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Douglas Donald "Doug" Davidson (born October 24, 1954 in Glendale, California) is an American television actor. He has portrayed private investigator Paul Williams on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless since May 1978, making him the series' senior male cast member.
On September 12, 1994, he began hosting a five-night-a-week, syndicated, half hour version of the game show The New Price Is Right, but the show was canceled just four and a half months later on January 27, 1995. Davidson was one of a few people given an audition to replace Bob Barker after his retirement from The Price Is Right in 2007, a role which ultimately went to Drew Carey. Davidson has also hosted the live stage show adaptation, The Price Is Right Live!, at Harrah's-owned casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada.
From 1998 through 2003, Davidson served as a host of the annual Tournament of Roses Parade. Davidson appeared as captain of the The Young and the Restless team when they played for charity on Family Feud in the early 1990s.
Robert William "Bob" Barker (born December 12, 1923) is a former American television game show host. He is best known for hosting CBS's The Price Is Right from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime game show in North American television history, and for hosting Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1975.
Born in Washington to modest circumstances, Barker enlisted in the United States Navy on the outbreak of World War II. Barker worked part-time in radio while he attended college. In 1950, Barker moved to California in order to pursue a career in broadcasting. He was given his own radio show, The Bob Barker Show, which ran for the next six years out of Burbank. Barker began his game show career in 1956, hosting Truth or Consequences. From there, he hosted various game shows as well as the Miss Universe pageants. Eventually, he hosted The Price Is Right, beginning in 1972. When his wife Dorothy Jo died, Barker became an advocate for animal rights. Since then, Barker has been a long-time supporter of animal rights, and of animal-rights activism, including groups such as the United Activists for Animal Rights and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. In 2007, Barker retired from hosting The Price Is Right after celebrating his 50-year career on television.
Actors: Dick Van Patten (actor), Christian Kane (actor), Kevin Haberer (writer), Kevin Haberer (editor), Kevin Haberer (actor), Kevin Haberer (producer), Kevin Haberer (writer), Kevin Haberer (actor), Jennifer Clary (producer), Jennifer Clary (actress), Jennifer Clary (writer), Jennifer Clary (director), Sarah Blandford (actress), Josh Blandford (actor),
Plot: The Christmas Conspiracy is a holiday tale from the town of Bedsbottom about finding hope in a perpetually troubled world. When Mrs. Duckett overhears that the community's youth doubt Santa's existence, she mobilizes Bedsbottom's leaders for an emergency intervention on Christmas Eve. The group's well intentioned conspiracy goes awry, drastically reducing the probability of a joyful holiday in Bedsbottom. Faced with disaster, Mrs. Duckett and her disheartened accomplices hope for a miracle to save Christmas.
Keywords: children, christmas, claymation, holiday, santa, stop-motion, surrealismActors: Andrew Stevens (actor), Alan Sacks (producer), Vincent Sherman (director), Armin Shimerman (actor), Linda Purl (actress), Nicholas Guest (actor), Charles Bernstein (composer), Robert Townsend (actor), Paul Gleason (actor), Jim Green (producer), Ken Olin (actor), Al Corley (actor), Jack Blessing (actor), James Mitchell (actor), Allen S. Epstein (producer),
Genres: Drama,