"1982, he joined as one of the team on ""Russ Abbot's Madhouse"" and ""The Russ Abbot Show"" before forming a comedy partnership with fellow impressionist Dustin Gee, which in turn led to a series of their own, ""The Laughter Show"". Following Gee's sudden and unexpected death on 3 January 1986, Dennis carried on ""The Laughter Show"" as a solo performer and became the third host of ""Family Fortunes"" for a fifteen-year run from 1987 to 2002. It was at a recording of an episode of Family Fortunes in 1997 that Les Dennis was surprised by the ""This Is Your Life"""
"than 3,000 episodes have been recorded, with some guests having appeared more than once and some episodes featuring more than one guest. An example of a guest who falls into both categories is Bob Monkhouse, who appeared with his co-writer Denis Goodwin on 12 December 1955 and in his own right on 20 December 1998. Guests are invited to imagine themselves cast away on a desert island, and choose eight recordings, originally gramophone records, to take with them; discussion of their choices permits a review of their life. Excerpts from their choices are played or, in the case of short"
"Bonkers! Bonkers! was an ATV variety show, distributed by ITC Entertainment in the United States for syndication during the 1978-79 television season, and later airing in 1979 in the United Kingdom. Made at ATV's Elstree studios near London. Starring Bob Monkhouse and the Hudson Brothers – Bill, Brett and Mark – the show featured sketches, guest stars and musical numbers from the chorus dancers known as The Bonkerettes. Whilst not a big hit for ATV, it gained a cult audience in the United States where it was compared to ""Saturday Night Live"". After four episodes the show was curtailed in"
"Ken Minyard and Mac MacGregor, then later still, Don Imus (1969), Mike Wynn, Roy Williams, Dave Bowling, David Allan Kraham, Al ""the Roadrunner"" Heathman, Pat Kelley, Bill Bishofberger, Johnny Milford, John Willyard, Chrys Fasoli, Sheilah Bowman, Bill Daniels, Steve Young, Jerry Fuentes, Steve Blum as News Director, Bob Tilden, Scott Thomas, Terry Nelson, et al. KWSX KWSX (1280 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Sports talk format. Licensed to Stockton, California, United States, it serves the Stockton area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. Its studios are in Modesto and its transmitter is in Stockton. Until June"
"the sound-proof booth caused Bob to overhear his partner say Chicken for the 3rd question; thus, the answer of turkey was stuck in his head. After the taping, Bob's wife offered producer William G. Stewart £100 not to air the show, but when Stewart advised her it cost the production company £38,000 to produce the one episode, she declined to pursue the matter any further. The original theme music was used from 1980 to 1985, and was composed by Jack Parnell and David Lindup. This was during the Bob Monkhouse and Max Bygraves eras. In 1987 when Les Dennis became"
"invited on the stage to talk about his day at work. He soon became a regular fixture in the show and began to write material with Moir. Through word of mouth, the audience quickly grew to a large number of devotees, including Jools Holland, Jonathan Ross, Charlie Higson, and Paul Whitehouse. After the crowd expansion led to a change of venue to the Albany Empire theatre in 1988, backstage man Fred Aylward joined as the regular character Les. Higson and Whitehouse also had bit parts. The show sparked the interest of Alan Yentob of the BBC, and Michael Grade of"
"Earthview Inc. (headed by Doganieri and van Munster), Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios (a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company). The series has been hosted by veteran New Zealand television personality Phil Keoghan since its inception. Since the inception of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program in 2003, ""The Amazing Race"" has won it ten out of fourteen times; the show has also won other awards and commendations. Although it has moved around several prime time slots since its inception, the program has averaged about 10 million viewers per season. ""The Amazing Race"""
"Current weekday on-air personalities as of November 10, 2014 include Jack Davis hosting ""The AM Show"", Mark Rivers hosting ""MidDays"", and Julie DeHarty hosting ""Afternoon Drives."" Former notable personalities include Hermann Bockelmann (died September 12, 2013), Ken ""Hubcap"" Carter (died February 2004); Jim Thomas; ""Deacon"" Don Evans (died July 2001); Leon McWhorter (aka Jay Roberts); Robin Jones; ""McGregor"" (Benn); Stubie Doak; Dave Mitchell; Russ Martin; John Lacy, Jack Bishop; Linda Martin; Cary Richards; Dave Tanner; Maryrose; Eddie Hubbard (died in March 2007) and Jaan ""McCoy"" Kalmes (died October 18, 2014) KAAM KAAM, known as ""K-Double-A-M"", is an AM radio station"
"Among the audience were a number of British comedians who had been personally invited by Monkhouse, including Reece Shearsmith, Jon Culshaw, David Walliams, Fiona Allen and Mark Steel. The show also included a rare public appearance from Monkhouse's friend Mike Yarwood. In his later years, Monkhouse was probably better known for hosting television quiz shows than for being a comedian. One of his biggest successes was ""The Golden Shot"" from 1967 until 1972 and again in 1974. This was broadcast live for 52 weeks a year and drew up to 17 million viewers. His tenure ended with allegations, which he"
"anchor John Steigerwald, ESPN Radio 1250 personality Tim Benz, and WPGB sports host Ellis Cannon. Since its debut in 1998, ""Showdown"" has held a significant lead over the competition, including WTAE-TV's ""Action Sports Sunday"" and WPXI-TV's ""The Final Word"", by several ratings points. Initially, the show was supposed to last only through the NFL Season, but because of its great success, it was expanded to air each week year-round. KDKA Sports Showdown The #1 Cochran Sports Showdown is a weekly Pittsburgh-based sports talk show airing at 11:35 Sunday nights on KDKA-TV Pittsburgh. The show is hosted by Bob Pompeani, Josh"
"a series hosted by Bob Barker. The Canadian series ""Thrill of a Lifetime"", a fantasies-fulfilled reality show, originally ran from 1982 to 1988 and was revived from 2001 to 2003. In 1985, underwater cinematographer Al Giddings teamed with former Miss Universe Shawn Weatherly on the NBC series ""Oceanquest"", which chronicled Weatherly's adventures scuba diving in various exotic locales. Weatherly was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in informational programming. ""COPS"", which first aired in the spring of 1989 on Fox and came about partly due to the need for new programming during the 1988 Writers Guild of America"
"between 2010 and 2013. An Australian version of the show hosted by Paul McDermott began in 2015. The ""radio series"" was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1992, where it was hosted by Nick Hancock. Hancock was also the first presenter when the series transferred to television two years later. The first ever guest on the TV version was comedian Bob Monkhouse who cast the French into Room 101. In 1999, Hancock was replaced as host by Paul Merton (who was also the first ever guest on the original radio version). Merton's first guest was Nick Hancock and his"
"on behalf of their husbands. Bob Mills' wife was unavailable for comment. Colin Murray started presenting the show in February 2006. He was the host for 7 years until he left in July 2013 as he moved from the BBC to present on rival network Talksport. Following Murray's departure, he was replaced by three presenters who would rotate hosting duties. O'Connell returned as one of the presenters, with commentator Jonathan Pearce and TV presenter Matt Johnson the others for the 2013/14 season. Starting with the 2014/15 season, hosting duties were shared between presenter Georgie Thompson and comedian Josh Widdicombe. They"
"""Wipeout"" from Paul Daniels, when its studio recordings moved from London to Manchester and the show moved from primetime to daytime. Monkhouse hosted ""Wipeout"" between 1998 and 2003. After being a stalwart of chat shows, in the mid-1980s Monkhouse presented his own for the BBC, ""The Bob Monkhouse Show"". The show lasted two series and showcased comedians of every age. Monkhouse was criticised for sycophancy towards his guests but said that they were all heroes of his and that was how he really felt about them. Monkhouse was known as a keen supporter of new comedy and he used the"
"with Moon Doggie (Daniel Light), Master Poe (Ben Hight), Ice Troy (Troy Hollers) and Mr. Todd (Mr. Todd). This show was full of antics, great alternative music, call-ins, prizes and even an early-morning pizza delivery to one lucky listener. Then it was Shaggy and his one-man fan club keeping things going until 7 am. (Light and Hight would later have success as the Cable Ace award-winning producers and hosts of the show ""Generation X"". Hight who has gone on to work with numerous Lubbock stations and is now currently with TownSquare Media Lubbock station KZII FM 102.5 .) From October"
"Keke Palmer, Ben Mulroney, Chaz Bono, Hedley, and Fefe Dobson. While the earlier Degrassi series aired in Canada on CBC, ""Degrassi"" is broadcast on Bell Media-owned stations. Until mid-season nine, it aired on the CTV Television Network, but due to a decline in viewing figures since season seven, it moved to sister channel MuchMusic in 2010. In 2013, following a revamp of MuchMusic's schedule, the show moved to the Canadian version of MTV. In the United States, where the earlier Degrassi series aired on PBS, ""Degrassi"" aired on digital cable network TeenNick (previously The N), and is the longest-running program"
"is Townsquare Media's WEBC (560 AM/106.5 FM). KQDS-FM is probably best known for """"The KQ Morning Show"""" which for the last decade has been rated first among adults 25-54 and Men 25-54. The show's longtime host, Bill Jones left the station, the broadcast industry and the city of Duluth December 15, 2009. Jones' Co-host, Jason Manning has returned to KQ with a ""revamped"" morning show with new co-host Frank Befera. In 2011, Befera was let go and the Morning Show switched to its current line-up of Jason Manning and longtime afternoon DJ Scott Savage. The station signed on April 1,"
"guest star on the tenth episode, and his autobiography reveals he did so fully intending to demonstrate to the producers that he should replace Rae as host. The plan worked, and Monkhouse took over as host from the 15th show onward. His quick wit, and willingness to revel in the show's chaotic nature led the Monkhouse era to be regarded as the show's golden age – by programme 26, the viewing figures were up by 50%. Due to the programme being live, (a requirement, because contestants took part over the telephone) Bob Monkhouse often chatted to the participants to fill"
"was renewed with season 3 debuting on June 12, 2014 with guest Steve Carell. KOBE UP CLOSE (Director)<br> On August 15, 2013 AXS TV broadcast a live interview program of Los Angeles Laker legend Kobe Bryant hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. The program was a charity event for The Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Sports Spectacular and featured a one-hour, in depth interview on his long career in the NBA. Devin DeHaven Devin DeHaven is a veteran American television director and producer. His career has spanned 3 decades with hundreds of live concerts, talk shows and"
"on to become household names, including Ellen DeGeneres, Drew Carey, Louis CK, Jim Gaffigan, Daniel Tosh, George Lopez, Brad Garrett, Ron White, and Tim Allen. Professional athletes (including frequent guest Pat McAfee and, in past years, Peyton Manning, Jeff Saturday, Reggie Miller, and numerous INDYCAR drivers), musicians, and actors from television and movies are also frequent ""Bob & Tom"" guests. The show has occasionally talked with national politicians, although those interviews generally steer clear of controversial issues. Nationally known authors including frequent guest John Feinstein have also been featured. The show introduced the free ""Bob & Tom Show App"" for"
"game show host, that his style or writing and performing could be seen as influencing many contemporary British comedians, such as Jimmy Carr (whose book on comedy ""The Naked Jape"" quoted several Monkhouse jokes), Michael McIntyre, Peter Kay, John Bishop, Lee Mack and Tim Vine. Monkhouse was married twice, firstly to Elizabeth Thompson on 5 November 1949. The couple separated in 1967 and divorced in 1972. His second marriage was to Jacqueline Harding until his death. He had three children from his first marriage, but only his adopted daughter Abigail survived him. His eldest son Gary Alan, who had cerebral"
"as co-anchor. In fall 2009, Meyers co-anchored two episodes of ""Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday"" with Poehler. On ""SNL"", Meyers impersonated such figures as John Kerry, Michael Caine, Anderson Cooper, Carrot Top, Prince Charles, Ryan Seacrest, Sean Penn, Stone Phillips, Tobey Maguire, Peyton Manning, Ben Curtis (also known as the Dell Dude), Ty Pennington, Bill Cowher, Brian Williams, Nicollette Sheridan, Wade Robson, Donald Trump, Jr., Tom Cruise, and Kevin Federline. His recurring characters included Zach Ricky, host of the kids' hidden camera show ""Pranksters""; Nerod, the receptionist in the recurring sketch ""Appalachian Emergency Room""; David Zinger, a scientist who"
"Lou Dobbs Louis Carl ""Lou"" Dobbs (born September 24, 1945) is an American television commentator, author, radio show host, and the anchor of ""Lou Dobbs Tonight"" on Fox Business Network. Dobbs started working with CNN at its inception in 1980, serving as a reporter and network vice president. On the air, he served as host and managing editor of the network's business program, ""Moneyline"", which premiered in 1980. The show was renamed ""Lou Dobbs Tonight"" in 2003. Dobbs resigned from CNN for a short period of time in 1999 but rejoined the network in 2001. He resigned once again in"
"on Saturday nights, and ""American Top 40"" hosted by Ryan Seacrest on Sunday nights at 8. Notable former on-air personalities include Kris Earl Phillips, The Smoker (Scott Howitt), Bill Lenky (Bill Lee), O'Henry Allen, P.J. Walker, Merlin Jones, Jefferson Keyes, Al Haynes (now programming sister station WRCG-FM), Randy Reeves, Chuck Bear, Joe Cook, Scott Miller, Lulu, Spikey Mike, Bob Raleigh, Rick Casey (Ralph Carroll), Shelby Guest, Lee ""Lee Baby"" McCard, Bob McGee, Brian Waters, Dave Kelly, James Steele (James Gilmore), Mark ""Mark in the Dark"" Ross, Dave Arwood, Bear O'Bryan, Jeff Tate, Robert Cunningham, Jeff Michaels, Leo Davis, Mark Gunn,"
"of James Franco, Justin Bieber and Rob Lowe. Hinchcliffe's contributions to the series include writing Martha Stewart's set for the Justin Bieber roast and Ann Coulter's set for the Rob Lowe roast. Hinchcliffe has also written for the comedy panel show ""The Burn with Jeff Ross"" and appeared as a contestant on the first season of ""Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle"". Since 2013 Hinchcliffe has produced and hosted a podcast called ""Kill Tony"", a weekly live show recorded at The Comedy Store. During the show Hinchcliffe and co-host Brian Redban (of ""The Joe Rogan Experience"" and the Deathsquad Network), along"
"disease. Bob and Linda Davis' son, Steven, is a play-by-play announcer for the Double-A affiliate of the Royals and also broadcasts games for the UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team. Bob Davis (sportscaster) Bob Davis (born 1945) is an American sportscaster. He is best known for his work broadcasting Kansas City Royals baseball games as well as Kansas Jayhawks football and basketball games. Davis is known for his dramatic style and calling the Jayhawks' NCAA Tournament Championships in 1988 and 2008. Bob Davis lived in Hays, Kansas and broadcast Fort Hays State University sports for radio station KAYS (AM) from 1968"
"Kennedy (commentator) Lisa Kennedy Montgomery (born September 8, 1972) (referred to mononymously as Kennedy) is an American political commentator, radio personality, former MTV VJ, the host of ""Kennedy"" on the Fox Business Network. Kennedy occasionally hosts "" Outnumbered "" on the Fox News Channel. She was the host of MTV's now-defunct daily late-night alternative-rock program ""Alternative Nation"" throughout much of the 1990s. Lisa Kennedy Montgomery was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and raised in Lake Oswego, Oregon, an affluent suburb outside of Portland. She has a bachelor's degree in philosophy from UCLA. Montgomery spent several years as a VJ at MTV."
"Longoria, Lance Bass, Khloe Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez, 50 Cent, Miley Cyrus, and most recently Steve Harvey. In addition to his books, he is a contributing editor for USA Weekend Magazine,[11] the Costco Connection Magazine,[12], First For Women, Women’s World, O Magazine and Closer,[13] and serves as Editor-at-Large for Bauer Media. He has also appeared on a number of television shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show,[14] CNN,[15] Good Morning America,[16] The Today Show,[17] Dateline NBC,[18] The View,[19] The Tyra Banks Show,[20], The Steve Harvey Show, Dr. Oz and VH1,[21], Extra TV, and he Doctors TV Series among others.[22] Cruise confirmed he"
"Life & Times of Tim"", playing the Elephant Trainer in ""Tim & the Elephant"" in the second season, and the bookie in ""Pray for the Jets"" in the third. Einstein was the first comedian to appear twice on Jerry Seinfeld's web series ""Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee."" Bob Einstein Stewart Robert ""Bob"" Einstein (born November 20, 1942) is an American actor, comedy writer and producer, who is best known for creating and performing the satirical stuntman character Super Dave Osborne. Einstein is also known for his roles as Marty Funkhouser in ""Curb Your Enthusiasm"" and Larry Middleman on ""Arrested Development""."
"be taken up by other ITV franchises around the country. The show was hosted by Noel Edmonds with Keith Chegwin, John Craven and, from 1978, Maggie Philbin. Also featured was Posh Paws, a stuffed toy dinosaur. Edmonds once explained that his name was actually spelt ""Pohs Paws"", because that is ""Swap Shop"" backwards as suggested in the phone in by 5 year old Duncan Beck. Another person named was ""Eric"" (Ilett), the often-referred to but never seen technician whose job was to lower a plastic globe containing postcards sent in by viewers as answers to competitions. Eric performed a similar"
"Raphael Bob-Waksberg Raphael Matthew Bob-Waksberg (born August 17, 1984) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and voice actor. He is known as the creator and showrunner of the Netflix animated comedy series ""BoJack Horseman"". Bob-Waksberg was raised in Palo Alto, California with his two sisters. He is Jewish; his mother and grandmother ran a Jewish book and gift store, and his father helped Russian Jews emigrate to the United States. Growing up, he was influenced by shows like ""The Simpsons"", ""Seinfeld"", and ""The Larry Sanders Show"". He was diagnosed with ADHD and his academic performance in high school was"
"Michael McKeegan from Therapy?, Snow Patrol, David Holmes, Radiohead, In Case of Fire, Two Door Cinema Club and General Fiasco. Since 1999 Dance and club life has played an important role. Initiated by Paul McClean, and beginning on Thursday nights, the show has since moved to a Saturday night slot before its current Friday night slot and is dedicated to Electronic music from Hip-hop and House music to Drum and bass and techno and is presented by Belfast club dj Paul Hamill with a strong emphasis on supporting the music of local dj's and artists. Recent co-presenters include legendary techno"
"Bob's Full House Bob's Full House was a popular and influential quiz programme hosted by Bob Monkhouse which was based on the popular game Bingo. It aired on BBC1 from 1 September 1984 until 27 January 1990. Four players were given separate Bingo-style cards and attempted to light up the numbers on them by answering questions. Cards had three rows of six spaces each, with one space per row already blanked out to leave 15 numbers showing; however, the numbers in the corners of each card were never blanked out. Numbers on the cards ran from 1 to 60. The"