Bob Kennedy; game show host
Hyfler/Rosner
who hosted "Sense and Nonsense," "Wingo," and "Window
Shopping."
I can't seem to find the link to the notice. Will keep
trying.
Hyfler/Rosner
"Hyfler/Rosner" <rel...@rcn.com> wrote in message
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Brain fart. Here it is.
KENNEDY--Bob. "What a way to go!", quipped Bob
Kennedy, days before he begrudgingly succumbed to cancer on
June 26, 2008. Strong and stubborn to the end, he passed
away at home, on his own terms. A native New Yorker, blue
eyed, blond haired Bob eloped to marry his fiery, redheaded
wife, Muriel. Together they raised an adoring daughter,
Karen, who to this day is still the apple of his eye. Known
among family and friends for his off color humor, Bob had a
bad joke for every occasion. His repertoire became so
familiar that those around him were able to anticipate the
inevitable punch line and groan in unison. The Broadway
star, game show host, voice over announcer and trade show
producer had a long and illustrious career. With his first
break on Broadway in the 1940s starring as Curly in
Oklahoma, he went on to host several game shows including
"Sense and Nonsense", "Wingo" and "Window Shopping". After
many lucrative years on TV, Bob formed a trade show
production company that generated attention grabbing and
cutting edge presentations for corporations worldwide.
Thousands flocked to see his narrators and partners of "The
Production Company" demonstrate interactive and educational
experiments touting the client's product line. Despite his
successful career, he never forgot his humble beginnings and
lived modestly until his death in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Growing up as a child in the depression, one of his favorite
pastimes was to salvage anything mechanical or electrical
that many would have thrown away. In fact, he attributed his
59 years of marriage to his unwillingness to trade in his
wife for a newer model. In lieu of flowers, donations may be
made to the Actors Fund, 729 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY
10019, who loaned him money when he was a starving young
actor, and for which he was eternally grateful.
Published in the New York Times on 6/29/2008.
Brad Ferguson
<rel...@rcn.com> wrote:
Good one.
At first (and you'll get this, A), I thought Wingo was some sort of
dismal Channel 9/New York Post knock-off or tie-in, but it turns out to
have been a short-lived 1958 prime-time big-money CBS game show. Bob
Kennedy's name doesn't ring even a faint bell with me, and his pic
doesn't, either:
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He was also a substitute host on better-known game shows such as
Treasure Hunt and the original Price Is Right. (I think Jan Murray
must have had something to do with Wingo because he's co-credited as
the writer of the theme song. Which I don't know.)
David Carson
wrote:
>At first (and you'll get this, A), I thought Wingo was some sort of
>dismal Channel 9/New York Post knock-off or tie-in, but it turns out to
>have been a short-lived 1958 prime-time big-money CBS game show. Bob
>Kennedy's name doesn't ring even a faint bell with me, and his pic
>doesn't, either:
>
><http://mi-cache.legacy.com/legacy/images/Cobrands/NorthJersey/Photos/00
>02367288011_06292008.jpg>
>
>He was also a substitute host on better-known game shows such as
>Treasure Hunt and the original Price Is Right. (I think Jan Murray
>must have had something to do with Wingo because he's co-credited as
>the writer of the theme song. Which I don't know.)
Someone who edited his IMDB page has him confused with a major-league
baseball player named Bob Kennedy, who was playing full seasons with the
Chicago White Sox at the same time this guy was starring on Broadway. The
baseball player died in 2005.
David Carson
--
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Michael O'Connor
succeeded Allan Ludden as the host of Password and also hosted the mid
70's revival of Name That Tune that featured Kathie Lee Gifford as the
singer. Tom Kennedy changed his name when he got into show business,
his last name is Narz, and his brother is Jack Narz who hosted
Concentration and other game shows, and didn't want to be confused
with his brother.
Brad Ferguson
AndrewJ
AND... Jack Narz's wife is the sister of Bill Cullen's widow Ann.
R H Draney
>
>On Jun 29, 4:14=A0pm, "Michael O'Connor" <mpoconn...@aol.com> wrote:
>> And Bob Kennedy is not related to Tom Kennedy, game show host who
>> succeeded Allan Ludden as the host of Password and also hosted the mid
>> 70's revival of Name That Tune that featured Kathie Lee Gifford as the
>> his last name is Narz, and his brother is Jack Narz who hosted
>> Concentration and other game shows, and didn't want to be confused
>> with his brother.
>
>AND... Jack Narz's wife is the sister of Bill Cullen's widow Ann.
Thank you, Don Pardo....r
--
What good is being an executive if you never get to execute anyone?
bway...@gmail.com
> In article <PdmdnZCW0KYdMPrVnZ2dnUVZ_gudn...@rcn.net>, Hyfler/Rosner
The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows lists the following credits for Bob
Kennedy:
Beat the Clock (substitute host), Feather Your Nest (substitute host),
Name That Tune (announcer), The Price Is Right (substitute host),
Treasure Hunt (substitute host), Window Shopping (host), Wingo (host)
There's no show called "Sense and Nonsense" listed in the book, or in
the IMDB. Perhaps it was a local show.
IMDB also lists him as a sub announcer on Password, and as a second
host (listed after Gene Rayburn) on "Choose Up Sides." That last entry
is curious; IMDB lists it as having a 1953-56 run, while according to
the book it lasted only from January 7-March 31, 1956, with Rayburn as
host for all the episodes.
-Tim
Brad Ferguson
<ee45ec4f-ed0f-4ba4...@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
<bway...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There's no show called "Sense and Nonsense" listed in the book, or in
> the IMDB. Perhaps it was a local show.
"Sense and Nonsense" was a children's quiz show that ran three times a
week in prime time on the DuMont network from 1950 to 1953.
> IMDB also lists him as a sub announcer on Password, and as a second
> host (listed after Gene Rayburn) on "Choose Up Sides." That last entry
> is curious; IMDB lists it as having a 1953-56 run, while according to
> the book it lasted only from January 7-March 31, 1956, with Rayburn as
> host for all the episodes.
Wikipedia says "Choose Up Sides" with Gene Rayburn ran (as you quote)
for three months on NBC in 1956, but goes on to mention an earlier, but
undated, "original" CBS version that was hosted by Bob Kennedy. (Kids
performed silly stunts that were created by Bob Howard and Frank Wayne
of the "Beat the Clock" staff.) Another source says the first
installment of the CBS version was broadcast on 24 Sept 1953, so that
fits.
bway...@gmail.com
> In article
Thanks very much for that very useful information.
I saw an episode of the Rayburn "Choose Up Sides" on GSN years ago - a
very odd show. Rayburn kept exhorting the kids to be good sports and
shake hands before and after the stunts - although you can tell the
kids were way too young to be good sports about losing a game on
national television.
-Tim