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TV Personality
The Resume
(August 6, 1951- )
Hosted and produced the Australian variety show 'Hey Hey It's Saturday' (1971-1999)
Hosted the game show 'Family Feud' (1980-1983)
Hosted his own Tonight Show, Bandstand, the King of Pop Awards and a comedy special with side-kick Ossie Ostrich
Hosted 'TV Week Logie Awards' in 1988, 1991, 1996, 1997 and 1998
Why he might be annoying
His co-host was an ostrich puppet called 'Ozzy.'
On 'Hey Hey' he was often upstaged by a man in a duck costume called 'Plucker.'
He was caught driving drunk.
He played a character role with the Royal Australian ballet despite not being a dancer.
He earned $50,000 (Australian) to hang around with a bunch of hot women and lunatics during his 'Hey Hey' years.
He wore many bad knitted jumpers.
He cried during the 'Hey Hey' final episode.
His debut album failed to enter the Australian Top 100, debuting at #118.
Why he might not be annoying
He hosted a live weekly television show for over 20 years.
'Hey Hey' started out as a kids show on Saturday mornings, but went to prime time due to its adult humor.
He is an icon of Australian television.
He chose to cancel his show rather than sacrifice it's quality when Australia's channel 9 cut his budget.
The final episode of 'Hey Hey' was one of Australia's highest rated show.
After his DUI he spoke out against driving drunk.
He is a patron of the children's cancer charity 'Camp Quality.'
He has won 17 TV Week Logie Awards, including the prestigious Gold Logie in 1983, 1986 and 1989.
He promotes tourism to Australia's Northern Territory.
Credit: Fandango
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Year In Review:
For 2009, as of last week, Out of 41 Votes: 70.73% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 73 Votes: 68.49% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 254 Votes: 68.11% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 604 Votes: 74.17% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 1944 Votes: 70.22% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 95 Votes: 70.53% Annoying
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