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davemackey

Feb 16 2007, 06:38 AM

QUOTE(chris319 @ Feb 11 2007, 05:54 PM) [snapback]145883[/snapback]

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the six names in the top five are (presumably) Olson, Wood, Pardo, Gilbert, Roddy and O'Donnell

There are several network staff announcers who did game shows back in the day but who have been forgotten by those of us old enough to have heard them the first time around, or were never known to today's audiences: Wayne Howell, Bill McCord, Bern Bennett, Dirk Fredricks ...

Dirk Fredericks was one of the ABC staff guys, wasn't he? (along with the likes of Chet Gould)

And for my money, one of the most exciting announcers of the 1950's was Bill Rogers, who did "The $64,000 Question".

PYLW

Feb 21 2007, 01:47 AM

3. Charlie O' Donnell (Wheel of Fortune)/Don Pardo(Jeopardy!)-TIE 219 (With one first place vote for each)

PYLW

Feb 26 2007, 05:00 PM

2. Gene Wood- 253 (with 2 first place votes)

1. Johnny Olson- 315 (With 12 first place votes)

Thanks to everyone who participated, :)

PYLdude

Feb 26 2007, 05:19 PM

QUOTE(Matt Ottinger @ Feb 11 2007, 05:33 PM) [snapback]145880[/snapback]

As it is, the six names in the top five are (presumably) Olson, Wood, Pardo, Gilbert, Roddy and O'Donnell. .

Too bad we didn't get a pool going, eh Matt? :)

Matt Ottinger

Feb 26 2007, 05:41 PM

QUOTE(PYLdude @ Feb 26 2007, 05:19 PM) [snapback]146957[/snapback]

Too bad we didn't get a pool going, eh Matt? :)

Well, at that point it was pretty much fish-in-a-barrel.

Meanwhile, I'm pretty pleased that the ten names I chose were the ten top vote-getters, though obviously not in precisely the same order.

chris319

Feb 27 2007, 02:34 PM

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Dirk Fredericks was one of the ABC staff guys, wasn't he? (along with the likes of Chet Gould)

Dirk Fredericks was ABC staff. I don't know anything about the background of Chet Gould, but I've heard that Jim Perry spent some time at WABC, so that would make three game show talents to come out of ABC New York. Then there is Jim Lange who came from ABC San Francisco, but he only did work for ABC television there (Oh My Word and Tennessee Ernie Ford), not radio.

Let us not forget Ralph Paul, announcer of Dotto.

Jimmy Owen

Feb 27 2007, 05:16 PM

Fred Foy did "$20,000 Pyramid" and "Generation Gap" at ABC. If you've ever seen "The Lone Ranger" or "The Dick Cavett Show" you've heard his voice.

Chief-O

Feb 27 2007, 06:26 PM

QUOTE(Jimmy Owen @ Feb 27 2007, 04:16 PM) [snapback]147060[/snapback]

Fred Foy did "$20,000 Pyramid" and "Generation Gap" at ABC. If you've ever seen "The Lone Ranger" or "The Dick Cavett Show" you've heard his voice.

He also did the pilot for "King of the Hill"-----for CBS.

Somehow, I don't believe Chet Gould was on staff for any of the networks.

Jimmy Owen

Feb 27 2007, 08:03 PM

I am not sure about Chet Gould being on staff at the networks, but according to back issues of TV Guide, he did anchor the weeknight 11:10pm news on WABC for a time in 1962-63.

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