On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 7:24 PM Steve Timko <steveti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I recall one analysis of the success of the Groucho Marx version. One > cause for its success was is that people watching on TV loved Groucho > Marx's facial expressions. He spent a lifetime developing an ability to > mug. The show was broadcast on radio and wasn't nearly as funny. > The other is that although it seemed spontaneous, many of the best gags > were written in advance. Leno is a God of crowd work so maybe that will > work where Buddy Hackett and Bill Cosby failed. But it will need some good > writing to help out. > I keep thinking there is no way this will work but the underlying idea is that Leno is going to do Grouch's version of the show. I don't think anybody could make Groucho's version of the show work these days. If the producers figure out Leno's strengths and form a game show around them it may have little in common with You Bet Your Life and it could well work. And as it's a game show there's not that much at stake if it fails. The history of syndicated TV is littered with game shows that never went anywhere. -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEGeKD4Wm0gQzMUFC4T_w-7jBbKc2K2hhnbwV-xp6PHzQ%40mail.gmail.com.
