Bob Eubanks Biography when was Bob born? I don't know. What was his first occupation? The young boy became a child model, doing photo shoots for ads
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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 (nee McClure) (February 15, 1907 - July 24, 1997), were originally from Missouri. They moved to Flint during the Great Depression, where their only child was born, before moving on to California. The young boy became a child model, doing photo shoots for ads and meeting his idol, Gene Autry, when he was scheduled to do an ad photo shoot with him.  He watched popular classic television and quiz game shows. Also growing up in the 1940s and 1950s, he was influenced by Cary Grant, Howard Hughes, Buddy Hackett and Bill Cullen. He attended Pasadena High School, where he graduated in 1955. After graduation from high school, he would become one of California's most popular disc jockeys. In 1956, his first radio exposure was at KACY Radio in Oxnard, California. He joined KRLA in Pasadena in 1960 to do the overnight show. In the spring of 1962 he was promoted to morning drive, then a year later moved to his long-running 6-9pm evening slot. During most of the 1960s, he was also a producer of concerts, such as The Beatles 1964 and 1965 Hollywood Bowl performances, The Rolling Stones, during the first two years of the American tour. While still in Los Angeles, he also produced such artists as Barry Manilow, The Supremes, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Elton John and Merle Haggard, among others. Eubanks attended Pierce College in the early 60s, according to his commentary on a Card Sharks episode.  Eubanks married Irma Brown, an avid athlete, ranch forewoman and artist, on September 10, 1969. They had three children: Trace, a retired firefighter; Corey, a stuntman; and Theresa. In 1970, the couple purchased a 20-acre (81,000 m2) portion of a working cattle ranch, and later expanded it to 26 acres (110,000 m2). The entire family enjoyed roping and riding, with Eubanks participating in rodeos during his spare time. Eubanks is a gold card member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Irma handled interior decorating, landscaping, and mounting one to two equestrian shows a year. Irma died in 2002 after a prolonged illness.  Around 2004, Eubanks married Deborah James. James is a wedding/events coordinator in Ventura, California and has her own company, Bella Vita Events. The couple has a young son, Noah. In October 2010, Eubanks and his wife put their Westlake Village, CA home on the market. CANNOTANSWER
and meeting his idol, Gene Autry, when he was scheduled to do an ad photo shoot with him.
Robert Leland Eubanks (born January 8, 1938) is an American disc jockey, television personality and game show host, best 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 television 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 child was born, before moving on to California. The young boy became a child model, doing photo shoots for ads and meeting his idol, Gene Autry, during an ad photo shoot with him.

Eubanks watched popular classic television and quiz game shows. Also growing up in the 1940s and 1950s, he was influenced by Cary Grant, Howard Hughes, Buddy Hackett, and Bill Cullen. He attended Pasadena High School, where he graduated in 1955. After graduation from high school, he attended Los Angeles Pierce College (according to his commentary on a Card Sharks episode) and then went on to become one of California's most popular disc jockeys. In 1956, Eubanks worked at his first radio station, KACY in Oxnard, California. He joined KRLA in Pasadena in 1960 to do the overnight show. In the spring of 1962, he was promoted to morning drive; a year later, he moved to his long-running 6–9 pm evening slot. During most of the 1960s, he was also a producer of concerts such as the Beatles' 1964 and 1965 Hollywood Bowl performances and the Rolling Stones during the first two years of their American tour. While still in Los Angeles, he also produced such artists as Barry Manilow, The Supremes, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Elton John, and Merle Haggard, among others.

Eubanks married Irma Brown, an avid athlete, ranch forewoman and artist, on September 10, 1969. They had three children: Trace, a retired firefighter; Corey, a stuntman; and Theresa. In 1970, the couple purchased a  portion of a working cattle ranch, and later expanded it to . The entire family enjoyed roping and riding, with Eubanks participating in rodeos during his spare time. Eubanks is a gold card member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Brown handled interior decorating, landscaping, and mounting one to two equestrian shows a year. She died in 2002 after a prolonged illness.

In 2004, Eubanks married Deborah James, a woman 29 years younger. James is a wedding/events coordinator in Ventura, California and has her own company, Bella Vita Events. The couple has a young son, Noah. In October 2010, Eubanks and James put their Westlake Village, California home on the market.

The Newlywed Game and country music business
In 1966, Eubanks received a phone call from Chuck Barris, asking him to host a new game show, The Newlywed Game; the show premiered on ABC later that same year. During its debut, it was an immediate hit, and the show's popularity led the network to expand the prime-time lineup, where it had run on the air for five years. Only 28 years old when he started hosting, Eubanks became widely popular for bringing a youthful energy to daytime television, pressing contestants into giving embarrassing and hilarious answers. The Newlywed Game was also ranked as one of the top three daytime game shows, for five consecutive seasons, between 1968 and 1973, and was ranked in the top three prime-time game shows, also for five seasons, between 1966 and 1971.

While hosting The Newlywed Game, Eubanks was known for using the catchphrase "makin' whoopee", in reference to sexual intercourse. It was Eubanks who borrowed the term from the song of the same name, in an attempt to keep parents with young children from having to explain the facts of life because of a television show. While the network was comfortable with the term "making love", its Standards and Practices Department did not allow the use of the word "panties".

While not taping, he also pursued a career in the country music business, where he served as manager of such artists as Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell and Marty Robbins. The same year, he also signed Merle Haggard to an exclusive live-performance contract, producing more than 100 dates per year with the performer for almost a decade.

The Newlywed Game ended in 1974, after 2195 episodes, making Eubanks one of the most viewed game show hosts to date. He also hosted various editions in syndication (1977–1980, 1985–1988 and 1997–1999). For season two of the show's 2009 revival on GSN, Eubanks hosted a celebrity charity episode with Carnie Wilson and her husband Rob Bonfiglio playing against Carnie's sister Wendy and her husband Daniel Knutson, and their mother Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford and her current husband Daniel Rutherford. In spring 2010, Eubanks hosted another episode of The Newlywed Game, subtitled "Game Show Kings". It featured Monty Hall and his wife Marilyn Hall, Peter Marshall and his wife Laurie Stewart, and Wink Martindale with his wife Sandy. This made Eubanks the only person to host the same game show in six consecutive decades (1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s).

In 1988, Eubanks left The Newlywed Game to pursue other interests (though he was still hosting Card Sharks on CBS for another seven months) and was replaced by Paul Rodriguez.

In 1996, Eubanks appeared as a substitute host of Prime Time Country on The Nashville Network.

Other game shows
After Newlywed Game, he hosted a number of other game shows in his career, including Rhyme and Reason, Card Sharks, Dream House, The Diamond Head Game, Trivia Trap, and Powerball: The Game Show. Eubanks also auditioned to host the CBS daytime version of Wheel of Fortune; however, Bob Goen was hired instead.

In 1985, Mark Goodson hired Eubanks, a second time (the first being the aforementioned Trivia Trap), to host a revamped version of the show Card Sharks for CBS. Eubanks hosted Card Sharks throughout its CBS run from January 1986 until its demise in March 1989. Prior to hosting Card Sharks, he appeared as a special guest on the original NBC version alongside Jim Perry to promote his 1979 game show All Star Secrets, which he also produced.

His final network game show was Family Secrets. In recent years, he has hosted or co-hosted all five of NBC's Most Outrageous Game Show Moments specials. Eubanks was also one of three rotating hosts (along with Chuck Woolery and Jamie Farr) of the "$250,000 Game Show Spectacular" at the Las Vegas Hilton until the show closed in April 2008.

Besides producing Hill-Eubanks's All Star Secrets, the company also produced The Guinness Game in 1979–80, The Toni Tennille Show in 1980, Buddy Hackett's You Bet Your Life revival in 1980, and Infatuation (which Eubanks also hosted) in 1992. Between 1994 and 1995 Eubanks also traveled to Britain to host a British version of this series, Infatuation UK, produced by Thames Television for UK cable network Living TV. Eubanks tried acting, but found he was not good at doing lines; he also learned the game show business was far more lucrative and less confining.

Radio
Prior to entering game shows, Eubanks was a popular radio DJ at station KRLA 1110 in Los Angeles as well as a music promoter and manager, between 1960 and 1968. He was responsible for bringing The Beatles to Los Angeles for their first West Coast performances in 1964 and 1965 (mortgaging his house to do so), all of which took place at the famed Hollywood Bowl, with fellow KRLA DJs Dave Hull and Reb Foster joining Eubanks in introducing them. He also operated several Cinnamon Cinder nightclubs. In the early to mid 1960s, the house band at his the Traffic Circle Cinnamon Cinder club was The Vibrants.

He stood in for Casey Kasem twice on radio's American Top 40: January 9–10, 1982 (that year's first regular episode), and April 16–17, 1983.

Other appearances
Eubanks hosted the televised 1964 Miss Teen USA pageant, with actor Sebastian Cabot making an appearance as one of the guests.

Eubanks appeared in Michael Moore's 1989 documentary Roger & Me. The film documented Moore's attempts to track General Motors CEO Roger Smith to confront him about the economic devastation resulting from the company's closure of eleven manufacturing plants in Flint, Michigan. Eubanks, a native of Flint, was interviewed about his views on the downsizing, and was filmed telling an off-color homophobic, anti-Semitic joke:

According to Moore in the film's DVD commentary, Eubanks attempted to denounce the film with the Anti-Defamation League for containing anti-Semitic content, despite the fact that the only anti-semitic content in the film was contributed by Eubanks himself. In a 2010 interview for the Archive of American Television, Eubanks discussed his encounter with Moore and gave an explanation on how the ill-fated joke came about.

In 1992, Eubanks appeared on the TV sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the episode "Eyes on the Prize" hosting the game show "Double Trouble". That same year, he also made a cameo in the movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York hosting the game show "Ding-Dang-Dong", where he mentioned that the show's contestants stayed at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, and also gave the phone number for reservations (which allowed Kevin McCallister, played by Macaulay Culkin, to check in).

He has also hosted the Tournament of Roses Parade on Los Angeles television channel KTLA since 1976 and with Stephanie Edwards from 1978–2005. In 2006, Eubanks continued to host with Edwards's replacement, KTLA Morning Show anchor Michaela Pereira. Edwards returned to her co-hosting position alongside Eubanks in 2009. In September 2015, Bob Eubanks and Stephanie Edwards announced on the KTLA Morning News that the 2016 parade will be their last. In 2017, they were replaced by Leeza Gibbons and Mark Steines.

Eubanks appeared as himself on the Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan & Kel in the episode "The Honeymoon's Over", which aired May 1999. He guest-starred on That '70s Show in the January 2000 episode "Eric's Stash".

He also hosted for some years the Miss California USA Pageant and Mrs. International Pageant, sister pageant to the Miss International (United States) Pageant, between 2000 and 2003.

On July 6, 2007, Eubanks sat in as a celebrity "Mob Member" on the NBC game show 1 vs. 100. A year after that, he appeared as a GSN Live guest on April 4, 2008, and returned on May 18, 2010. His most recent television appearance (not counting his annual KTLA Rose Parade appearances) was on The Amazing Race 17 season finale, which aired December 12, 2010. In 2011, Eubanks hosted a special version of The Newlywed Game, live at Champion's Week for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

His autobiography, It's in the Book, Bob (), was published in 2004.

Eubanks briefly appears in the music video for The Offspring's "Why Don't You Get a Job?"

In 2013, Eubanks toured with "America's Greatest Game Shows: Live on Stage".

In 2015, he appeared as a host of a couples game on Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars (WE channel).

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The Clerc Classic Basketball Tournament originated at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf in 2000 under its Athletic Director, Michael Weinstock, who envisioned a national basketball tournament for outstanding athletes from the top Deaf schools. The tournament typically occurs during the second weekend of January. The school who wins that year's tournament often wins the year's Deaf Prep National Championship.

Laurent Clerc?

Laurent Clerc was born on December 26, 1785. An accident struck him at a young age: one side of his face was burnt after he fell into a fireplace. The fever resulting from the burnt ended with Clerc becoming Deaf.

Clerc had such devoted parents who sought various medicinal cures before learning about the Royal Institution for the Deaf in Paris, France. Clerc’s parents enrolled him at the school where he was put under the guidance of the school’s director, Abbe Roche-Ambroise Sicard. The school utilized sign language as the language of instruction which allowed many of Clerc’s hidden talents to emerge.

Clerc completed his study in seven years and was rewarded with the position of assistant teacher, in charge of the highest class at the Institution. He eventually moved up as teacher.

An event happened in 1816 during Clerc’s eight year of teaching which changed his life forever. He met a young idealist from America, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, who was searching for an educational system for the Deaf. Gallaudet then observed Clerc working with students during numerous situations. Gallaudet ultimately asked Clerc to help him established the first school for the Deaf in America.

Clerc accepted and bade farewell to his family, friends, and boss. Gallaudet and Clerc set sail from France on June 18, 1816. During the 52-day voyage, they continued to share their knowledge with each other. Upon arrival in America, Clerc and Gallaudet began fundraising efforts by having Clerc present on instruction methods for the Deaf with Gallaudet assisting as interpreter. They traveled along the east coast, from Boston to Philadelphia, for nearly seven months. They taught and interviewed parents of Deaf children, garnering community support at the same time. Their efforts paid off with the establishment of the first school for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut on April 15, 1817. Clerc taught there for the next 41 years providing lessons in sign language and teacher training.

Clerc married a former pupil, Elizabeth Broadman, and fathered four children. Clerc died on July 18, 1869.

Deaf people's lives nowadays would not have been possible without Laurent Clerc. As the first Deaf teacher in America, he contributed greatly towards the development of American Sign Language and deaf education.

History of the Tournament

Clerc Classic I (2000)
Host: Model Secondary School for the Deaf (Washington D.C.)
Boys Champions: Phoenix Day School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Model Secondary School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: California School for the Deaf, Fremont

Clerc Classic II (2001)
Host: Model Secondary School for the Deaf (Washington D.C.)
Boys Champions: Model Secondary School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: Model Secondary School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic III (2002)
Host: California School for the Deaf, Fremont (Fremont, CA)
Boys Champions: Model Secondary School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic IV (2003)
Host: Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis, IN)
Boys Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic V (2004)
Host: Maryland School for the Deaf (Frederick, MD)
Boys Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic VI (2006)
Host: California School for the Deaf, Riverside (Riverside, CA)
Boys Champions: California School for the Deaf, Fremont
Girls Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic VII (2007)
Host: Model Secondary School for the Deaf (Washington D.C.)
Boys Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Model Secondary School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: California School for the Deaf, Riverside

Clerc Classic VIII (2008)
Host: Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf (Faribault, MN)
Boys Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Texas School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: Model Secondary School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic IX (2009)
Host: Maryland School for the Deaf (Frederick, MD)
Boys Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Model Secondary School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: California School for the Deaf, Riverside

Clerc Classic X (2010)
Host: California School for the Deaf, Fremont (Fremont, CA)
Boys Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic XI (2011)
Host: Texas School for the Deaf (Austin, TX)
Boys Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: Model Secondary School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic XII (2012)
Host: Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis, IN)
Boys Champions: California School for the Deaf, Fremont
Girls Champions: California School for the Deaf, Fremont
Cheerleading Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic XIII (2013)
Host: California School for the Deaf, Riverside (Riverside, CA)
Boys Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: California School for the Deaf, Fremont
Cheerleading Champions: California School for the Deaf, Riverside

Clerc Classic XIV (2014)
Host: Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis, IN)
Boys Champions: California School for the Deaf, Fremont
Girls Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic XV (2015)
Host: California School for the Deaf, Fremont (Fremont, CA)
Boys Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic XVI (2016)
Host: Maryland School for the Deaf (Frederick, MD)
Boys Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: Model Secondary School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic XVII (2017)
Host: Texas School for the Deaf (Austin, TX)
Boys Champions: Indiana School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: Model Secondary School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic XVIII (2018)
Host: Model Secondary School for the Deaf (Washington D.C.)
Boys Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf 
Girls Champions: Texas School for the Deaf 
Cheerleading Champions: Model Secondary School for the Deaf 

Clerc Classic XIX (2019)
Host: California School for the Deaf, Riverside (Riverside, CA)
Boys Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Texas School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: Model Secondary School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic XX (2020)
Host: Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis, IN)
Boys Champions: Maryland School for the Deaf
Girls Champions: Texas School for the Deaf
Cheerleading Champions: Model Secondary School for the Deaf

Clerc Classic XXI (2021)
Host: California School for the Deaf Fremont (Fremont, CA)
The tournament has been cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Clerc Classic XXII (2022)
Host: Maryland School for the Deaf (Frederick, MD)
Boys Champions: TBD
Girls Champions: TBD
Cheerleading Champions: TBD

Fast Facts

 Model and Indiana are tied for leading in hosting the Clerc Classic Basketball Tournament four times. Model hosted in 2000, 2001, 2007, and 2018. Indiana hosted in 2003, 2012, 2014 and 2020.
 When both boys' and girls' basketball teams from the same school win the championship in the same year, it is a feat. Only two schools have done this, California-Fremont did this in 2012. Maryland did it twice, in 2010 and became the first school to win both titles on its home turf in the same year, in 2016.

GIRLS
 Model and Maryland are the only girls’ basketball teams to have won the championship on home turf, Model has done it twice in 2000 and 2007. Maryland girls' basketball have done this feat in 2016.
 Maryland girls’ basketball team is the first team to win three (2001, 2002, and 2003) and four (2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017) consecutive titles. Texas became the second girls team to win three consecutive titles from 2018 to 2020. 
 Maryland School for the Deaf is leading for winning the most Clerc Classic Girls’ basketball titles, winning eight times – 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Texas comes in second, with four titles.
 In the last nineteen tournaments, only six schools have won the Clerc Classic girls’ basketball titles; Maryland (8), Texas (4), Model (3), Indiana (2), California-Fremont (2), and Minnesota (1).

BOYS
 Model, Indiana and Maryland are the only boys teams to have won the championship on their home turf. Model became the first boys team to do so in 2000, Indiana won in 2003 and Maryland won on its home turf in 2016.

 Model boys’ basketball team was the first team to win two consecutive titles, in 2001 and 2002, then Indiana did it twice in 2003 and 2004 & 2008 and 2009. Maryland is the third team to do so, in 2010 and 2011. 
 Maryland is the first boys team to win three consecutive titles from 2018 to 2020. 
 Indiana School for the Deaf and Maryland is tied for leading by winning the most Clerc Classic Boys’ basketball titles, winning seven times – Indiana won in 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015 & 2017. Maryland won in 2007, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020. 
 In the last nineteen tournaments, only five schools have won the Clerc Classic boys’ basketball titles; Indiana (7), Maryland (7), California-Fremont (3), Model (2) and Phoenix Day (1).

CHEERLEADING
 Model Secondary School for the Deaf has the most Clerc Classic cheerleading titles, with eight (2001, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020). 
 Model cheerleading is the first team to win three (2016, 2017, 2018) and four (2016-2019) and five consecutive titles (2016-2020). They won the 2018 title on their home turf. 
 In the last nineteen tournaments, only five schools have won the Clerc Classic cheerleading titles; Model (8), Indiana (5), Maryland (3) California-Riverside (3), and California-Fremont (1).

External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20160116225925/http://sportsmx.com/youth/high-school-events/clerc-classic/main
http://www.tsdrangers.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=605110&type=d&pREC_ID=1083141 

Basketball competitions in the United States Elly Tibina Koot (born 1943) is a Dutch model who won the 1964 Miss Europe contest in Beirut, Lebanon.

She was born in Rotterdam, where her mother was visiting family, but grew up in Amsterdam on the Singel near the Bloemenmarkt. She was discovered by the fashion photographer Hans Dukkers. She married Frank Brandt in 1966. She and Brandt (at that time a photographer) met while shooting a commercial for Rexona - a brand of deodorant - for which he was a stand in model. Though primarily a photo model, Amsterdam she did fashion shows for  and Fong Leng. From 1970 she also modeled in the United States for the Wilhelmina Models agency. In the 70s she was sometimes a jury member at Dutch beauty contests.
In 1976 she developed Cushing's disease for which she had a successful surgery in the United States. Since 1996 she is Dame de Salon of Mart Visser's fashion house in Amsterdam.

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