Family Fortunes the sound-proof booth caused Bob to overhear his partner say Chicken for the 3rd question; thus, the answer of turkey was stuck in his head. After the taping, Bob's wife offered producer William G. Stewart £100 not to air the show, but when Stewart advised her it cost the production company £38,000 to produce the one episode, she declined to pursue the matter any further. The original theme music was used from 1980 to 1985, and was composed by Jack Parnell and David Lindup. This was during the Bob Monkhouse and Max Bygraves eras. In 1987 when Les Dennis became
Bob Monkhouse the "Carry On"s over the dental comedies. Other presenting jobs in the 1960s included hosting "Candid Camera" and compèring "Sunday Night at the London Palladium". Around 1969 he was a partner, with Malcolm Mitchell, in the Mitchell Monkhouse Agency. In 1979 he starred in a US sketch comedy television series called "Bonkers!" with the Hudson Brothers and Joan Rivers, a job he hated. In the early 1970s he appeared on BBC Radio in "Mostly Monkhouse" with Josephine Tewson and David Jason. A respected stand-up comedian, Monkhouse was known for his talent at ad-libbing. He became much in demand as an