I just found out that Jay Johnson, the guy from "Soap" hosted a gameshow called Celebrity Charades. Now let my ask the quick and obvious question: Was he accompanied by Bob?

If you're talking about a dummy named Bob since Johnson was indeed a ventriloquist (in case anyone out there didn't know), no, he wasn't. However, there was a dummy that accompanied him named "Squeaky." The dummy was even given co-host billing (no, not Johnson; Squeaky!).

A pretty lame idea, if you ask me, to have a dummy on a game show like this, and even weirder to have actual conversations between the host, the celebrities, and the dummy. Hmm...wonder why this show tanked? :)

Anthony

Not to put too fine a spin on this, but remember that "Bob" was the fictional character in the sitcom Soap. Squeaky is the same block of wood, and is simply the dummy's...uh...real name.

ObMusicals: Jay Johnson's teenage son recently had a part in his high school's production of City of Angels. Just one more odd fact I picked up on my California trip.

Ny guess as to why Celeberty Charades tanked falls squarely on the dummy(Squeaky). Any attempt to lighten up an already light-hearted celeberty panel game would lean it towards an improv type of show. At least, that's my gist of it anyway.