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Rip Joe Garagiola

#1 Post by macrae1234 » Wed Mar 23, 2016 1:51 pm

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#2 Post by BackInTex » Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:34 pm

Wow, haven't heard that name in a while. Rest in peace.

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He also occasionally guest-hosted The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, including the only live appearances of any members of The Beatles on the program while still a group (John Lennon and Paul McCartney were the guests in May 1968).
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#3 Post by silverscreenselect » Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:56 pm

Yet another person I thought died a while ago.
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#4 Post by Spock » Thu Mar 24, 2016 8:11 am

Heard a factoid on him yesterday that I am sure that most here have probably heard, but it was new to me.

Joe grew up on the same block in St. Louis(?) as Yogi Berra and at about the same time. He liked to say that he was a major league baseball player, but he was never the best player on his block.
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#5 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Mar 24, 2016 8:32 am

Spock wrote:Heard a factoid on him yesterday that I am sure that most here have probably heard, but it was new to me.

Joe grew up on the same block in St. Louis(?) as Yogi Berra and at about the same time. He liked to say that he was a major league baseball player, but he was never the best player on his block.
Yogi and Joe lived across the street from each other.
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#6 Post by silverscreenselect » Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:37 am

I'm surprised we got this far in this thread without anyone mentioning Joe's game show career both as a guest and a host. Here's the famous To Tell the Truth episode with Frank "Catch Me If You Can" Abnagale (who didn't look nearly as handsome as Leonardo di Caprio or the guy who starred in the touring musical production we saw.

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#7 Post by Bob78164 » Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:39 am

I have very fond memories of watching The Baseball World of Joe Garagiola as a kid, just before watching the NBC Game of the Week. --Bob
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#8 Post by Vandal » Thu Mar 24, 2016 10:50 am

silverscreenselect wrote:I'm surprised we got this far in this thread without anyone mentioning Joe's game show career both as a guest and a host.

Perhaps no one has felt the need to channel his inner Zach Horan.

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#9 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Mar 24, 2016 12:52 pm

His son was the general manager of the Diamondbacks. Joe Sr would visit and do the color commentary. Tucson had a park the was named after him but renamed it many years ago for some reason.
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#10 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Mar 24, 2016 5:38 pm

RIP, Joe.
Vandal wrote:
silverscreenselect wrote:I'm surprised we got this far in this thread without anyone mentioning Joe's game show career both as a guest and a host.

Perhaps no one has felt the need to channel his inner Zach Horan.

Until now.
I'll leave that aside, and mention that Joe was host of Sale of the Century in 1971–74, including the episode where MarleysMom was an "Audience Sale" contestant, winning a stereo system and a large supply of cocktail mixers.

Still the big winner in our family's game show history... :|
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#11 Post by silvercamaro » Thu Mar 24, 2016 5:48 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:.
I'll leave that aside, and mention that Joe was host of Sale of the Century in 1971–74, including the episode where MarleysMom was an "Audience Sale" contestant, winning a stereo system and a large supply of cocktail mixers.

Still the big winner in our family's game show history... :|
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#12 Post by Pastor Fireball » Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:16 am

Interesting fact about Joe Garagiola's brief stint as host of To Tell the Truth after many years as a panelist: A young Alan Kalter had just replaced Bill Wendell as the announcer of that show. Eighteen years later, Kalter would replace Wendell again--as David Letterman's announcer.
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#13 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:29 am

silvercamaro wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:.
I'll leave that aside, and mention that Joe was host of Sale of the Century in 1971–74, including the episode where MarleysMom was an "Audience Sale" contestant, winning a stereo system and a large supply of cocktail mixers.

Still the big winner in our family's game show history... :|
I'm sorry she missed out on a lovely matching set of American Tourister luggage.
Or the stuff from Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills.
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#14 Post by silverscreenselect » Fri Mar 25, 2016 8:58 am

SpacemanSpiff wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:.
I'll leave that aside, and mention that Joe was host of Sale of the Century in 1971–74, including the episode where MarleysMom was an "Audience Sale" contestant, winning a stereo system and a large supply of cocktail mixers.

Still the big winner in our family's game show history... :|
I'm sorry she missed out on a lovely matching set of American Tourister luggage.
Or the stuff from Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills.
I was always partial to the year's supply of Turtle Wax.
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#15 Post by Bob Juch » Fri Mar 25, 2016 10:27 am

SpacemanSpiff wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:.
I'll leave that aside, and mention that Joe was host of Sale of the Century in 1971–74, including the episode where MarleysMom was an "Audience Sale" contestant, winning a stereo system and a large supply of cocktail mixers.

Still the big winner in our family's game show history... :|
I'm sorry she missed out on a lovely matching set of American Tourister luggage.
Or the stuff from Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills.
The sell real furs. That beats a year's supply of Rice-a-Roni.
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#16 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Fri Mar 25, 2016 10:53 am

Bob Juch wrote:
SpacemanSpiff wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:I'm sorry she missed out on a lovely matching set of American Tourister luggage.
Or the stuff from Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills.
The sell real furs. That beats a year's supply of Rice-a-Roni.
The problem with winning the real furs is you'll run into the PETA folks who won a year's supply of Benjamin Moore red paint. :mrgreen:
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