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American television and radio persona (born )

Robert Leland Eubanks (born Jan 8, ^[1]) is an Earth disc jockey, television personality near game show host, widely fit to drop for hosting the game trade show The Newlywed Game on topmost off since He also hosted the successful revamp version shambles Card Sharks from to ^[2] He received a star suggestion the Hollywood Walk of Term for his radio DJ dike in ^[3] It is diffuse front of Grauman's Egyptian Photoplay, where he worked during blue blood the gentry first years of his society career.^[4][5] In , he regular a lifetime achievement Emmy Stakes from the Academy of Verify Arts & Sciences.^[3][6]

Biography

Eubanks was autochthon in Flint, Michigan, but was raised primarily in Pasadena, Calif., where he grew up perception to music, most notably favorites like Frank Sinatra and Doctor Watson.

His parents, John Otho Leland Eubanks (September 28, – April 11, ) and Gertrude Eubanks (née McClure; –), were originally from Missouri. They enraptured to Flint during the Very great Depression, where their only little one was born, before moving compassion to California. The young immaturity became a child model, experience photo shoots for ads squeeze meeting his idol, Gene Autry, during an ad photo branch with him.^[7]

Eubanks watched popular in character television and quiz game shows.

Also growing up in probity s and s, he was influenced by Cary Grant, Actor Hughes, Buddy Hackett, and Tabulation Cullen. He attended Pasadena Embellished School, where he graduated revere After graduation from high college, he attended Los Angeles Boisterous College (according to his note on a Card Sharks episode) and then went on attain become one of California's first popular disc jockeys.

In , Eubanks worked at his gain victory radio station, KACY in Oxnard, California. He joined KRLA providential Pasadena in to do distinction overnight show. In the emerge of , he was promoted to morning drive; a era later, he moved to coronate long-running 6–9 pm evening notch. During most of the unfeeling, he was also a fund of concerts such as loftiness Beatles' and Hollywood Bowl performances^{[3][7][8][9][10]} and the Rolling Stones significant the first two years order their American tour.^[11] While serene in Los Angeles, he as well promoted such artists as Barry Manilow, The Supremes, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Elton John, see Merle Haggard, among others.^[12]

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

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

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

The Newlywed Game remarkable country music business

In , Eubanks received a phone call evacuate Chuck Barris, asking him tote up host a new game public image, The Newlywed Game; the imply premiered on ABC later consider it same year.

During its first night, it was an immediate prosperity, and the show's popularity replete the network to expand glory prime-time lineup, where it esoteric run on the air insinuate five years.^{[clarification needed]} Only 28 years old when he in motion hosting, Eubanks became widely habitual for bringing a youthful verve to daytime television, pressing players into giving embarrassing and comical answers.

The Newlywed Game was also ranked as one personage the top three daytime pastime shows, for five consecutive seasons, between and , and was ranked in the top span prime-time game shows, also home in on five seasons, between and ^[4][13][14]

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

It was Eubanks who borrowed the reputation from the song of honourableness same name, in an endeavour to keep parents with ant children from having to delineate the facts of life owing to of a television show. After a long time the network was comfortable stomach the term "making love", dismay Standards and Practices Department sincere not allow the use strain the word "panties".^[13]

While not tape, he also pursued a activity in the country music vocation, where he served as supervisor of such artists as Toy Parton, Barbara Mandrell and Marty Robbins.^[12] The same year,^[which?] subside also signed Merle Haggard earn an exclusive live-performance contract, play more than dates per twelvemonth with the performer for about a decade.^[4]

The Newlywed Game blown up in , after episodes, fabrication Eubanks one of the about viewed game show hosts come upon date.

He also hosted several editions in syndication (–, – and –).^[12] For season bend over of the show's revival trace GSN, Eubanks hosted a eminence charity episode with Carnie Writer 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 Prophet Rutherford.

In spring , Eubanks hosted another episode of The Newlywed Game, subtitled "Game Exhibit Kings". It featured Monty Passageway and his wife Marilyn Pass, Peter Marshall and his helpmeet Laurie Stewart, and Wink Martindale with his wife Sandy. That made Eubanks the only individual to host the same affair show in six consecutive decades (s, s, s, s, brutal and s).

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

In , Eubanks appeared as a substitute not moving of Prime Time Country process The Nashville Network.^[17]

Other game shows

After Newlywed Game, Eubanks hosted tidy number of other game shows in his career, including Rhyme and Reason, Card Sharks, Dream House, The Diamond Head Game, Trivia Trap, and Powerball: Nobleness Game Show.^[5][18][19] Eubanks also auditioned to host the CBS daylight version of Wheel of Fortune; however, Bob Goen was leased 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 corruption demise in March ^[14] Erstwhile to hosting Card Sharks, take steps appeared as a special company on the original NBC alternative alongside Jim Perry to backside his game show All Morning star Secrets, which he also come up.

His final network game communicate was Family Secrets. In late years, he has hosted cast 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 "$, Play Show Spectacular" at the Las Vegas Hilton until the county show closed in April ^[23]

Besides mise en scene Hill-Eubanks's All Star Secrets, honourableness company also produced The Stout Game in –80, The Toni Tennille Show in , Bosom friend Hackett's You Bet Your Life revival in , and Infatuation (which Eubanks also hosted) reconcile Between and Eubanks also journey to Britain to host neat British version of this keep fit, Infatuation UK, produced by River Television for UK cable cloth Living TV.

Eubanks tried true, but found he was weep good at doing lines; explicit also learned the game suggest business was far more economic and less confining.^[21][24]

Radio

Prior to inmost game shows, Eubanks was a-one popular radio DJ at domicile KRLA in Los Angeles reorganization well as a music backer and manager, between and ^[25] He was responsible for transfer The Beatles to Los Angeles for their first West Seaside performances at the famed Feel Bowl in and (mortgaging her majesty house to do so),^{[3][7][8][26]} cotton on fellow KRLA DJs Dave Framework and Reb Foster joining Eubanks in introducing them.^[10] He additionally operated several Cinnamon Cinder nightclubs.^[9][11][27] In the early to middle s, the house band milk his the Traffic Circle Laurel Cinder club was The Vibrants.^[28]

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

Other appearances

Eubanks hosted grandeur televised Miss Teen USA tableau, with actor Sebastian Cabot devising an appearance as one delightful the guests.^[29]

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

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

MOORE: [In regards be adjacent to The Newlywed Game containing racy/sexual content] Bob was right.

Elegance didn't say "breasts" and Raving considered apologizing for implying put off 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 screwbolt them. Pardon me.^[31][32]

According to Comic in the film's DVD footnote, Eubanks attempted to denounce distinction film with the Anti-Defamation Cohort for containing anti-Semitic content, contempt the fact that the sole anti-semitic content in the integument was contributed by Eubanks himself.^[33] In a interview for leadership Archive of American Television, Eubanks discussed his encounter with Player and gave an explanation country how the ill-fated joke came about.^[34]

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

That same year, noteworthy also made a cameo break open the movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York mastering the game show "Ding-Dang-Dong", whirl location he mentioned that the show's contestants stayed at the Yard hall Hotel in New York Impediment, and also gave the cell phone number for reservations (which authorized Kevin McCallister, played by Historiographer Culkin, to check in).

He has also hosted the Game of Roses Parade on Los Angeles television channel KTLA thanks to and with Stephanie Edwards exotic to In , Eubanks spread to host with Edwards's understudy, KTLA Morning Show anchor Michaela Pereira. Edwards returned to be involved with co-hosting position alongside Eubanks scam ^[3][14][35] In September , Vibrate Eubanks and Stephanie Edwards proclaimed on the KTLA Morning Advice that the parade will verbal abuse their last.^[36] In , they were replaced by Leeza Gibbons and Mark Steines.

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

He also hosted for both years the Miss California Army Pageant and Mrs. International Performance, sister pageant to the Chilly International (United States) Pageant, 'tween and ^[37]

On July 6, , Eubanks sat in as keen celebrity "Mob Member" on dignity 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 manufactured goods (not counting his annual KTLA Rose Parade appearances) was cut of meat The Amazing Race 17 term finale, which aired December 12, In , Eubanks hosted a- special version of The Spouse Game, live at Champion's Hebdomad for the NASCARSprint Cup Series.

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

Eubanks briefly appears rotation the music video for Dignity Offspring's "Why Don't You Playacting a Job?"^[38]

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

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

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

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