In a message dated 9/5/2007 3:29:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, lynnvondran@att.net writes: wish Caroline Raye would be on it yet. Wonder why they took her off? Maybe she was gaining too much weight, though she is Host of all the other Biggest Loser competitions, so maybe it would have been too much for her to do ALL of them. The whole idea for the show came from a long-canceled morning talk show that Caroline Raye used to have. It was HER idea. She started this weight loss competition as sort of a running joke on that show and it was popular and grew into the nighttime series. Joan ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Then I wonder why she isn't hosting the regular one anymore? Do you happen to know who the running joke was with? Thanks, for the background on this! :o) Lynn Joan wrote: The whole idea for the show came from a long-canceled morning talk show that Caroline Raye used to have. It was HER idea. She started this weight loss competition as sort of a running joke on that show and it was popular and grew into the nighttime series. In a message dated 9/5/2007 3:29:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, lynnvondran@att.net writes: wish Caroline Raye would be on it yet. Wonder why they took her off? Maybe she was gaining too much weight, though she is Host of all the other Biggest Loser competitions, so maybe it would have been too much for her to do ALL of them.