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Guest Flyboy
Posted

The thread/topic is quite simple.

 

My vote goes to Richard Dawson. He was the man.

Guest razazteca
Posted

The guy from Jeoparody, Alex Tribek.

 

Yes I know I spelled the name wrong.

Guest Eagan469
Posted

My top 5:

Ray Combs

Bob Barker

Marc Summers

Wink Martindale

Peter Tomarken

Guest Kahran Ramsus
Posted

Richard Dawson was clearly the best. Even in Running Man.

Guest WrestlingDeacon
Posted

I would say the guy that has had the most charisma and has hosted the most different types of shows is Wink Martindale.

 

A lot of guys, like Richard Dawson and Monty Hall, were fantastic on their most notable show, but weren't too great when they hosted other programs. Their talents fit one specific program.

 

I'd also mention in the conversation Bob Barker, Tom Kennedy, Gary Marshall, Gene Rayburn, Bill Cullen and Chuck Woolery.

Guest Polish_Rifle
Posted

Bob Barker from the Price Is Right because he got to bang most of the girls on that show.

Guest RepoMan
Posted

Got to go with Bob Barker. I would have gone with Alex Tribek if he didn't start to try to be funny.

Guest starvenger
Posted

Barker's the mack, but I'm going with Bob Eubanks on this one...

Guest WrestlingDeacon
Posted

I can't believe all the Marc Summers love here. He's smarmy and he hates being a game show host. Now, he hated being on Double Dare because he has OCD and can't stand to be dirty, but outside of that and coupled with it, he's not a people person and he has said he generally doesn't like the game show format.

 

To go off of what flyboy just said, I do like Gene Rayburn. He was the perfect host for Match Game as he came off a little perverted and goofy and that was just what the show was going for. He also had great chemistry with the holy trio of Brett Sommers, Charles Nelsen Reilly and Richard Dawson. He's one of those guys I mentioned in my earlier post that doesn't really work on other shows, but he's perfect for his signature gig.

Guest Flyboy
Posted

I guess he wanted more money because he's doing WinTuition, now.

Guest WrestlingDeacon
Posted

Oh, yeah, I've heard him say that the only reason he does game shows in an interview was because it's one of the few gigs he can get. He hosts Unwrapped on Food Network too and that's more to his liking I would guess.

Guest Slingshot Suplex
Posted

Most of the good ones have been named but there is also.......

 

The Gong Show guy Chuck Barris or something like that

Guest hardyz1
Posted

No order:

 

Richard Dawson

Peter Tomarken

Gene Rayburn

Ray Combs

Bob Barker

Wink Martindale

Bob Eubanks (even though I hated his shows)

Guest The Tino Standard
Posted
Guy Smiley

Oh my god, Guy Smiley! I'm dying here... that's GOLD.

 

But yeah, I gotta go with Bob Barker... He got to bang a ton of models, the slick mic and his mad putting skills in "Hole in One... or Two" make him the consumate pro.

Guest redbaron51
Posted

Bob Barker is probably one of the best, followed closely by Wink Martindale

Guest Nevermortal
Posted

Let me also nominate the hosts of Wild & Crazy Kids (Omar Gooding, Annette Chavez, and Donnie Jeffcoat).

 

Now that was a quality show.

Guest TheZsaszHorsemen
Posted

Richard Dawson.

 

He owned it, and his reactions to stupid people were classic.

Guest CanadianChris
Posted

Gotta go with Da Bob. Hasn't missed a beat in over 30 years.

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