For three weeks, more than ten million people watched each night as David became a national hero and press raves for David’s appearance on the show were nothing less than unanimous.
According to Tony Parsons of The Daily Mirror in London on November 20, 2006: “There is increasing evidence that appearing on a show like I’m A Celebrity….Get Me Out Of Here! is not a career’s death certificate but the kiss of life. David Gest has changed everything. Before this series began, Liza Minnelli’s ex was talked about as the biggest reptile in the jungle. But after one spirited bush tucker trial and a few pithy one liners “Weren’t you at my Wedding?” he said to a baby crocodile trying to swim into his pants), David was suddenly the nation’s sweetheart.”
Sara Nathan of The Sun in London went on to say on November 25, 2006: “DAVID GEST: Everyone thought he might be a Hollywood fruit cake. He has turned out to be fantastic and charming and everyone loves him.”
Critics have queued up to abuse him. But as they did, against all the odds, he began to grow on people. His bush tucker trial was a turning point. He got stuck in and won over the viewers.
The lessons to be learnt from this swing are simple. One, David is a natural star because he doesn’t care what people think of him. Two, the British public simply loves an oddball. And three, they’ll forgive anything – your ugliness and vanity, your dyed hair and American wackiness – provided you tell good stories.”
“He has his own style and way of producing that reminds one of a Ziegfeld spectacular. He only does things in a big way and that’s why his events are always a huge success,” state superstars Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson about their friend David Gest.
Producer of the highest rated musical special in television history, “Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, The Solo Years,” which was seen by 44 million people, around the world.
David has a highly respected reputation in the music business as a producer of over 100 international concert spectaculars and television specials throughout the world. He has produced the American Cinema Awards Show for eleven years and the International Achievement in Arts Awards for four years. He is also well known for raising millions of dollars for various charities. He has appeared on the covers of magazines and newspapers throughout the world.
As a distinguished producer, Mr. Gest won the NAACP Image Award for Best Special for “Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, The Solo Years,” an all-star salute to the ‘King of Pop,’ which aired on the CBS Television Network in November 2001.
The record-breaking special is considered by many critics to be television at its best Gest and Jackson formed their own company for the special and broke all box office records, attaining the highest two concert gross in world history (for a non-charitable event) for two nights at Madison Square Garden with an amazing 14 million dollar box office.
David also produced the “Miracle On 34th Street” concerts at Madison Square Garden
for three consecutive years (2000, 2001 & 2002).
The International Achievement In Arts Awards began as an evening under the patronage of Princess Diana for the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. David produced an evening so successful that it was featured on the front page of every major London newspaper, which is quite an accomplishment for an entertainment event.
In 1993, Mr. Gest received a special American Cinema Award from the Board of Directors of the ACAF as well as an Award from the Board of Trustees of the Motion Picture And Television Fund presented by his good friends Gene Kelly, James Stewart, Milton Berle, Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh at a sold-out testimonial dinner in his honour in Beverly Hills, California. The evening attracted over 1,500 people and raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for “Harry’s Haven,” the Alzheimer’s unit named in honour of Kirk Douglas’ father, at The Motion Picture And Television Fund. Among those who surprised David with performances included: the original Four Tops, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Petula Clark, Michael McDonald and a host of others. He was lauded for helping to raise a total of nearly $4 million dollars for The Motion Picture and Television Fund.
Among David’d production credits are: “The Campione D’Italia Merit Of Achievement Awards” (transmitted throughout Europe and the Middle East on television) honouring Bette Davis, Gene Kelly, Joseph Cotton, Robert Mitchum, June Allyson, Ali MacGraw and Glenn Ford; two events for legendary actress Sophia Loren to benefit the Miami School of Medicine’s AIDS Research Program; an evening honouring Jane Wyman for the Arthritis Foundation; a “Thalians Summer Musical Spectacular” for Cedars Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles; “The Field Of Dreams Awards” for the Michael Bolton Foundation and the Barry Bonds Foundation; the Center For Families And Children
“Holiday Gala 2000 Honouring Legendary Ladies Of Film Musicals,” paying tribute to Jane Russell, Janet Leigh, Jane Powell, Rhonda Fleming, Ann Blyth, Anne Jeffreys, Petula Clark and Celeste Holm and two benefits for the Whitney Houston Foundation For Children.
On March 16, 2002, David married actress Liza Minnelli in what was hailed as the “Wedding of the Century” in New York. Sadly, the couple separated in June of 2003
David is well known for his philanthropic gestures and these include when on Christmas Day, 2004 he personally paid for more than 50,000 homeless, senior citizens, disabled and low income families from Memphis, Arkansas and Mississippi to have free meals in various restaurants in Memphis and Arkansas.
2007 is shaping up to be a very exciting and exhilarating year for David Gest. He is now living in London full-time. He is overwhelmed by the affection and love he has been shown by the people of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. In his own words, “I am very humbled by the love I have been shown by the people of the UK.” David will star in his own show entitled The David Gest Show on ITVI this Spring.
His autobiography “Simply the Gest” is due for publication by Headline Publishing Group also in April 2007 and David will be touring throughout the UK to promote the book with many in-store signings. And now David has his own prime-time show on ITVI called The David Gest Show.
According to David, “most people feel at 53 their career is starting to wind down but I feel my career is just beginning. I wake up everyday and just pinch myself!”
According to Tony Parsons of The Daily Mirror in London on November 20, 2006: “There is increasing evidence that appearing on a show like I’m A Celebrity….Get Me Out Of Here! is not a career’s death certificate but the kiss of life. David Gest has changed everything. Before this series began, Liza Minnelli’s ex was talked about as the biggest reptile in the jungle. But after one spirited bush tucker trial and a few pithy one liners “Weren’t you at my Wedding?” he said to a baby crocodile trying to swim into his pants), David was suddenly the nation’s sweetheart.”
Sara Nathan of The Sun in London went on to say on November 25, 2006: “DAVID GEST: Everyone thought he might be a Hollywood fruit cake. He has turned out to be fantastic and charming and everyone loves him.”
Critics have queued up to abuse him. But as they did, against all the odds, he began to grow on people. His bush tucker trial was a turning point. He got stuck in and won over the viewers.
The lessons to be learnt from this swing are simple. One, David is a natural star because he doesn’t care what people think of him. Two, the British public simply loves an oddball. And three, they’ll forgive anything – your ugliness and vanity, your dyed hair and American wackiness – provided you tell good stories.”
“He has his own style and way of producing that reminds one of a Ziegfeld spectacular. He only does things in a big way and that’s why his events are always a huge success,” state superstars Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson about their friend David Gest.
Producer of the highest rated musical special in television history, “Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, The Solo Years,” which was seen by 44 million people, around the world.
David has a highly respected reputation in the music business as a producer of over 100 international concert spectaculars and television specials throughout the world. He has produced the American Cinema Awards Show for eleven years and the International Achievement in Arts Awards for four years. He is also well known for raising millions of dollars for various charities. He has appeared on the covers of magazines and newspapers throughout the world.
As a distinguished producer, Mr. Gest won the NAACP Image Award for Best Special for “Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, The Solo Years,” an all-star salute to the ‘King of Pop,’ which aired on the CBS Television Network in November 2001.
The record-breaking special is considered by many critics to be television at its best Gest and Jackson formed their own company for the special and broke all box office records, attaining the highest two concert gross in world history (for a non-charitable event) for two nights at Madison Square Garden with an amazing 14 million dollar box office.
David also produced the “Miracle On 34th Street” concerts at Madison Square Garden
for three consecutive years (2000, 2001 & 2002).
The International Achievement In Arts Awards began as an evening under the patronage of Princess Diana for the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. David produced an evening so successful that it was featured on the front page of every major London newspaper, which is quite an accomplishment for an entertainment event.
In 1993, Mr. Gest received a special American Cinema Award from the Board of Directors of the ACAF as well as an Award from the Board of Trustees of the Motion Picture And Television Fund presented by his good friends Gene Kelly, James Stewart, Milton Berle, Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh at a sold-out testimonial dinner in his honour in Beverly Hills, California. The evening attracted over 1,500 people and raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for “Harry’s Haven,” the Alzheimer’s unit named in honour of Kirk Douglas’ father, at The Motion Picture And Television Fund. Among those who surprised David with performances included: the original Four Tops, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Petula Clark, Michael McDonald and a host of others. He was lauded for helping to raise a total of nearly $4 million dollars for The Motion Picture and Television Fund.
Among David’d production credits are: “The Campione D’Italia Merit Of Achievement Awards” (transmitted throughout Europe and the Middle East on television) honouring Bette Davis, Gene Kelly, Joseph Cotton, Robert Mitchum, June Allyson, Ali MacGraw and Glenn Ford; two events for legendary actress Sophia Loren to benefit the Miami School of Medicine’s AIDS Research Program; an evening honouring Jane Wyman for the Arthritis Foundation; a “Thalians Summer Musical Spectacular” for Cedars Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles; “The Field Of Dreams Awards” for the Michael Bolton Foundation and the Barry Bonds Foundation; the Center For Families And Children
“Holiday Gala 2000 Honouring Legendary Ladies Of Film Musicals,” paying tribute to Jane Russell, Janet Leigh, Jane Powell, Rhonda Fleming, Ann Blyth, Anne Jeffreys, Petula Clark and Celeste Holm and two benefits for the Whitney Houston Foundation For Children.
On March 16, 2002, David married actress Liza Minnelli in what was hailed as the “Wedding of the Century” in New York. Sadly, the couple separated in June of 2003
David is well known for his philanthropic gestures and these include when on Christmas Day, 2004 he personally paid for more than 50,000 homeless, senior citizens, disabled and low income families from Memphis, Arkansas and Mississippi to have free meals in various restaurants in Memphis and Arkansas.
2007 is shaping up to be a very exciting and exhilarating year for David Gest. He is now living in London full-time. He is overwhelmed by the affection and love he has been shown by the people of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. In his own words, “I am very humbled by the love I have been shown by the people of the UK.” David will star in his own show entitled The David Gest Show on ITVI this Spring.
His autobiography “Simply the Gest” is due for publication by Headline Publishing Group also in April 2007 and David will be touring throughout the UK to promote the book with many in-store signings. And now David has his own prime-time show on ITVI called The David Gest Show.
According to David, “most people feel at 53 their career is starting to wind down but I feel my career is just beginning. I wake up everyday and just pinch myself!”
David Gest really sprang to the attention of the British public in November 6, 2006, when he went into the outback of Australia for the ITV reality show I’m A Celebrity… Get Me out Of Here! He is an outstanding entertainer, great speaker and his speeches are peppered with fascinating anecdotes about his life in the music business and much more.
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