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Johnny Jacobs
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<h2 id="early-life">Early life</h2> <p>He was born in <a href="/facts/Wisconsin/XvyqH6vN">Wisconsin</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="early-career">Early career</h2> <h3>Radio</h3> <p>Jacobs was the announcer for <i>The Steve Allen Show</i> on <a href="/facts/CBS/BhMsVoej">CBS</a> in 1950. The program was a summer replacement for <i><a href="/facts/Our_Miss_Brooks/VCY579sD">Our Miss Brooks</a></i>, which starred <a href="/facts/Eve_Arden/bALfUy60">Eve Arden</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> In 1952–1953, he was the announcer for <i><a href="/facts/The_Doris_Day_Show_(radio_program)/DlMsRD8F">The Doris Day Show</a></i> on CBS.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> In 1955, he was the announcer for the <i>Gary Crosby Show</i> on CBS.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h3>Television</h3> <p>In the early 1950s, he was the emcee of a television show called <i>Bachelor's Haven</i>. Also, he was the original announcer for the last season of <i><a href="/facts/I_Love_Lucy/NPzCmtXo">I Love Lucy</a></i>, in 1956. He was a regular on <a href="/facts/Betty_White/JDUCvuQ0">Betty White</a>'s comedy show in 1958 and did announcing work for the early 1960s revival of <i><a href="/facts/The_Steve_Allen_Show/Dx2KyVeA">The Steve Allen Show</a></i>. Other shows he worked on included the <i><a href="/facts/Gene_Autry/KVfDUe2n">Gene Autry</a> Show</i> and the <i><a href="/facts/Dinah_Shore/PNXXIELj">Dinah Shore</a> Show</i>. Throughout his career, he occasionally acted in television shows, making guest appearances on <i><a href="/facts/Batman_(TV_series)/rAEUuHfI">Batman</a></i> (episode 3), <i><a href="/facts/Leave_It_to_Beaver/dNBEL2B1">Leave It to Beaver</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/The_Munsters/vAMCGy84">The Munsters</a></i>. He also appeared, as himself, in <i><a href="/facts/The_Gong_Show_Movie/eDBNdoKJ">The Gong Show Movie</a></i>. </p> <h2 id="game-shows-and-final-years">Game shows and final years</h2> <p>He was the first announcer for <i><a href="/facts/The_Joker%27s_Wild/Fgkdt3wU">The Joker's Wild</a></i>, which starred <a href="/facts/Jack_Barry_(game_show_host)/pYDQmCfK">Jack Barry</a> and debuted on <a href="/facts/CBS/BhMsVoej">CBS</a> in 1972. Barry employed Jacobs to announce many such Jack Barry/<a href="/facts/Barry_%26_Enright_Productions/6DTKc0SP">Barry & Enright Productions</a> game shows during the early to middle 1970s as <i><a href="/facts/Blank_Check_(game_show)/6TDTWvWV">Blank Check</a></i>, the 1976 ABC run of <a href="/facts/Break_the_Bank_(1976_game_show)/UsHW6lL8"><i>Break The Bank</i></a>, and <i><a href="/facts/Hollywood%27s_Talking/hVCu4gmd">Hollywood's Talking</a></i> for CBS. </p><p>Most notably, however, <a href="/facts/Chuck_Barris/nl9aKqqL">Chuck Barris</a> employed Jacobs's voice talents on the aforementioned <i><a href="/facts/The_Newlywed_Game/QI5sIXxk">The Newlywed Game</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/The_Dating_Game/W4jul2c6">The Dating Game</a></i>, and also for other such Barris productions as <i><a href="/facts/The_Gong_Show/yC2dpd73">The Gong Show</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Three%27s_a_Crowd_(game_show)/Fmzv5M2y">Three's a Crowd</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/The_$1.98_Beauty_Show/vSzMJn08">The $1.98 Beauty Show</a></i>. His last job was announcing a Barris-produced version of <i><a href="/facts/Treasure_Hunt_(US_game_show)/mcYm7lyr">Treasure Hunt</a></i> which was syndicated during the 1981-82 season (Jacobs had also announced the 1970s syndicated version of <i>Treasure Hunt</i> as well). However, illness forced him to step down from this version of <i>Treasure Hunt</i> by late 1981, and he was replaced by frequent Barris fill-in announcer Tony McClay. </p><p>Jacobs died in <a href="/facts/Stockton,_California/tUa4As3A">Stockton, California</a>, where he owned radio station <a href="/facts/KWG_radio/xGsudIJw">KWG</a>, at the age of 65.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="filmography">Filmography</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>1951-1957</td><td><i><a href="/facts/I_Love_Lucy/NPzCmtXo">I Love Lucy</a></i></td><td>Announcer</td><td>32 episodes, Uncredited</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td><i>Deep Adventure</i></td><td>Narrator</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1963</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Leave_It_to_Beaver/dNBEL2B1">Leave It to Beaver</a></i></td><td>Mr. Thornton</td><td>Episode: "Beaver on TV"</td></tr><tr><td>1966</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Batman_(TV_series)/rAEUuHfI">Batman</a></i></td><td>Asst. Shop Owner</td><td>Episode: "<a href="/facts/Fine_Feathered_Finks/tQ9Lz3jH">Fine Feathered Finks</a>"</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414479/">Johnny Jacobs</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"How to Detect Shoddy Wikipedia Entries", Ryan Jacobs, August 13, 2014, Pacific-Standard <a href="https://psmag.com/environment/how-to-detect-shoddy-wikipedia-entries-87699" target="_blank">https://psmag.com/environment/how-to-detect-shoddy-wikipedia-entries-87699</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Morse, Leon (July 1, 1950). "The Steve Allen Show". Billboard. p. 37. Retrieved 14 April 2015. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=m_UDAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Steve+Allen%22+%22Johnny+Jacobs%22&pg=PA37" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=m_UDAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Steve+Allen%22+%22Johnny+Jacobs%22&pg=PA37</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved 2019-09-16. <a href="978-0-19-507678-3" target="_blank">978-0-19-507678-3</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Looie, Gary Crosby Hot". The Pittsburgh Courier. September 24, 1955. p. 15. Retrieved April 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2213240/gary_crosby_show/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2213240/gary_crosby_show/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Obituaries". upi.com. United Press International. 8 Feb 1982. <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/02/08/Obituaries/2098381992400/" target="_blank">https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/02/08/Obituaries/2098381992400/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>