Blake Emmons
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Blake Emmons is a Canadian
country music
singer and entertainer.
Emmons is famous in Canada for his music, as well as his hosting of the 1974 CTV series Funny Farm
, the Canadian answer to Hee Haw
.
Emmons also co-hosted the Nashville syndicated music show "The Country Place" with Jim Ed Brown for Show Biz Inc. in the 70's.
In 1985, Emmons appeared on the American game show The Joker's Wild
as a contestant. He later hosted the game show Chain Reaction
on September 29, 1986, which aired on Global Television Network
in Canada and on USA Network
in the United States. Emmons chose not to continue as host after the first series of shows due to the fact the shows were produced in Montreal rather than California as originally agreed to. Emmons was replaced by Geof Edwards .
Emmons has appeared in many sit-com and popular tv series in the 80's such as Alice, Mary Tyler Moore, and TV Bloopers and Blunders for Dick Clark as well as hosting the "Playboy Shopping Show" on the Playboy channel.
Emmons appeared nationally on CBC Television
's Countrytime in the early 1970s. In the mid-seventies Emmons hosted the ACT Telethon in Edmonton in support of Camp HE-HO-HA for disabled children. He also was instrumental in creating and hosted the Kinsmen Telemiracle telethon in Saskatchewan
for several years beginning in 1978, and remained involved for some time afterwards. Emmons played the male lead "Sherrif Ed EarL Dodd" in the Broadway production "The Best Little Whore House in Texas" in New York as well as the New York Theatrical Production road tour for one year.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer and entertainer.
Emmons is famous in Canada for his music, as well as his hosting of the 1974 CTV series Funny Farm
Funny Farm (TV series)
The Funny Farm was a Canadian television series shown on CTV during the 1974-1975 season.Blake Emmons was host of the half-hour series, which was derivative of the more successful American Hee Haw series. The first episode was broadcast on September 12, 1974 and only one season was produced...
, the Canadian answer to Hee Haw
Hee Haw
Hee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on CBS-TV from 1969–1971 before a 20-year run in local syndication. The show was inspired by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the major difference being...
.
Emmons also co-hosted the Nashville syndicated music show "The Country Place" with Jim Ed Brown for Show Biz Inc. in the 70's.
In 1985, Emmons appeared on the American game show The Joker's Wild
The Joker's Wild
The Joker's Wild is an American television game show that aired at different times during the 1970s through the 1990s. Contestants answered questions based on categories that were determined randomly by a mechanism resembling a slot machine....
as a contestant. He later hosted the game show Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction (game show)
Chain Reaction is an American game show created by Bob Stewart, in which players compete to form chains composed of two-word phrases.The show aired three separate runs: Bill Cullen hosted the original series on NBC from January 14 to June 20, 1980...
on September 29, 1986, which aired on Global Television Network
Global Television Network
Global Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...
in Canada and on USA Network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
in the United States. Emmons chose not to continue as host after the first series of shows due to the fact the shows were produced in Montreal rather than California as originally agreed to. Emmons was replaced by Geof Edwards .
Emmons has appeared in many sit-com and popular tv series in the 80's such as Alice, Mary Tyler Moore, and TV Bloopers and Blunders for Dick Clark as well as hosting the "Playboy Shopping Show" on the Playboy channel.
Emmons appeared nationally on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
's Countrytime in the early 1970s. In the mid-seventies Emmons hosted the ACT Telethon in Edmonton in support of Camp HE-HO-HA for disabled children. He also was instrumental in creating and hosted the Kinsmen Telemiracle telethon in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
for several years beginning in 1978, and remained involved for some time afterwards. Emmons played the male lead "Sherrif Ed EarL Dodd" in the Broadway production "The Best Little Whore House in Texas" in New York as well as the New York Theatrical Production road tour for one year.
Singles
| Year | Single | CAN Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | "You're My Woman" | 19 |
| 1971 | "Deadest Man Living" | 41 |
| 1976 | "Let Me Do Something Lord" | 9 |
| "Sunchild" | 29 |