1. Chris Bearde created the format for the original Gong Show and a number of network and pay-cable comedy series including That's My Mama and Sherman Oaks.
12 Facts About Chris Bearde
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Chris Bearde created two shows for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Front and Centre and Canada's first late night political satire show Nightcap.
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Blye and Chris Bearde created a summer series, The Who Is Ray Stevens Show, which featured the first appearance of Steve Martin.
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Blye and Chris Bearde created and produced one of the first black situation comedies, That's My Mama, for ABC.
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Chris Bearde directed a comedy film called Hysterical, released in 1983, starring The Hudson Brothers.
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Clark and Chris Bearde co-produced Chris Bearde's lip sync hit series Puttin' on the Hits in 1985.
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Chris Bearde formed a co-production partnership with Vin Di Bona, the producer of America's Funniest Home Videos.
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Chris Bearde created and produced HBO's cult series satirizing television news Night Rap and Showtime's comedy hit Sherman Oaks.
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Chris Bearde has received an Emmy Award, and a Writers Guild of America Award.
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Chris Bearde died at his home in Westlake Village, California of a cardiac arrest on 23 April 2017 at the age of 80.
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Chris Bearde is survived by his wife Carolyn Stonecloud, 6 children, 2 step children and 7 grandchildren.