Scott Yaphe (born February 16, 1970) is a Canadian actor and comedian best known as a cast member of the YTV variety show '' It's Alive!'' and the host of the game show '' Uh Oh!''. After ''It's Alive'' was cancelled in 1997, Yaphe and a few other ''It's Alive!'' regulars, moved over to the game show ''Uh Oh!'', where he became the host by his fictional name, "Wink Yahoo". Wink Yahoo was known for his flashy suite jackets and hairstyle while the show became popular for the way it dropped slime on its young contestants by a masked man called "The Punisher". After ''Uh Oh!'' ended, Yaphe has gone on to voice many radio and television commercials, including the ''Whiskas Temptations'' cat treats spot. He was also the promo voice for ''

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'', ''

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'' and the fast-talking voice in ''expedia.ca'' ads. Yaphe has appeared in the movies ''

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'' (2002), '' Amelia'' (2009), and voiced in ''

The Nut Job ''The Nut Job'' is a 2014 animated comedy film directed by Peter Lepeniotis, who also wrote the film with Lorne Cameron. It stars the voices of Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Stephen Lang, Jeff Dunham, Gabriel Iglesi ...

'' (2014). He had the recurring roles of Sliver in the second season of Disney XD's, ''

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'' and as Zafer Griffin in the

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live-action series, '' Unnatural History''. He also appeared in Global's police drama ''

Rookie Blue ''Rookie Blue'' is a Canadian police procedural television series starring Missy Peregrym and Gregory Smith. It was created by Morwyn Brebner, Tassie Cameron, and Ellen Vanstone. The series premiered on June 24, 2010, and aired on Global in ...

'' and the FX series ''

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''.

Personal life

Yaphe was born in

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to Phyllis (née Stern) and Allan Yaphe. He is married to comedian and actress Jessica Holmes and has two children, Alexa and Jordan.

References

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1970 births Anglophone Quebec people Living people Comedians from Montreal Male actors from Montreal Canadian male comedians Canadian male voice actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male radio actors Canadian game show hosts {{Canada-tv-actor-stub