Screw Steve Harvey. Ray Combs was the best host of Family Feud

[lobotomybeats]

This was from his last episode hosting the Feud. You could tell the guy didn't give a ****. Go to the 2:00 minute mark. Also, notice how Ray just walks off when the winning family is out there...

 

[green rhino123]

i preferred the og...the heavy drinking perv Richard Dawson

but Ray is #2

rip
much too soon

 

[antidope]

Steve Harvey is ruining Family Feud, dont get me started with that guy and his corny antics. They need to get rid of him YESTERDAY. I liked John O'Hurley as a host, Drew Carey too, anyone would be better than this guy. I have no idea how he keeps finding work.

 

[lobotomybeats]

I agree, Steve Harvey is awful. It also annoys me how he is constantly adjusting everyone's tie.

 

[datznasty]

I always imagined nobody but grandmom's and house wives watched Family Feud, just like "the stories." Guess I learn something new every day

 

[georgehimself]

At least Steve Harvey won't kill himself.

 

[futuremd]

I don't like Steve Harvey off GP for this reason alone. 

 

[laker4lifeman]

Never liked Steve no idea how he got a talk show. I guess he did a lot of sucking. the monkey argument is always

 

[antidope]

I always imagined nobody but grandmom's and house wives watched Family Feud, just like "the stories." Guess I learn something new every day

Game shows are 

. If my family ever got on FF we would dominate, the contestants really have clue.

Never liked Steve no idea how he got a talk show. I guess he did a lot of sucking. the monkey argument is always

I saw an episode of this like a week ago. 

, who in their right mind is taking relationship advice from this guy.

Steve Harvey show sucked too, everything he touches is horrible

 

[shoefreakbaby]

I always imagined nobody but grandmom's and house wives watched Family Feud, just like "the stories." Guess I learn something new every day

 

[pharelfor3]

Man I hate Steve Harvey. this dude couldn't wait to ge t off stage. A zero point round?? wow

 

[jesse pinkman]

His suits are 5XL. Pisses me off.

 

[air spider 777]

I dont understand how Steve Harvey is employed. lol


OG Richard Dawson was King. IMO

 

[Coupé It]

Has it been confirmed that Steve Harvey wore a wig/toupee those years?

 

[kiiing]

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Tetley tea bags > Lipton

 

[lobotomybeats]

I found this regarding Ray's death. Dude was not well (obviously). Ray apparently liked hitting head against walls and leaping from cars....

This article is updated today - June 11, 2007 with remarks from Ray's wife, Debra, stating, "I have never given this story to anyone except to answer authorities at the time and one interview with "People" magazine. I have read and heard many different versions and all of them are somewhat accurate but were mostly told by people who only slightly knew Ray but wanted the limelight. My children used to be upset by the inaccuracies but have learned to ignore them. I'll tell you the facts as I know them and you can tell whatever story you would like."

Ray apparently once wrote to David Letterman (in New York), “Dear David, How do I become a successful comic in Hollywood.” Letterman supposedly responded, “First, you move to Hollywood.” Ray moved to Hollywood and got a job doing warm up before tapings of Amen and Perfect Strangers. I guess Carson, who was recording in an adjacent soundstage, heard his act and gave Ray his chance on The Tonight Show.

Ray was hired to replace Richard Dawson on The New Family Feud. With his salary from the gig, he opened a couple of comedy clubs back home in Ohio. All seemed to be going his way, and when that is the case, usually there is an abrupt U turn.

The clubs went under, he was dropped from The Feud, and his marriage failed. Strike three. He moved out of the family home into a small apartment. He got into a car accident and hurt his back. I don't think he was very stable to begin with, so this was all too much for Ray.

He called his wife on the phone in a freak out. She calls 911 and he’s taken to the hospital. He was treated and released. As his wife was driving him home, he leapt from the car at a red light, and disappeared behind some houses.

A few hours later he shows up in front of his wife’s house. According to one report, she locks the doors and does not let the kids open the doors. Debra: I never the locked the doors or refused to let the kids open the doors. No doubt the kids need extensive therapy from that particular incident. Ray freaks and starts pounding his head into the wall. Wife calls the cops, and they show up. Ray claims he slipped in the Jacuzzi. He is taken to Glendale Adventist Hospital and places under 72 hour observation.

Now, the story according to Debra, who was there: He called me one night and we were just talking. He was a little sad and I believe just looking for someone to talk to. After a while it sounded like he was swallowing some pills and drinking water. He said he had taken some type of pill. (he had threatened suicide a couple of times). I got off the phone and called the police. They called a little later and advised me that they had taken him to the hospital.
Very early the next morning I got a call from Ray asking me to pick him up from the hospital which I did. He still seemed out of it and not very responsive. He was also barefoot since the police had taken him the night before without even his shoes. I decided to take him to my home because I thought he should have someone watching him. When he saw that I was taking him to my house he said he didn't want to go and was very agitated. I explained that I thought someone should be with him. The next stop we came too, he jumped out of the car. I tried to follow him but he had gone down the ramp to the freeway. I saw a woman pull over and give him a ride. I called his apartment and told his assistant what had happened and she said she would keep an eye on him. I also called his family in Ohio and advised them of the situation.

I then went home to my kids and got them ready for their softball games that day. My oldest daughter stayed home with the neighbor. While I was at the softball field, which was less than a mile from my house, a neighbor came up and told me that the police were at my house. I immediately went to the house and the police had Ray sitting on the porch and would not let me go around him. They said he had made threats against me and advised me that they were putting him in Glendale Adventist mental ward for a 72 hour observation. He had some cuts on his head that I later learned had happened at his apartment in his own Jacuzzi. His assistant said he had been hitting his head on the concrete part of the Jacuzzi. My oldest daughter had seen him driving up to our house and said he looked very strange.

That evening I started getting calls from Ray who was then in the mental ward saying that he wanted out. I talked to him numerous times and told him I would call the nurse. I did and explained to the hospital that he was calling and calling and a little out of control. They told me they had given him some sedatives and that he should be calming down. My friends had stayed with me until this point and it was getting late so we all went to bed.

I got up early the next morning for church and while I was folding the laundry there was a knock at the door. It was a woman from the coroner's office to tell me Ray had passed away.

Just after 4am on June 2, 1996 - Ray fashioned a noose from a bed sheet, and hanged himself in the closet of his hospital room.

He was only 40 years old.

 

[dakingii]

Steve Harvey show sucked too, everything he touches is horrible

Woah dont get carried away now, the show was dope

 

[mrkittles20]

Dawson was so pervy. I'd be at my grandparents house watching reruns of FF with them and I'd get incredibly uncomfortable on the husband's behalf when Dawson would come over and plant a long kiss on these wives.

 

[red is on nt]

I miss John O'Hurley.