Robert "Bob" Arbogast was an American radio broadcaster, voice actor, and television host.
17 Facts About Bob Arbogast
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Bob Arbogast's unit was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation and Bronze Star for bravery for a multi-ship raid into Tokyo Bay.
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Bob Arbogast was demoted from Signalman 3rd class to Seaman 1st class when his commanding officer told him to hop to it and Bob proceeded to jump up and down on the deck of the USS Brush.
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Bob Arbogast went to Chicago's WMAQ where he worked with Pete Robinson from 1951 to 1953 before moving to Los Angeles for a time, then returning to Illinois where he worked at WEAW in Evanston, Illinois.
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Bob Arbogast later worked at many stations in Los Angeles including KMPC from 1962 to 1967, KLAC in 1967, KFI in 1968, and KGBS in 1969.
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Bob Arbogast created the Question Man in Kansas City in 1951 and used it on the Poston Show in NY.
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In 1958, Bob Arbogast teamed with Stanley Ralph Ross to write and perform the hit 45 rpm single "Chaos, Parts 1 and 2," which when it came out, sold 10,000 copies in three days, and then was banned from radio play on the fourth day - when stations realized that it satirized "Top 40" radio.
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Bob Arbogast had numerous screen credits for cartoons and commercials and had appeared on television shows and in movies.
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Bob Arbogast did frequent uncredited voiceovers for Sesame Street segments.
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Bob Arbogast voiced several characters in the Hanna-Barbera series The Jetsons.
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Bob Arbogast won an Emmy as a writer for Stars of Jazz in 1958 and a Clio in the '70's, for the Highland Appliance Co.
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Bob Arbogast wrote for Sesame Street and The Pat Paulsen Show.
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Bob Arbogast has the dubious distinction of writing for the shortest-lived television show ever, Turn-On, which was canceled after one night because it satirized, among others, the Pope.
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Bob Arbogast co-starred with Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn in the motion picture The Falcon and the Snowman and he drove the bus in Linda Lovelace for President.
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Bob Arbogast was a jazz aficionado, Chicago Cubs and UCLA Bruins fan, and animal lover.
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Bob Arbogast's middle son John is a USC honors grad, a decorated Coast Guard officer, retired Los Angeles city park ranger, history teacher, city champion pole vault coach and assistant track and field coach at John Marshall High School.
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Bob Arbogast's youngest son Jerry is a UCLA graduate and a retired physical education teacher and tennis coach in the Los Angeles Unified School District.