Nicholas Parsons 4 June 2018 (when regular guest Gyles Brandreth replaced him for 2 episodes), and has presented the show in six different decades. The programme's longevity is arguably due in part to the host's ability to be a chairman, create laughs and to act as a straight man to the comedians who participate. In the 1950s, Parsons provided the non-singing voice of Tex Tucker in the children's TV puppet series "Four Feather Falls" at the suggestion of his then wife, actress and voiceover artiste Denise Bryer, who was in the show. During the late 1960s he created and presented a satirical
Jim Parsons hosting his own SiriusXM talk show, "Jim Parsons Is Too Stupid for Politics". The show ran for six weeks. In 2018, Parsons was one of the actors who voiced the audiobook "A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo". Parsons lives in New York City neighborhood of Gramercy Park while also maintaining a residence in Los Angeles. His father died in a car crash on April 29, 2001. On May 23, 2012, an article in "The New York Times" noted that Parsons is gay and had been in a relationship for the last ten years. His husband is art director