In 1989, he joined the cast of the animated sitcom "The Simpsons"; he provides voices for characters including Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert and more. Shearer has appeared in films including "The Truman Show" (1998) and "A Mighty Wind" (2003), and has directed two, "Teddy Bears' Picnic" (2002) and "The Big Uneasy" (2010). Since 1983, Shearer has been the host of the public radio comedy/music program "Le Show", incorporating satire, music, and sketch comedy. He has written three books. Shearer has won a Primetime Emmy Award and has received several other Emmy and Grammy Award nominations.
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Harry Shearer | Introduction
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Harry Shearer
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Los Angeles
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He is also an actor, comedian, writer, musician, radio host, director and producer.
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Since 1983, Shearer has been the host of the public radio comedy/music program "Le Show". The program is a hodgepodge of satirical news commentary, music, and sketch comedy that takes aim at the "mega morons of the mighty media". It is carried on many National Public Radio and other public radio stations throughout the United States. Since the merger of SIRIUS and XM satellite radio services the program is no longer available on either. The show has also been made available as a podcast on iTunes and by WWNO. On the weekly program Shearer alternates between DJing, reading and commenting on the news of the day after the manner of Mort Sahl, and performing original (mostly political) comedy sketches and songs.
Harry Shearer | "Le Show" and radio work
In 2006 Shearer appeared with Brian Hayes in four episodes of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom "Not Today, Thank You", playing Nostrils, a man so ugly he cannot stand to be in his own presence. He was originally scheduled to appear in all six episodes but had to withdraw from recording two due to a problem with his work permit. On June 19, 2008, it was announced that Shearer would receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the radio category.
Harry Shearer | "Le Show" and radio work
Le Show is a weekly syndicated public radio show hosted by satirist Harry Shearer. The program is a hodgepodge of satirical news commentary, music, and sketch comedy. Shearer, an impressionist known for his voice work on "The Simpsons", writes the sketches and usually performs all the voices.
Le Show | Introduction
In 1989, he joined the cast of the animated sitcom "The Simpsons"; he provides voices for characters including Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert and more. Shearer has appeared in films including "The Truman Show" (1998) and "A Mighty Wind" (2003), and has directed two, "Teddy Bears' Picnic" (2002) and "The Big Uneasy" (2010). Since 1983, Shearer has been the host of the public radio comedy/music program "Le Show", incorporating satire, music, and sketch comedy. He has written three books. Shearer has won a Primetime Emmy Award and has received several other Emmy and Grammy Award nominations.
Harry Shearer | Introduction
He left teaching following "disagreements with the administration". From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group that included David Lander, Richard Beebe and Michael McKean. The group consisted of "a bunch of newsmen" at KRLA 1110, "the number two station" in Los Angeles. They wanted to do more than just straight news, so they hired comedians who were talented vocalists. Shearer heard about it from a friend so he brought over a tape to the station and nervously gave it to the receptionist. He found out he was hired that same day.
Harry Shearer | Early life
In the mid-1970s, he started working with Rob Reiner on a pilot for ABC. The show, which starred Christopher Guest, Tom Leopold and McKean, was not picked up.
Harry Shearer | Early life
In 2008, Shearer released a music CD called "Songs of the Bushmen", consisting of his satirical numbers about former President George W. Bush on "Le Show". Shearer says he criticizes both Republicans and Democrats equally, and also says that "the iron law of doing comedy about politics is you make fun of whoever is running the place" and that "everyone else is just running around talking. They are the ones who are actually doing something, changing people's lives for better or for worse. Other people the media calls 'satirists' don't work that way." Since encountering satellite news feeds when he worked on "Saturday Night Live", Shearer has been fascinated with the contents of the video that does not air.
Harry Shearer | "Le Show" and radio work
Shearer often parodies the other programming found on public radio, often as part of a fictional "Continental Public Radio" (CPR). These are populated with such personalities as host Aviva Schlorman, reporter Ira Zipkin, political editor Jonathan Ziziks and others, all voiced by Shearer. Recurring parodies include:
Le Show | Continental Public Radio
Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, musician, radio host, director and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Shearer began his career as a child actor. From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group. Following the breakup of the group, Shearer co-wrote the film "Real Life" (1979) with Albert Brooks and worked as a writer on Martin Mull's television series "Fernwood 2 Night". Shearer was a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" between 1979 and 1980, and 1984 and 1985. Shearer co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in the film "This Is Spinal Tap" (1984), a satirical rockumentary, which became a hit.
Harry Shearer | Introduction
Shearer accepted because he was treated well by the producers and he thought the backstage environment had improved but later stated that he "didn't realize that guests are treated better than the regulars." Guest also accepted the offer while McKean rejected it, although he would join the cast in 1994. Dick Ebersol, who replaced Lorne Michaels as the show's producer, said that Shearer was "a gifted performer but a pain in the butt. He's just so demanding on the preciseness of things and he's very, very hard on the working people. He's just a nightmare-to-deal-with person." In January 1985, Shearer left the show for good, partially because he felt he was not being used enough.
Harry Shearer | "Saturday Night Live"
The News Hole with Harry Shearer is a 1994 game show that aired on Comedy Central from October 26 to November 19, 1994. The show won a CableACE award in December 1995. In the "Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows", Schwartz, Ryan, and Wostbrock describe the show as a "spoof [of] news-based quiz shows."
The News Hole | Introduction
The group's radio show was canceled in 1970 by KRLA and in 1971 by KPPC-FM, so they started performing in various clubs and concert venues. While at KRLA, Shearer also interviewed Creedence Clearwater Revival for the "Pop Chronicles" music documentary. In 1973, Shearer appeared as Jim Houseafire on "How Time Flys", an album by The Firesign Theatre's David Ossman. The Credibility Gap broke up in 1976 when Lander and McKean left to perform in the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley". Shearer started working with Albert Brooks, producing one of Brooks' albums and co-writing the film "Real Life" (1979). Shearer also started writing for Martin Mull's television series "Fernwood 2 Night".
Harry Shearer | Early life
His other film appearances include "The Right Stuff" (1983), "The Fisher King" (1991), "The Truman Show" (1998), "Small Soldiers" (also 1998), and "EdTV" (1999). He also directed and appeared in the television program "Portrait of a White Marriage" (1988), a sequel to "The History of White People in America". Shearer has also worked as a columnist for the "Los Angeles Times Magazine", but decided that it "became such a waste of time to bother with it." His columns have also been published in "Slate" and "Newsweek". Since May 2005 he has been a contributing blogger at "The Huffington Post". Shearer has written three books.
Harry Shearer | Further career
The radio station had a unique local format including morning talkback with Rick Long. Henry hosted the breakfast show with his former manager, John Shearer. The breakfast show gave Henry free licence to shamelessly promote his radio station. His co-host Shearer was often at the receiving end of Henry's jokes. Henry would famously say he doesn't want to hurt his feelings and every morning when Shearer signed off, Henry would warn listeners to "take care on the roads now John Shearer's on the roads". At one time the station even flew a helicopter through the breakfast show with Shearer reporting from the air.
Paul Henry (broadcaster) | New Zealand
The CBS radio version of the show was first hosted by Bob Hawk (1940–41), followed by Phil Baker (1941–47).In 1947, the series switched to NBC, hosted at various times by Baker, Garry Moore (1947–49), Eddie Cantor (1949–50) and Jack Paar (beginning June 11, 1950). Paar continued as host through the change of the series's name to The $64 Question, and was followed by Baker (March–December 1951) and Paar (back in December 1951).
Take It or Leave It (radio show) | Hosts
Past guests of note include such political figures as Margaret Thatcher, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, George Stephanopoulos, George Shultz, Cyrus Vance (and many members of the Senate and House of Representatives). Other interesting public figures who have appeared on the program include Colin Powell, Charlton Heston, William Safire, Bill Murray, William Bennett, Richard Posner, Bob Feller, Betty Friedan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Cynthia Ozick, Norman Mailer, Mary Higgins Clark, Calvin Trillin, P.D. James, Peggy Noonan, David Brinkley, George Will, Stanley Kurtz, Ron Paul, Gerry Spence, Jim Lehrer, Michael Medved, Carl Sagan, and on and on—virtually a cast of thousands of interesting and significant people.
Milton J. Rosenberg | Radio show
Harry is an American syndicated talk show hosted by Harry Connick, Jr. and produced in association with NBCUniversal Television Distribution. The show premiered on September 12, 2016. The show was renewed for a second season. In February 2018, NBCUniversal Television Distribution announced that it canceled "Harry" after two seasons and would not renew it for a third season. The show's final episode aired on May 23, 2018, with reruns airing until September 7.
Harry (talk show) | Introduction
Jim Shearer (born January 3, 1974) is a VJ and was host of the "VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown" and was the "music expert" on VH1's morning show "Big Morning Buzz Live". Currently, Shearer is a host on Sirius XM's VOLUME channel. Shearer was hired by MTV in 2002 after catching the eye of the executive vice president of MTV with a homemade audition tape. From 2009-14, Shearer was the host of the "VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown". He has also hosted the shows "Advance Warning", "120 Minutes","Subterranean", "Video Mods", "Summer Gig", as well as other shows on both MTV and MTV2.
Jim Shearer | Introduction
Throughout his childhood and teenage years he worked in television, film, and radio. In 1957, Shearer played the precursor to the Eddie Haskell character in the pilot episode of the television series "Leave It to Beaver". After the filming, Shearer's parents said they did not want him to be a regular in a series. Instead they wanted him to just do occasional work so that he could have a normal childhood. Shearer and his parents made the decision not to accept the role in the series if it was picked up by a television network. Shearer attended UCLA as a political science major in the early 1960s and decided to quit show business to become a "serious person".
Harry Shearer | Early life
Harry May Hemsley (Swindon, 14 December 1877 – 5 April 1951) was an English music hall and radio comedian. He is best known as the host of the popular radio show "Ovaltiney's Concert Party" on Radio Luxembourg. He was also active as a cartoonist.
Harry Hemsley | Introduction
On 11 and 18 February 2007, Barrowman guest-presented two editions of "Elaine Paige on Sunday", a pre-recorded BBC Radio 2 weekly musical theatre and film music showcase.
John Barrowman | Television presenter
A later presenter, Gilbert Harding, was ousted in 1960 by producer Ian Messiter when, after having drunk a triple gin-and-tonic he had originally offered to Messiter, proceeded to completely ruin the night's game – he insulted two panelists, failed to recognise a correct identification after seven questions (after revealing the answer upon the 20th question, he yelled at the panel and audience), and ended the show three minutes early by saying "I'm fed up with this idiotic game ... I'm going home". He was replaced by Kenneth Horne until 1967, followed by David Franklin from 1970 to 1972. A revival ran for one season in the 1990s on BBC Radio 4, hosted by Jeremy Beadle.
Twenty Questions | United Kingdom
He also presented editions of the "Radio 2 Arts Programme" from the north of England, and a programme called "Let It Be... Please!" featuring bad or embarrassing cover versions of the Beatles' songs. He then fell out of favour at the national station, presenting his last Radio 2 show sitting in for Sarah Kennedy on 29 November 1996. At the same time as he was on Radio 2, he was also presenting a local radio late-night show from the Radio Leeds studios and broadcast across the BBC Night Network in the north, on which he first gave airtime to radio comedy sketches from Caroline Aherne.
Martin Kelner | Radio
Michaels left "Saturday Night Live" at the end of the fifth season, taking the entire cast with him. Shearer told new executive producer Jean Doumanian that he was "not a fan of Lorne's" and offered to stay with the show if he was given the chance to overhaul the program and bring in experienced comedians, like Christopher Guest. However, Doumanian turned him down, so he decided to leave with the rest of the cast. In 1984, while promoting the film "This Is Spinal Tap", Shearer, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean performed on "Saturday Night Live". All three members were offered the chance to join the show in the 1984–1985 season.
Harry Shearer | "Saturday Night Live"
Prior to his death, he hosted some of the repeats of "The Lawrence Welk Show" on PBS.
Myron Floren | Introduction
On several occasions, Tom Dec and Matt Cavedon guest moderated the program, though Burack typically substituted when Ben Goodman was unavailable. While Robert Burack, Tom Dec, Bob Bowen, and Matt Cavedon appeared regularly, several panelists joined the show for extended stints, including Republican Sage Koontz at The University of Virginia, Jay Gobeil of the University of Maryland, College Park. Several guest panelists have made repeated appearances including Jonathan Padilla at Harvard University and Sam Free at The George Washington University. Ian Engdahl of Rhodes College made one guest appearance and would go on to serve a stint as the show's main announcer and semi-regular newsreader.
The Weekly Filibuster | Guest hosts and panelists
Shearer refers to these clips as found objects. "I thought, wow, there is just an unending supply of this material, and it's wonderful and fascinating and funny and sometimes haunting – but it's always good," said Shearer. He collects this material and uses it on "Le Show" and on his website. In 2008, he assembled video clips of newsmakers from this collection into an art installation titled "The Silent Echo Chamber" which was exhibited at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The exhibit was also displayed in 2009 at Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) in Valencia, Spain and in 2010 at the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center.
Harry Shearer | "Le Show" and radio work
No one had any idea what order they were in. No one had any idea of format at all."
Neil Spence | Radio presenting career
In August 1979, Shearer was hired as a writer and cast member on "Saturday Night Live", one of the first additions to the cast, and an unofficial replacement for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, who were both leaving the show. Al Franken recommended Shearer to "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels. Shearer describes his experience on the show as a "living hell" and "not a real pleasant place to work." He did not get along well with the other writers and cast members and states that he was not included with the cast in the opening montage (although he was added to the montage for latter episodes of the 1979–80 season) and that Lorne Michaels had told the rest of the cast that he was just a writer.
Harry Shearer | "Saturday Night Live"
Numerous radio serials, programmes and appearances on the Colgate Hour, The Macquarie Radio Theatre, Lux Radio Theatre and most notably, work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, plus Dossier on Demetrius, and Dr Paul (in which she played the leading character for ten years), Tudor Princess and Tudor Queen. These latter three were 1950s Grace Gibson productions.
Dinah Shearing | Radio
However, he says this lasted approximately a month, and he joined the staff of the "Daily Bruin", UCLA's school newspaper, during his first year. He was editor of the college humor magazine ("Satyr"), including the June 1964 parody "Preyboy". He also worked as a newscaster at KRLA, a top 40 radio station in Pasadena, during this period. According to Shearer, after graduating, he had "a very serious agenda going on, and it was 'Stay Out of the Draft'." He attended graduate school at Harvard University for one year and worked at the state legislature in Sacramento. In 1967 and 1968, he was a high school teacher, teaching English and social studies.
Harry Shearer | Early life
Hayworth is a sometime fill-in when Huckabee is away from his radio show.
J. D. Hayworth | Radio/TV talk show host
Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation was a BBC Radio 4 series of comedy lectures hosted by Jeremy Hardy, first broadcast in September 1993. The tenth and final series aired in 2014. The lectures were on topics like "How to have a baby", "How to be truly loved", and often included Hardy's personal views on current affairs. There were a series of sketches and mock interviews carried out with his two guests. Gordon Kennedy and Debbie Isitt were the two main guests, while other guests included Meera Syal, Rebecca Front, Alison Steadman, Stephen Frost, Miranda Richardson and Harriet Walter.
Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation | Introduction
Harry Shearer appeared in the series 2 episode "Changing the Face of Current Affairs", where he played the character of Larry Hadges. Merv Hughes also starred in the series 2 episode "Workin' Class Man". Other guest stars appeared in mock-ups of their own shows: Mike Moore appeared on fictitious episodes of "Burke's Backyard" with Don Burke, Rex Hunt's fishing show, and "The AFL Footy Show" with Sam Newman. Stuart Littlemore, who at the time was hosting the media commentary show "Media Watch", appeared in several fictitious episodes as a critic of "Frontline".
Frontline (Australian TV series) | Special guests
Hatch was a regular chairman of the radio panel quiz game "Wireless Wise" (1999–2003), made for BBC Radio 4 by Testbed Productions, and presented or appeared in other programmes including an edition of "Radio Heads" (2003), a three-hour omnibus collection of his radio programmes on BBC 7, and a Radio 4 "Archive Hour" (2006) celebration of the BBC's Broadcasting House building in London.
David Hatch | Presenting
Shear is best known for her role as a host of the USA Network's 1980s and '90s weekend B-movie show, "USA Up All Night". From 1991 to 1998, she hosted in-studio and on-location segments that typically aired on Friday nights, replacing comedian Caroline Schlitt (the Friday night host for the show's first few years). She also occasionally hosted the show with her Saturday counterpart, Gilbert Gottfried, in addition to making cameos on his edition. Her trademark manner of speaking the show's title, by raising her voice an octave when saying the word ""Up"", became a catch phrase. Shear also briefly hosted a comedy program called "Spotlight Cafe" on WWOR-TV in Secaucus, New Jersey, hosted previously by comic Judy Tenuta.
Rhonda Shear | Modeling, hosting, and acting
Host Harry Connick, Jr. talks about current news, does freestyle events and games. Celebrities come to talk to Harry, and at the end, Harry chats with the audience. Being geared towards families, Harry often does special features such as an entire show with only kids in the audience or his segment "Super Teens" which featured 3 teens making a difference in the world.
Harry (talk show) | Format
Martin Short said Shearer "wanted to be creative and Dick [Ebersol] wanted something else. ... I think he felt his voice wasn't getting represented on the show. When he wouldn't get that chance, it made him very upset."
Harry Shearer | "Saturday Night Live"
Phil Shepardson, an English professor at Westfield State College, hosted the show from its start in October 1961 until June 1991. Shepardson died in June 2011 at the age of 76. John Baran (WWLP's station manager) took over that autumn when the show returned from its annual summer hiatus. Baran hosted from 1991 to 2006 and Chris Rohmann took over in January 2007 due to the show's switch to WGBY. The show's creator, Leonard Collamore, was the head question writer for 22 years, from 1961 to 1983. He was followed by Phil Shepardson from 1983 until his retirement in 1991.
As Schools Match Wits | History
He co-hosts the Ralph Nader Radio Hour with Ralph Nader and Steve Skrovan, distributed via the Pacifica Radio Network.
David Feldman (comedian) | Introduction
Harry Shearer, who had zero allegiance to Michaels, informed the incoming executive producer, Jean Doumanian, that he would stay as long as she let him completely overhaul the program. Doumanian refused, so Shearer also bid farewell (he would return briefly during the 1984–85 season). The remaining cast appeared together for the last time on May 24, 1980, for the final episode of the season. The episode, hosted by longtime loyal host Buck Henry, gave a heartfelt goodbye from all the members of the cast, and Henry himself who, after hosting ten times in five years, never returned to the show (barring a brief appearance on the 1989 15th Anniversary Special).
History of Saturday Night Live (1975–1980) | Michaels' departure
A few times each year the show will feature Shearer conducting a serious interview as a major segment of the program, often with a musician who will play music as well. Sometimes these interviews will comprise the bulk of the program, other times they will be interspersed with the usual mix of other segments.
Le Show | Interview segments
He was also a reporter, producer and major contributor to National Public Radio. Among other things, Boomer debuted a statewide news magazine program entitled "Infohio" for the radio station. Boomer took a full time reporter position at channels 19 and 43 WOIO/WUAB and is currently an anchor/reporter and talk show host for the stations. He is the longest tenured, continuous on-air personality at the stations celebrating more than 27 years as of 2017. Boomer received the Silver Circle Award in 2015 from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/NATAS, a distinction given for at least 25 years in television.
Harry Boomer | Bio
The last radio show had been broadcast on March 27, 1954. In 1975, producer Ron Greenberg made a pilot for a revival on ABC with host Jack Clark, which did not sell. The pilot featured four celebrities: actress Kelly Garrett, movie critic Gene Shalit, comedian Anne Meara, and actor Tony Roberts, along with two contestants who competed against each other.
Twenty Questions | Television
A version with a rival line-up, produced by commercial station Radio Luxembourg, is not acknowledged by the BBC. Another revival, under the title "Guess What?", was hosted by Barry Took for a single series in 1998.
Twenty Questions | United Kingdom
Television and the syndicated series produced in association with Viacom Enterprises. Tom Kennedy hosted the original "You Don't Say!" and the 1975 revival while Jim Peck hosted the 1978 series. John Harlan was the announcer for almost the entire run of the series in its various incarnations, save for part of 1963 when Jay Stewart announced.
You Don't Say! | Introduction
Shearer was born December 23, 1943, in Los Angeles, the son of Dora Warren (née Kohn; d. 2008), a bookkeeper, and Mack Shearer. His parents were Jewish emigrants from Austria and Poland. Starting when Shearer was four years old, he had a piano teacher whose daughter worked as a child actress. The piano teacher later decided to make a career change and become a children's agent, since she knew people in the business through her daughter's work. The teacher asked Shearer's parents for permission to take him to an audition. Several months later, she called Shearer's parents and told them that she had gotten Shearer an audition for the radio show "The Jack Benny Program".
Harry Shearer | Early life
Its first presenter was Freddie Grisewood. Jonathan Dimbleby hosted the programme from 1989 to 2012; he then stepped down, but continued to present "Any Questions?". Anita Anand took over as host on 9 June 2012. "Any Answers?" is broadcast on Saturday afternoons immediately after the repeat edition of "Any Questions?" has been aired.
Any Answers? | History
The sponsor was Palmolive Shave Cream and the host was Alois Havrilla. Havrilla was the announcer on the "Stranger Than Fiction" movie shorts beginning in 1934 and continuing in that role until the shorts were ended in 1942. "Stranger Than Fiction" was the successor to the "Strange as It Seems" movie shorts that ran from 1930 until 1934. The program had one final run in its original 15 minute format from Nov. 10, 1946 to April 13, 1947, airing at 7:30 PM on Sunday nights. There were 22 episodes aired in this run. In the newspaper story about the death of John Hix on June 6, 1944, Ernest Hix stated there were over 600 radio programs produced, indicating there were other shows than those so far identified.
Strange as It Seems | Radio show
Radio historian John Dunning commented that "The Harold Peary Show" "failed to gain any measure of an audience in its lone season."
The Harold Peary Show | Background
Beadle began supplying odd facts and questions to radio and television game shows, such as "Celebrity Squares". He sent a number of questions to Bob Monkhouse, the host, without the answers and Monkhouse was so impressed he rang Jeremy to ask him to work on the show. His presenting style on the phone-in programme "Nightline" on LBC in London, which he hosted between September 1979 and 22 June 1980 (when he was sacked), led to a cult following. He introduced himself as Jeremy James Anthony Gibson-Beadlebum: "Jeremy James Anthony Gibson-Beadle is my name and a bum is what I am," he explained.
Jeremy Beadle | Radio and television
He and Silverman have also hosted "The Scott Van Pelt Show".
Tom Waddle | Radio
From 1994 there were at least one and often multiple shows broadcast per year, with the exception of 2000 and 2003. Some hosts appeared multiple times. Dame Edna Everage was host three times, while Freddie Starr, Ken Dodd, Joan Rivers, Shirley Bassey, Al Murray and Donny Osmond were all asked to return once. One show, for Jeremy Beadle, was hosted posthumously in 2008. In 2010, a five-part highlights series of the show, "30 Years of An Audience With", was broadcast on ITV.
An Audience with... | History
He said he resigned in the heat of an interview at the time, but was actually terminated. The dispute began when J. B. Williams, maker of shaving soap, withdrew its sponsorship of Shirer's Sunday news show. CBS, of which Murrow was then vice president for public affairs, decided to "move in a new direction," hired a new host, and let Shirer go. There are different versions of these events; Shirer's was not made public until 1990. Shirer contended that the root of his troubles was the network and sponsor not standing by him because of his comments critical of the Truman Doctrine, as well as other comments that were considered outside of the mainstream.
Edward R. Murrow | Radio
James Rowley French (September 23, 1928 - December 20, 2017) was an American radio personality and producer who has written and produced, as of 2011, over 803 radio shows, including "The Adventures of Harry Nile" and "The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" series.
Jim French (radio host) | Introduction
Loftus previously had a radio show on Talkline Communications Network broadcast live every Monday and Tuesday from 11 pm to midnight EST in New York City, northern New Jersey, southern Connecticut, and Miami and Pompano Beach, Florida. His co-host was John Batchelor.
John Loftus (author) | Radio talk show host
Mike Darow hosted the first season with Alan Kalter as announcer, and the series was taped in New York City at CBS's Ed Sullivan Theater. The second season moved production to Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario at Global Television Network's studios. Alex Trebek became host, with model Sylvie Garant as his assistant, and Sandy Hoyt became the announcer.
The $128,000 Question | Hosts and announcers
When the program began, Shearer repeated most of the information from the lead and then introduced the first music video of the program. After about twenty-five minutes into the program, Shearer would introduce the guest and begin the interview. Following the next segment, the latest music video by the special guest artist or band would play. The remainder of the program would features another segment of the interview, the final video, and the sign-off with Shearer.
Subterranean (TV program) | Format
Hepcat reached most of Long Island, Queens, Brooklyn, and southern areas of the Bronx, Westchester and Connecticut. His programs included ""The Gooba Gooba Show,"" ""The Hardcore Oldies Show"" and ""The Rockabilly Party.""
Harry Hepcat | Radio
Not Today, Thank You is a British radio comedy featured on BBC Radio 4. It stars Harry Shearer (known for the "Simpsons" and "This Is Spinal Tap") as Nostrils, a man convinced that he is extremely unattractive, and Brian Hayes as Brian Hughes, an aging radio presenter who tries to broadcast his radio show from his grandmother's basement before being met by a TV producer.
Not Today, Thank You | Introduction
During subsequent seasons, he also produced and presented programs "7 / 7", "Binafs al Houdhoudh" and "Mousica Bilahdoud".
Nizar Chaari | Radio Sfax
The show continued production for 17 years. Other guests included presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford, George H.W. Bush, and Caspar W. Weinberger, Lucille Ball, Howard Cosell, Henry Fonda, Tom Wolfe and Pete Rose. Five hundred of its programs were given to what is now known as the Paley Center for Media in 1984.
Garth Ancier | Early life
During the 1980s several independent producers realised that BBC Radio 4 had a number of comedy shows that could be successfully converted to television. Among them was the company Hat Trick Productions, who decided to adapt "The News Quiz" for television in 1989. Jimmy Mulville, the company's managing director, asked Thompson to produce this venture, which first appeared in 1990 as "Have I Got News For You". Thompson selected Angus Deayton to present the show, with Ian Hislop and Paul Merton as the team leaders. He oversaw the production of the show for 93 episodes over five series. He later remarked that when the show first began, he was extremely confident, considering it to be "the best comedy show on TV.
Harry Thompson | Quiz shows and early writing: 1990–98
District Attorney", and "Just Plain Bill". He became the host of "The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour" on radio in 1948, remaining its announcer when the show went to television. He continued his success in the new medium: his early television credits included Sid Caesar's hit "Your Show of Shows" and soap operas "As the World Turns" and "All My Children". He was also the host of "Recollections At 30", which was a special NBC Radio series created for the network's 30th birthday.
Ed Herlihy | Radio and television
This was similar to practices in the US during the 1950s, in which newscasts were followed by series like "The Dinah Shore Show". The archival status of the series is unknown, although given station practices of the era it is unlikely (though not impossible) that any of the episodes were kinescoped. Mary Parker was also host or co-host of two other HSV-7 programs, "Eric and Mary" (with Eric Pearce [later Sir Eric]), and "Beauty is My Business".
Guest of the Week | Introduction
Shearer received the role when he was seven years old. He described Jack Benny as "very warm and approachable ... He was a guy who dug the idea of other people on the show getting laughs, which sort of spoiled me for other people in comedy." Shearer said in an interview that one person who "took him under his wing" and was one of his best friends during his early days in show business was voice actor Mel Blanc, who voiced many animated characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Barney Rubble. Shearer made his film debut in the film "Abbott and Costello Go to Mars" (1953), in which he had a small part, and appeared in "The Robe" (also 1953).
Harry Shearer | Early life
He presented the BBC radio programme "Home Grown", with Roy Hay, that occupied the two o'clock slot on Sunday afternoon that was later occupied by "Gardener's Question Time". He also worked on television. In 1945, he was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Victoria Medal of Honour, its highest award. He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme "Desert Island Discs" on 15 July 1957. He died on 1 November 1975 at Petworth House Gardens in Petworth, Sussex, his home. His final broadcast, which was prerecorded, was transmitted on the same day.
Fred Streeter | Presenting
Harold Andrew Brown (12 January 1930 – 30 March 2002) was a Canadian radio and television host, who was associated with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He was one of the original hosts of "As It Happens" from 1968 to 1974, and subsequently became host of "Metro Morning" on CBL in Toronto. On CBC Television, he was a cohost of "Take 30" and "Marketplace". He also hosted "Speaking Out", a popular phone-in show on TVOntario during the 1980s. His daughter, Robin Brown, is also a CBC broadcaster, who hosted the sports program "The Inside Track".
Harry Brown (journalist) | Introduction
The BBC aired a version on radio from 28 February 1947 to 1976 with TV specials airing in 1947 and 1948 plus a series from 1956 to 1957. On radio, the subject to be guessed was revealed to the audience by a "mystery voice" (originally Norman Hackforth from 1947 to 1962; he was later a regular panelist). Hackforth became well known amongst the British public as much for his aloofness as his apparent knowledgeability. The series was originally presented by Stewart MacPherson. The panel comprised Richard Dimbleby, Jack Train, Anona Winn and Joy Adamson, in later years comedian Peter Glaze also.
Twenty Questions | United Kingdom
Since 2004 he has hosted the show "Immer wieder Sonntags", he also represented WDR at the NDR-Elf.
Max Schautzer | Introduction
The series host was American broadcast writer Norman Corwin who introduced dramas of various genres and subjects.
Norman Corwin Presents | Premise
Hosts included John Hockenberry (1991–1992), Ray Suarez (1993–1999), Juan Williams (2000–2001), and Neal Conan (2001–2013). Ira Flatow served as host of "Science Friday" since 1991. Guest hosts on the show included: Alison Stewart, Ira Glass, Mary Louise Kelly, John Donvan, and Tony Cox. From 2001 to 2013, "TOTN" had only two executive producers: Leith Bishop, and more recently, Sue Goodwin.
Talk of the Nation | Hosts
Forester, and a series based on the Sherlock Holmes stories, featuring John Gielgud as Holmes, Ralph Richardson as Watson, and Orson Welles as Professor Moriarty. Based on his radio success, in the mid-1950s he produced television shows for ITV such as "Armchair Theatre", "The Golden Fleece", "The Boy About the Place", "Teddy Gang", "The Lady Asks for Help", "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "The Suicide Club", "The Little Black Book", "The New Adventures of Martin Kane", "A Christmas Carol", "24 Hours a Day", "Down to the Sea", "Gun Rule", and many others.
Harry Alan Towers | Background
Al Shearer (born August 14, 1977) is an American actor. He portrayed Nevil Shed in the 2006 Disney blockbuster "Glory Road", produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Shearer might be best known for his role on the MTV series Punk'd, or as "Hits" - host of the once-popular BET series "Hits from the Street". Shearer was born in Columbus, Ohio. Hits began his humble career at BET as the host of a show titled, "Game Room." Later, he honed his skills in front of the camera as the DC correspondent for the award-winning teen show, Teen Summit. He would then go on to host a morning hip-hop show at WPGC-FM/AM ("CBS Radio") in Washington, DC.
Al Shearer | Introduction
Ed East and his wife, Polly, were the original hosts. They were joined by singer Lee Sullivan and Murray Grabhorn. When the Easts left the program, Johnny Olson and his wife, Penny, became the hosts on June 27, 1944. He wore "a glittering minstrel costume" in his new role. She was both co-host and associate producer, responsible for developing stunts, selecting participants, and obtaining prizes for the show, She was known on the program as "Million Dollar Penny". Billy Redford portrayed Professor Schnaaps, and Bob Mauer was the announcer. Al Greiner directed the music. Directors included Redford and Charles Acree.
Ladies Be Seated | Personnel
The 1968 pilot episode, broadcast only in the north of England, was hosted by Stuart Hall. The first series was broadcast nationally from January 1970, with David Vine at the helm for the first seven series. David Coleman succeeded Vine—remaining as presenter until 1997. Vine returned to the series as a guest host in 1989, presenting the final five episodes of series 18 in Coleman's absence.
A Question of Sport | Former presenters
Sheargold's first job in radio was replacing Greg Fleet on a breakfast radio show in Adelaide. He appeared as a guest comedian on the RMITV show "Under Melbourne Tonight" on 2 November 1995. Marty has also appeared in Australian TV comedy productions such as "The Micallef Program" in 1998 and "The Mick Molloy Show" in 1999 where he appeared in the 'Bob's Scrapbook' segment. He was also seen on "Russell Gilbert Live" (2000) and "Russell Gilbert Was Here!" (2001), and as host, creator and writer on "Hahn Ice Headliners" (1997–98) on The Comedy Channel. In 2003, Sheargold appeared in "Bad Eggs", "The Forest" and in "Welcher & Welcher" as 'The Courier'.
Marty Sheargold | Career
After leaving the news desk, Rapp, hosted a series of shows on the cultural, culinary, and literary arts.
Bernard Rapp | Introduction
He hosted at least "five" television programs between 1952 and 1972 — three different talk shows called "The Al Capp Show" (twice), "Al Capp", "Al Capp's America" (a live "chalk talk," with Capp providing a barbed commentary while sketching cartoons), and a game show called "Anyone Can Win". In addition, Capp was a frequent celebrity guest. His appearances on NBC's "The Tonight Show" spanned three emcees; Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson.
Li'l Abner | Stage, film and television
He was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in February 1962, hosted by Eamonn Andrews, in which guests included friends and colleagues from his connections in business and entertainment. In June 1963 he began "Ken's Column", a series of 15-minute one-man programmes for Anglia Television.
Kenneth Horne | A single career: 1958–1969
Shearer will interview someone in-studio or via telephone. For the phone interviews, he claims to be opening up the phone for listener calls (even though no phone number was announced) or will reveal that there is an incoming call on "the newsmaker line". These are among the few comedy segments in which voices other than Shearer's are heard. Many are voiced by writer Tom Leopold, who has worked with Shearer on several other projects. These include: Other personalities not voiced by Leopold include: On very rare occasions Shearer has announced a phone number and taken actual listener calls.
Le Show | Comedy interviews
In 1958 he became the third host of the Radio Luxembourg program called "This I Believe". (This show had originally been hosted by Edward R. Murrow on the U.S. CBS Radio Network from 1951 to 1955 and it was then edited in London for rebroadcast on 208 with a British style of presentation at 9:30 PM on Sunday evenings.)
Richard Hurndall | Radio Luxembourg
He also wrote additional dialogue for "Two Sisters from Boston" (1946) and "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (uncredited). In the 1950s, he began working in television with the DuMont Television Network. Crane successfully recommended Jackie Gleason - whom he knew from his time as a comedian in New York - to DuMont as host for their show the "Cavalcade of Stars". In 1951, while working with Joe Bigelow on "Cavalcade of Stars", Gleason asked them to produce a sketch of him as a working class Brooklyn guy with a nagging wife. The two created the characters Ralph and Alice Kramden which became a recurring act in Gleason's show; eventually morphing into its own show entitled "The Honeymooners" on CBS which ran from 1955 to 1956.
Harry Crane | Biography
The Orson Welles Show (1941–42), also known as The Orson Welles Theater, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theater and the Lady Esther Show (after its sponsor), was a live CBS Radio series produced, directed and hosted by Orson Welles. Broadcast Mondays at 10 p.m. ET, it made its debut September 15, 1941. Its last broadcast was February 2, 1942.
The Orson Welles Show (radio series) | Introduction
"Quote... Unquote", his quiz anthology on Radio 4, was by this time in its third series.
Nigel Rees | Television and radio
Roosevelt conducted fireside chats. The President took questions from Smerconish and his listeners on a variety of subjects including the recent debates on the then-pending Affordable Care Act. He has also interviewed Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, as well as Vice Presidents Al Gore, Dick Cheney and Joe Biden. He has often said that he has spoken with everyone who interested him with the exception of the elusive creator of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David.
Michael Smerconish | Media
The Stern Show staff thought Hein was a good host on "Super Fan Roundtable" and chose him to be the host of "The Wrap-Up Show" with Stern producer Gary Dell'Abate as co-host. The show premiered on Stern's first day on Sirius, January 9, 2006, and has received very positive reviews from fans. Hein also hosted "The Friday Show" along with Gary Dell'Abate and Ralph Cirella on the Friday mornings when Stern took time off, although that show was replaced after a few months by "Master Tape Theatre" ("Master Tape Theatre" has since moved to Howard 101 on Sundays, replaced on Howard 100 by the Best of the Week, a montage show with clips from the Monday through Wednesday show).
Jon Hein | Sirius Satellite Radio
Radio credits include "The Shadow" (including the 1937-38 season on the Mutual Broadcasting System with a 22-year-old Orson Welles starring in the role of Lamont Cranston), the comedy "Easy Aces", along with soap operas "Joyce Jordan, M.D." and "This is Nora Drake". He also announced or hosted a number of game shows, such as "What's My Name?" and the parody "It Pays to Be Ignorant", in which he would pose questions to actors portraying contestants such as "Who came first: Henry I or Henry VIII?" that would be answered incorrectly. At various times, he performed on eponymous programs for Fred Allen, Milton Berle, Victor Borge and Sophie Tucker.
Ken Roberts (announcer) | Radio and television career
population), the largest audience in history for a dramatic performance. The radio program had been commissioned by the United States government under the auspices of the Office of Education, and was scheduled for live broadcast on that date well before the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. When producer Corwin asked on December 7 whether the show was still on, the response wired to him the next day was, "The President thinks it's more important now than ever to proceed with the program."
We Hold These Truths | Introduction
The Alan Thicke Show was a Canadian daytime talk show hosted by Alan Thicke. A replacement for "The Alan Hamel Show", which ran from 1976 to 1980, it aired on CTV between 1980 and 1983. During its run, highlights from the week's interviews were edited together for a weekly prime-time series on CTV which aired under the titles Prime Cuts and Fast Company. Thicke left the series in order to launch a US talk show, "Thicke of the Night", and was replaced by Don Harron, with the show subsequently retitled "The Don Harron Show".
The Alan Thicke Show | Introduction
Jeffry Shearer Rense is an American radio talk-show host. His show, the "Jeff Rense Program", was broadcast via satellite radio and is now released through his personal website. Rense's radio program and website propagate conspiracy theories, including those of 9/11 conspiracists, ufologists and advocates of the paranormal, the creation of diseases, chemtrails, evidence of advanced ancient technology, emergent energy technologies, and alternative medicine. Rense's writings and website have been deemed pro-Nazi and antisemitic by the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Jeff Rense | Introduction
Norman Lear hired Thicke to produce and head the writing staff of "Fernwood 2 Night", a tongue-in-cheek talk show based on characters from Lear's earlier show, "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman". In the late 1970s, he was a frequent guest host of "The Alan Hamel Show", a popular daytime talk show on Canadian TV, usually hosted by Alan Hamel. When the Hamel series ended in the early 1980s, it was replaced by "The Alan Thicke Show". The show at one point spawned a prime-time spinoff, "Prime Cuts", which consisted of edited highlights from the talk show. Thicke was later signed to do an American syndicated late-night talk show, "Thicke of the Night".
Alan Thicke | Talk shows
The first host was Donald Ivey, with Patterson Hume co-hosting many episodes. Following Ivey's departure, the second season continued with several guest hosts, including Lister Sinclair, Donald Crowdis, and John Livingston. Since 1979, it has been hosted by David Suzuki. The series has won many awards and Suzuki has won three Gemini Awards and one ACTRA Award as best host. Documentarian William Whitehead has also been a frequent writer for the series. In 1979 the show was merged with David Suzuki's "Science Magazine" series and expanded to an hour. Suzuki reluctantly left the radio show "Quirks and Quarks". He enjoyed radio as a medium because it was less restricted when compared to television, but saw benefits in switching to television.
The Nature of Things | History
It is also frequently recorded at or broadcast from other NPR and public stations when Shearer is on the road. After the KCRW broadcast on April 14, 2013, KCRW moved the program from broadcast to webcast only. While the show continues to air on numerous other sources, primarily public radio stations (listed at the end of each show), Shearer expressed dismay over losing his home base radio broadcast, without any notice or being allowed to say goodbye on the air. Shearer has since ended each program by stating that "Le Show" originated from the "'Change is Hard' Radio Network", referring to a press statement from KCRW announcing the show's departure from its lineup.
Le Show | History
NBC gave the role of host to the show's then-current permanent guest host, Jay Leno. Leno and David Letterman were soon competing on separate networks.
Johnny Carson | Retirement
The series showcased new musical artists that other comedy-variety shows rarely gave airtime to, due to the nature of their music or their political affiliations. George Harrison, Joan Baez, Buffalo Springfield, Cass Elliot, Harry Belafonte, Cream, The Who, Donovan, The Doors, Janis Ian, Yank Barry, Jefferson Airplane, Peter, Paul and Mary, Spanky and Our Gang, Steppenwolf, Simon and Garfunkel, Ray Charles, Hello People and Pete Seeger were showcased during the latter years of the show despite the advertiser-sensitive nature of their music. Seeger's appearance on the season two premiere which aired on September 10, 1967 was his first on network commercial television in 17 years since being blacklisted in 1950.
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Musical guests
The final UK presenter was Jean Challis, although both Pete Murray and Ed Stewart continued to use the title for segments of their shows, often linking up with places such as Australia and New Zealand, for another couple of years during the 1980s; during this time, the song "Hurry Home" by Wavelength became popular with the families of troops returning from the Falklands War. Aspel returned to host a one-off special edition of the show for BBC Radio 2's 40th Birthday celebrations, on 30 September 2007.
Family Favourites | Introduction
The original series was hosted by veteran radio and television newsman John Charles Daly, concurrent with his regular hosting duties on "What's My Line". CBS newsman Walter Cronkite would eventually host the 1954 version. Among the celebrities who would appear as panelists were actresses Anna Lee and Nina Foch, journalist Quincy Howe, TV hostess Robin Chandler, radio host and storyteller John Henry Faulk, New York Yankees play-by-play announcer Mel Allen, and writer Quentin Reynolds.
It's News to Me | Host and panelists
Stage & Screen - Writer and Presenter This long-running series included Edward’s acclaimed interviews with Julie Andrews, Angela Lansbury, Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, Michael Ball, Stephen Sondheim, Elaine Paige, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Elton John Presenter Weekend Morning on 3
Edward Seckerson | BBC Radio 3
The hosts of the series varied during the run, but included Eric Pearce, Bert Newton, Barry McQueen, Jessie Matthews Laurel Young, Geraldine Dillon, Lesley Webster, Evie Hayes, Judy Ann Ford and Binny Lum.
Thursday at One | Introduction