Anyone remember John Davidson's Hollywood Squares? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Harper49 · 12-31-2005, 01:50 AM

Has anyone know remembered watching Hollywood Squares hosted by John Davidson in the 1980s?

snl 70s show fan · 01-02-2006, 01:03 AM

i watched it i thought it was pretty good

Harper49 · 01-02-2006, 03:04 PM

Which station used to show it?

Brian Damage · 01-02-2006, 03:17 PM

I remember watching it. I think it was syndicated, so it was on different stations.

howilu · 01-02-2006, 03:36 PM

Shadoe Stevens was the announcer and also an on camera regular square later in the run with Joan Rivers and Jm J. Bullock. I also remember Shadoe's opening intro "And here's your host JOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHN DAVDISON!!"

Harper49 · 01-02-2006, 04:35 PM

HS was the syndication series.

megamanj2004 · 01-03-2006, 12:38 PM

Oh Yes! I definitely remember JD's version quite well!

I remember the set, and of course the theme song and prize cues by Stormy Sacks, which reminds me a lot like Nelly and Kelly's song "Dilemma".

I thought JD did a good job on here, although he didn't quite have as much control over some of the celebs as Peter Marshall and Tom Bergeron did.

I think in the future GSN should get the rights to this version once they finish the last two seasons of Tom Bergeron's HS.

megamanj2004 · 01-03-2006, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Harper49

HS was the syndication series.

Yep, that's right!!!

John Davidson's Version did tape most of their shows at these locations:

NBC Studios (also the same place where Peter Marshall's version taped and aired their version at) 1986-early '87

ABC Television Center 1987-88

FOX Television Center 1988

Universal Studios 1988-89

Harper49 · 01-03-2006, 03:11 PM

Maybe Bill Kirchenbauer was in it.

rodwayne · 01-11-2006, 04:42 PM

Yes,I remember this version;that's why I"m still in thepory!

Harper49 · 01-11-2006, 08:07 PM

Did the animated characters Maxie & Carly appeared one time on the John Davidson version of Hollywood Squares?

Harper49 · 01-13-2006, 12:05 AM

Wheeler Sloane · 01-15-2006, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harper49

Which station used to show it?

Repeats aired on cable's USA Network from 1989 to 1993. It's a shame GSN hasn't shown it yet... Yet they stopped showing P.M.'s version and they're now only showing Tom Bergeron's version.

Harper49 · 01-15-2006, 12:58 AM

Was Vicki Lawrence in the John Davidson version?

Auntie · 01-15-2006, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Wheeler Sloane

Repeats aired on cable's USA Network from 1989 to 1993. It's a shame GSN hasn't shown it yet... Yet they stopped showing P.M.'s version and they're now only showing Tom Bergeron's version.

Now it's not on at all . They're only showing it now in syndication on G.S.N.

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megamanj2004 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 21, 2004 Posts: 2,357	Oh Yes! I definitely remember JD's version quite well! I remember the set, and of course the theme song and prize cues by Stormy Sacks, which reminds me a lot like Nelly and Kelly's song "Dilemma". I thought JD did a good job on here, although he didn't quite have as much control over some of the celebs as Peter Marshall and Tom Bergeron did. I think in the future GSN should get the rights to this version once they finish the last two seasons of Tom Bergeron's HS.
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01-02-2006, 01:03 AM	#2
snl 70s show fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 14, 2005 Location: in the forman basment Posts: 2,454	i watched it i thought it was pretty good

01-02-2006, 03:04 PM	#3
Harper49 I Am A Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 01, 2001 Location: Freedom, OK & Norman, OK Posts: 2,774	Which station used to show it?

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howilu Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 20, 2003 Location: St. Louis Park, MN Posts: 1,959	Shadoe Stevens was the announcer and also an on camera regular square later in the run with Joan Rivers and Jm J. Bullock. I also remember Shadoe's opening intro "And here's your host JOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHN DAVDISON!!"

01-02-2006, 04:35 PM	#6
Harper49 I Am A Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 01, 2001 Location: Freedom, OK & Norman, OK Posts: 2,774	HS was the syndication series.

01-03-2006, 03:11 PM	#9
Harper49 I Am A Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 01, 2001 Location: Freedom, OK & Norman, OK Posts: 2,774	Maybe Bill Kirchenbauer was in it.

01-11-2006, 04:42 PM	#10
rodwayne Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 27, 2002 Posts: 367	Yes,I remember this version;that's why I"m still in thepory!

01-11-2006, 08:07 PM	#11
Harper49 I Am A Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 01, 2001 Location: Freedom, OK & Norman, OK Posts: 2,774	Did the animated characters Maxie & Carly appeared one time on the John Davidson version of Hollywood Squares?

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Harper49 I Am A Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 01, 2001 Location: Freedom, OK & Norman, OK Posts: 2,774	<frustrated groan>

01-15-2006, 12:58 AM	#14
Harper49 I Am A Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 01, 2001 Location: Freedom, OK & Norman, OK Posts: 2,774	Was Vicki Lawrence in the John Davidson version?