# "Family Fued" To Get (Yet Another) Host **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328 "2010-01-25T04:36:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/1 "2010-01-25T04:36:13Z")
Comedian/morning radio host Steve Harvey will take over for John O’Hurley starting this fall. The hosting duties have been [ul] [li]Richard Dawson (1976–1985)[/li][li]Ray Combs (1988–1994)[/li][li]Richard Dawson (1994–1995)[/li][li]Louie Anderson (1999–2002)[/li][li]Richard Karn (2002–2006)[/li][li]John O Hurley (2006–2010)[/li][li]Steve Harvey (Starting Fall 2010)[/li][/ul] So which was your favourite host and why? Which was your least favourite host? I put Harvey in though he hasn’t hosted, as I figured someone might like him best simply 'cause they hated all the others. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/2 "2010-01-25T04:42:13Z")
I liked Richard Dawson in the early years. He’d sometimes argue with the judges and insist an answer was close enough to match. He did seem bored the last few years he hosted. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/3 "2010-01-25T04:47:05Z")
No option to vote for Dolores Reborn? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/4 "2010-01-25T04:52:41Z")
Dawson was creepy cuz he was pervy. Combs was also creepy, but because he was odd. Anderson was too detached. Karn was too-detached, cubed. O’Hurley was a great host. Harvey is funnier, which bodes well, especially as the market grows, um, how can I say this?, darker. Since it was integrated (do any TV viewers recognize that term?) FF has a lot of matches between, er, “ethnic” teams. The moms still want to grab John O’Hurley’s ass, and nobody wants to grab Steve Harvey’s ass, but the superficials are what convince the suits. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/5 "2010-01-25T07:11:02Z")
I grew up with the Ray Combs version of the show, so he gets my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/6 "2010-01-25T13:17:53Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No option to vote for Dolores Reborn? Hee! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/7 "2010-01-25T13:27:18Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No option to vote for Dolores Reborn? Other ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/8 "2010-01-25T13:56:24Z")
Richard was the best, except for the creepy kissing. Ray was good, too but not like Richard. The others are unwatchable. When GSN had the Richard/Ray shows on, I’d watch when I could. The other hosts, I can’t stand to be in the same room while it’s on. The set, like all game show sets, has gone downhill. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/9 "2010-01-25T14:33:04Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > The set, like all game show sets, has gone downhill. I have to agree with this, too. The original sets were pure 70s kitsch, but the current set (is the current one the one where the audience is _behind_ the family backdrops and center board where nobody in it can possibly actually see what’s going on?) is atrocious. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/10 "2010-01-25T14:34:22Z")
I love John O’Hurley, but my favorite moment is this one where [Richard Dawson](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNoV_kSe7Dk) just totally loses it. SEPTEMBER! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/11 "2010-01-25T14:46:03Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I love John O’Hurley, but my favorite moment is this one where [Richard Dawson](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNoV_kSe7Dk) just totally loses it. > > SEPTEMBER! OMG, that is frikkin’ _hilarious_. I was laughing so hard my husband came out of the bedroom to see what I was doing! :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/12 "2010-01-25T18:51:55Z")
Dawson was good except for being a perv. O’Hurley was fantastic. All the others were fine except for Richard Karn. Karn was the worst game show host in the history of television. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/13 "2010-01-26T00:05:14Z")
I went with Ray Combs, mainly because that was the version I watched as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/14 "2010-01-26T01:35:55Z")
Dawson was far less pervy in his one season comeback (1994-95), yes? This was after he got remarried, had a son and promised him that he wouldn’t kiss anybody but mommy? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/15 "2010-01-26T01:41:16Z")
Ray Combs was great. Sad, sad, man, though. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-fued-to-get-yet-another-host/526328/16 "2010-01-26T02:07:05Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > Dawson was far less pervy in his one season comeback (1994-95), yes? This was after he got remarried… To a former contestant. Cue the creepy music.