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Mike Wallace

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The Resume

    (May 9, 1918-April 7, 2012)
    Birth name is Myron Leon Wallace
    Correspondent on '60 Minutes' (1968-2006)
    Host of 'The 20th Century' on the History Channel
    Television pioneer starring in 'Stand by For Crime (1949)'
    Quiz emcee for 'Majority Rules (1949-50),' 'Guess Again (1951),' 'Who's the Boss (1954),' 'The Big Surprise (1956-57)' and 'Who Pays (1959)'
    Narrator of the landmark series 'Biography (1961-64)'
    Narrator of 'The Green Hornet' and 'The Lone Ranger' on radio
    Multi Emmy winner

Why he might be annoying:

    He suffered from depression.
    He was probably the most boring monotone interviewer on TV.
    He rarely displayed emotion, and was basically a corpse when he was not asking the questions.
    He was married three times.
    He had a brief stint as a Broadway actor.
    His journalistic credentials and tactics were questioned at times.
    Twice he was entangled in libel cases. His report about Colonel Herbert, questioned a whistle blower's veracity about war crimes. Herbert sued Wallace's producer.
    When Wallace interviewed General William Westmoreland for the CBS Reports documentary 'The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception,' an investigation of the documentary charged that the producers had violated standards of fairness, and Westmoreland sued the network. The charges Wallace aired ...'conspiracy to cover-up the size of Viet Cong troop strength.'
    He was handcuffed and arrested after a dispute with a TLC inspector who was talking to his double parked driver (August 11, 2004).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He studied broadcasting at the University of Michigan and began an acting and announcing career in 1939.
    He served in the Navy from 1943 to 1946.
    He had the reputation as a bruising inquisitor who gave his subjects 'Mike fright' (until he got old).
    He narrated a lot of different documentaries.
    He spent over 50 years in broadcasting.

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 70 Votes: 41.43% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 76 Votes: 46.05% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 136 Votes: 55.15% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 53.12% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 45 Votes: 37.78% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 87 Votes: 74.71% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 160 Votes: 60.62% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 273 Votes: 60.81% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 808 Votes: 65.10% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 896 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1687 Votes: 69.12% Annoying