Andy (02/18/83)
Just two trivia bits. One I know the answer to but am curious
long it will take other TV buffs to remember (it took me a few
hours), the other I'm just curious about.
1) (the one I know) Who was Allen Funt's first co-host
on Candid Camera? He's had many.
2) (the one I don't know) What ever happened to Graham
Kerr, the guy who used to do 'The Galloping Gourmet'?
decvax!yale-com!freeman
Andrewbarmar (02/21/83)
2) I believe that Graham Kerr was born again, or something along the "get religious" lines. He went back to doing cooking shows again at some point, I believe. Barmar genradbo!mitccc!barmar barmar@multics (ARPA)
geo (02/21/83)
In answer to the question, "whatever happened to Graham Kerr, who used to be the Galloping Gourmet?" About eight years ago he became a born-again christian. Three years ago, I spoke with someone who had attended the Global Futures Conference, in Toronto. This person had gone to a panel on the "World Food Problem'. The man had seen that Graham Kerr was one of the panelists, but there were other people on the panel, and they might prove interesting, and after all it is a very important issue, so he went anyway. Well, not only was Graham Kerr a born-again christian, but so were all the other panelists. Apparently their solution to the world food problem was that everyone should welcome christ into their hearts, become a born-again christian, have a personal relationship with the lord, and practice christian charity. Now why didn't anyone think of that before? I suspect that either he gave up his show when he was reborn, or, that without that slightly risque streak in him, he lost his audience. No doubt he is comfortably ensconced on the born-again christian lecture circuit. Geo Swan, Integrated Studies, University of Waterloo
jwb (02/21/83)
The last I knew, Graham Kerr was on the Cable News Network. I haven't gotten cable for about 4 months, so this may be obsolete.
geo (02/24/83)
For those of you who are interested. A Christian friend of mine informed me that it was religious scruples that caused Graham Kerr to quite doing "the Galloping Gourmet".
berry (03/10/83)
#R:yale-com:-92300:zinfandel:17700001:000:277 zinfandel!berry Mar 8 14:50:00 1983 What religious scruples would prevent someone from doing a cooking show? Especially Christian, since (most) Christian sects have little or no dietary regulations. Now I'm really curious... Berry Kercheval Zehntel Inc. (decvax!sytek!zehntel!zinfandel!berry) (415)932-6900
emma (03/10/83)
It wasn't a dietary regulation per se that prompted Graham Kerr to give up "The Galloping Gourmet", but a feeling that he had no right to be making a fortune on gourmet cooking when so many people are poor and/or starving. -Joe P.
barmar (03/11/83)
Berry Kercheval obviously never saw "The Galloping Gourmet". His religious scruples probably have nothing against cooking shows, but the style of his show probably would not have been sanctioned by the Pope. He was kind of flirty, although it was well-known that he was married. This was his appeal. Barry Margolin barmar@multics.arpa genradbo!mitccc!barmar
geo (03/14/83)
Berry Kercheval asks what kind of religious scruples would prevent a CHRISTIAN from doing a cooking show. I presume he is refering to Graham Kerr, the 'Galloping Gourmet'. When Kerr and his wife, who was also his producer, became born again CHRISTIANS, they discontinued their cooking show. According to my informant, it did not have anything to do with exotic dietary restrictions, but rather there sudden distaste for 'vain ostentation', and more commendably in my eyes, their new awareness of the world protien deficit. Cordially, Geo Swan, Integrated Studies, University of Waterloo
berry (03/24/83)
#R:yale-com:-92300:zinfandel:17700003:000:2132 zinfandel!berry Mar 22 14:45:00 1983 Ok, food fans, here is Hutch's reminiscences of the G. Kerr affair, which he has asked me to preface "... with a caveat that states that I do not have documentary support for all statements made therein." Thanks for the info, Hutch. I'm sorry some people misunderstood my sincere attempt to find more about what happened, and I'm glad you set me straight. ---------- As I recall it, Mr Kerr explained his situation as follows: First, his lifestyle was a very high-speed, extremely high pressure lifestyle. He drank almost continually, and was so seldom sober that nobody recognised him when he was. He described the "society of gourmets" as being an extremely egocentric and political one, where backstabbing and the nastier types of hypocrisy were common and expected. He had a nervous breakdown at one point, traced to exhaustion and overwork, as well as alcohol. I dimly remember that he had his "conversion experience" (a phrase as fraught with detestability as "relationship") a while after this time, and disappeared for about six months from the public eye. His attitudes about food changed dramatically. He decided that as a chef he had an obligation to avoid the more poisonous and known deadly recipes that he had been pushing. He also decided that it was unacceptable to continue with recipes that no one could afford to make. Finally, he toned down his "act" in order to let people know that he no longer thought that being a drunk was "funny" and that the sort of filthy language (his words) and crudity he had been famous for, he no longer considered to be healthy or right. (Oh - as for "deadly" I mean things that promote rapid obesity, or severe arteriosclerosis. That sort of thing. He also felt he had made food into a sort of idol, and wanted to avoid that.) Anyway, his behaviour was consistent with the revived dictates of his conscience, and it was very disappointing to him to discover that people didn't like HIM as much as the crude, funny, drunken gourmand he portrayed. Hmm. Sorry to bore you with all this. Hope I made it all a little clearer. -hutch
sieck@noscvax.UUCP (08/31/83)
OK all you tv buffs try these
In the series Yancy Derringer(sp) who played Yancy and who was his
Indian side kick?
Also who was the voice of Mr. Ed?
Dick Sieck
NOSC San Diego