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A non-character role is essentially a non-fiction television appearance. Examples include game show and talk show hosts, news anchors and correspondents, talk show guests, game show contestants, announcers, commentators, etc.Fictional characters...
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| Game Show Host | Profession | QI | Stephen Fry |
Game show host is a profession involving the hosting of game show.
List of famous game show hosts:
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| Job title | The Price Is Right | Bob Barker | |||
| Family Game | Bob Barker | ||||
| Truth or Consequences | Bob Barker | ||||
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Meredith Vieira | ||||
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| Game show announcer | Wer wird Millionär? | Günther Jauch | |||
| The Price Is Right | Johnny Olson | ||||
| The Price Is Right | Rod Roddy | ||||
| The Price Is Right | Rich Fields | ||||
| Contestant | QI | Alan Davies |
A contestant is someone who takes part in a competition, usually a professional competition or a game show on television. The participants competing against each other have to go through rounds. The winner may have to compete in later stages or...
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| 8 Out of 10 Cats | Sean Lock | ||||
| 8 Out of 10 Cats | Dave Spikey | ||||
| 8 Out of 10 Cats | Jason Manford | ||||
| Fear Factor | Ryan Seacrest | ||||
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| Newscaster | Job title | CBS Evening News | Katie Couric |
A person who presents the news on radio or television.
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| Profession | 60 Minutes | Katie Couric | |||
| Dateline NBC | Katie Couric | ||||
| CBS Evening News | Diane Sawyer | ||||
| 60 Minutes | Diane Sawyer | ||||
| VJ | Profession | The Wedge | Sook-Yin Lee |
A video jockey (usually abbreviated to "VJ", or sometimes "veejay") is an announcer who introduces and plays videos on commercial music television such as MTV, VH1 Canada's MuchMusic.Asia's Channel V
The term "video jockey" is a derivative of the...
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| Co-host | Job title | MythBusters | Adam Savage | ||
| MythBusters | Jamie Hyneman | ||||
| Penn & Teller: Bullshit! | Teller | ||||
| Penn & Teller: Bullshit! | Penn Jillette | ||||
| Remote Control | Kari Wührer | ||||
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| Impressionist | Profession | MADtv | Aries Spears |
An impressionist is a performer whose act consists of giving the "impression" of being someone else by imitating the other person's voice and mannerisms.
The word usually refers to a professional comedian who specializes in such performances, has...
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| Host | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Conan O'Brien | |||
| Yo Momma | Wilmer Valderrama | ||||
| Sessions at West 54th | David Byrne | ||||
| Sessions at West 54th | Christopher Douridas | ||||
| Sessions at West 54th | John Hiatt | ||||
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| Narrator | Fictional Character | Arrested Development | Ron Howard | ||
| Film character | How I Met Your Mother | Bob Saget | |||
| Planet Earth | David Attenborough | ||||
| Planet Earth | Sigourney Weaver | ||||
| Him/Herself | TV Character | Futurama | Al Gore | ||
| Fictional Character | I Love the '80s | Michael Ian Black | |||
| Special film performance type | I Love the '80s | Tom Arnold | |||
| Film character | Driven | Dina Lohan | |||
| Special TV performance type | The Apprentice | Donald Trump | |||
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Andy Richter |
A sidekick is a stock character, a close companion who assists a partner in a superior position. Sancho Panza in Don Quixote, Doctor Watson in Sherlock Holmes and Batman's companion Robin are some well-known sidekicks.
The origin of the term comes...
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| Bandleader | Profession | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Max Weinberg |
A bandleader is the leader of a band of musician. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays swing, jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and...
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| Musician | Profession |
A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:
A musician can be self-taught, or learned by formal education in a conservatory or by a private instructor or a guru.
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| Guest host | The Pat Sajak Show | Rush Limbaugh |
A guest host is a host, usually of a talk show, that substitutes for the regular host.
This phrase was popularized on The Tonight Show during Johnny Carson's 30-year reign as host from 1962 to 1992. Toward the end of his tenure, Carson was granted...
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| Late Show with David Letterman | Rush Limbaugh | ||||
| Good Day Live | Ryan Seacrest | ||||
| Larry King Live | Ryan Seacrest | ||||
| MADtv | Tyra Banks | ||||
| Celebrity guest | Match Game | Charles Nelson Reilly | |||
| Late Night with David Letterman | Howard Stern | ||||
| Late Night with David Letterman | Howard Stern | ||||
| Late Night with David Letterman | Howard Stern | ||||
| Late Night with David Letterman | Howard Stern | ||||
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