• William Joseph Wenzel Jr. (March 22, 1924 – April 14, 1999), known as Bill Wendell, was an NBC television staff announcer for almost his entire professional...
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  • Oscar Wendell Bill (8 April 1910 – 10 May 1988) was an Australian cricketer. He played 35 first-class matches, mostly for New South Wales, between 1929–30...
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    Shaffer. The head writer was Matt Roberts and the announcer was originally Bill Wendell, then Alan Kalter. In most U.S. markets the show aired from 11:35 p.m...
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  • original host of the 1950s version, followed by Gene Rayburn and then Bill Wendell, with Jay Jackson and Win Elliot hosting prime time adaptations as well...
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  • generation of viewers as those of fellow staff announcers Don Pardo, Bill Wendell, Wayne Howell, and Hanrahan's eventual successor as Nightly News announcer...
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  • announcer for The Price Is Right, Jeopardy!, and WNBC's Live at Five Bill Wendell (1924–1999), announcer on The Ernie Kovacs Show, To Tell the Truth, the...
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  • the week of August 4–8. August 11: Bill Wendell succeeds Bob Sarlatte as the show's permanent announcer. Wendell remained with Letterman for the next...
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    renovations, negotiation right paid to NBC, signing Letterman, announcer Bill Wendell, band leader Paul Shaffer, and the rest of the band—was over $140 million...
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    Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1962) is an American actor and businessman. Having trained at Juilliard School, Pierce rose to prominence as a...
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  • television, McCord was one of several announcers, including Don Pardo, Bill Wendell, Roger Tuttle, Vic Roby and Wayne Howell, whose voice was heard on several...
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  • telecast were first provided by Bill McCord, then followed in succession by Bill Wendell, Lynda Lopez (the telecast's only female announcer), and longtime Saturday...
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    Wendell Erdman Berry (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. Closely identified...
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  • Show with David Letterman on September 4, 1995, replacing the retiring Bill Wendell. He announced the guests at the top of each show and the one-liner during...
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    Chris Elliott, Calvert DeForest as "Larry 'Bud' Melman," announcer Bill Wendell, writer Adam Resnick, scenic designer Kathleen Ankers, stage manager...
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  • Wendell & Wild is a 2022 American gothic stop motion-animated horror comedy film directed by Henry Selick from a screenplay written by Selick and Jordan...
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    Rayburn began a long association with game show producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman in 1953. He first appeared on Robert Q. Lewis's The Name's the Same;...
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    League Baseball pitcher Jimmy Walker (1881–1946), mayor of New York City Bill Wendell (1924–1999), television announcer William B. Widnall (1906–1983), former...
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  • hosted Tonight on Monday and Tuesday nights with his own announcer (Bill Wendell) and bandleader. During the later Steve Allen years, regular audience...
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    was a young NBC staffer, Bill Wendell, Kovacs's usual announcer and sometimes a sketch participant. From 1980 to 1995, Wendell was the announcer for David...
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    Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican...
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    Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902...
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    Retrieved January 22, 2019 "The David Letterman Show, Interview with Bill Wendell (2 min, 13 second mark)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22...
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  • To Tell the Truth (category Television series by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions)
    revivals of The Price Is Right and I've Got a Secret. NBC staff announcer Bill Wendell succeeded Olson from 1972 to 1977, with Alan Kalter taking over during...
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  • season with his own cast and regulars, including his own announcer (Bill Wendell; who would later work with David Letterman) and bandleader. A kinescope...
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    Wendell Brown is an American computer scientist, entrepreneur and inventor best known for his innovations in telecommunications and Internet technology...
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  • Media offices Preceded by Bill Wendell Late Night announcer September 13, 1993 – February 20, 2009 Succeeded by Steve Higgins...
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    Retrieved January 5, 2013. "The David Letterman Show, Interview with Bill Wendell (2 min, 13 second mark)". Archived from the original on December 13,...
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  • Shopper. David Doyle appears as Advertising Agency Executive Dutton. Bill Wendell appears as the Dixie Dimple Commercial Announcer. 42 12 "Pretzel Mary"...
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  • with Jack Kelly as host, who was replaced by Joe Garagiola in 1971. Bill Wendell, then on the staff of NBC, served as announcer for the entire 1969–1974...
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    drugs such as Dristan and Anacin, also sponsored). Johnny Olson and Bill Wendell announced. The show had two formats during its run; one in which four...
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