Fergie Olver is a well-known name in Canada. He was a Canadian television game show host. He is mostly popular for co-hosting the 1980s children’s game show Just Like Mom along with his wife Catherine Swing. Oliver also worked as a broadcaster and reporter for a Canadian baseball team, named Toronto Blue Jays. This controversial host hosted a children’s game show,’ Just Like Mom,’ on Canadian TV in the 1980s. The program’s purpose was through question-and-answer sessions to find out which child and mother knew each other best. With his wife, Catherine Swing, Fergie co-hosted the show. The show also involved their daughters, Emily and Alison.
While it was legal in Canada, Fergie critics and television audiences criticised him for forcing underage girls into giving him kisses. Olver Fergie Olver was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada in the 1940’s. Despite being a TV personality, Fergie never disclosed any details about his family background. Olver holds Canadian nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. We do not know much about the early life and family history of Fergie Olver. However, he began watching TV at the age of five. He particularly watched game shows with his mother, who had a dream of competing in one.
Fergie spent his childhood in Moose Jaw, where his parents raised him. He graduated from Moose Jaw High School, where he played tennis as well. After that, he did not attend college. A native of Moose Jaw, he got married in 1986 to Susan Wheeler. However, he was married to Catherine Swing before this. He’s got three kids.
Stay updated on the life and career of Fergie Olver, from his biography to his net worth. Discover his family, wife, children, and current status, and find out what happened to him. Read on to learn more.
Fergie Olver Age
Fergie Olver was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada in the mid-1940s. He spent his childhood in Moose Jaw where his parents raised him. Fergie began watching TV at the age of five. He especially watched game shows with his mother. Therefore, he had a dream of participating in one. He graduated from Moose Jaw High School, where he also played tennis. However, he didn’t attend college afterwards.
Career
We know very little about Fergie’s life prior to his rise to fame on television. However, he has not talked a lot about his childhood, family, and education. Initially, Fergie Olver pursued a sports career as an outfielder in baseball minor leagues. After that he was with Saskatoon/Medicine Hat in the semi-pro Western Baseball League. He became one of the well-known faces of Major League Baseball in Canada. He also played in the old Western Major Baseball League.
Sports Caster
In the 1960s, he moved from sports to broadcasting, and began a new career in the Moose Jaw/Regina area. Fergie joined CFCF-TV in Montreal in 1969, and later shifted to CFTO-TV in Toronto.
He joined Toronto Blue Jays’ baseball crew as a broadcaster and dugout reporter in 1981. However, he continued in this post till 1996, and stayed with them during the next 15 years. The Blue Jays went on to become World Series Champions in both 1992 and 1993. Therefore, several networks including BBS and CTV aired Fergie’s broadcasts. He received a Ford C. Frick Award nomination in 2004, given to a broadcaster who has contributed the most to baseball. Having joined the Blue Jays in their initial years, he witnessed all their glory days that included clinching the World Series titles in 1992 and 1993. He also covered their games on CTV, TSN, and BBS channels. He appeared as a member of the press in the 1971 film ‘Face-Off’ where he covered a hockey team.
Just Like Mom
In 1981, Fergie began hosting the “Just Like Mom” kids’ game show during its second season, together with his wife Catherine Swing, the creator of the show. The show ended in 1985. The show, which ran from 1980 to 1985 on CTV, was hosted by Stephen Young in the first season. From the second season it was hosted by the husband-and-wife duo of Fergie and Catherine Swing. She was also the show’s creator. Both of their children, Emily and Alison, were involved in the show. His acts on the show were considered to be quite controversial. His behaviour with the young female participants was deemed inappropriate by many television critics. Therefore, Fergie’s behaviour was questioned by both the audience and some critics, as they described his behaviour towards the girls competing in the show as inappropriate.
Controversy
While hosting the “Just Like Mom” kids’ game show, Fergie had a habit of kissing young girls participating. And even if they wouldn’t give him kisses, he would kiss them anyway. This was not illegal in Canada, and therefore nobody pressed charges against Fergie, although many critics as well as the audience claimed that he was a borderline pedophile. It means he thinks and fantasies of girls and/or boys who are underage but doesn’t give in to his urges. There were even videos circulating over the internet that showed Fergie going a little overboard while playing with the children and kissing little girls even when they were trying to break free from him. Tv Audience and critics called him a pervert due to his behaviour in the show.
Fergie Olver Now/2024
The former game show host is around 75 years old. He has grey hair and brown eyes, is 5ft 11ins (1.8m) tall. He weighs around 172lbs (78kgs) – his net worth is estimated at over $1.4 million. In the 1980s, Fergie became the host of the children’s game show “Just Like Mom”, alongside his wife Catherine Swing. The show aired for five years and a total of 595 episodes. For his personal life, it is known that Fergie married Catherine Swing. She was the Miss Canada pageant winner of 1978. She was responsible for the reaction of “Just Like Mom”, and after the show’s end she continued her work as an actor. They have two children together who were also featured on the show. However, their marriage did not last, as they separated and divorced sometime during the 1980s.
He later married Susan Wheeler in 1986. Similar to his previous marriage, the former game show host has also kept all the details to himself. One of their children with Catherine is Carrie Olver, who mostly know her for her work with The Weather Network as well as several shopping channels. In 2004, Fergie was nominated for the Ford C. Frick Award. It is an award to a broadcaster who has made significant contributions to baseball. One of the reasons there is very limited information about his current endeavours is due to the lack of any social media presence. He does not have accounts on any of the major websites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. However, according to several sources, he is now divorced from Catherine.
Hobbies
Fergie’s number one interest is baseball which he played while in high school. However, he also played football and soccer during those four years. Olver is a fan of the film industry. His favorite actor and actress being Nicholas Cage and Angelina Jolie. Two of his favorite movies are “Gone in 60 Seconds” and “Mr. and Mrs Smith”. His time with the game show has proven to a lot of viewers in retrospect that during that time, people weren’t as aware of alleged sexual assault and abuse cases as they are today.
Fergie Olver enjoys watching horse races together with his wife, and has gambling a little throughout the years, mostly on horses. He is a family man who enjoys spending quality time with his family. Fergie’s former job as a sportscaster working for the Toronto Blue Jays took him all around Canada, the USA as well as to some European countries, which is how he became interested in travelling. Today he often travels with his wife Susan. The two are living together in retirement in Canada. Their daughter has already grown up.
Fergie Olver Wife
Fergie was first married to his wife and co-host for ‘Just Like Mom’ named Catherine Swing during the early 1980s. Together the couple hosted the popular show in Canada. Fergie met Catherine Swing in the early ‘60s, and the two married by 1970. They went on to host the “Just Like Mom” game show together in 1980. However, it also featured their two daughters named Carrie and Emily. The marriage lasted until 1985 when they divorced due to what appears to be infidelity on Fergie’s part.
Catherine Swing is a TV personality, actress, producer. However, she was also Miss Canada in 1978. She is popular for appearing in movies such as “Katts and Dog” in 1989, “Forever Knight” in 1992, and for playing in “The Outer Limits” TV series from 1996 to 1998.
Olver had his second marriage with Susan Wheeler in 1986. He has been with her ever since. The couple has a daughter named Allison.
Fergie Olver Daughter
The Canadian game show host has three children. He has two daughters with her first wife Catherine, Emily and Carrie. His second wife Susan Wheeler whom he married in 1986, has another daughter named Allison with him. Carrie Olver is also a famous Canadian TV personality. Olver has a gorgeous daughter named Carrie Olver who has also been following in her dad’s footsteps.
Carrie is a Canadian television personality. She is a native of the Saskatchewan city of Moose Jaw. She was born and brought up in Toronto. However, it is also where her father, broadcaster Fergie Olver, spent twenty years working on telecasts. He worked for the Toronto Blue Jays and co-hosting the game program Just Like Mom at CFTO-TV. On Canadian home shopping networks, Olver started her career in 1990. After that, she started working for the American Home Shopping Network, where she made over 2000 appearances. She began hosting Spectacular Spas in 1998, a half-hour travel shows to some of the best spas in the world.
Olver was a finalist for a Gemini Award in the category of Best Host or Interviewer. It was in a Lifestyle/General Interest Program or Series in 2003 for the program. Debbie Travis was the winner. Fergie Olver’s daughter, Carrie Olver has previously worked as a host, weather presenter. Later she worked as an anchor for the weather news on The Weather Network. As the network’s resident beauty expert and host of Hello Gorgeous, Olver joined The Shopping Channel once more in 2014.
Fergie Olver Movies and TV Shows
Fregie Olver did not have a movie career, however he was the former game show host and sportscaster. He is popular for co-hosting the 1980s children’s game show ‘Just Like Mom’. He co-hosted the show with his wife Catherine Swing, and his work as a broadcaster. During the 1980s into the early 1990s, Fergie was the dugout reporter for the Toronto Blue Jays telecasts on CTV. He worked with them for almost 15 years. However, the only movie he appeared in was ‘Face Off’, starring Bruce Armstrong, Eric Cynderman and Don Allen. It was a small role where he appeared as a member of the press covering a hockey game. The movie came out in 1971.
FAQs
Who is Fergie Olver?
Fergie Olver is a Canadian former game show host and a sportscaster. He is also popular for co-hosting the 1980s children’s game show Just Like Mom. He is also popular as he was a dugout reporter for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Where was Fergie Olver born?
Olver was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada in the mid-1940s.
What is Fergie Olver Net worth in 2022?
According to various sources, Fergie Olver’s net worth is estimated at over $1.4 million. He has earned a major portion of his wealth from his TV career.
What game show did Fergie host?
Fergie Olver is a Canadian former game show host and sportscaster. He is popular for his role in co-hosting the 1980s children’s game show Just Like Mom with his wife Catherine Swing. He is also popular for his work as a broadcaster and dugout reporter for the Toronto Blue Jays.
When did Fergie Olver retire?
Fergie Olver ended his active career in 1996. Which is almost 26 years ago.
