Ray Combs Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

I'm real excited about being on CBS and hosting this show. I have been studying all of the great CBS shows. I think I'm prepared, so if you're ready, let's have the first item up for bids.

Never get into an argument with a schizophrenic person and say, "Who do you think you are?"

You know, I've done this show for six years, and this could be the first time that I had a person that actually got no points, and I think it's a damn fine way to go out. I thought I was a loser until you walked up here; you made me feel like a man.

Trivia

His English teacher had encouraged him to pursue a career in comedy.

He once wrote to David Letterman and asked, "How do you get to be a successful comic in Hollywood?" David Letterman responded, "First, you move to Hollywood."

On July 4, 1988, he was introduced formally to America as the new host of Family Feud.

He was 5'8".

He owned a comedy club, called CaddyCombs, in Cincinnati, OH, but it went out of business after a dispute with his business partner.

Began hosting a Game Show called Family Challenge in 1995, but the show never became popular.