Rip Taylor

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Charles Elmer Rip Taylor Jr January 13 1931 October 6 2019 was an American actor and comedian known for his exuberance and flamboyant personality including his wild moustache toupee and his habit of showering himself and others with confetti Throughout the 1970s Taylor was a frequent celebrity guest panelist on TV game shows such as Hollywood Squares To Tell the Truth and The Gong Show and substituted for Charles Nelson Reilly on The Match Game He became a regular on Sid and Marty Kroffts Sigmund and the Sea Monsters playing Sheldon a seagenie who lived in a conch shell In addition Taylor was also a regular on The Brady Bunch Hour playing a role of neighborperformer Jack Merrill He also hosted a shortlived sendup of beauty pageants titled The 198 Beauty Show created by Gong Show producerhost Chuck Barris in 1978