Richard Bey (born July 22, 1951) was a popular talk show host in the 1990s, hosting The Richard Bey Show, a daytime talk show that was arguably "groundbreaking" in its use of fights and gags of dubious taste for entertainment, a premise used by talk and reality shows today. Prior to this he hosted 'People Are Talking' in both New York City and Philadelphia and 'Two on the Town' for WCBS-TV. He grew up in Far Rockaway, Queens and graduated from both the University of California, Santa Barbara and the Yale School of Drama. July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World[1], Gotham Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area    - City 1,214. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... WCBS-TV, channel two, is the flagship television station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. ... Far Rockaway is one of the four neighborhoods on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens in the United States. ... The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is a coeducational public university located on the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara County, California. ... Yale School of Drama traces its roots to the Yale Dramatic Association, the second oldest college theatre association in the country, founded in 1900. ...

His show, which began in 1990 and was produced from WWOR-TV in the New York City area, featured such events as Miss Big Butt and Mr. Puniverse Contest, Dysfunctional Family Feud and Blacks who think OJ is guilty vs. Whites who think he is innocent. Also frequent were women with such large breast enlargements that they were so top heavy they could barely stand up. The show was a precursor to reality television, featuring a variety of games relating to the guest's stories, most notoriously "The Wheel of Torture," in which a guest would be strapped to a spinning wheel while someone else, usually another guest, poured slime on them as punishment for a misdeed. He would frequently play a clip of "Little Lies" by Fleetwood Mac whenever a guest would say something absurdly false or "You Talk Too Much" by Run DMC (the "Shut Up" excerpt from the song). He also played Carole King's "I Feel The Earth Move" whenevr an obese guest walked or ran across the set accompanied by sound effects of elephants trumpeting. This article is about the year. ... WWOR-TV, channel nine, is currently the New York City affiliate station of the UPN television network and the unoffical East Coast flagship of the network. ... Orenthal James Simpson (born July 9, 1947 in San Francisco, California), publicly known by the initials O.J., and nicknamed The Juice, was a Hall of Fame college and professional football player and film actor. ... Breast implant diagram Saline-filled breast implants Silicone gel-filled breast implants Breast implants A breast implant is a prosthesis used in cosmetic surgery to enlarge the size of a womans breasts (known as breast augmentation) or to reconstruct the breast (for example, after a mastectomy, or during male... Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and features ordinary people over professional actors. ... Fleetwood Mac (formed in 1967) is an influential and commercially successful British-American band whose music has ranged from blues to pop. ... Run-DMC is a hip hop crew founded by Jason Jam Master Jay Mizell that included Joseph Run Simmons and Darryl DMC McDaniels. ...

Also, Richard would frequently make fun of Jerry Springer in his show, stating when he lost his contact lenses and was forced to wear eyeglasses: "Don't worry, you're not watching Jerry Springer" and showing Jerry under the "Bad Neighbors" segment, a reference to how Springer's show would usually air on many networks across America either before or after the Richard Bey show in the 1990's. He also accused Jerry more than once of stealing his show's ideas. Gerald Norman Jerry Springer (born February 13, 1944) is a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, who hosts a television program bearing his name, The Jerry Springer Show. ...

After his show was cancelled in 1996, he worked as a host on New York's WABC radio until 2003. According to the New York Post, at the time he was one of only two commercial talk hosts on NY radio to take a stand against the Iraq war, contesting the WMD evidence. He has since hosted for Sirius Left satellite radio and for the syndicated Wall Street Journal: This Morning. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The New York Post is one of the oldest newspapers published in the United States. ... The Wall Street Journal is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York with an average daily circulation of 1,800,607 (2002). ...

External links

• Official website
• Richard Bey at the Internet Movie Database
• The Richard Bey Show at the Internet Movie Database