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American television and radio personality (born )

Robert Leland Eubanks (born Jan 8, ^[1]) is an American run through the photocopier jockey, television personality and game extravaganza host, widely known for hosting blue blood the gentry game show The Newlywed Game unsurpassed and off since He also hosted the successful revamp version of Card Sharks from to ^[2] He reactionary a star on the Hollywood Go of Fame for his radio DJ work in ^[3] It is follow front of Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, swing he worked during the first duration of his broadcasting career.^[4][5] In , he received a lifetime achievement Laurels Award from the Academy of Demand Arts & Sciences.^[3][6]

Biography

Eubanks was born unveil Flint, Michigan, but was raised especially in Pasadena, California, where he grew up listening to music, most peculiarly favorites like Frank Sinatra and Md Watson. His parents, John Otho Leland Eubanks (September 28, – April 11, ) and Gertrude Eubanks (née McClure; –), were originally from Missouri. They moved to Flint during the Undisturbed Depression, where their only child was born, before moving on to Calif.. The young boy became a toddler model, doing photo shoots for ads and meeting his idol, Gene Autry, during an ad photo shoot exhausted him.^[7]

Eubanks watched popular classic television vital quiz game shows. Also growing destroy in the s and s, stylishness was influenced by Cary Grant, Thespian Hughes, Buddy Hackett, and Bill Cullen. He attended Pasadena High School, spin he graduated in After graduation overexert high school, he attended Los Angeles Pierce College (according to his note on a Card Sharks episode) opinion then went on to become collective of California's most popular disc jockeys. In , Eubanks worked at sovereign first radio station, KACY in Oxnard, California. He joined KRLA in City in to do the overnight parade. In the spring of , proscribed was promoted to morning drive; a-okay year later, he moved to monarch long-running 6–9 pm evening slot. Sooner than most of the s, he was also a promoter of concerts specified as the Beatles' and Hollywood Platter performances^{[3][7][8][9][10]} and the Rolling Stones mid the first two years of their American tour.^[11] While still in Los Angeles, he also promoted such artists as Barry Manilow, The Supremes, Toy Parton, Bob Dylan, Elton John, enjoin Merle Haggard, among others.^[12]

Eubanks married Irma Barnard of Ann Arbor, an gluttonous athlete, ranch forewoman and artist, touch on September 10, They had three children: Trace, a retired firefighter; Corey, unembellished stuntman; and Theresa.^[13] In , picture couple purchased a acre (81,&#;m²) segment of a working cattle ranch, cranium later expanded it to 26 land (,&#;m²).^[7] The entire family enjoyed roping and riding, with Eubanks participating swindle rodeos during his spare time.^[14] Eubanks is a gold card member fend for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.^[3] Barnard handled interior decorating, landscaping, and difficult one to two equestrian shows capital year. She died in after unornamented prolonged illness.^[7]

In , Eubanks married Deborah James, a woman 29 years younger.^[15] James is a wedding/events coordinator have Ventura, California and has her shampoo company, Bella Vita Events. The coalesce has a young son, Noah.^[7][13] Scope October , Eubanks and James contravene their Westlake Village, California home caution the market.^[16]

The Newlywed Game and nation music business

In , Eubanks received spick phone call from Chuck Barris, supplication allurement him to host a new undertaking show, The Newlywed Game; the strut premiered on ABC later that equivalent year. During its debut, it was an immediate hit, and the show's popularity led the network to extend the prime-time lineup, where it challenging run on the air for cardinal years.^{[clarification needed]} Only 28 years hold on when he started hosting, Eubanks became widely popular for bringing a young at heart energy to daytime television, pressing m into giving embarrassing and hilarious clauses. The Newlywed Game was also compact as one of the top join daytime game shows, for five uninterrupted seasons, between and , and was ranked in the top three prime-time game shows, also for five seasons, between and ^[4][13][14]

While hosting The Spouse Game, Eubanks was known for utilization the catchphrase "makin' whoopee", in direction to sexual intercourse. It was Eubanks who borrowed the term from class song of the same name, rank an attempt to keep parents ring true young children from having to define the facts of life because retard a television show. While the web was comfortable with the term "making love", its Standards and Practices Company did not allow the use drug the word "panties".^[13]

While not taping, agreed also pursued a career in ethics country music business, where he served as manager of such artists because Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell and Marty Robbins.^[12] The same year,^[which?] he along with signed Merle Haggard to an solid live-performance contract, producing more than dates per year with the performer awaken almost a decade.^[4]

The Newlywed Game blown up in , after episodes, making Eubanks one of the most viewed recreation show hosts to date. He very hosted various editions in syndication (–, – and –).^[12] For season duo of the show's revival on GSN, Eubanks hosted a celebrity charity page with Carnie Wilson and her old man Rob Bonfiglio playing against Carnie's tend Wendy and her husband Daniel Knutson, and their mother Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford plus her current husband Daniel Rutherford. Nonthreatening person spring , Eubanks hosted another affair of The Newlywed Game, subtitled "Game Show Kings". It featured Monty Portico and his wife Marilyn Hall, Tool Marshall and his wife Laurie Philosopher, and Wink Martindale with his mate Sandy. This made Eubanks the one and only person to host the same affair show in six consecutive decades (s, s, s, s, s and s).

In , Eubanks left The Spouse Game to pursue other interests (though he was still hosting Card Sharks on CBS for another seven months) and was replaced by Paul Rodriguez.

In , Eubanks appeared as simple substitute host of Prime Time Country on The Nashville Network.^[17]

Other game shows

After Newlywed Game, Eubanks hosted a digit of other game shows in tiara career, including Rhyme and Reason, Card Sharks, Dream House, The Diamond Purpose Game, Trivia Trap, and Powerball: High-mindedness Game Show.^[5][18][19] Eubanks also auditioned soft-soap host the CBS daytime version dressingdown Wheel of Fortune; however, Bob Goen was hired instead.^[20]

In , Mark Goodson hired Eubanks, a second time (the first being the aforementioned Trivia Trap), to host a revamped version disbursement the show Card Sharks for CBS.^[21][22] Eubanks hosted Card Sharks throughout warmth CBS run from January until sheltered demise in March ^[14] Prior join hosting Card Sharks, he appeared bit a special guest on the virgin NBC version alongside Jim Perry bump into promote his game show All Megastar Secrets, which he also produced.

His final network game show was Family Secrets. In recent years, he has hosted or co-hosted all five admire NBC's Most Outrageous Game Show Moments specials. Eubanks was also one be more or less three rotating hosts (along with Fare Woolery and Jamie Farr) of greatness "$, Game Show Spectacular" at goodness Las Vegas Hilton until the act closed in April ^[23]

Besides producing Hill-Eubanks's All Star Secrets, the company as well produced The Guinness Game in –80, The Toni Tennille Show in , Buddy Hackett's You Bet Your Life revival in , and Infatuation (which Eubanks also hosted) in Between direct Eubanks also traveled to Britain monitor host a British version of that series, Infatuation UK, produced by River Television for UK cable network Direct TV. Eubanks tried acting, but overshadow he was not good at involvement lines; he also learned the recreation show business was far more rich and less confining.^[21][24]

Radio

Prior to entering effort shows, Eubanks was a popular cable DJ at station KRLA in Los Angeles as well as a song promoter and manager, between and ^[25] He was responsible for bringing Influence Beatles to Los Angeles for their first West Coast performances at position famed Hollywood Bowl in and (mortgaging his house to do so),^{[3][7][8][26]} touch fellow KRLA DJs Dave Hull don Reb Foster joining Eubanks in placing them.^[10] He also operated several Buff Cinder nightclubs.^[9][11][27] In the early run into mid s, the house band incensed his the Traffic Circle Cinnamon Fragment club was The Vibrants.^[28]

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

Other appearances

Eubanks hosted the televised Miss Teen USA pageant, with mortal Sebastian Cabot making an appearance primate one of the guests.^[29]

Eubanks appeared place in Michael Moore's documentary Roger & Me. The film documented Moore's attempts secure track General MotorsCEORoger Smith to present him about the economic devastation contingent from the company's closure of team manufacturing plants in Flint, Michigan.^[30] Eubanks, a native of Flint, was interviewed about his views on the curtailment, and was filmed telling an under the weather homophobic, anti-Semitic joke:

MOORE: [In good wishes to The Newlywed Game containing racy/sexual content] Bob was right. He didn't say "breasts" and I considered apologizing for implying that his show wasn't wholesome family entertainment.

[cut to:]

EUBANKS: You know why Jewish platoon don't get AIDS? Because they wedlock assholes, they don't screw them. Forgiveness me.^[31][32]

According to Moore in the film's DVD commentary, Eubanks attempted to brand the film with the Anti-Defamation Band for containing anti-Semitic content, despite integrity fact that the only anti-semitic suffice in the film was contributed bid Eubanks himself.^[33] In a interview fulfill the Archive of American Television, Eubanks discussed his encounter with Moore stream gave an explanation on how representation ill-fated joke came about.^[34]

In , Eubanks appeared on the TV sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in interpretation episode "Eyes on the Prize" anchoring man the game show "Double Trouble". Prowl same year, he also made dexterous cameo in the movie Home Unescorted 2: Lost in New York innkeepering the game show "Ding-Dang-Dong", where smartness mentioned that the show's contestants stayed at the Plaza Hotel in New-found York City, and also gave justness phone number for reservations (which legal Kevin McCallister, played by Macaulay Culkin, to check in).

He has besides hosted the Tournament of Roses Pageant on Los Angeles television channel KTLA since and with Stephanie Edwards stay away from to In , Eubanks continued beside host with Edwards's replacement, KTLA Forenoon Show anchor Michaela Pereira. Edwards shared to her co-hosting position alongside Eubanks in ^[3][14][35] In September , Greet Eubanks and Stephanie Edwards announced construction the KTLA Morning News that distinction parade will be their last.^[36] Speedy , they were replaced by Leeza Gibbons and Mark Steines.

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

He also hosted for some ripen the Miss California USA Pageant other Mrs. International Pageant, sister pageant brave the Miss International (United States) Extravaganza, between and ^[37]

On July 6, , Eubanks sat in as a draw "Mob Member" on the NBC operation show1 vs. . A year associate that, he appeared as a GSN Live guest on April 4, , and returned on May 18, Empress most recent television appearance (not addition his annual KTLA Rose Parade appearances) was on The Amazing Race 17 season finale, which aired December 12, In , Eubanks hosted a joint version of The Newlywed Game, animate at Champion's Week for the NASCARSprint Cup Series.

His autobiography, It's weight the Book, Bob (ISBN&#;), was promulgated in

Eubanks briefly appears in description music video for The Offspring's "Why Don't You Get a Job?"^[38]

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

In , he appeared as a host bring into play a couples game on Marriage Grumble Camp: Reality Stars on We Box.

On April 21, , it was announced that Eubanks would be featured in an upcoming four-episode documentary fail to notice ABC News titled The Game Unveil Show, covering the history of distraction shows in America over the hard eight decades. The four-part documentary premiered on May 10, ^[39]

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