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Post by tmann3x on May 11, 2022 21:07:01 GMT -5
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Post by EaglesWings on May 11, 2022 21:46:01 GMT -5
** I stand to my feet and give him an BIG HAND!!!!
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Post by billmcdee on May 12, 2022 5:50:20 GMT -5
(Taking a most humble bow, while I try to formulate what to say).
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Post by tmann3x on May 12, 2022 7:44:49 GMT -5
Audience, chants: Thank you, Bill!
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Post by asja2002 on May 12, 2022 9:43:54 GMT -5
* Standing Ovation from the audience*
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Post by billmcdee on May 12, 2022 13:05:05 GMT -5
I thank you all, not just from the bottom of my heart, but my entire heart.
Often the hosts will ask a contestant "How do you feel at this moment?"
For me, I am feeling most humbled, very gratified, and deeply honored.
A great many folks have come and gone over the years in our little community.
One acknowledgement I'd like to make is to Clement. He was a host and player from France who left our boards a while back. He was the one who taught me about animating, so every single time I used that, I thought of him.
To John Bergman, I owe a heartfelt thanks. John's the one who made me aware of these boards coming into existence after Big Jon's was no longer available to us. I thank him for his kindness and support lo these many years.
Tony Lane, Doug Morris, two of the finest emcees these boards have, it's been a genuine pleasure to get to know you and to work with you and coordinate with you over these many years.
Kevin Kolsen, another outstanding host and dandy fellow, all my best to you and yours as well.
Bryan Law, it's been a genuine pleasure corresponding with you on your various games here. A true delight!
To all of you who participated in my games as contestants, I will be forever and eternally grateful that you were able and willing to do so, and I hope my presentations brought to you as much fun as it brought to me in presenting them.
What is gratifying most to me is seeing the next generation of net game emcees with a great deal of eagerness and passion for this genre. Specifically Immanuel and Chris, keep the torch burning!
With global, national and especially personal circumstances being what they are, and with a lot of thought and prayer, I came to the conclusion that my time here was done.
Old game show hosts don't die, they just come back in the form of reruns on Buzzr and GSN!
I suppose all you have is the archives here, should you ever care to see me on a "rerun"!
It's again been a tremendous honor, pleasure, privilege and blessing to have been a small part of this community and this forum for the past 15 years.
I thank you all for your patience, your support, your kindness and generosity.
I wish to each and every one of you...God Speed...
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Post by EaglesWings on May 12, 2022 18:29:27 GMT -5
Bill. WOW!! Excellent speech my friend.. It has truly been a honor to get to know you and play in your games.. I know I have said this before and I hope you don't mind me saying this again.. Thank you again for letting me host MMC.  |
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Post by dad90 on May 12, 2022 18:49:02 GMT -5
Indeed! Words cannot be expressed for you, Bill!
Great speech! Your legacy won't be forgotten!
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Post by babytims on May 12, 2022 18:55:00 GMT -5
*applause*
Well said Mr. McDee! It was a pleasure playing your games and working with you! I’ll definitely do my best to keep the torch burning!
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Post by mrb2000 on May 12, 2022 20:21:52 GMT -5
Well said Bill! Love ya like a brother!
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Post by tmann3x on May 15, 2022 19:11:23 GMT -5
(Rock That by Earth, Wind & Fire plays)STEVEN HIGGINS: Live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, The CBS Television Network and Paramount+ are proud to present to you... With your host... TONY LANE.
With musical performances by... EARTH, WIND, & FIRE, BRUNO MARS, EDD KALEHOFF, MARIAH CAREY, BOYZ II MEN, and a sneak peek at the upcoming motion picture-- ELVIS.
And presenting the awards are... MATT BINGEL, DOUG MORRIS, CHRIS CHAMBERS, JOHN BERGMAN, FRANK SARTORI, KEVIN KOLSEN, MARK LIOTTA, and IMMAUNEL TIMS.(drumroll)Please welcome the host of The 2022 Net Game Awards-- TONY LANE!("Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour" theme plays)(cheers and applause)(applause continues)TONY: Thank you, Steve. Good evening, everybody... and welcome to The 2022 Net Game Awards.It's been a pain since the NGA was cancelled due to the lack of interest and the COVID-19 pandemic. Now was the perfect time to bring it back to the hundreds of ticket holders and the millions watching at home. (cheers and applause)I dedicate this special presentation to the man who had inspired me making net game shows the best place to be... and that man is he... Bill McDee. And since this is your series finale, this show is for you. (applause continues) Presenting the award for BEST GRAPHICS AND VISUAL EFFECTS is the former host of H2 - Hollywood Squares... give it up for MATT BINGEL! (Hollywood Square Biz plays)(cheers and applause)
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Post by mrb2000 on May 15, 2022 19:59:19 GMT -5
Thank you, thank you! Feels good to be back here, am I right? (cheers and applause) Game shows have to be entertaining and the gameplay has to be understandable to follow. They also have to be visually appealing to the audience. These people are the perfect type for visuals. The nominees for "BEST GRAPHICS AND VISUAL EFFECTS" are: BILL McDEE for "Card Sharks +"
 (cheers and applause) BRYAN LAW for "Whew!"
 (applause) DOUG MORRIS for "On A Roll" (cheers and applause) TONY LANE for "Caesar's Challenge" (cheers and applause) DAYO KAYODE for "Press Your Luck 2021" (applause) IMMANUEL TIMS for "Yahtzee" (applause) and JOHN BERGMAN for "The Big Showdown" (cheers and applause) (drumroll) And the Net Game Award for BEST GRAPHICS AND VISUAL EFFECTS Goes To.... BILL McDEE for CARDS SHARKS +!!
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Post by EaglesWings on May 15, 2022 20:05:24 GMT -5
All the graphics look good......
Way to Go Bill!!!! Good job
(I cheer and applause!!!)
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Post by dougmorrisontheair on May 16, 2022 6:30:57 GMT -5
(cheers loud for Bill)
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Post by dad90 on May 16, 2022 10:00:18 GMT -5
Honestly, I'm glad I lost to a great legend! Well done, Bill!
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Post by babytims on May 16, 2022 10:05:20 GMT -5
*gives Bill a standing ovation*
Way to go Bill!
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Post by billmcdee on May 16, 2022 14:44:06 GMT -5
My word! I honestly do not know what to say. I am a tough act to follow but I'll try!
Tony Lane has served as the biggest single inspiration when it came to visuals for the games I presented over these many years.
Although my time as Card Sharks Plus was very short lived, I am nevertheless very very gratified that my artistic measures were considered the very best among THE very best.
Personally, I believe Caesar's Challenge was the clear cut winner, but I am but one person and one opinion.
That the collective opinions of the rest of you selected Card Sharks Plus the winner is again deeply gratifying and most humbling to say the least!
If nothing else, those visuals proved that I've always played with a full deck!
Thank you again ever so much (taking a humble bow & exiting stage right).
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Post by tmann3x on May 17, 2022 21:04:11 GMT -5
(Edd Kalehoff plays Card Sharks 1986 theme)STEVEN: Still ahead... a musical performance by Bruno Mars. And we'll be presenting the award for Best Production. The party has just getting started live on CBS.Sponsored by...Liberty Mutual Insurance. Only pay for what you need.
*fade to commercial*
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Post by tmann3x on May 17, 2022 23:27:14 GMT -5
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Post by dougmorrisontheair on May 18, 2022 7:02:59 GMT -5
(OAR theme plays; audience cheers)Helloooooo, everybody! (audience cheers)The nominees for best production in a game show are... Mark Liotta for Sale of the Century in Syndication... Steve Anderson for The Joker’s Wild ’90 in Syndication... Tony Lane for Caesar’s Challenge on NBC... Bill McDee for Scrabble on NBC... and Doug Morris for Spin-Off on CBS.
And the winner is... (Doug opens envelope while five-letter OAR name game appears on-screen) (FF reveal sfx) (Doug pulls out card from envelope) (ding)Bill McDee for Scrabble!
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Post by EaglesWings on May 18, 2022 7:15:23 GMT -5
(More cheers and applause for Mr. Bill)
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Post by billmcdee on May 18, 2022 21:31:59 GMT -5
(Chuckling in disbelief)
I am like a bad penny, I just keep turning up!
All of these nominations in and of themselves are beyond humbling, but to have won a third award, and the first three of the presentation here today is just so unreal to me.
I'm running out of words to express my deepest thanks and humbleness, but Scrabble is a sensational word game which translated into a sensational game show as well.
And if you'll pardon a moment of immodesty, I thoroughly enjoyed creating the many clues for Scrabble, both when I emceed it here long ago, and in the most recent iteration hosted by Tony Lane.
It's been a real joy contributing toward so many games over the course of my net game career, and it's a real joy receiving all of these awards.
Talk about going out with a bang! I thank you once again for your kindness and your many nominations for me, as well as your votes for me.
Any more and I won't be able to leave here, my head will be too swollen to fit through the exit!
Thank you yet again (taking another humble bow and re-exiting stage right)
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Post by tmann3x on May 20, 2022 14:56:30 GMT -5
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Post by GameShowNetwork on May 20, 2022 15:03:53 GMT -5
(I go up to the stage) Thank you. You know, it take a lot of passion and dedication to be a longstanding host no matter the show. And this lifetime achievement award goes to someone that I've been friends with for several years and fits the qualifications that I just mentioned. Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to present this award to Matt Bingel!
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Post by billmcdee on May 20, 2022 15:23:04 GMT -5
(standing and applauding)
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Post by mrb2000 on May 22, 2022 21:25:27 GMT -5
Thank you, thank you. Sorry, I needed a moment there.
My game show hosting dream started when I was 6 years old. I even wrote down the questions and answers from the TV, especially from Trivial Pursuit: America Plays. When I was 9 years old, my 3rd-grade class went to Washington D.C., and each group had a chaperone. That chaperone I had was my Mom. My group sat on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. One of those steps is the same step that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech in August of 1963. My Mom asked, "Why do you stand on that step and say something?" So, I did. I said, and I quote, "When I grow up, I wanna be a game show host!"
(laughter and applause)
Wonder how I'm gonna tell little 9-year-old me that you're gonna be a puppeteer instead?
(laughter)
I jumped on these kinds of forums when I was 13. Won The NGA For Best New Player in '14. It's truly been an incredible journey over the years.
To those I've known from the beginning, people like Doug Morris, Tony Lane, and Bill McDee especially, thank you. Thank you for dealing with me this long.
(laughter)
And to those that I've gotten to know over the years. People like Bill Skinner, Frankie Sartori, Kevin Kolsen, and tons others, thank you too. I've made so many memories over the years.
And I've even gotten to host my own show here. If I can be 100% honest, this is the (starts to tear up) aww god...the closest I'll ever have to host a game show on television. And I'm ok with that. I've honestly had a falling out of game shows the last year or so. Mostly because of the "loyal fans and true", they really ruined it for me (not any of you though), among other things.
I'm just not as interested in game shows anymore, minus Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour of course. I always love guesting on that show and will always return from time to time (applause and cheers).
I'm also very proud that I have been able to present my own work "The Dice Game" here, too. (applause)
For those who remember, I was nominated for 3 Net Game Awards for this show, winning two. I will always remember the first year I won, 2017. Knowing that my show was as big of a hit as it was made me feel so proud. Even though I only did about 15 episodes in 5 years, I'm very proud to have brought you such a wonderful program all these years.
For those who do not know, I am an up-and-coming puppeteer now. This week, this Friday, May 27th to be specific, actually marks two years of my puppeteering career. (applause) Thank you. It's a dream come true for me. I host my own show, "Bingel Live" with massive success, with guests from more than 30 different puppet troupes around the world. I plan on doing a lot of things with my puppet work. I've done 108 shows in two years, just hitting our second anniversary on May 7th and starting our 3rd year, tomorrow, actually, May 23rd.
I've felt the happiest I have ever felt. Whenever I put on a puppet and I just hear the wonderful welcome whenever I guest on a live stream or hop on a call and bring my puppets out to say hi, it always makes me so happy knowing that these characters, like Marty Monster & Julius, always bring a smile and a laugh whenever people need it. And whenever we do our "Bingel Live" shows on Instagram, people always enjoy our show every week. And it's a dream come true for me. Getting to know all of these amazing puppeteers. People I thought I would never meet or talk to. Speaking of, I've been very proud to be a part of a wonderful podcast called "Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show". It's something I've been a part of since mid-January of this year and the experience with that is unlike anything I have ever imagined.
I've gotten to meet such incredible people. People like Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Jim Conroy, and even a game show winner from the '80s, Marc DeCarlo. Also a dream come true.
It's hard to believe I'm 22 now. It doesn't seem like I've been a part of this for a total of almost 9 years. A lot has happened in my life since then. Family members passing away, graduating high school, soon to be graduating from college (applause and cheers), thank you. Also, my puppeteering success. It's hard to believe the time has flown so fast. I'm all grown up now. Becoming the successful, kind-hearted, outgoing young man I've become.
To the people here I've known for so long, you will always have a special place in my heart. And please, keep in touch. Just because I'm not here much these days doesn't mean I don't think about you. I think about you all a lot and the wonderful memories we've made over the years. Please chat it up with me, and check up on me once in a while. Whether on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok, I'm always there (and here too) for a chat, and/or cheering up whenever needed. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your lives over the last almost 9 years. Because you will always be a part of mine.
Thank you all so much.
(applause and cheers)
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Post by babytims on May 22, 2022 21:34:57 GMT -5
*cheers* Congrats and great speech Mr. Bingel!
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Post by tmann3x on May 22, 2022 22:13:11 GMT -5
(Rock That plays)STEVEN: Up next, a musical performance by Bruno Mars including the nominations for Most Painful Moment and Best Epic Win Moment of the Year. When The 2022 Net Game Awards returns on CBS.*fade to commercial* ========================================================================================
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Post by tmann3x on May 22, 2022 22:20:21 GMT -5
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Post by EaglesWings on May 22, 2022 22:43:31 GMT -5
(I walk up on stage)
Thank you very much.
In game shows you have your most wonderful moments and your most painful moments.. Tonight, I will be presenting the award for The Most Painful Moment of the year.
Your nominees for Most Painful Moment of the Year.
Nels Snesrud (losing $39,500 maybe on Wheel BME: Throwback Hour)
Bill McDee (In Episode 8 Round 2 of Talk About, Bill had 24 points to zero over April Martinez. April got 25 unanswered points to come back and win the game and move to the bonus round.)
And the winner of the Most Painful Moment of the year is
(As I open the envelope)
Nels Snesrud (losing $39,500 maybe on Wheel BME: Throwback Hour)
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