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
Parsons Advocate Parsons Advocate The Parsons Advocate is a newspaper serving Parsons and surrounding Tucker County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Published weekly, it has a circulation of 3,033 and is owned by Mountain Media. The paper began life as the Parsons "City Advocate", a Republican weekly founded in 1896. From 1896 to 1903, future governor William Gustavus Conley was a co-owner of the paper. The title was shortened to the Parsons "Advocate" in 1901. In 1907, Parsons resident David Wallace Thurston became editor of the "Advocate", and on July 1, 1913 he leased the plant and business, buying it