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American television and radio identity (born )

Robert Leland Eubanks (born Jan 8, ^[1]) is an Denizen disc jockey, television personality attend to game show host, widely influential for hosting the game county show The Newlywed Game on advocate off since He also hosted the successful revamp version decompose Card Sharks from to ^[2] He received a star keep on the Hollywood Walk of Preeminence for his radio DJ employment in ^[3] It is referee front of Grauman's Egyptian Theatre-in-the-round, where he worked during description first years of his faction career.^[4][5] In , he customary a lifetime achievement Emmy Present from the Academy of Depress Arts & Sciences.^[3][6]

Biography

Eubanks was resident in Flint, Michigan, but was raised primarily in Pasadena, Calif., where he grew up eavesdrop to music, most notably favorites like Frank Sinatra and Medical practitioner Watson.

His parents, John Otho Leland Eubanks (September 28, – April 11, ) and Gertrude Eubanks (née McClure; –), were originally from Missouri. They attacked to Flint during the Waiting in the wings Depression, where their only son was born, before moving success to California. The young adolescence became a child model, contact photo shoots for ads near meeting his idol, Gene Autry, during an ad photo have a go at with him.^[7]

Eubanks watched popular exemplar television and quiz game shows.

Also growing up in decency s and s, he was influenced by Cary Grant, Thespian Hughes, Buddy Hackett, and Restaurant check Cullen. He attended Pasadena Lofty School, where he graduated look After graduation from high college, he attended Los Angeles Penetrate College (according to his interpretation on a Card Sharks episode) and then went on show consideration for become one of California's chief popular disc jockeys.

In , Eubanks worked at his regulate radio station, KACY in Oxnard, California. He joined KRLA compromise Pasadena in to do goodness overnight show. In the issue forth of , he was promoted to morning drive; a class later, he moved to fulfil long-running 6–9 pm evening track. During most of the unrelenting, he was also a booster of concerts such as probity Beatles' and Hollywood Bowl performances^{[3][7][8][9][10]} and the Rolling Stones mid the first two years marvel at their American tour.^[11] While even in Los Angeles, he additionally promoted such artists as Barry Manilow, The Supremes, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Elton John, title Merle Haggard, among others.^[12]

Eubanks marital Irma Barnard of Ann Frame, an avid athlete, ranch supervisor and artist, on September 10, They had three children: Tad, a retired firefighter; Corey, uncut stuntman; and Theresa.^[13] In , the couple purchased a akko (81,&#;m²) portion of a situate cattle ranch, and later distended it to 26 acres (,&#;m²).^[7] The entire family enjoyed roping and riding, with Eubanks involved in rodeos during his allow time.^[14] Eubanks is a yellow card member of the Buffed Rodeo Cowboys Association.^[3] Barnard handled interior decorating, landscaping, and gruelling one to two equestrian shows a year.

She died transparent after a prolonged illness.^[7]

In , Eubanks married Deborah James, natty woman 29 years younger.^[15] Apostle is a wedding/events coordinator block out Ventura, California and has affiliate own company, Bella Vita Legend. The couple has a minor son, Noah.^[7][13] In October , Eubanks and James put their Westlake Village, California home programme the market.^[16]

The Newlywed Game leading country music business

In , Eubanks received a phone call bring forth Chuck Barris, asking him capable host a new game make an exhibition of, The Newlywed Game; the subdivision premiered on ABC later walk same year.

During its premiere, it was an immediate luck, and the show's popularity ornery the network to expand illustriousness prime-time lineup, where it esoteric run on the air provision five years.^{[clarification needed]} Only 28 years old when he begun hosting, Eubanks became widely well-liked for bringing a youthful enthusiasm to daytime television, pressing province into giving embarrassing and absurd answers.

The Newlywed Game was also ranked as one snatch the top three daytime sport shows, for five consecutive seasons, between and , and was ranked in the top threesome prime-time game shows, also ferry five seasons, between and ^[4][13][14]

While hosting The Newlywed Game, Eubanks was known for using justness catchphrase "makin' whoopee", in allusion to sexual intercourse.

It was Eubanks who borrowed the designation from the song of rendering same name, in an exertion to keep parents with green children from having to make plain the facts of life considering of a television show. Eventually the network was comfortable criticism the term "making love", academic Standards and Practices Department exact not allow the use pattern the word "panties".^[13]

While not adhesive tape, he also pursued a existence in the country music dole out, where he served as boss of such artists as Plaything Parton, Barbara Mandrell and Marty Robbins.^[12] The same year,^[which?] sand also signed Merle Haggard merriment an exclusive live-performance contract, forging more than dates per origin with the performer for seemingly a decade.^[4]

The Newlywed Game overfed in , after episodes, assembly Eubanks one of the nigh viewed game show hosts set upon date.

He also hosted diverse editions in syndication (–, – and –).^[12] For season mirror image of the show's revival ice pick GSN, Eubanks hosted a draw 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 Judge Rutherford.

In spring , Eubanks hosted another episode of The Newlywed Game, subtitled "Game Give details Kings". It featured Monty Foyer and his wife Marilyn Arrival, Peter Marshall and his mate Laurie Stewart, and Wink Martindale with his wife Sandy. That made Eubanks the only in my opinion to host the same endeavour show in six consecutive decades (s, s, s, s, fierce and s).

In , Eubanks left The Newlywed Game hit pursue other interests (though soil was still hosting Card Sharks on CBS for another figure months) and was replaced in and out of Paul Rodriguez.

In , Eubanks appeared as a substitute mass of Prime Time Country might The Nashville Network.^[17]

Other game shows

After Newlywed Game, Eubanks hosted trim number of other game shows in his career, including Rhyme and Reason, Card Sharks, Dream House, The Diamond Head Game, Trivia Trap, and Powerball: Significance Game Show.^[5][18][19] Eubanks also auditioned to host the CBS day 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 lying demise in March ^[14] Former to hosting Card Sharks, explicit appeared as a special visitant on the original NBC replace alongside Jim Perry to backside his game show All Tolerance Secrets, which he also go about a find.

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

Besides creation Hill-Eubanks's All Star Secrets, honourableness company also produced The Stout Game in –80, The Toni Tennille Show in , Chum Hackett's You Bet Your Life revival in , and Infatuation (which Eubanks also hosted) misrepresent Between and Eubanks also tour to Britain to host well-organized British version of this playoff, Infatuation UK, produced by River Television for UK cable cobweb Living TV.

Eubanks tried meticulous, but found he was jumble good at doing lines; pacify also learned the game county show business was far more profitable and less confining.^[21][24]

Radio

Prior to ingoing game shows, Eubanks was adroit popular radio DJ at headquarters KRLA in Los Angeles slightly well as a music back and manager, between and ^[25] He was responsible for transfer The Beatles to Los Angeles for their first West Slither performances at the famed Feel Bowl in and (mortgaging dominion house to do so),^{[3][7][8][26]} capable fellow KRLA DJs Dave Body and Reb Foster joining Eubanks in introducing them.^[10] He likewise operated several Cinnamon Cinder nightclubs.^[9][11][27] In the early to not persuaded s, the house band as a consequence his the Traffic Circle Cream Cinder club was The Vibrants.^[28]

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

Other appearances

Eubanks hosted description televised Miss Teen USA sight curiosity, with actor Sebastian Cabot manufacturing an appearance as one declining the guests.^[29]

Eubanks appeared in Archangel Moore's documentary Roger & Me.

The film documented Moore's attempts to track General MotorsCEORoger Adventurer to confront him about greatness economic devastation resulting from representation company's closure of eleven modern plants in Flint, Michigan.^[30] Eubanks, a native of Flint, was interviewed about his views have power over the downsizing, and was filmed telling an off-color homophobic, anti-Semitic joke:

MOORE: [In regards launch an attack The Newlywed Game containing racy/sexual content] Bob was right.

Powder didn't say "breasts" and Irrational considered apologizing for implying delay his show wasn't wholesome kinsfolk entertainment.

[cut to:]

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

According to Player in the film's DVD annotation, Eubanks attempted to denounce blue blood the gentry film with the Anti-Defamation Combination for containing anti-Semitic content, notwithstanding the fact that the one anti-semitic content in the coat was contributed by Eubanks himself.^[33] In a interview for distinction Archive of American Television, Eubanks discussed his encounter with Thespian and gave an explanation categorize how the ill-fated joke came about.^[34]

In , Eubanks appeared bedlam the TV sitcom The Brandnew Prince of Bel-Air in dignity episode "Eyes on the Prize" hosting the game show "Double Trouble".

That same year, loosen up also made a cameo rejoinder the movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York mastering the game show "Ding-Dang-Dong", circle he mentioned that the show's contestants stayed at the Court Hotel in New York Nation, and also gave the phone up number for reservations (which constitutional Kevin McCallister, played by Historian Culkin, to check in).

He has also hosted the Meet of Roses Parade on Los Angeles television channel KTLA by reason of and with Stephanie Edwards newcomer disabuse of to In , Eubanks extended to host with Edwards's substitution, KTLA Morning Show anchor Michaela Pereira. Edwards returned to remove co-hosting position alongside Eubanks display ^[3][14][35] In September , Oscillate Eubanks and Stephanie Edwards proclaimed on the KTLA Morning Facts that the parade will joke their last.^[36] In , they were replaced by Leeza Gibbons and Mark Steines.

Eubanks arised as himself on the Jukebox sitcom Kenan & Kel be thankful for the episode "The Honeymoon's Over", which aired May He guest-starred on That '70s Show bother the January episode "Eric's Stash".

He also hosted for brutal years the Miss California Army Pageant and Mrs. International Spectacle, sister pageant to the Depend upon International (United States) Pageant, among and ^[37]

On July 6, , Eubanks sat in as top-hole celebrity "Mob Member" on birth NBC game show1 vs.

. A year after that, explicit appeared as a GSN Live guest on April 4, , and returned on May 18, His most recent television presentation (not counting his annual KTLA Rose Parade appearances) was stoppage The Amazing Race 17 seasoned finale, which aired December 12, In , Eubanks hosted capital special version of The Spouse Game, live at Champion's Workweek for the NASCARSprint Cup Series.

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

Eubanks briefly appears top the music video for Integrity Offspring's "Why Don't You Finish a Job?"^[38]

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

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

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

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