The Resume

(September 18, 1933-May 15, 2020)
Hosted 'Real People'
Starred in the various 'Fernwood 2Nite' series
Starred on TV in 'Sirota's Court,' 'D.C. Follies,' 'Maybe It's Me' and 'Watching Elle'
Acted in 'Silver Streak,' 'Salem's Lot,' 'This is Spinal Tap,' 'Moving Violations,' 'Roxanne,' 'Idle Hands,' 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,' 'Best in Show,' 'The Wedding Planner,' 'How High' and 'A Mighty Wind'

Why he might be annoying:

He is loud.
He has made guest appearances on seemingly every TV show in the past 20 years.
He looks almost exactly the same as he did in the 1970's.
He was dropped by PBS as narrator of 'Market Warriors' a day after he was arrested for alleged lewd conduct in an adult movie theater (July 19, 2012).

Why he might not be annoying:

He is a versatile actor and can appeal to any age group or genre.
He did a one man show and played 12 characters.
He always seems to be working.
He is usually upbeat and not too perky.
He is a master improvisor and prefers to do that in his roles.
Nearly 20 years after playing Martin Mull's sidekick on 'Fernwood 2Night,' he played Martin's gay lover on 'Roseanne.'

Credit: Eric Hartman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• $100,000 Pyramid [2016]
• American Pie [Series]
• Animal Planet's 'Pet Star' Judges
• Austin Powers [Series]
• Baby Faces
• Battle of the Network Stars [NBC]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [September] (Ranked: 9181939)
• Celebrity Ghost Stories
• Christopher Guest's Recasts
• Circus of the Stars: Performers
• Comedians Featured in 'The Aristocrats'
• Comic Relief USA (Ranked: 2006)
• Community - Guest Stars
• Drunk History [Performers]
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Faerie Tale Theater
• Family Guy
• Family Matters
• Friends Guest Stars
• Game Show Hosts
• Golden Girls and Guests
• Guest Voices on Dexter's Laboratory
• Guest Voices on Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
• Guest Voices on Kim Possible
• Guest Voices on King of the Hill
• Guest Voices on The Boondocks
• Guest Voices on the Simpsons
• Harold and Kumar [Film Series]
• Heckler [2007]
• Hollywood Square Celebrities [1998-2004]
• I Attended the Roseanne Barr Roast [2012]
• I Attended the William Shatner Roast [2006]
• I Attended Virginia Military Institute (VMI)
• I Boarded the Love Boat [R-Z]
• I Died in 2020 (Ranked: 86)
• I Made a Perverted Ass Out of Myself
• I Performed in Celebrity Autobiography
• I Portrayed a Gay on TV
• I Portrayed a Journalist on TV
• Judd Apatow Films
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing an Uncontrollable Tie
• Mad TV Guest Stars
• Mama's Family
• McFly's Profiles [Series 2]
• Mighty Wind [2003]
• Murder She Wrote Guest Stars
• Patton Oswalt's Least Annoying
• Profiles 8001-8250 (Ranked: 8043)
• Roseanne - Guest Stars
• Saturday Night Live Hosts [1975-79] (Ranked: 1978)
• Second City Alumni
• Soda Advertisers
• Space Ghost, Coast to Coast
• Stephen King Films
• Telephone Advertisers
• Thank God, You're Here Participants [2007]
• This is Spinal Tap [1984]
• TV Parents [Guest Appearances]
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20200515)
• White Men Loved by Blacks
• Win Ben Stein's Money

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 17 Votes: 11.76% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 118 Votes: 43.22% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 83 Votes: 50.60% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 21 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 100 Votes: 47.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 113 Votes: 48.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 166 Votes: 58.43% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 103 Votes: 55.34% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 45 Votes: 48.89% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 77 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 66 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 135 Votes: 45.19% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 243 Votes: 40.33% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 972 Votes: 42.28% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 389 Votes: 41.90% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 554 Votes: 44.40% Annoying