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Pat Bullard
Patrick Bullard is a Canadian- American television writer, host, producer and comedian. Biography Born in Mississauga, Ontario, Bullard's elder brother was comedian Mike Bullard and his older half-brother is Downchild Blues Band lead singer Chuck Jackson. Pat Bullard wrote for such sitcoms as ''Roseanne''; '' Reba''; ''Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place''; '' Grace Under Fire''; and '' Last Man Standing''. He has also made guest appearances on '' Reba'', '' The Jamie Kennedy Experiment'', and other shows. He hosted four game shows: ''Baloney'', ''Hold Everything'', '' Love Connection'' (1998–1999) and ''Card Sharks'' (2001); as well as his eponymous talk show, ''The Pat Bullard Show'' (1996). He also hosted the reality show '' Here Come the Newlyweds'' on ABC (2008–09). Bullard has been a producer on various television series including '' Grace Under Fire'', '' Reba'', and '' Last Man Standing''. Filmography As screenwriter * 2003: '' Reba'' * 1998: '' That's Life'' ( ...
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Canadians
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity and Canadian values. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geograph ...
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Card Sharks
''Card Sharks'' is an American television game show. It was created by Chester Feldman for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Contestants attempt to predict the outcome of survey questions to gain control of a row of oversized playing cards, then determine whether the next card drawn is higher or lower. The title ''Card Sharks'' is a play on the term "card sharp,” a person skilled at card games. The concept has been made into a series four separate times since its debut in 1978, and it also appeared as part of CBS's ''Gameshow Marathon (American game show), Gameshow Marathon''. The show originally ran on NBC from 1978 to 1981 with Jim Perry (television personality), Jim Perry hosting. The show returned and ran from 1986 to 1989 on CBS with Bob Eubanks as host, accompanied by a television syndication, syndication production with Bill Rafferty. Gene Wood was the announcer in both the 1970s and 1980s. Another syndicated production aired in 2001 with Pat Bullard as host and Ga ...
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Living People
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1959 Births
Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the vicinity of Earth's Moon, where it was intended to crash-land, but instead becomes the first spacecraft to go into heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. ** The southernmost island of the Maldives archipelago, Addu Atoll, declares its independence from the Kingdom of the Maldives, initiating the United Suvadive Republic. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 – The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United ...
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Joel McHale
Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for hosting ''The Soup'' (2004–2015) and his role as Jeff Winger, Jeffrey "Jeff" Winger on the NBC sitcom ''Community (TV series), Community'' (2009–2015). He has performed in the films ''Spider-Man 2'' (2004), ''Spy Kids: All the Time in the World'' (2011), ''Ted (film), Ted'' (2012), and ''The Happytime Murders'' (2018). McHale also starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom ''The Great Indoors (TV series), The Great Indoors'' (2016–2017), hosted a reboot of ''Card Sharks'' (2019–2021), and portrayed the superhero Sylvester Pemberton, Starman on the show ''Stargirl (TV series), Stargirl'' (2020–2022). In 2020, he hosted a special aftershow interviewing key subjects from the Netflix documentary series ''Tiger King'' and voiced Johnny Cage in the direct-to-video martial arts film ''Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge'', a role he reprised in its sequel, ...
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Bill Rafferty
William Rafferty (June 17, 1944 – August 11, 2012) was an American comedian and impressionist who hosted the game shows '' Every Second Counts'' (1984–1985, syndicated), ''Card Sharks ''Card Sharks'' is an American television game show. It was created by Chester Feldman for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Contestants attempt to predict the outcome of survey questions to gain control of a row of oversized playing cards ...'' (1986–87, syndication), and ''Blockbusters (U.S. game show), Blockbusters'' (1987, NBC). Early life Rafferty was born in Queens, New York. He was the fourth and youngest child of Henry Rafferty, Sr., and Martha (Degnan) Rafferty. Career Before his career in television, Rafferty was a military policeman in the United States Army. He was also a butcher in Bolinas, California. His first national TV exposure was as a co-host on the NBC reality series ''Real People (TV program), Real People'', which ran from 1979 to 1984. Originally, he was ...
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Bob Eubanks
Robert Leland Eubanks (born January 8, 1938) is an American disc jockey, television personality and game show host, widely known for hosting the game show ''The Newlywed Game'' on and off since 1966. He also hosted the successful revamp version of ''Card Sharks'' from 1986 to 1989. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his radio DJ work in 2000. It is in front of Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, where he worked during the first years of his broadcasting career. In 2005, he received a lifetime achievement Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Biography Eubanks was born in Flint, Michigan, but was raised primarily in Pasadena, California, where he grew up listening to music, most notably favorites like Frank Sinatra and Doc Watson. His parents, John Otho Leland Eubanks (September 28, 1905 – April 11, 1995) and Gertrude Eubanks (née McClure; 1907–1997), were originally from Missouri. They moved to Flint during the Great Depression, where their only ...
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Andy Cohen (television Personality)
Andrew Joseph Cohen (born June 2, 1968) is an American radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer. He is the host and executive producer of '' The Real Housewives'' franchise and Bravo's late night talk show, '' Watch What Happens Live!'' He also hosts a two-hour show with co-host John Hill twice a week on Sirius XM. Cohen served as Bravo's executive vice president of Development and Talent until 2013. He was responsible for creating original content, developing innovative formats, and identifying new talent. Cohen also served as executive producer on the James Beard award–winning reality cooking competition television show, '' Top Chef''. He also hosted the revival of the television dating show '' Love Connection.'' He has been awarded a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Peabody Awards. Early life Andy was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Evelyn and Lou Cohen. He has a sister, Emily Rosenfeld. He is Jewish, with roots in Poland, Russia, and Lithuania. Cohen g ...
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Chuck Woolery
Charles Herbert Woolery (March 16, 1941 – November 23, 2024) was an American television host, actor, and musician. He had long-running tenures hosting several game shows. Woolery was the original host of the original daytime '' Wheel of Fortune'' from 1975 until 1981, when he was replaced by Pat Sajak. After leaving ''Wheel of Fortune'', Woolery hosted a number of other game shows including '' Love Connection'' (1983–1994), ''Scrabble'' (1984–1990, 1993), '' Greed'' (1999–2000), and '' Lingo'' (2002–2007). Woolery's musical career includes several advertising jingles, a top-40 pop hit with the psychedelic pop duo The Avant-Garde, and a number of country music releases. In the 2010s, Woolery also hosted a political podcasting series. Early life Charles Herbert Woolery was born in Ashland, Kentucky, on March 16, 1941, the son of Katherine, a homemaker, and Dan Woolery, who owned a fountain supplies company. After high school, Woolery served two years in the U.S. Nav ...
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New Year's Eve
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve refers to the evening, or commonly the entire day, of the last day of the year, 31 December, also known as Old Year's Day. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated with dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks. Many Christians attend a watchnight service to mark the occasion. New Year's Eve celebrations generally continue into New Year's Day, January 1, 1 January, past midnight. The local time zone determines the advent of the New Year; the first places to welcome the New Year are west of the International Date Line: the Line Islands (part of Kiribati), Samoa and Tonga, in the Pacific Ocean. In contrast, American Samoa, Baker Island and Howland Island (part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands) are among the last. By region Africa Algeria In Algeria, New Year's Eve is usually celebrated with family and friends. In the largest cities, there are fireworks at midnight. The Martyrs' Memorial, Algiers, Ma ...
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Open Mike With Mike Bullard
''Open Mike with Mike Bullard'' is a Canadian late-night talk show which was broadcast on The Comedy Network 1997 to 2003 and also aired on the full CTV Television Network beginning in 1998. For a time it overtook ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' and ''Late Show with David Letterman'' to become the highest rated late-night show among Canadian viewers. The show aired at 12:30 AM on CTV and was repeated the next day at 10 PM on the Comedy Network. It was considered the first successful Canadian attempt at the genre, following the previous failures of '' 90 Minutes Live'' and '' Friday Night! with Ralph Benmergui''. ''Open Mike'' was hosted by comedian Mike Bullard and initially taped at a studio at the back of Wayne Gretzky's restaurant in Toronto, Ontario before CTV moved the show to Toronto's historic Masonic Temple. It featured two or three panel guests and one musical or comedy performance nightly. The show's bandleader and musical director was Orin Isaacs. Part of Bull ...
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That's Life (TV Series, 1998)
That's Life may refer to: Film and television * ''That's Life!'' (film), a 1986 comedy-drama directed by Blake Edwards *''That's Life'' (''C'est la vie''), a 1981 French film directed by Paul Vecchiali * ''That's Life'' (1998 film) (''Così è la vita''), an Italian film by Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo *''That's Life!'', a 1970s–1990s UK magazine-style TV series * ''That's Life'' (1968 TV series), an American television musical comedy series * ''That's Life'' (1998 TV series), an American sitcom * ''That's Life'' (2000 TV series), an American drama *"That's Life", an episode of ''The Fairly OddParents'' Music Albums * ''That's Life'' (Frank Sinatra album), 1966 * ''That's Life'' (Julia Fordham album), 2004 * ''That's Life'' (Neal McCoy album), 2005 * ''That's Life'' (Russell Watson album), 2007 * ''That's Life'' (Sham 69 album), 1978 * ''That's Life'', a 1996 album by Gangway *''That's Life – Can't Get Enough'', an album by Mick Ralphs Songs * "That's Life" (song), by Dea ...
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