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Special Tribute Issue October 15, 2008
JACK NARZ:
1922-2008
Jack on His Brother
Jim (Tom) didn't really think he wanted to come out here (to L.A.). I had gone through broadcasting school after the war and was working in radio. He had an idea of being an engineer. I told him you ought to come out here and try it. I said, "Give it six months and if you don't like it, you can always go back." So, he and Betty came out in an old car and I think they had a couple of hundred dollars. I'd found them an apartment and paid the first month's rent. He hung with it and he never went back. I guess you could say he did okay (laughing).
Jack on 9/11/01
There's no reason, not one reason why those guys (the terrorists) should have gotten inside that cockpit. In all the years I flew (as a World War II pilot), security was first. I've had a hard time dealing with this because those doors should have been a lot more secure than they obviously were.
Jack on Bill Cullen
Back in the late '50s, when Bill was doing "The Price Is Right," he shared the same dressing room with Kathryn Murray. Mrs. Murray was really the host of "The Arthur Murray Party" and somehow, she had the idea she was the biggest star on the network. Bill would do "The Price Is Right" in the morning and Mrs. Murray would do her show on Monday nights. So, on Mondays, Bill would pass her by in the hall and as he always was, he tried to be friendly and speak to her. She would just walk right on by and never acknowledge him. Apparently, she did a lot of other people that way.
So one Monday afternoon, Mrs. Murray went into the dressing room and turned on the light to put on her makeup. When she
looked into the mirror, an arrow was drawn in lipstick pointing right at her and in the unmistakable handwriting of Bill Cullen was written the words: "MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL....."
Jack on Bud Collyer
I got on a plane to head to New York to do the first season of "Beat the Clock." This was 1969. We were a few minutes away from departure and this man sits down beside me on the plane. He had a big smile and extended his hand. It was Bud Collyer. Now, I wasn't sure what to think. "Beat the Clock" was Bud's show in the fifties and he really defined it. I had just been selected to do the new version. Sometimes, when you have former hosts, they don't take to having somebody take over their show. Not Bud. He immediately put me right at ease. He told me he'd heard I was going to do the show and said I was an excellent choice. On the flight, he told me lots of stories of some of the funny things that happened when they did the show live on CBS. He couldn't have been any more gracious. That's the kind of man he was. When he got off the plane, he shook my hand again and told me, "God bless you." That was Bud.
After we finished the first week of the show, every single member of the crew and I received handwritten personal cards from Bud wishing us good luck. He knew a lot of the old crew people were going to work on the new show.
Bud was a very religious man. I remember the story of a snowstorm that blew into Connecticut one day. Bud was at his church having prayer. The phone rang. Bud answered it and the person on the other end asked if he was okay. Bud said, "Oh yes, I'm fine. And I'll be fine. The only people here are me and God."
Jack on Johnny Carson
Johnny used to come by the set of "Video Village" and pick up Joanne Copeland (the show's version of Vanna White), who he eventually married. I'd known Johnny before that. When he was picked to do "The Tonight Show," he really became nervous about it. He was worried about replacing Jack Paar and wondering if it didn't work, would that be the end of his career? NBC was actually worried that he may not do the show. So, they sent him out to Las Vegas to spend a weekend with me, hoping I could calm him down and reassure him he'd be fine. They paid for the whole weekend. One of these days, I'll tell you the whole story about that. (Note: that was seven months ago when Jack told me that. He never was able to tell me the rest of the story because of his illness.).
Jack Tribute, Part 1
Jack Tribute, Part 2
Jack Tribute, Part 3
Jack Tribute, Part 4
Jack Tribute, Part 5
Jack Tribute, Part 6
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