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I Miss Steve Bryant - But Only In October

Pearlee — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 16:04:43 GMT

Steve Bryant was never one of my favorite show hosts. However, I loved his Halloween shows with the mask guy, Mario Chioto (sp?). Steve was really "into" Halloween and so he obviously enjoyed presenting those maks very much, and really hammed it up!

Q used to be much more fun in those days. Sigh!

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shoppersince1989 — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 16:28:49 GMT

We do too!

We looked forward to those shows every year, and bought some of those masks.

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colliegirls — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 17:03:44 GMT

I enjoyed Steve as a host and loved the Halloween shows! The masks were great, bought several and still use them!

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Moonchilde — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 17:21:06 GMT

I'm surprised that neither QVC nor HSN offer much if any Halloween merchandise of any kind any more. I know they don't offer things that bomb out in the sales dept, but since so many on the forums seem to live where there are few/no stores (or say they do) and wouldn't have a local shopping opportunity, I would have though they would buy QVC. OTOH, it does demonstrate that the majority of QVC shoppers are a lot older than QVC wants to think.

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Perkup — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 17:36:29 GMT

I always enjoyed Steve - Halloween or not - but those Halloween shows were great fun. Some of my grands enjoyed those great masks each year.

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wildcat fan — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 17:39:49 GMT

I enjoyed the Halloween shows too.

I always figured they moved away from Halloween shows because of high number of returns. I can imagine many people shopped, used the costumes/merchandise, then returned them after the holiday.

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Tinkrbl44 — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 17:43:23 GMT

Was Steve a vendor or a QVC host?

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mima — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 17:44:52 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
Was Steve a vendor or a QVC host?

He was a host and I loved him all year long. Halloween was my favorite time with Steve though!

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Moonchilde — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 18:06:18 GMT

@mima wrote:
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
Was Steve a vendor or a QVC host?
He was a host and I loved him all year long. Halloween was my favorite time with Steve though!

He was a host who left QVC quite a few years ago, and has since made a career in social media of trashing all things Q.

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mima — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 18:18:15 GMT

@Moonchilde wrote:
@mima wrote:
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
Was Steve a vendor or a QVC host?
He was a host and I loved him all year long. Halloween was my favorite time with Steve though!

He was a host who left QVC quite a few years ago, and has since made a career in social media of trashing all things Q.

Wow, I didn't know that. On what social media? Facebook?

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Say Nay — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 18:48:58 GMT

@Moonchilde wrote:
@mima wrote:
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
Was Steve a vendor or a QVC host?
He was a host and I loved him all year long. Halloween was my favorite time with Steve though!

He was a host who left QVC quite a few years ago, and has since made a career in social media of trashing all things Q.

Are you one of his fb friends @Moonchilde?

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Preds — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 19:08:22 GMT

We enjoyed Steve on the Q. I have seen his FB page and he is very outspoken about the Q, but also a lot of other things. He doesn't hold back on his feelings and is not for the faint of heart. Just realized I haven't looked him up in a long, long time ... maybe I should. LOL DH always got hooked into at least one mask by Mario. We still alternate them every year. Halloween is my fav. and DH plays along.

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Burnsite — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 19:17:55 GMT

I often enjoyed his honest, funny, sometimes diva-like presentations and wish him well.

During an online retail milestone in my life which was the Shop at Home going out of business sale around 2006--I bought so many pretty pieces on that sale--Steve Bryant who was then working for the network, was presenting a selection of Ammolite. It's a fossilized mineral that looks like malachite crossed with opal. I love ammolite but can't afford it, and here was this distress sale on it.

Steve was presenting some ammolite drop earrings (still among my favorites) and began one of his weird reveries. He said: "Fossils million upon millions of years old. What if jewelry presenters were millions upon millions of years old?--well, I practically am."

He was diagnosed with cancer some time ago (8 or so years?) and I hope he is doing well.

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missy1 — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 19:28:16 GMT

@Pearlee wrote:
Steve Bryant was never one of my favorite show hosts. However, I loved his Halloween shows with the mask guy, Mario Chioto (sp?). Steve was really "into" Halloween and so he obviously enjoyed presenting those maks very much, and really hammed it up!

Q used to be much more fun in those days. Sigh!

I didn't watch the Q when Steve hosted. I think it was around 2000/2001, I started watching. Mario later, was the Halloween vendor at HSN.

Q used to be fun with the cool sets/costumes on the Irish holidays and Kirk's Folly.

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Serenity-Now — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 19:28:39 GMT

Ah yes, I remember those Halloween shows, back when they devoted more time to specialized theme shows & decorated the sets with dry ice & spooky sound effects & great items for sale! I bought quite a few things from those shows. I miss those more festive events, too!

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silkyk — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 19:45:54 GMT

I LOVED Steve's Halloween shows and also his shows with Bill Fenton from Fenton Glass. He was a great host and I really enjoy reading his blog (interesting topics)..... and his music! A very talented guy!

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Moonchilde — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 20:41:24 GMT

@Smaug wrote:
@Moonchilde wrote:
@mima wrote:
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
Was Steve a vendor or a QVC host?
He was a host and I loved him all year long. Halloween was my favorite time with Steve though!

He was a host who left QVC quite a few years ago, and has since made a career in social media of trashing all things Q.
Are you one of his fb friends @Moonchilde?

LOL definitely not. That man has issues bordering on the obsessive, with a healthy helping of narcissism.

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Preds — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 21:01:56 GMT

@Moonchilde wrote:
@Smaug wrote:
@Moonchilde wrote:
@mima wrote:
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
Was Steve a vendor or a QVC host?
He was a host and I loved him all year long. Halloween was my favorite time with Steve though!

He was a host who left QVC quite a few years ago, and has since made a career in social media of trashing all things Q.
Are you one of his fb friends @Moonchilde?

LOL definitely not. That man has issues bordering on the obsessive, with a healthy helping of narcissism.

Had to laugh at "healthy"! That is the perfect way to say it! LOL

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AuntG — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 21:08:03 GMT

Steve's Halloween shows were so well done. With all the Halloween stores popping up at the malls, QVC probably figures Why Bother?

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fortune — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 21:29:27 GMT

I saw him recently in a TV commercial selling knives!