He became so popular that other sitcoms changed their production schedules just so they could have him warm up their audiences. He did well in a competition with more than 200 other young comedians, and began doing audience warm-ups for NBC sitcoms such as The Golden Girls, Facts of Life and Amen. In 1982, convinced that he was better than the comedians whose acts he saw on The Tonight Show, Combs left his job as an Indianapolis furniture salesman, and moved with his family to Los Angeles. In 1979, Combs sent a letter to David Letterman, asking for advice Letterman encouraged him to continue in comedy. Career Ĭombs began performing comedy at Cincinnati's Red Dog Saloon, where he developed his best-known shtick of audience sing-alongs of sitcom theme songs. He declined a nomination to the United States Military Academy and served as a missionary from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for two years in Arizona. He graduated in 1974 from Garfield High School, where he was an actor, senior class president, and Boys State delegate.
was born in Hamilton, Ohio, on April 3, 1956. From 1995 to 1996, Combs hosted another game show, Family Challenge. The show aired on CBS from 1988–1993 and was in syndication from 1988–1994. His popularity on the stand-up circuit led to him being signed as the second host of the game show Family Feud in its second run and first revival. He began his professional career in the late 1970s. (Ap– June 2, 1996) was an American stand-up comedian, actor and game show host.
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