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{{Infobox television
| show_name = Call for Help
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| format =
| runtime = 60 minutes
| creator = [[Leo Laporte]]
| starring = Leo Laporte<br/><small>(1998 - 2001)<br>(2003 - 2007)</small><br/>[[Chris Pirillo]]<br/><small>(2001 - 2003)</small>
| opentheme =
| country = United States (1998–2004)<br />Canada (2004–2007)
| network = [[TechTV]] (1998–2004)<br />[[G4techTV Canada]] (2004–2007)
(contracted; show full)ncing difficulties with their personal computers (or "personal confusers", as Laporte jocularly referred to them). Such individuals were encouraged to contact the show via [[e-mail]], [[telephone]] or [[webcam]], with telephone/webcam users serving as on-air participants. Laporte also welcomed in-studio guests (including [[Martin Sargent]], [[Roger Chang]], [[Brett Larson]], Hahn Choi and others), who expertly highlighted and reviewed various technology products with a novice perspective in mind.
  

In 2001, Laporte decided to focus solely on another TechTV program, ''[[The Screen Savers]],'' and [[Becky Worley]] became the lead ''Call for Help'' host (briefly joined by [[Scott Herriott]] as co-host). Later that year, [[Chris Pirillo]] took over the lead hosting duties, with [[Catherine Schwartz|Cat Schwartz]], [[Morgan Webb]], and TechLive correspondent [[Laura Burstein]] serving as rotating co-hosts. In 2003, Pirillo was [[Termination of employment|terminated(contracted; show full)li Lewis]] was the temporary co-host for most of the remaining episodes. [http://ambermac.typepad.com/ambermac/2006/08/to_all_the_g4te.html] In April 2007, the final Call For Help episode, number 500, aired on [[G4techTV Canada]] and the [[HOW TO Channel]], the new episodes for [[The Lab with Leo Laporte]] began airing on April 23, 2007. January 2007, MoboVivo started offering each episode for download for iPods and other portable devices, including new episodes starting in January 2007.

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==External links==
* [http://labwithleo.com/ ''The Lab with Leo Laporte'' official website]
* [http://www.g4techtv.ca/aboutus/press/p_20070131_release.shtml Press Release about the move to Greedy Productions]

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