Since you say he was "all over TV" in the 70s and 80s, right away that means I don't know who he is, since that is when I grew up, and since my parents severely limited my TV watching. Being 37, I am someone who didn't get a chance to watch TV unfettered until college, in 1988, and even then, I couldn't afford to have a TV until around 1991. So there you go.