Um. Yeah. Never heard of a "Tommy Maitland" before.
Actually, I don't think anyone has been called "Tommy" professionally since the mid to late 70s.... Fun idea! On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 12:36 AM, Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > G_d willing, it is secretly Andy Kaufman > > On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Bob Jersey <bobjer...@ptd.net> wrote: > >> >> >> On Monday, October 3, 2016 at 9:11:33 PM UTC-4, Mark Jeffries wrote: >>> >>> After last summer's successful game show revivals, ABC has committed to >>> ten episodes of the fifth incarnation of "The Gong Show," Chuck Barris' >>> mocking of TV talent shows, for presumably next summer, with Will Arnett >>> aboard as trophy producer but host or regular panelists yet to be announced >>> (and oh yes, THR, there was no such thing as Sony Pictures Television in >>> 1976): >>> >>> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abc-orders-gong-s >>> how-revival-934590?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_ >>> campaign=THR%20Live%20Feed_2016-10-03%2011:00:00_kstanhope& >>> utm_term=hollywoodreporter_livefeed_daily >>> >>> For the record, after the original 1976-80 run on NBC and syndication >>> hosted by Chuckie Baby (and Gary Owens for the first year of syndication), >>> there was a one-year run in syndication in 1988 hosted by San Francisco >>> radio guy Don Bleu, a live, home-viewer judged incarnation for GSN in 1998 >>> called "Extreme Gong" and hosted by current "Price is Right" announcer >>> George Gray and a revival for Comedy Central in 2008 hosted by Dave Atell >>> and produced by Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions for Sony, the >>> owner of the format. >>> >>> >>> Interesting pee-arr the other day from ABC... Tommy Maitland, reportedly >> a British comic star coming out of retirement, was introduced as host of >> the new show. >> >> Thing is, as this TVLine >> <http://tvline.com/2017/04/28/the-gong-show-host-tommy-maitland-mike-myers-character/> >> (link) piece shows, Maitland looks a helluvalot like Mike Myers. >> >> G_d bless him if he wants to do it. >> >> B >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
