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RobertMoore
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....This time its "This Is Your Life". ABC will bring it back in 2006 with Regis Philbin as host, according to Variety today(November 10th).
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> Taking bets on how long Ol' Reege will go without accidently
> prepping for a "fastest finger question"
You can handle those bets and I'll take the bets on how many times ABC will put it on throughout the week, therefore running all the network's momentum into the ground once again. ;-)
> prepping for a "fastest finger question"
You can handle those bets and I'll take the bets on how many times ABC will put it on throughout the week, therefore running all the network's momentum into the ground once again. ;-)
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bierkenstock
Guest
This WAS Your Life - Dead on Arrival
This will make (at least) the 3rd revival attempt for this show.
At least Rege won't be as unctuous as Ralph Edwards was.
Won't work:
(1) Now celebrities (and their "Biographies") are over-exposed; little new and different here.
(2) And the show only really worked when it was live. Celebrities were surprised live and immediately had everybody they ever knew show up before they could catch their breath. True reality television. Video recording killed it. It was too easy to surprise people on tape, and then they did the actual show sometime later. Plus you had too many of the guests from the past showing up via video. It all became staged and not real reality television.
This will make (at least) the 3rd revival attempt for this show.
At least Rege won't be as unctuous as Ralph Edwards was.
Won't work:
(1) Now celebrities (and their "Biographies") are over-exposed; little new and different here.
(2) And the show only really worked when it was live. Celebrities were surprised live and immediately had everybody they ever knew show up before they could catch their breath. True reality television. Video recording killed it. It was too easy to surprise people on tape, and then they did the actual show sometime later. Plus you had too many of the guests from the past showing up via video. It all became staged and not real reality television.
Re: This WAS Your Life - Dead on Arrival
> This will make (at least) the 3rd revival attempt for this
> show.
>
> At least Rege won't be as unctuous as Ralph Edwards was.
>
> Won't work:
> (1) Now celebrities (and their "Biographies") are
> over-exposed; little new and different here.
> (2) And the show only really worked when it was live.
> Celebrities were surprised live and immediately had
> everybody they ever knew show up before they could catch
> their breath. True reality television. Video recording
> killed it. It was too easy to surprise people on tape, and
> then they did the actual show sometime later. Plus you had
> too many of the guests from the past showing up via video.
> It all became staged and not real reality television.
>
Tape is why the 1970s syndicated version didn't make it.
I remember that WAPI (now WVTM)/13 Birmingham would include
the name of that week's surprisee in its TV Guide listing
for the show; WQXI (now WXIA)/11 Atlanta did the same thing.
Part of the show's appeal was that the name of the person
being honored was supposed to be as much of a surprise to
the audience as to the honoree. Plus live, you never knew just
how the person would react. Lowell Thomas, for example, sat
there with a disgusted look on his face for the entire show.
I, too, am a bit skeptical that the show can work today, live
or not. After all, there's the Biography Channel and the
nightly Biography series on A&E. I agree with you that celebrities
and their "biographies" are a dime a dozen; what was novel in
1952, when This Is Your Life debuted on television, is now just
an overworked concept.
But it will be interesting to see what Reege does with it.
> This will make (at least) the 3rd revival attempt for this
> show.
>
> At least Rege won't be as unctuous as Ralph Edwards was.
>
> Won't work:
> (1) Now celebrities (and their "Biographies") are
> over-exposed; little new and different here.
> (2) And the show only really worked when it was live.
> Celebrities were surprised live and immediately had
> everybody they ever knew show up before they could catch
> their breath. True reality television. Video recording
> killed it. It was too easy to surprise people on tape, and
> then they did the actual show sometime later. Plus you had
> too many of the guests from the past showing up via video.
> It all became staged and not real reality television.
>
Tape is why the 1970s syndicated version didn't make it.
I remember that WAPI (now WVTM)/13 Birmingham would include
the name of that week's surprisee in its TV Guide listing
for the show; WQXI (now WXIA)/11 Atlanta did the same thing.
Part of the show's appeal was that the name of the person
being honored was supposed to be as much of a surprise to
the audience as to the honoree. Plus live, you never knew just
how the person would react. Lowell Thomas, for example, sat
there with a disgusted look on his face for the entire show.
I, too, am a bit skeptical that the show can work today, live
or not. After all, there's the Biography Channel and the
nightly Biography series on A&E. I agree with you that celebrities
and their "biographies" are a dime a dozen; what was novel in
1952, when This Is Your Life debuted on television, is now just
an overworked concept.
But it will be interesting to see what Reege does with it.
P
PaulYovino
Guest
Rather Watch The Sid Caesar Version....
I think I would rather watch one of the greatest sendups of This Is Your Life done by the great Sid Caesar in the early 50's TV Show: "Your Show of Shows".
It is just as funny 50+ years later as it was the day it first aired. It is enough just to see the late Howie Morris as the uncle and Sid Caesar being picked out of the audience. I believe you can find it on a recent Sid Caesar "Your Show of Shows" DVD/Tape Collection.
> ....This time its "This Is Your Life". ABC will bring it
> back in 2006 with Regis Philbin as host, according to
> Variety today(November 10th).
>
I think I would rather watch one of the greatest sendups of This Is Your Life done by the great Sid Caesar in the early 50's TV Show: "Your Show of Shows".
It is just as funny 50+ years later as it was the day it first aired. It is enough just to see the late Howie Morris as the uncle and Sid Caesar being picked out of the audience. I believe you can find it on a recent Sid Caesar "Your Show of Shows" DVD/Tape Collection.
> ....This time its "This Is Your Life". ABC will bring it
> back in 2006 with Regis Philbin as host, according to
> Variety today(November 10th).
>
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