The Resume

(January 17, 1939- )
Hosted 'Current Affair' and 'Twenty-One'
Hosts 'Maury'

Why he might be annoying:

After his show promised not to embarrass the guests in order to take daytime talk shows to a higher road, his ratings dropped.
He started exploiting his guests with 'fat babies,' 'teenagers going to boot camp' and the 'guess if I am a man or woman' segments.
His father's name was Shirley (a famous sports writer).
He is known for being the first television trash journalist (Current Affair).
He was accused of sexual harrassment (April 25, 2006).

Why he might not be annoying:

In a Playboy interview, he said of himself that 'his voice is bad, his nose is too big and his face is like a road map.'
He is married to news anchor, Connie Chung.
He was a Washington Senators batboy.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 30 Rock - Cameos
• Batboys
• Bernard Goldberg's 100 People Who are Screwing Up America (Ranked: 31)
• Best Week Ever's 10 Best Pregnancy Announcements [2007]; (Ranked: 2)
• Entertainers Loved by Trailer Trash
• Estately's D-List Celebrity Most Googled In Each State [2016] (Ranked: 51)
• Game Show Hosts
• How I Met Your Mother - Guest Stars
• Howard Stern's WWOR Show
• I Adopted a Child
• I Attended University of Pennsylvania
• I Married in 1984
• I Married Outside My Race
• I Sang on 'We Are Family' for 9/11 Victims
• I Sat in the Commanders Owner's Box
• In Living Color Parodied My Video
• Michael McDonald's Mad TV Impersonations
• Profiles 1001-1250 (Ranked: 1007)
• Ratman's Most Annoying (Ranked: 21)
• Residents of the Dakota
• Stuttering John Interviewed Me for Howard Stern's WWOR Show
• Talk Show Hosts
• TiVo's Top 10 Most Unforgettable Moments [2006] (Ranked: 10)
• Trashy Talk Show Hosts
• USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2000] (Ranked: 95)
• White Men Loved by Blacks
• Witnesses at Michael Jackson's Trial [2005]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 31 Votes: 41.94% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 92 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 15 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 46 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 341 Votes: 70.09% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 25 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 51 Votes: 82.35% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 78 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 53 Votes: 66.04% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 78 Votes: 75.64% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 145 Votes: 75.86% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 804 Votes: 68.41% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 323 Votes: 69.04% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 489 Votes: 68.51% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 931 Votes: 67.99% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2394 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 9909 Votes: 78.18% Annoying