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Originally Posted by Bristolian
Scott I agree with all of yours but I think that is Erik Estrada
I think ????? is Cloris Leachman. |
Cloris Leachman, of course! How could I miss that one?
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I just spent some time researching
Erik Estrada, re: Battle of the Network Stars.
According to Wikipedia, IMDB, ChatGPT,
et al, Estrada did
not take part in
any episode of the original Battle of the Network Stars. His first appearance on the show was the rebooted version that came out in 2017.
Any version of the photo that claims the person pictured is Estrada all originate in Reddit or Facebook posts, which are hardly definitive.
On the other hand,
Patrick Wayne did take part in the Battle of the Network Stars episode of
Nov. 2, 1979. You can see him in the episode on YouTube, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KyxkNsIo-s&t=538s
And here is a photograph of Wayne on Battle of the Network Stars:
Based upon all of the above, I'm
tentatively sticking with my earlier conclusion that the photo shows Patrick Wayne, not Estrada.
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One last thing regarding the following photo:
While everyone in the above photo
did appear on Battle of the Network Stars at some point,
there was no single episode that featured all of them together. For example:
- Gary Burghoff appeared only on episode 1.
- Joyce DeWitt only appeared on episodes 5 and 7.
- Dan Haggerty only appeared on episode 3 (etc, etc).
Therefore, it seems likely that the above photo does
not come from an episode of Battle of the Network Stars at all. As to where it actually comes from, I have no idea.
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