When it came to TV Co-Hosts, DURWOOD KIRBY was KING!

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Fans of "Rocky & Bullwinkle" will remember the "Kirwood Derby", which would give its wearer unlimited knowledge. That was a take-off on Durwood Kirby's name, - Wayne

TV Funnyman Durward Kirby Dies

By PAT LEISNER

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) March 16, 2000 - Versatile TV funnyman Durward Kirby, who for years played second banana on "The Garry Moore Show" and for a time was co-host of "Candid Camera," has died at age 88.

Kirby died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at Shell Pointe Village Pavillion, a nursing home in Fort Myers in southwest Florida, his son, Randall Kirby, said Thursday.

Starting out in radio in the Midwest, the tall (6-foot-4), blond Kirby teamed up with Moore off and on for 30 years, serving as announcer and performer on Moore's early, live "The Garry Moore Show" on CBS-TV in 1950-51 and the highly successful variety show of the same name that ran from 1958-64 and 1966-67.

The variety show was known for making a star of Carol Burnett and for its nostalgia segments, called "That Wonderful Year."

Kirby was co-host of "Candid Camera" from 1961-66. The show created by Allen Funt, which secretly filmed unsuspecting citizens in amusing situations, had at one point been a segment of "The Garry Moore Show." Kirby occasionally took part in the pranks.

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[meegbear]

1. I remember learning about him on a documentary on Bullwinkle...

he was going to sue the cartoon for using his name and the producers said Please do! We'd love the publicity. He ultimately decided against it.

[CO Liberal]

2. I Remember When That Happened

It was around 1960. I remember thinking that Durwood Kirby was a spoilsoprt.