Bob Eubanks
Robert Leland Eubanks (born January 8, 1938, in Flint, Michigan) is an American radio and television personality. He is best known for hosting the long-running game show The Newlywed Game on and off from 1966 to 2000. He also hosted other game shows such as Dream House (1983-1984), Trivia Trap (1984-1985), as well as Card Sharks (1986-1989). In recent years he has hosted or co-hosted all five of NBC's Most Outrageous Game Show Moments specials.
Prior to entering game shows, Eubanks was a popular radio DJ at station KRLA in Los Angeles as well as a music promoter and manager, and he was responsible for bringing The Beatles to Los Angeles for their first West Coast performances in 1964 (mortgaging his house to do so), all of which originated from the famed Hollywood Bowl, with fellow KRLA DJs Dave Hull and Reb Foster joining Eubanks in introducing them. He also operated the Cinnamon Cinder Club [1] on Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, Calif.
His autobiography, It's in the Book, Bob (ISBN 1932100288), was published in 2004. He has also hosted the Tournament of Roses Parade on Los Angeles television channel KTLA with Stephanie Edwards since 1978.
Trivia
- Eubanks also appeared in the 1989 Michael Moore documentary Roger & Me hosting The New Newlywed Game at the Genesee County Fair. In the film, he infamously cracks an offensive joke: "Why don't Jewish women get AIDS? Because they don't fuck assholes; they marry them."
- In the mid-1990s, Eubanks came to Britain and made two series of his American show, Infatuation, for UK cable station, Living TV.
- Bob also has played on the World Poker Tour for the Children's Variety Club of St. Louis charity.
- Eubanks was also involved in numerous rodeos over the years, appearing in some on television as a host or reporter.
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