Emmons hosted the 1974 CTV series Funny Farm, the Canadian answer to Hee Haw.
In 1985, Emmons appeared on the American game show The Joker's Wild as a contestant.
[1] In the mid-1970s, Emmons hosted the ACT Telethon in Edmonton in support of Camp HE-HO-HA for disabled children.
He also was instrumental in creating and hosted the Telemiracle telethon in Saskatchewan for several years beginning in 1977, and remained involved for some time afterwards.
Emmons played the male lead "Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd" in the Broadway production The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as well as the New York Theatrical Production road tour for one year.