The Resume

(July 17, 1912-May 26, 2010)
Birth name is Arthur Gordon Kelley
Hosted 'Life with Linkletter,' 'People Are Funny,' 'House Party,' 'Hollywood Talent Scouts' and 'Kids Say the Darndest Things'
Wrote almost 25 books

Why he might be annoying:

He inspired 'Kids Say the Darndest Things,' which has resulted in exploiting children into not being very funny.
His youngest daughter, Diane, jumped out a 18th story window under the influence of LSD.
After his daughter jumped out the 18th story window on an LSD trip, he has blamed drugs and not bad parenting as the cause of her death.
When Timothy Leary died, he said: 'You could only call it 'what goes around, comes around.''

Why he might not be annoying:

He has been married to the same woman for nearly 70 years.
He once hosted five shows on the air at once.
Even at his advanced age, he still is working a regular schedule.
He is most proud of his 'Grandfather of the Year' award out of his many honors.
He was all-conference as San Diego States basketball center (1934).
His parents abandoned him at one month and he was adopted by the Linkletters.

Credit: Voice of Fashion

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Andy Williams Show Guests [1962-71]
• Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts - Guests [L-Z]
• Dean Martin Show Guests [L-Z]
• Disney Legends Award (Ranked: 2005)
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Emmy Awards Hosts (Ranked: 1956)
• Emmy Awards Hosts (Ranked: 1953)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1966]
• Game Show Hosts
• Golden Girls References
• Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album (Ranked: 1970)
• Horatio Alger Association Members
• I Adopted a Child
• I Attended San Diego State University
• I Attended the Hollywood Premiere of ‘Giant’ [October 17, 1956]
• I Attended the Opening Day of Disneyland [July 17, 1955]
• I Come from Canada
• I Died in 2010 (Ranked: 97)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[J-L]
• I Outlived My Child
• I was Adopted or Orphaned
• I Was the Rose Parade Grand Marshall (Ranked: 2003)
• Liver Spots
• Person to Person - Guests [L-Z]
• Profiles 7751-8000 (Ranked: 7884)
• Soda Advertisers
• Variety Show Hosts
• Villains and Heroes of Batman
• Voice of Fashion's Profiles
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1950-1967]
• Will Sasso's Mad TV Impersonations

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 32 Votes: 90.62% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 552 Votes: 58.70% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 181 Votes: 53.04% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 65 Votes: 44.62% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 46 Votes: 54.35% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 67 Votes: 58.21% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 24 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 26 Votes: 80.77% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 176 Votes: 60.23% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 95 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 52 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 32 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 49 Votes: 51.02% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 379 Votes: 66.23% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 62 Votes: 40.32% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 111 Votes: 45.95% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 164 Votes: 46.34% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 244 Votes: 52.87% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 340 Votes: 49.12% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 427 Votes: 44.50% Annoying