Hy Gardner
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Hy Gardner was a columnist for the New York Herald Tribune
, host of The Hy Gardner Show, and a regular panelist on the first incarnation of To Tell The Truth
. In 1957 Gardner also appeared on the show made up as a clown along with guest challenger (famous clown) Paul Jung. Gardner also played himself in the 1963 movie, The Girl Hunters
with writer/friend Mickey Spillane
.
In the early 1950s, New York Herald Tribune entertainment reporter and syndicated columnist Hy Gardner began interviewing celebrities on the radio on his own show, "Hy Gardner Calling." Gardner's television interviews began in 1954 and continued until 1965. In 1953, Miss Marilyn Boshnick became Hy Gardner's secretary. They were married in 1958. At that time, Gardner was the interviewer of the guests on Spike Jones
's short-lived Club Oasis
comedy/variety show on NBC
.
After split-screen interviews were replaced by in-studio interviews, the show was renamed the "Hy Gardner Show." The Herald Tribune folded in 1966, and Hy and Marilyn Gardner moved from New York City to Miami
, Florida
. The "Hy Gardner Show" continued on television, and "Celebrity Party" debuted on radio. Interviews continued until the mid-1980s. When Hy Gardner died in 1989, his obituary in The New York Times
was headlined "Hy Gardner, 80, Gossip Columnist And a Celebrity in His Own Right."
New York Herald Tribune
The New York Herald Tribune was a daily newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald.Other predecessors, which had earlier merged into the New York Tribune, included the original The New Yorker newsweekly , and the Whig Party's Log Cabin.The paper was home to...
, host of The Hy Gardner Show, and a regular panelist on the first incarnation of To Tell The Truth
To Tell the Truth
To Tell the Truth is an American television panel game show created by Bob Stewart and produced by Goodson-Todman Productions that has aired in various forms since 1956 both on networks and in syndication...
. In 1957 Gardner also appeared on the show made up as a clown along with guest challenger (famous clown) Paul Jung. Gardner also played himself in the 1963 movie, The Girl Hunters
The Girl Hunters
The Girl Hunters is a British-made film, adapted from the 1962 Mickey Spillane pulp novel The Girl Hunters.Mickey Spillane played Mike Hammer, one of the few occasions in film history in which an author of a popular literary hero has portrayed his own character. It also starred Bond girl Shirley...
with writer/friend Mickey Spillane
Mickey Spillane
Frank Morrison Spillane , better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American author of crime novels, many featuring his signature detective character, Mike Hammer. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally...
.
In the early 1950s, New York Herald Tribune entertainment reporter and syndicated columnist Hy Gardner began interviewing celebrities on the radio on his own show, "Hy Gardner Calling." Gardner's television interviews began in 1954 and continued until 1965. In 1953, Miss Marilyn Boshnick became Hy Gardner's secretary. They were married in 1958. At that time, Gardner was the interviewer of the guests on Spike Jones
Spike Jones
Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and other Warner Brothers cartoon characters, performed a drunken, hiccuping verse for 1942's "Clink! Clink! Another Drink"...
's short-lived Club Oasis
Club Oasis
Club Oasis is a 24-episode half-hour comedy-variety show, set in a chic simulated nightclub, which appeared on NBC in the 1957–1958 television season. The series alternated with The Polly Bergen Show in the 9 p.m. EST time slot on Saturday evenings...
comedy/variety show on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
.
After split-screen interviews were replaced by in-studio interviews, the show was renamed the "Hy Gardner Show." The Herald Tribune folded in 1966, and Hy and Marilyn Gardner moved from New York City to Miami
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. The "Hy Gardner Show" continued on television, and "Celebrity Party" debuted on radio. Interviews continued until the mid-1980s. When Hy Gardner died in 1989, his obituary in The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
was headlined "Hy Gardner, 80, Gossip Columnist And a Celebrity in His Own Right."