McKellar and Matthew Newmark
23. 1990: Celebrity guests are Maureen Flannigan and Matthew Newmark
24. 1990: Celebrity guests are Marisa Ryan and Scott Weinger
25. 1990: Celebrity guests are Josie Davis and Scott Weinger
Of those 25 episodes numbered in no particular order of the 65 episodes made for "Teen Win, Lose or Draw," the one I'm especially looking for is #25, the episode featuring Josie Davis ("Charles in Charge") and Scott Weinger ("Disney's Aladdin") as Celebrity Guests.
Here's why: because the tape I had it on years ago sadly broke, and I'd love to see that particular one again--as well as the other 24 episodes included; if anyone here has the episodes, and any others not listed here, please feel free to help me with this project.
Thanks in advance.
Steve
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