All I can say is niiiiiiiiiice...you really did some work here. Good job! :-)

And let me speak my mind on Feud and Jeopardy.

Feud: the actual show was fine, but that set was way too cramped. I'm also glad the decided on the oval-shaped game board.

Jeopardy: Who was the art director for this? I'd like to know what the hell they were smoking when they decided to make the podia and board look like computers. If that set had gone to air, it would've gotten dated very quickly. The show also seemed more laid back than what it became in the 80s. The blonde on the right was kind of annoying with her side comments in between questions.

One more thing, how did they transform the game board for (tacky neon) Final Jeopardy? Was it simply a black board that slid down over the grid?

I don't have a copy of Marshall's HSq book, but IIRC, it was two big factors:

1) The show sat on the shelf at CBS for a year. When it finally went over to NBC, Parks was busy with another project.

2) I don't think Marshall expected the show to last too long, and I remember reading that he wanted to spite Dan Rowan, who was also up for the job. So he went ahead and made the move to host the show. The rest is history.

Not Ed Flesh, I sure as hell hope. My God was that one of the most amazingly hideous things I've ever seen. They shoulda made Alex a big-ass prop floppy disk to shove into the "drive" to make the Final Jeopardy answer pop up. :)

Merv's TAV Celebrity Theater, on Vine St., where his talk show, Headline Chasers, and several years of Love Connection taped.

ET shared Merv's stage for several years.

I seem to remember also the Buddy Hackett YBYL pilot and a pilot with Fred Travalena (the name of which escapes me) being shot there, all of this in the early '80s.

The entire Hackett "YBYL" series was shot at the TAV Celebrity Theatre. The far shots from the camera in the back of the hall were a giveaway for anyone who watched Merv regularly, just like the back of the hall shots of 33 on "MG."

Chris C. mentioned that there was consideration to move Match Game from CBS TV City to the TAV Celebrity Theater during the daily syndie era.

Boy, that MG pilot even foreshadows the School Riot!

In any event, since it's not said enough, kudos to the operators of both the Page o'Clips, and the new Pilot Page. Well done, both of you!

Most likely, since AFM was mentioned as taping at TAV during J!'s first season in Harry Eisenberg's book.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

Actually, if you read that post a little more closely, I'm pretty sure that Mr. Kaiser simply mistyped and meant to say that Lynde was a *guest* and that George did a better job hosting THAT pilot than he did the OTHER one.

Probably. He was also the longtime head writer on "Truth or Consequences," which would figure into Ralph Edwards picking up the idea as "Cross-Wits" ("T or C" longtime producer Ed Bailey also co-produced the first season with Ray Horl before retiring--and "Cross-Wits" was Metromedia's official replacement for "T or C").

You're right. I read it to say that George was better as host than Paul was, myself. But still, you're right.