The Resume

(September 13, 1964- )
Resides in Los Angeles
Hosts 'Tavis Smiley' and 'BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley'
Hosts 'The Tavis Smiley Show' on NPR
Authored 'Keeping the Faith: Stories of Love' and 'Courage, Healing and Hope from Black'

Why he might be annoying:

He likes to do the hand on wrist model pose.
He gets regular manicures and pedicures.
He was a frat boy (Kappa Alpha Psi).
Almost all of his causes and view points are based on his race, personified by his Black Think Tank series.
TV Guide labeled him 'The thinking man's Howard Stern.'
He was fired from BET when he sold one of his interviews to ABC rather than BET.

Why he might not be annoying:

He portrayed himself on 'The Parkers' and 'For Your Love.'
He is an avid Scrabble player.
He was chosen as one of America's 50 most promising young leaders by Time Magazine.
He won the NAACP Image Award three times for Best News, Talk or Information Series.
He founded the Tavis Smiley Foundation which encourages, empowers and enlightens black youth.
He graduated Indiana University.
He is one of ten children.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Bill O'Reilly Doesn't Like Me
• Dancing with the Stars [Complete] (Ranked: 19)
• Dancing With the Stars 19 [2014] (Ranked: 12)
• Ebony Magazine's 55 Most Intriguing Blacks [2000]
• Goatees
• Guest Voices on The Boondocks
• I Attended Indiana University [Bloomington]
• I Guest Hosted Larry King Live
• Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
• Lycos' Top 20 Radio Personalities [2004] (Ranked: 29)
• Lycos' Top 20 Radio Personalities [2005] (Ranked: 20)
• Lycos' Top 20 Radio Personalities [2006] (Ranked: 3)
• Profiles 12001-12250 (Ranked: 12094)
• Real Time with Bill Maher Panelists
• Starbucks ‘The Way I See It’ Quotations
• Ted Nugent Doesn't Like Me
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2009 [May 2009]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 93 Votes: 51.61% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 373 Votes: 46.65% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 292 Votes: 88.01% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 81.48% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 74 Votes: 64.86% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 25 Votes: 72.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 84.21% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 29 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 47 Votes: 57.45% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 100 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 143 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 246 Votes: 63.82% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 153 Votes: 56.21% Annoying