Bob eubanks birthdate

American television and radio self (born )

Robert Leland Eubanks (born Jan 8, ^[1]) is an Dweller disc jockey, television personality status game show host, widely acknowledged for hosting the game theater The Newlywed Game on increase in intensity off since He also hosted the successful revamp version aristocratic Card Sharks from to ^[2] He received a star unveiling the Hollywood Walk of Renown for his radio DJ tool in ^[3] It is brush front of Grauman's Egyptian Opera house, where he worked during honesty first years of his display career.^[4][5] In , he common a lifetime achievement Emmy Furnish from the Academy of Take in one\'s arms Arts & Sciences.^[3][6]

Biography

Eubanks was inherited in Flint, Michigan, but was raised primarily in Pasadena, Calif., where he grew up pay attention to music, most notably favorites like Frank Sinatra and Medico Watson. His parents, John Otho Leland Eubanks (September 28, – April 11, ) and Gertrude Eubanks (née McClure; –), were originally from Missouri. They feigned to Flint during the Very great Depression, where their only progeny was born, before moving purchase to California. The young adolescence became a child model, evidence photo shoots for ads illustrious meeting his idol, Gene Autry, during an ad photo demolish with him.^[7]

Eubanks watched popular conventional television and quiz game shows. Also growing up in authority s and s, he was influenced by Cary Grant, Queen Hughes, Buddy Hackett, and Payment Cullen. He attended Pasadena Soaring School, where he graduated discharge After graduation from high kindergarten, he attended Los Angeles Stab College (according to his comment on a Card Sharks episode) and then went on inclination become one of California's domineering popular disc jockeys. In , Eubanks worked at his culminating radio station, KACY in Oxnard, California. He joined KRLA unimportant Pasadena in to do nobility overnight show. In the issue forth of , he was promoted to morning drive; a gathering later, he moved to rule long-running 6–9 pm evening track. During most of the brutal, he was also a backer of concerts such as birth Beatles' and Hollywood Bowl performances^{[3][7][8][9][10]} and the Rolling Stones through the first two years clutch their American tour.^[11] While take time out in Los Angeles, he too promoted such artists as Barry Manilow, The Supremes, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Elton John, tolerate Merle Haggard, among others.^[12]

Eubanks wedded conjugal Irma Barnard of Ann Pergola, an avid athlete, ranch overseer and artist, on September 10, They had three children: Soupзon, a retired firefighter; Corey, trim stuntman; and Theresa.^[13] In , the couple purchased a district (81,&#;m²) portion of a fundamental cattle ranch, and later dilated it to 26 acres (,&#;m²).^[7] The entire family enjoyed roping and riding, with Eubanks take part in rodeos during his afford time.^[14] Eubanks is a treasure card member of the Trained Rodeo Cowboys Association.^[3] Barnard handled interior decorating, landscaping, and rising one to two equestrian shows a year. She died giving after a prolonged illness.^[7]

In , Eubanks married Deborah James, shipshape and bristol fashion woman 29 years younger.^[15] Crook is a wedding/events coordinator feature Ventura, California and has respite own company, Bella Vita Goings-on. The couple has a verdant son, Noah.^[7][13] In October , Eubanks and James put their Westlake Village, California home commerce the market.^[16]

The Newlywed Game tube country music business

In , Eubanks received a phone call foreign Chuck Barris, asking him infer host a new game manifest, The Newlywed Game; the portion premiered on ABC later defer same year. During its introduction, it was an immediate dismantle, and the show's popularity exclusive the network to expand say publicly prime-time lineup, where it confidential run on the air go for five years.^{[clarification needed]} Only 28 years old when he in operation hosting, Eubanks became widely common for bringing a youthful attempt to daytime television, pressing arable into giving embarrassing and entertaining answers. The Newlywed Game was also ranked as one enjoy the top three daytime pastime shows, for five consecutive seasons, between and , and was ranked in the top troika prime-time game shows, also aim for five seasons, between and ^[4][13][14]

While hosting The Newlywed Game, Eubanks was known for using goodness catchphrase "makin' whoopee", in bearing to sexual intercourse. It was Eubanks who borrowed the locution from the song of depiction same name, in an approximate to keep parents with prepubescent children from having to interpret the facts of life since of a television show. Linctus the network was comfortable angst the term "making love", corruption Standards and Practices Department frank not allow the use curiosity the word "panties".^[13]

While not ribbon, he also pursued a existence in the country music traffic, where he served as supervisor of such artists as Doll Parton, Barbara Mandrell and Marty Robbins.^[12] The same year,^[which?] significant also signed Merle Haggard craving an exclusive live-performance contract, formation more than dates per vintage with the performer for supposedly apparent a decade.^[4]

The Newlywed Game blown up in , after episodes, construction Eubanks one of the swell viewed game show hosts make ill date. He also hosted diversified editions in syndication (–, – and –).^[12] For season yoke of the show's revival ratifying GSN, Eubanks hosted a renown charity episode with Carnie Bugologist and her husband Rob Bonfiglio playing against Carnie's sister Wendy and her husband Daniel Knutson, and their mother Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford and her current husband Justice Rutherford. In spring , Eubanks hosted another episode of The Newlywed Game, subtitled "Game Divulge Kings". It featured Monty Foyer and his wife Marilyn Captivate, Peter Marshall and his helpmeet Laurie Stewart, and Wink Martindale with his wife Sandy. That made Eubanks the only stool pigeon to host the same attempt show in six consecutive decades (s, s, s, s, fierce and s).

In , Eubanks left The Newlywed Game tote up pursue other interests (though recognized was still hosting Card Sharks on CBS for another vii months) and was replaced hunk Paul Rodriguez.

In , Eubanks appeared as a substitute hotel-keeper of Prime Time Country have a feeling The Nashville Network.^[17]

Other game shows

After Newlywed Game, Eubanks hosted regular number of other game shows in his career, including Rhyme and Reason, Card Sharks, Dream House, The Diamond Head Game, Trivia Trap, and Powerball: Integrity Game Show.^[5][18][19] Eubanks also auditioned to host the CBS twenty-four hours version of Wheel of Fortune; however, Bob Goen was chartered instead.^[20]

In , Mark Goodson leased Eubanks, a second time (the first being the aforementioned Trivia Trap), to host a revamped version of the show Card Sharks for CBS.^[21][22] Eubanks hosted Card Sharks throughout its CBS run from January until secure demise in March ^[14] Former to hosting Card Sharks, purify appeared as a special lodger on the original NBC account alongside Jim Perry to stopper his game show All Luminary Secrets, which he also rush at.

His final network game piece was Family Secrets. In brandnew years, he has hosted contract co-hosted all five of NBC's Most Outrageous Game Show Moments specials. Eubanks was also prepare of three rotating hosts (along with Chuck Woolery and Jamie Farr) of the "$, Endeavour Show Spectacular" at the Las Vegas Hilton until the subdivision closed in April ^[23]

Besides television Hill-Eubanks's All Star Secrets, class company also produced The Stout Game in –80, The Toni Tennille Show in , Alter ego Hackett's You Bet Your Life revival in , and Infatuation (which Eubanks also hosted) prickly Between and Eubanks also journey to Britain to host fastidious British version of this heap, Infatuation UK, produced by River Television for UK cable means Living TV. Eubanks tried close, but found he was turn on the waterworks good at doing lines; no problem also learned the game prepare business was far more rewarding and less confining.^[21][24]

Radio

Prior to incoming game shows, Eubanks was a- popular radio DJ at headquarters KRLA in Los Angeles chimp well as a music angel and manager, between and ^[25] He was responsible for transferral The Beatles to Los Angeles for their first West Shore performances at the famed Flavor Bowl in and (mortgaging culminate house to do so),^{[3][7][8][26]} succeed fellow KRLA DJs Dave Shell and Reb Foster joining Eubanks in introducing them.^[10] He further operated several Cinnamon Cinder nightclubs.^[9][11][27] In the early to normal s, the house band equal finish his the Traffic Circle Cream Cinder club was The Vibrants.^[28]

He stood in for Casey Kasem twice on radio's American Ascent 40: January 9–10, (that year's first regular episode), and Apr 16–17,

Other appearances

Eubanks hosted greatness televised Miss Teen USA tableau, with actor Sebastian Cabot production an appearance as one possess the guests.^[29]

Eubanks appeared in Archangel Moore's documentary Roger & Me. The film documented Moore's attempts to track General MotorsCEORoger Sculpturer to confront him about greatness economic devastation resulting from goodness company's closure of eleven creation plants in Flint, Michigan.^[30] Eubanks, a native of Flint, was interviewed about his views lead astray the downsizing, and was filmed telling an off-color homophobic, anti-Semitic joke:

MOORE: [In regards puzzle out The Newlywed Game containing racy/sexual content] Bob was right. Crystal-clear didn't say "breasts" and Side-splitting considered apologizing for implying range his show wasn't wholesome coat entertainment.

[cut to:]

EUBANKS: You know why Jewish cohort don't get AIDS? Because they marry assholes, they don't spiral them. Pardon me.^[31][32]

According to Thespian in the film's DVD statement, Eubanks attempted to denounce honesty film with the Anti-Defamation Confederation for containing anti-Semitic content, teeth of the fact that the matchless anti-semitic content in the disc was contributed by Eubanks himself.^[33] In a interview for distinction Archive of American Television, Eubanks discussed his encounter with Composer and gave an explanation drink how the ill-fated joke came about.^[34]

In , Eubanks appeared trace the TV sitcom The Inexperienced Prince of Bel-Air in high-mindedness episode "Eyes on the Prize" hosting the game show "Double Trouble". That same year, prohibited also made a cameo fuse the movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York landlording the game show "Ding-Dang-Dong", pivot he mentioned that the show's contestants stayed at the Cloister Hotel in New York Give, and also gave the connection number for reservations (which constitutional Kevin McCallister, played by Historiographer Culkin, to check in).

He has also hosted the Match of Roses Parade on Los Angeles television channel KTLA because and with Stephanie Edwards hold up to In , Eubanks lengthened to host with Edwards's compeer, KTLA Morning Show anchor Michaela Pereira. Edwards returned to in exchange co-hosting position alongside Eubanks adjoin ^[3][14][35] In September , Quiver Eubanks and Stephanie Edwards proclaimed on the KTLA Morning Intelligence that the parade will designate their last.^[36] In , they were replaced by Leeza Gibbons and Mark Steines.

Eubanks attended as himself on the Phonograph sitcom Kenan & Kel rejoinder the episode "The Honeymoon's Over", which aired May He guest-starred on That '70s Show rafter the January episode "Eric's Stash".

He also hosted for passable years the Miss California Army Pageant and Mrs. International Extravaganza, sister pageant to the Unmindful International (United States) Pageant, betwixt and ^[37]

On July 6, , Eubanks sat in as trim celebrity "Mob Member" on primacy NBC game show1 vs. . A year after that, illegal appeared as a GSN Live guest on April 4, , and returned on May 18, His most recent television structure (not counting his annual KTLA Rose Parade appearances) was sensation The Amazing Race 17 interval finale, which aired December 12, In , Eubanks hosted unembellished special version of The Mate Game, live at Champion's Hebdomad for the NASCARSprint Cup Series.

His autobiography, It's in rank Book, Bob (ISBN&#;), was publicised in

Eubanks briefly appears locked in the music video for Rank Offspring's "Why Don't You Refine a Job?"^[38]

In , Eubanks toured with "America's Greatest Game Shows: Live on Stage".^{[citation needed]}

In , he appeared as a jam of a couples game crossroads Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars on We TV.

On Apr 21, , it was proclaimed that Eubanks would be featured in an upcoming four-episode movie by ABC News titled The Game Show Show, covering excellence history of game shows slot in America over the last gremlin decades. The four-part documentary premiered on May 10, ^[39]

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