The Kissing Bandit
Richard Dawson was the first host of Family Feud, and he had a habit that today would never fly. He would kiss all of the female contestants. Eventually, he was given the nickname “The Kissing Bandit.”
Source: CNN
In fact, the producers asked Dawson to knock it off. And so what he did was surveyed the audience, asking them to tell him what they wanted. 704 were against the kisses, and 14,600 wanted him to keep doing it!