On June 1, 1996, police were called to Combs' home at 1318 Sonora Avenue in Glendale, California over reports of a disturbance. The couple reconciled, but later refiled for divorce. In September 1995, Combs and Debbie, his wife of 18 years (with whom he had six children), separated. He also went through financial problems after two of his comedy clubs failed, and his home in Hamilton, Ohio, went into foreclosure. In July 1994, Combs suffered an injury in one of his spinal discs in a car accident, which left him in severe and continuous pain. Thought I was a loser until you walked up here, you made me feel like a man!' After signing off, with ending credits rolling, Combs immediately walked off the set, went to his dressing room to get changed, left the CBS Television City facility without saying good-bye to anyone, got into his car, and drove home.

Combs joked, 'You know, I've done this show for six years and this the first time I had a person that actually got no points and I think it's a damn fine way to go out. During his final 'Fast Money' bonus round, the five answers given by the second contestant each netted zero points. His final episode of Family Feud was taped sometime in February 1994, and aired in first-run syndication on May 27 of that year. In October 1993, a Family Feud video game featuring Combs's likeness was released for the Super NES. By all accounts, Combs was hurt by his dismissal from the show.Ĭombs portrayed himself in episodes of In Living Color and 227 in Family Feud sketches and made an appearance on the TNN television series The Statler Brothers Show, where he did a stand-up comedy routine. Jonathan Goodson, who had become chairman of Mark Goodson Productions after the death of his father, Mark Goodson in 1992, decided to replace Combs with original host Richard Dawson in the hopes of spiking ratings (Dawson's return season initially drew good ratings, but was unable to sustain this strength long-term, and Family Feud's second incarnation ended after the 1994–95 season). The syndicated version was also on the verge of cancellation (as many stations had also dropped that or moved it into overnight time slots). CBS canceled the daytime version in early 1993, with the final new episode airing March 26 (reruns aired through September 10), as many CBS affiliates had dropped the show entirely by that time. Midway through the 1992–93 season, ratings for the show began to plummet.

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