Monday, January 4, 2010

On Today's Show


 

Talk to USO President Sloan Gibson as he tells your listeners how they can get involved to help our brave soldiers overseas throughout the year.  He'll also be able to talk about the "Salute The Troops" Bowl Game and what makes this game so memorable for our nation's troops during this Holiday season.  Every community has a young man or woman serving their country through the military – let's make sure they know we're thinking about them from the home front! 

Mr. Gibson will share with listeners:


  • Highlights from the special game;
  • How this event impacted the troops overseas;



Chris Knight  ("Peter Brady")  Consumer Electronics Show  LAS VEGAS
Christopher Anton Knight (born November 7, 1957; New York City, New York) is an Americanactor best known for playing Peter Brady on the 1970s series, The Brady Bunch. He has since gone on to become a successful businessman and has enjoyed a semi-resurgence in the public eye with recent TV appearances. His father, Edward Knight, is also an actor. He is married to reality TV star Adrianne Curry.   Since the end of his Brady Bunch appearances, Knight's acting career consisted mostly of making guest appearances on other television shows. He also helped create a Brady Bunch computer game and involved in the IT industry, according to a TV Land documentary about the Brady Bunch. Knight appeared on a special episode of The Weakest Link TV show that featured the cast of the Brady Bunch squaring off against each other. In the end, Knight won the show with the proceeds ($49,000) going to his selected charity, Zero Population Growth Continuing to pursue TV opportunities, Knight appeared on VH1's fourth season of The Surreal Life. The show garnered Knight more attention than he had received in quite some time, in part by appearing shirtless on the show and revealing a well-built body. During his stint on the show, he began a romance with a castmate, model Adrianne Curry, winner of America's next top model cycle 1, who is almost 25 years younger than Knight. After the show, the two moved in together and got engaged, as documented on the VH1 series My Fair Brady, which premiered on September 11, 2005. The series was renewed for another season, and the couple wed in Curry's hometown of Joliet, Illinois on May 29, 2006 in a Gothic style wedding. Knight was also featured in music video for the group Click Fivefor the song "Just the Girl", in which he played a high school teacher. He also appeared in the Click Five's music video for "Catch Your Wave" as the hotel manager.  In 2006, Knight became spokesperson for the Ab Lounge exercise machine. Christopher Knight and his former Brady Bunch co-star Barry Williams appeared in a 2006 episode of That '70s Show. He and Williams played the part of a gay couple who moved in next door. The two have remained close friends since their Brady Bunch days, and Williams appeared several times on My Fair Brady. Florence Henderson, who played the mother Carol Brady, Susan Olsen, who played Cindy Brady on the Brady Bunch, and Mike Lookinland, who played Bobby Brady, also appeared in an episode of My Fair Brady. In one episode, Knight expressed how important it was for Adrianne to accept his close relationship with his former Brady Bunch co-stars.  Knight was a participant in VH-1's I Love The '70s: Volume II mini series. He and his family and friends appeared on the season finale of NBC's Celebrity Family Feud on July 29, 2008.  During the 2008-2009 television season, Knight was host of the syndicated game show, Trivial Pursuit: America Plays. Knight also is currently host of a series of Jonathan Goodson-produced game show specials for the Michigan Lottery, Make Me Rich; the first one is scheduled for October 16, 2009, with a second scheduled for February 2010.

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