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Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous was a television series that ran from 1984 to 1995. The show featured the usually extravagant lifestyles of wealthy entertainers, athletes, and business moguls. It was hosted by Robin Leach; Leach was joined by Shari Belafonte in 1994, and the show was renamed Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous is a song by Good Charlotte, released in 2003. ... Image File history File links Lifestyles_of_the_Rich_&_Famous. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1984. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1995. ... An entertainer is someone who is hired to entertain people. ... Look up Athlete in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Mogul may mean: a bump in the snow in alpine skiing, a Mongolian the Mughal empire, or any member of its ruling dynasty by extension, any ruler or powerful person, such as a industrial mogul or media mogul a railroad steam locomotive type called the Mogul the largest size light... Robin Leach in 2007 Robin Douglas Leach (born August 29, 1941 in London, England) is an English celebrity writer famous for hosting his first show, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous in the 1980s, which focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars, and other materialistic accoutrements. ... Mrs Belafonte is an avid cigar smoker On the cover of Playboy, September 2000 Shari Belafonte (born September 22, 1954) is an American actress. ...

Lifestyles was one of the first shows to capitalize specifically on Americans' interest in the lives of the wealthy. Later shows such as MTV's Cribs and VH1's The Fabulous Life Of continued this concept. The MTV Cribs logo MTV Cribs is a reality television program on MTV that features tours of the houses and mansions of celebrities. ... The Fabulous Life Of is a VH1 television series detailing the places, things, and services various celebrities enjoy. ...

Parodies/allusions

• Lifestyles was parodied on Sesame Street with Lifestyles of the Big and Little, hosted by Dicky Tick.
• Lifestyles was also parodied on Saturday Night Live with Lifestyles of the Relatives of the Rich & Famous, Lifestyles of the Rich, Famous and Scary and Afterlifestyles of the Rich and Fam'.
• In the film Shrek 2, Donkey says "champagne wishes and caviar dreams from now on" upon first seeing the kingdom of Far, Far Away–a reference to Leach's catchphrase.
• In the DuckTales episode "Down and Out in Duckburg", Scrooge McDuck gives an interview to a version of this show.
• The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog episode "Lifestyles of the Sick and Twisted" revolved around Dr. Robotnik's desire to be a featured guest on a program titled Lifestyles of the Very Good. When he is rejected in favor of Sonic, Robotnik makes the host, Throbbin Screech, interview him by kidnapping his unnamed niece, after which he changes the show's title to that of the episode itself, and later to Lifestyles of Robotnik Only. Also on the episode "Momma Robotnik's Birthday", Sonic refers to the old home as "I've seen this place in the Lifestyles of the Mean and Rotten."
• The Earthworm Jim episode "The Book of Doom" featured an intermission segment where Professor Monkey-For-A-Head is featured on Lifestyles of the Rich and Villainous.
• An episode of the second season of Garfield and Friends titled Lifestyles of the Fat and Furry had Garfield winning the lottery and being featured on the titular program. At the end, though, Garfield loses his fortune because he was underage (he was 11 years old at the time the episode aired), and the winnings are given to the Robin Leach look-alike (played by Robin Leach himself), who is thrilled that he can now "stop hosting this stupid program and talking in this stupid voice!"
• The Circus Circus hotel in Las Vegas features "CTV" (Circus Television) on each TV in each room, with the same exact programming repeated every few hours. Among this programming is Lifestyles of the Rich and Tasty hosted by a clown named "Rubin Leach" and it promotes the various restaurants of the hotel, with Robin Leach's hosting techniques heavily parodied.
• The science oriented educational TV show Newton's Apple has a section called "Science of the Rich and Famous."
• An interlude on the Ice Cube album Death Certificate is titled "Robin Lench," which features Leach's voice touring a neighborhood of sirens and gangsters.
• On Fergie's single Glamorous featured rapper Ludacris uses the line "champagne wishes, caviar dreams" and slightly later on claims a "lifestyle so rich and famous" that it would make Robin Leach jealous.

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External links

• Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous at the Internet Movie Database
• Jump The Shark - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
• Celebrity Super Spenders