Posted on 08/20/2021 7:38:04 AM PDT by EdnaMode
thank you for clearing that up.
Richards was a weird choice. Folks didn’t think that highly of him in the first place. He was in charge of the search until he threw his hat in. He’s being sued for harassment by multiple women. And then there’s that website. All around that was a poor decision.
Bring back Dr Oz!
Yeah, double his salary to $20 million a year, and promote it as the “Wheel of Fortune/Jeopardy Hour, Starring Pat Sajak” (sorry, Vanna). Pat is looking to retire, but a huge paycheck, in exchange for an increased workload, might make him reconsider. Pat’s only worth $70 million or so; he could double that and then hang it up.
BTW, I remember the late Mark Goodson say (about 40 years ago), that it was getting difficult to find capable game show hosts. Most of the legends we remember (Bill Cullen, Gene Rayburn, Dennis James, etc) came out of network radio, or the days of live TV which required hosts who could think on their feet, keep the game moving along, focus attention on the contestants and handle anything that came up.
Many of the actors/hosts being trotted out these days can’t do anything without a script or teleprompter, and couldn’t ad lib a fart after a baked bean dinner. Richards was the best of the guest hosts. Good luck finding someone better, though hosting skill is probably a secondary consideration. Looks like the affirmative action crowd is pushing LeVar Burton, despite the fact he was one of the worst guest hosts (IMO).
Brad Rutter, please.
He did not do well as guest host.
That’s a shame, he was actually great at it. He was the 2nd guest host after Ken Jennings, who sucked. Aaron Rodgers was good too though I don’t like him as a Bear’s fan I was hoping he’d take the job.
This is disgusting.
Really? Are you sure??
Elsewhere I read that he also made offense remarks about Asians. But nowhere did I read WHAT exactly he said. I'd like to know so I can make up my own mind about how bad it was.
Journalists treat us like children, withholding the facts of a story because it's "too emotionally hurtful."
Either that, or the remarks weren't that bad. Nothing worse than you might hear on the Howard Stern Show or many a standup comedy act. (Or at least, a standup act before our woke era.)
In addition to comments about women, Richards also made disparaging remarks about Haiti, the Ringer reported. When Triffon mentioned problems with her apartment in one episode that the Ringer detailed, Richards reportedly said: “Does Beth live, like, in Haiti?”
“Doesn’t it sound like that?” Richards reportedly added. “Like, the urine smell, the woman in the muumuu, the stray cats."
That's it? That's the worst he's said about Haiti? For that, no job?
And some of his "racist" remarks:
In at least two clips on his podcast, Richards talked about wanting to host a television show. He spoke about his admiration for Jeff Probst, the host of the reality show “Survivor,” because “I like, you know, the average White-guy host,” Richards said.
“I cheer for him to succeed because I feel like through his success, I could have some success hosting,” he added.
In another clip, he said he admired Ryan Seacrest, the host of “American Idol,” because “he’s actually made the world a safer place for what I like to call the ‘skinny White host.' "
Still can't find what he said about Asians and Jews. But the remarks I am finding are pretty tepid.
Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2021/08/19/new-jeopardy-host-insulted-women-jewish-people-and-haiti-on-podcast-report-says/
Longtime Goodson-Todman showrunner Roger Dobkowitz on Facebook:
“I am certainly not sorry to see what happened to Mike Richards. I worked with him on an audition tape we did for CBS...I had no trouble with him then and he seemed like a nice person. It was shortly after he began to work on Price that my opinion of him completely changed...I had lots of friends still working the show...staff, stagehands, and technicians...and they reported to me how badly he would treat people...he would yell and berate people...he would act like a little Napoleon, demanding them to do as he wished...it seemed no one like him.
Good producers don’t need to berate people to get things done...good producers know that one needs to work WITH people...there is no need to act like a jerk.
He was not, in my opinion, a nice person.”
The Seinfeld one—born in 1949
The game show one—born in 1975
Lol. I knew Cooper Anderson didn’t sound right.
I thought his people interviews were good, and he definitely didn’t act like he knew all the answers.
I was prepared to throw up …. But was pleasantly surprised
Mike Richards Fired as Executive Producer of ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’
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