Although Bearde later sold his interest in the 1970s version of the program to Barris, Bearde's company produced a one-season revival of the show in 1988. He also produced "The Bob Hope Christmas Show" and returned to Australia to produce "Texaco Presents Bob Hope in Australia". Bearde formed a partnership with ex-CBS president Robert Wood and created pilots and a children's series, "The W.A.C.K.O. Show", for CBS. Bearde directed a comedy film called "Hysterical", released in 1983, starring The Hudson Brothers. Bearde formed a long-term partnership with Dick Clark and produced "The Half Hour Comedy Hour", which featured the first national appearance of Arsenio Hall as a host. Clark and Bearde co-produced Bearde's lip sync hit series "Puttin' on the Hits" in 1985. Bearde formed a co-production partnership with Vin Di Bona, the producer of "America's Funniest Home Videos". He created and produced HBO's cult series satirizing television news "Night Rap" and Showtime's comedy hit "Sherman Oaks". Di Bona and Bearde also produced several specials for CBS. In 2005, Bearde moved his operation to Las Vegas and created and trademarked "Chris Bearde's International Comedy Hall of Fame", a entertainment retail restaurant and comedy tribute exhibition complex, currently in the design and planning stages. Each year there are several Comedy Awards and Induction Ceremony TV specials included in the package. Bearde has received an Emmy Award, and a Writers Guild of America Award. The Chris Bearde School of Comedy was founded in Las Vegas in 2007 and moved to Los Angeles in 2008. The school is still in operation. Bearde died at his home in Westlake Village, California of a cardiac arrest on 23 April 2017 at the age of 80. He is survived by his wife Carolyn Stonelcoud, 6 children, 2 step children and 7 grandchildren.