Jon Bauman
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Jon "Bowzer" Bauman (born September 14, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York) was a member of the band Sha Na Na and a one-time game show host. Bauman's popular Sha Na Na character "Bowzer" (sometimes called "Bowzer J Bowzer") was a gangly greaser in a muscle shirt.
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Bauman started attending the Juilliard School at age 12, and is a graduate magna cum laude of Columbia University. After his heyday with Sha Na Na, Bauman was a VJ on the music channel VH-1 during its first two years. He has appeared on several television series such as Miami Vice and has also done voice-overs for animated series such as Animaniacs and animated feature films including My Little Pony: The Movie and Jetsons: The Movie. He also hosted the Hollywood Squares half of the Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour. He also hosted The Pop 'N Rocker Game, a weekly syndicated rock 'n' roll game show, a few weeks before MGHS premiered.
Jon Bauman Productions produced The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll, a ten-hour series for the A & E network.
Bauman currently tours extensively with his group, Bowzer and the Stingrays, at fairs, amusement parks, cruise ships and conventions all over the world.
Bauman lives in Los Angeles with his wife of 31 years, Mary, and their two children, Nora, 23, and Eli, 21. Nora just graduated and Eli is a sophomore at Columbia University.
| Preceded by Peter Marshall in the 1966 - 1981 version |
Jon Bauman - Host of The Hollywood Squares 1983 – 1984 |
Succeeded by John Davidson in the 1986 - 1989 version |
