Mike Darow

Mike Darow (born Darow Myhowich; January 8, 1933 – December 7, 1996) was a Canadian-born television game show host. He is best known for hosting the 1968–1970 ABC run of Dream House in the United States, the 1985–1988 Canada-produced run of the Bob Stewart game show, Jackpot (seen in the U.S. on the USA Network), and Club 6 from 1960 to 1962.

He also hosted the first season of the game show

Tic Tac Dough

. He also hosted the game show Bluff in 1976 and A Go Go '66 in 1966. He also hosted the Canadian game show Going Places from 1973 to 1980.

Darow also worked as an on-air disc jockey in the early 1960s in

MDA Labor Day Telethon,^[3] as well as emceeing the annual ACT Telerama for CFRN in Edmonton

.

Darow died on December 7, 1996, aged 63. He was laid to rest in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[4]^[where?]

References

^ "Mike Darow And The Chums – The Battle Of Queenston Heights/The Tea Taster (1959, Vinyl)" – via www.discogs.com.
^ "CHUM Hit Parade - July 27, 1959".
^ Opening of 1989 Canadian Jerry Lewis Telethon, archived from the original on 2021-12-13, retrieved 2019-08-07
^ "Mike Darow's grave site memorial". findagrave.com.

External links

Mike Darow profile at The CHUM Tribute site
Mike Darow at
IMDb
Mike Darow discography at Discogs

Preceded by First Host	Host of Dream House 1968 – 1970	Succeeded by Bob Eubanks (1983-1984)
Preceded by Geoff Edwards (1974-1975)	Host of Jackpot 1985 – 1988	Succeeded by Geoff Edwards (1989-1990)

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[1] "Mike Darow And The Chums – The Battle Of Queenston Heights/The Tea Taster (1959, Vinyl)" – via www.discogs.com.

[2] "CHUM Hit Parade - July 27, 1959".

[3] Opening of 1989 Canadian Jerry Lewis Telethon, archived from the original on 2021-12-13, retrieved 2019-08-07

[4] "Mike Darow's grave site memorial". findagrave.com.

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