I remember this playing when I was a kid, and then again in 1995. I know it was 1995 because I had to work and miss some episodes (my family was too old-fashioned to get a VCR!).
My favorite baby pictures were Ron Ely, Bob Barker, and Jack Lalane(sp?) Most of the episodes were pretty funny, but there was one that was down right hysterical! At the very end of the show, when they showed the baby pictures, there was a black man as a contestant who was in some branch of the service, held the rank of "Major", and wore a dark blue/black uniform. When the song, Leavin' on a jet plane played and he rang in, Ron asks him what famous person it is. He shouts out, "Pontius Pilate!" The house came down! Everybody laughed! Ron, the band, the audience, even the man himself. The baby was Howard Hughes.
What I want to know is this: did I even really see it, or is it one of those weird "false memories"? This could be a game show urban legend just waiting to happen! Just like Jamie Farr and that "Doe...knob" thing on the Pyramid show! Only this time, the man didn't storm out of the studio for being laughed at, he laughed *with* them! Sometimes Ron would insult the band, but sometimes he'd say, "Here's Tommy and *that* band!" Another episode that was funny was one that had a very pregnant woman that was due in three weeks! I think the audience groaned when she said that: Oh, my God! I hope she didn't count her time wrong! I hope there's a doctor in the house! When the song "It takes two", was played, Ron joked, "You know all about *that* don't you?" Everybody laughed, but nowadays, he'd be sued!
My favorite baby pictures were Ron Ely, Bob Barker, and Jack Lalane(sp?) Most of the episodes were pretty funny, but there was one that was down right hysterical! At the very end of the show, when they showed the baby pictures, there was a black man as a contestant who was in some branch of the service, held the rank of "Major", and wore a dark blue/black uniform. When the song, Leavin' on a jet plane played and he rang in, Ron asks him what famous person it is. He shouts out, "Pontius Pilate!" The house came down! Everybody laughed! Ron, the band, the audience, even the man himself. The baby was Howard Hughes.
What I want to know is this: did I even really see it, or is it one of those weird "false memories"? This could be a game show urban legend just waiting to happen! Just like Jamie Farr and that "Doe...knob" thing on the Pyramid show! Only this time, the man didn't storm out of the studio for being laughed at, he laughed *with* them! Sometimes Ron would insult the band, but sometimes he'd say, "Here's Tommy and *that* band!" Another episode that was funny was one that had a very pregnant woman that was due in three weeks! I think the audience groaned when she said that: Oh, my God! I hope she didn't count her time wrong! I hope there's a doctor in the house! When the song "It takes two", was played, Ron joked, "You know all about *that* don't you?" Everybody laughed, but nowadays, he'd be sued!
