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the staples of trash TV became officially commonplace. The show had hard R/TV-MA-DLSV (18 by UK and
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Among his roles on stage are Hamlet (title role) As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Troilus and
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Springer" and showing Jerry in his "Bad Neighbors" segment, a reference to Springer's show being the
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in views) was a combination of entertainment, that incorporated the local news (sometimes Lauer and Bey would talk to Reg Wells, Rolland Smith, Brenda
Blackmon, on select telecasts, telesync), setting the stage for the likes of
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December 2013 he hosted the morning show in the final weeks of WWRL before it switched to Spanish language broadcasting.
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members. During some shows, there would be a secret word ("Bey's Phrase That Pays"). If an audience member used it in a comment, he would receive $ 100, an homage to a prior talk and game show,
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that, even though his show had high ratings and he himself had a brand-new contract, "the day after airs, I'm called into the office and told that we're going out of production."
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