RIP Edd Kookie Byrnes

[Smallpotatoes]

R.I.P. Edd Byrnes, the hip Kookie of 77 Sunset Strip

I'll always remember him more for his appearance on Married with Children.

 

[mpcincal]

Personally, I'll remember him as the host of "National Bandstand" in "Grease." Fortunately, Marty caught him trying to slip something in her drink.

 

[Songbird]

Marty lol if anyone should've had a spin-off sitcom ...

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I was a very little kid when this happened, but for about eight months to a year, Kookie was the biggest thing in show biz this side of Elvis and EVERY popular TV show, including Perry Mason, found a way to stick some teenage heartthrob (they hoped) into the cast.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

 

[playthrough]

File under "How life might have been different":

In 1980, when Merv Griffin was creating a new game show to be called Wheel of Fortune, he cast Byrnes as the host in the test pilot. The network asked for another host, and thus Pat Sajak's career began.

 

[Mr. Sluggo]

The Wheel debuted in 1975 with Chuck Woolery the original host. He lasted through 1981.

 

[da man]

You're the UTMOST!

 

[playthrough]

The Wheel debuted in 1975 with Chuck Woolery the original host. He lasted through 1981.

Aha. You should request a correction in the OP's link!