I loved whenever Gene Wood made some on camera appearances on the game shows he announced. I thought his announcing on Tattletales and Family Feud were pretty good.
This was 15 yrs ago and I would bet Jennifer and Michele still watch this with the same enthusiasm! Barry is a sweetheart. I’ve met him a couple of times. What an awesome surprise for you two ladies!
This was my very 1st favorite game show & the 1st one I ever watched too. They were the host & announcer of Family Feud when I was born. I was at least 3, maybe younger when I started watching Family Feud. They were a great team, Richard & Gene. Nobody could ever replace them for sure. Once you get used to someone being a host or announcer of a show, it is nearly impossible to ever truly adjust to anyone else after that. Your 1st experience of that show with the staff that they have at the time is irreplaceable & unforgettable. It's engraved in you permanently. This show has had some really great hosts: Richard Karne, John OHurley, Ray Combs Jr & many others; & now, Steve Harvey. All have done an amazing job as well. But, for me, Richard Dawson & Gene Wood will always be Family Feud. What they were to this show, is no different than my other favorite game shows: The Price Is Right (with Bob Barker & Rod Roddy), Wheel of Fortune (with Pat Sajak & Vanna White) & many others. All of which there is no replacement for those who were the original staff of those shows before or just after I was born. They all brought those shows to life & kept life in them forever. They are all TV Legends in our minds & hearts & all deserve a huge pat on the back, a big hug from us all & most of all, a huge thank you for doing such a great job & for all the great years of funloving entertainment, etc... As a huge fan of them all, I can honestly say that watching them around the time I started going to school, & the excitement of seeing them on TV & watching their shows is no different than being excited to see your Dad come home from work every day. They're a huge part of you & your life. Even though, you've never met any of them. :)
I would have literally died from shock! I have wanted to meet Barry Manilow for over 45 years and I honestly don’t think my heart could have taken it! 😱
This was an awesome episode, not only did Richard get that wonderful surprise, since the beginning took so long he convinced the producer to have BOTH families go to the fast money round. They only played a couple of face-off questions to determined which family went first. Then, they brought them both back for the next show to play by the regular rules. He says the idea at 7:14 in the the full episode link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7R7xhLPr7v0.html Richard was a very classy guy who truly cared for his family and his contestants.
Richard loved his boys, esp. Gary. His 1st appearance, aged 18, was when he and his older brother - Mark - wanted to wish their father a "Happy Birthday!" Gary would later work for his father in the final season of the original "Family Feud," as a production assistant a decade before Gary got promoted to executive producer.
Nope, they're 100% brothers. Their parents were Richard and his first wife Diana Dors. Shannon, the daughter Richard had with his second wife Gretchen, is their half-sister.
@@louistenore2185 Well, sometimes people's accents acclimate to the country they're living in. An example of this is Paul McCartney's late first wife Linda. She was from upstate New York, but lived in England with Paul for almost 30 years, so her accent took on a British tone, but she was 100% American.
I never really like Richard Dawson back in the day when Family Fued was first airing. My first thought of him was that he was some kind of weirdo and also somewhat of an asswipe. But in recent years I've watched alot more of him on RU-vid clips and have come to like him alot more. I think I just didn't get his type of humor and didn't quite understand him. Plus I was just a young kid in elementary school when he was first on the Feud.
