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Kathie Lee Gifford (born Kathryn Lee Epstein on August 16, 1953) is an American playwright, singer, songwriter, and actress, famous for her stint on the television talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin for 15 years. She has received 11 Emmy nominations. is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... It has been suggested that List of visitor attractions in Paris be merged into this article or section. ... A television presenter is a British term for a celebrity who is best known for introducing or appearing in television programmes. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ... Francis Newton Gifford (born August 16, 1930 in Santa Monica, California) was an American football player and one of the better-known American sports commentators in the latter part of the 20th century who made the transition from an athlete to broadcasting. ... There have been several well-known people named Paul Johnson: Paul Johnson (artist) Paul Johnson (philanthropist) Paul Johnson (journalist) Paul Johnson (ice hockey), ice hockey player Paul Johnson (Canadian politician), former MPP Paul Johnson (rugby league footballer), an English rugby league player Paul Johnson (footballer), an Australian rules football ruckman... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (415x739, 87 KB) Summary VHS box cover of Kathie Lees Rock n Tots Cafe: A Christmas Giff starring Kathie Lee Gifford, copyright 1995 Rock n Tots Joint Venture. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (415x739, 87 KB) Summary VHS box cover of Kathie Lees Rock n Tots Cafe: A Christmas Giff starring Kathie Lee Gifford, copyright 1995 Rock n Tots Joint Venture. ... is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... Categories: TV Spin-offs | Television talk shows | Television stubs ... Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (born August 25, 1931) is an Emmy Award-winning American television personality best known for his roles as a talk show host, game show host, singer and presenter at various events. ...

Early life

Kathie Lee Gifford was born in Paris, France to Aaron Leon Epstein and his wife, Joan. Her father was serving in the United States Navy. She grew up in Bowie, Maryland, in the United States where she was a cheerleader for Bowie High School. One of her grandparents was Jewish and her mother was a Methodist; Gifford grew up in a culturally Jewish environment, but she became a born-again Christian at the age of 12 (after seeing a Christian education film directed by Billy Graham), and told interviewer Larry King, "I was raised with many Jewish traditions and raised to be very grateful for my Jewish heritage."^[1] It has been suggested that List of visitor attractions in Paris be merged into this article or section. ... USN redirects here. ... Motto: Growth, Unity and Progress Location of Bowie in the State of Maryland Coordinates: Country United States State Maryland County Prince Georges County Established 1916 - Mayor G. Frederick Robinson Area - City 41. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... Born again is a term used originally and mainly in Christianity, where it is associated with salvation, conversion and spiritual rebirth. ... The Reverend William Franklin Graham, Jr. ...

Her brother, Rev. David Paul Epstein, is an evangelical Baptist preacher and pastor of Calvary Baptist Church on West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City. David and Kathie Lee have remained close through the years. Topics in Christianity Movements Â· Denominations Ecumenism Â· Preaching Â· Prayer Music Â· Liturgy Â· Calendar Symbols Â· Art Â· Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul Â· Church Fathers Constantine Â· Athanasius Â· Augustine Anselm Â· Aquinas Â· Palamas Â· Luther Calvin Â· Wesley Arius Â· Marcion of Sinope Coptic Orthodox Pope Â· Roman Catholic Pope Archbishop of Canterbury Â· Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box: Baptist... Calvary Baptist Church in Manhattan was founded in 1847. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Kathie Lee attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, studying drama and music. Oral Roberts University or ORU, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the largest charismatic Christian university in the world. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Oklahoma Coordinates: , Country United States State Oklahoma Counties Tulsa, Osage, Wagoner, Rogers Government - Mayor Kathy Taylor (D) Area - City 186. ...

1970s

During one summer in the early 1970s she was a live-in secretary/babysitter for Anita Bryant at her home in Miami. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma) is an American singer. ...

Gifford's career took off in the 1970s (during her first marriage to composer/arranger/producer/publisher Paul Johnson) as a vocalist on the game show Name That Tune with Tom Kennedy (she performed the "sing a tune" segment as Kathie Lee Johnson). In 1978, she joined the cast of the short-lived Hee Haw sitcom spinoff, Hee Haw Honeys. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... In music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch, such as a lead sheet. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Name That Tune was a television game show that put two contestants against each other to test their knowledge of songs. ... Tom Kennedy (born James Narz February 16, 1927, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a television game show host who had his greatest fame in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Gifford appeared in television advertisements for Carnival Cruise Lines beginning in 1984. The ads were the first cruise line ads to air on network television. Carnival Cruise Lines is a cruise line operating a large number of cruise ships. ... This article is about the year. ... A cruising sailboat anchored in the San Blas Islands, in Panama. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ...

Live with Regis and Kathie Lee

Following her divorce from Johnson in 1983, Gifford met sports commentator Frank Gifford during an episode of ABC's Good Morning America; the couple married in 1986. Coincidentally they share the same birthday, 23 years apart. Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Francis Newton Gifford (born August 16, 1930 in Santa Monica, California) was an American football player and one of the better-known American sports commentators in the latter part of the 20th century who made the transition from an athlete to broadcasting. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...

By that time, she was several months into her most famous television role, as a full-time morning talk show personality. In 1985, she replaced Ann Abernathy as co-host of The Morning Show on WABC-TV with Regis Philbin. The chemistry between the two provided stability to a show that had gone through a series of titles and hosts (AM New York, The Stanley Siegel Show) during the previous decade. The program went into national broadcast in 1988, as Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (now Live with Regis and Kelly) and Gifford became well-known across the country. Throughout the 1990s, millions of morning-TV viewers watched her descriptions of life at home with her sportscaster husband and their two children: son Cody Newton Gifford (born in 1990) and Cassidy Erin Gifford (born in 1993), although Gifford has been gently ridiculed for constantly talking about her children on the air. She has appeared as a spokesperson for Slim Fast diet shakes after the birth of Cody. WABC-TV, channel 7, is the flagship station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. ... Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (born August 25, 1931) is an Emmy Award-winning American television personality best known for his roles as a talk show host, game show host, singer and presenter at various events. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Live with Regis and Kelly is a syndicated American television talk show, hosted by Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Original Slim Fast label Slim Fast, a food and beverage brand owned by Unilever, produces weight loss shakes, snacks, packaged meals, and other dietary supplement foods. ...

The inspiration for the name Cody (the first born child) is when Gifford was watching Frank on a Monday Night Football game in 1989 featuring the Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears (the Browns went on to win 27-7 with Webster Slaughter catching a 99-yard touchdown pass and therefore tying the NFL record). Cody Risien was an offensive lineman for the Browns and got much attention during the course of the contest because he was struggling with removing a piece of dirt or other foreign object from his eye that forced him to the sideline. The announcers kept on panning the camera over to Risien and the name Cody was indelibly etched on Gifford's brain. Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. ... Cody Lewis Risien (born March 22, 1957 in Bryan, Texas) is a former American football tackle who played eleven seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns. ...

Gifford has stated that her religious faith has carried her through several personal crises.

In 1996, the National Labor Committee, a human rights group, reported that sweatshop labor was used to make clothes for the Kathie Lee line, sold at Wal-Mart.^[2] The group reported that a worker in Honduras smuggled a piece of clothing out of the factory, which had a Kathie Lee label on it.^[3] One of the workers, Wendy Diaz, came to the United States to testify about the conditions under which she worked. She commented that "I wish I could talk to [Kathie Lee]. If she's good, she will help us."^[4] Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights, commonly known as the National Labor Committee or the NLC, is a non-profit NGO founded in 1981 by David Dyson to combat sweatshop labor and United States government policy in El Salvador and Central America. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Sweatshop is a pejorative term used to describe a manufacturing facility where working conditions fall short of contemporary human-rights standards. ... Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ...

Labor activist Charles Kernaghan spoke to the media and accused Gifford of being responsible for the sweat shop management activity. Gifford addressed Kernaghan's allegations on the air during Live, explaining that she was not involved with hands-on project management in factories. Gifford subsequently contacted Federal authorities to investigate the issue, and worked with U.S. Federal legislative and executive branch agencies to support and enact new U.S. laws to protect children against sweat shop conditions. She appeared with President Clinton at the White House in support of U.S. Federal government initiatives to counter international sweat shop abuses.

(Years later, on April 13, 2007, in an unrelated appearance at the National Press Club, Gifford, in answer to questions, stated that Kernaghan had called her three months after his first public allegations against her and apologized.) is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

In 1997, it was reported by the tabloid The Globe that Frank had engaged in an adulterous affair with Trans World Airlines flight attendant Suzen Johnson. After initially denying the allegation, Frank admitted the transgression after it was revealed the entire episode was caught on videotape. A transcript of his tryst indicated his desire to engage in anal sex. ESPN later reported that Johnson was paid $75,000 by The Globe.^[5] The Atlantic put the figure at $125,000.^[6] Johnson later appeared in a Playboy pictorial. For the band, see 1997 (band). ... The Globe is a supermarket tabloid published in North America. ... Trans World Airlines (IATA: TW, ICAO: TWA, and Callsign: TWA), commonly known as TWA, was an American airline company that was acquired by American Airlines in April 2001. ... Information in this article or section has not been verified against sources and may not be reliable. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Globe is a supermarket tabloid published in North America. ...

Later career

Since Live, Gifford has made guest appearances in films and television series, and has several independently released albums on CD, including 2000s The Heart of a Woman, featuring standards from the Big Band era as well as Contemporary Christian songs. A compact disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late 1940s. ...

Since September 2005, Gifford is a special correspondent on The Insider, a syndicated entertainment magazine television show. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â†’ Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat... The Insider is an entertainment television news program covering events and celebrities which is an Entertainment Tonight spinoff debuting in September 2004. ...

Kathie Lee also devotes time to Variety: The Children's Charity. She has also sponsored and supported two shelters in New York City for babies born with HIV or a congenital crack cocaine addiction. These shelters were named in honor of her children, Cody and Cassidy. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ... A pile of crack cocaine â€˜rocksâ€™. Crack cocaine is a highly addictive form of cocaine. ...

Playwright

In the late 1990s, Gifford began working in musical theatre as a playwright. She contributed a number of musical numbers to Hats, and wrote and produced Under The Bridge, based upon the children's book The Family Under The Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson, a book which won the Newbery Honor in 1959. For the band, see 1990s (band). ... The Newbery Honor is a citation given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association (ALA). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2007, she premiered Saving Aimee at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia. Saving Aimee is about the life and times of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. The premiere stars Tony-nominated actress Carolee Carmello in the role of McPherson. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Saving Aimee is a musical by Kathie Lee Gifford, with music by David Pomeranz and David Friedman. ... Signature Theatre is a regional theatre company based in Arlington, Virginia. ... Saving Aimee is a musical by Kathie Lee Gifford, with music by David Pomeranz and David Friedman. ... Aimee Stewart she was also the founder of the Foursquare Church. ... Carolee Carmello is an American actress best known for her performances in Broadway musical. ...

On April 16, 2007, Gifford was a guest presenter at the Washington, DC Helen Hayes Award Ceremony, honoring contributions and professional accomplishments in theatre. is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... A Helen Hayes Award is a theater award named for the famed actress Helen Hayes to recognize excellence in the professional theater in the Washington, D.C./Potomac (USA) area since 1983. ...

Pop culture references

In the second episode of South Park, "Weight Gain 4000", Kathie Lee comes to South Park as Mr. Garrison's childhood rival. In the episode, Mr. Garrison tries to kill Kathie Lee, but ultimately fails. (Gifford did not provide her own voice; she was impersonated by voice actress Mary Kay Bergman) This article is about the TV series. ... Weight Gain 4000 is the second episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 â€“ November 11, 1999) was an American voice actress with numerous roles and bit parts in television, movies, direct-to-video animation, and advertising. ...

On the South Park album Chef Aid, Chef sings in the song No Substitute (track 9) how he wants to make love to Kathie Lee. This article is about the TV series. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In a Season 3 episode of Hey Arnold!, Kathie Lee is parodied as Jackie Lee. Hey Arnold! was an American animated television series that aired from October 7, 1996 until June 8, 2004 on Nickelodeon. ...

Gifford appeared as Miss Hannigan in a concert performance of Annie at Madison Square Garden in December 2006. Annie is a musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. ... Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, known colloquially simply as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ...

Her line of clothing has been discussed in the documentary film The Corporation as it was discovered that despite pledges to children's charities, the clothes were in fact manufactured in South American sweatshops by children as young as 13 years old (though Ms. Gifford was apparently oblivious of that fact until it became national news.) The Corporation is a 2003 Canadian documentary film critical of the modern-day corporation, considering it as a class of person and evaluating its behaviour towards society and the world at large as a psychologist might evaluate an ordinary person. ...

She appeared as a guest on the Jiminy Glick show. Jiminy Glick is a fictional character portrayed by Martin Short in the TV series Primetime Glick. ...

In a story line in the comic Get Fuzzy, Satchel is tricked by Bucky into sewing soccer balls for no money (he promised to pay Satchel what other dogs in the area were paid, which was nothing). After learning this, Rob says that Bucky is "Kitty Lee Gifford", in a reference to her clothes being manufactured in South American sweatshops. Get Fuzzy is an American daily comic strip written and drawn by Darby Conley. ...

Singer/songwriter Jill Sobule wrote a song about Gifford, "Kathie Lee", appearing on her EP It's the Thought That Counts (Original 2001 issue only). Jill Sobule and Lloyd Cole during a concert in Seattle Jill Sobule (born January 16, 1961 in Denver, Colorado) is an American singer-songwriter best known for the controversial 1995 song I Kissed a Girl, and for Supermodel from the soundtrack of the hit 1995 film Clueless. ... Its the Thought That Counts is an EP released independently in 2001 by Jill Sobule. ...

In Season 1, Episode 5 of Sam and Max an "Enemy List" is filled with "Kathy Lee Gifford", her parents, friends, etc. Sam and Max are a pair of fictional comic book characters who occupy a parody of American popular culture. ...

She is a recipient of the Mousecar Award, which was personally designed by Walt Disney.^[7] The Mousecar Award The Mousecar is a prestigious in house award given by the Walt Disney Studios for a variety of reasons, including service to the studio as well as to the community as a whole. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ...

In the Bloodhound Gang song: 'Shutup' Kathie Lee is mentioned, in a list of people Jimmy Pop doesn't like: "I hate Regis and I hate Kathie Lee"...Genius

During February 2007 Gifford was attending a CD signing event at the Paramus Mall in, Paramus, New Jersey. During this event Gifford was attacked by Joey Boots, a member of The Wack Pack from the Howard Stern Show. After signing Boots CD, Boots removed a box from a shopping bag, threw it at Gifford, from which two dozen White Mice emerged. Boots was evicted from the mall and Gifford was unhurt. CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit ÄŒeskÃ© DrÃ¡hy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers DatorfÃ¶rening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... Paramus is a borough located in Bergen County, New Jersey. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 kmÂ²) - Width 70 miles (110 km) - Length 150 miles (240 km) - % water 14. ... The Wack Pack is the name given to a wide assortment of regular guests of The Howard Stern Show. ... The Howard Stern Show is Howard Sterns radio show heard four days (Mondayâ€“Thursday) a week on Howard 100 (West Coast feed on channel Howard 101), a Sirius Satellite Radio station. ...

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