There was an actress in the early 80s by the name of Shelley Smith. She wasn't even B list: the woman was a runway model before she got into acting, and doesn't have a credit on IMDB past 1991. From IMDB, it looks like she starred in exactly one series: "For Love And Honor". But if you know Pyramid, you know exactly who Shelley Smith is: one of the great celebrities in the history that entire franchise and the deliverer of the single greatest Winners Circle clue (in a $100,000 round, no less; after a brutal fifth category that should've knocked her on her ass):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji_ZFRqYsp8 Shelly Smith was a game show rock star, just like Vikki Lawrence and Nipsey Russell and Betty White. And when you're good at game shows, you keep reappearing, even if you've got nothing else going on, because crappy celebs make the show look bad. Exhibit A: Anthony Anderson, who showed what happens when you're neither: you play like shit, you act like a mouthy ass, and detract from the proceedings. You can think Rosie O'Donnell has the acting ability of a french fry and a personality that could grate Parmesan. She's *outstanding* at game shows, both in terms of game play and interaction. She'll get that call every single time. On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 1:20 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > And Sarah Palin has been tapped as a celebrity guest on a future episode > of Match Game. Palin and Baldwin on the same stage... that's a lot of > reason to not watch. > > By the way, was ABC contractually obligated to include Rosie on two of > their three game shows, or did they not have access to literally anybody > else last weekend? > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> And Anthony Anderson probably deserves an Emmy nomination for eventually >> getting Tyson under control. (Let it be said that I understand Kevin's >> view, but on "Mike Tyson Mysteries" he is undoubtedly presented as a >> supreme moron--which, of course, he doesn't realize he's being presented >> that way--so I can't complain there.) >> >> As for "Truth," I am not one of those who demand that it has to be done >> just the way Bud Collyer did it, but you don't need to mess around with a >> game structure that works (and that includes having the panel freestyle >> their questions rather than each getting an amount of time). In addition, >> I did not want hear at the climax of the last game of each show (where the >> Central Character was going to do a stunt) Anderson saying, "Will the real >> [name] please stand up...after the break?" Damn you, Chris Tarrant, damn >> you to hell. Couldn't wrapping up the game and then saying "and we'll see >> [stunt] after these words from our sponsors" be enough of a hook instead of >> one of the most annoying of contemporary game show/reality comp cliches? >> >> Mark Jeffries >> Saints Spotlight Editor >> spotligh...@gmail.com >> >> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Diner <bwayst...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> The guest lineup for the first run of Match Game has been announced - >>>> and while none of Joe's choices made the cut, I think it's a pretty good >>>> lineup. >>>> >>>> http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Sutton-Foster-Titus-Burgess-Rosie-ODonnell-More-Will-Play-ABCs-MATCH-GAME-20160615 >>>> >>>> Note that Betty White, one of Joe's choices, is a regular panelist on >>>> To Tell the Truth. (And the first episode of TTTT opened with a nice >>>> montage of her appearances on the show in the fifties, sixties and >>>> nineties.) >>>> >>>> I saw Mike Tyson appeared on To Tell The Truth, because what the game >>> show format was missing was a convicted sex offender. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> TV or Not TV .... 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