A Tribute To Mike O’Malley

It’s a shame that some people do not know of the gameshow legend that is Mike O’Malley. He has blessed classic gameshows like “Get The Picture” and “GUTS” with his relentless enthusiasm and hilarious “one liner’s”. O’Malley also paved the way for future gameshow legends such as Louis Anderson and Al Borland from the Family Feud.

Mike got his start in the early 90’s when he hosted the hit gameshow “Get The Picture”. His ability to embarrass the kid contestants who answered the simplest of questions incorrectly added a level of humor that had yet to be realized on any other gameshow. Nothing topped his “POWERRRRR SURGEEEEEEE” reaction whenever a contestant landed on the power surge square. He even managed to drop the F-bomb in one episode.

Unfortunately, the show was cancelled in it’s third year, but the folks at Nickelodeon were not going to let a TV rockstar like O’Malley escape. With that, the greatest sports gameshow was born. GUTS boosted O’Malley’s status to international fame as the show was broadcasted across the globe. Kids were heard reciting his tagline “Let’s go to Mo’ for the results, MO!” in every part of the world. My personal favorite was his nickname, “The Radical Rock”, for the AgroCrag. The show had a good run, but was ultimately cancelled.

Listen to his Enthusiasm.

Surely after such success with an olympic type sports show, O’Malley would be promoted to NFL games or something on that level. Sadly, instead of landing on the walk of fame, O’malley fell off the face of the Earth only popping up as a guest on random shows like Figure It Out.

Or ESPN Commercials.

It would seem that fame got to him too fast, resulting in his ultimate gameshow demise. Years later, O’Malley would emerge from the woodwork as the star of the hit show “Yes, Dear”. This is where O’Malley ends his gameshow legend as he does TV sitcom’s nowadays. Tragic.

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