Jack Clark's Game Show Openings
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- Опубліковано 26 гру 2017
- A clips video of some of Jack Clarks game show openers. They include;
Price Is Right (Subbing for Bill Cullen)
Password (Subbing for Allen Ludden)
To Tell The Truth (Subbing for Bud Collyer)
100 Grand (Audio Only)
The Face Is Familiar
Dealers Choice
The Cross Wits
Now You See It (1985 Pilot)
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I remember Jack as the announcer on Bob Stewart’s game Eye Guess on NBC. Jack had some great banter with host Bill Cullen.
Jack was a class act...when he participated in the GS hosts tournament on Card Sharks in 1980, there was one Money Cards where Jack said that if he were just playing for himself, he'd risk it all on the Big Bet, but wanting his charity to get some $$$, he was only going to wager the minimum half of his total.
I met Jack Clark only once in my life. It was at a taping of Wheel Of Fortune at NBC in Burbank, California when it was still just a daytime show back in 1980. He was so nice! During the taping breaks, audience members like myself got to ask questions. I asked Jack two different questions about two shows that he did, Dealer's Choice and Split Second. I told him that I used to watch Dealer's Choice and I even had the home game. Jack quipped that he thought only one of those games were sold. He wondered who got stuck with that one. He was kidding, of course. Later I asked him about Split Second, and there was a question about Dick Clark on there and the show's host Tom Kennedy said that it was one for the Clark boys. I asked Jack if he was any relation to Dick Clark, and he said no. When the taping session ended, he called me his Dealer's Choice pal, way after I said it before. He gave me his autograph, which I wish that I still had, and my mother said to him that I watch Cross-Wits. I said to him, "Jack, er, Mr. Clark." Jack then said, "Yes, Jack, you were right the first time." What a great guy Jack was. When he died of bone cancer in 1988, it really broke my heart. RIP, Jack.
Great Story, thank you for sharing it with us.
Jack Clark was so underrated, it's too bad he didn't get that many chances to host (besides fill-in stints and pilots), Such a genuinely nice guy too. I hear he often hosted pilots for free or scale pay.
Rod Roddy also did a lot of pilots.
True, though his biggest claim to fame was the original cross wits, and announcing for Wheel of Fortune up until his death in 1988
I bet that short lived 1986-87 revival of Cross-Witts would've lasted much longer if they hadn't replaced him with that David Sparks guy (whoever he was). Jack Clark will always be the real host of that show.
Jack should have had more hosting opportunities, as he was just as natural as Allen, Bill, Tom, Jack (Narz), etc. As a Philly guy, it was great hearing Rita Moreno name-dropping the long-gone Play house In The Park. I saw The Wizard of Oz play there with my first grade classmates there back in 1982.
Jack Clark always seemed like he was enjoying himself while hosting. He was great with contestants and celebrities, showing his versatility. He should have hosted more shows instead of being stuck in the announcer’s booth.
I used to watch Cross Wits when i was a kid and thought Jack Clark was the epitome of studied cool as a host...
In the "Password" clip, the announcer is Bob Kennedy, who hosted the game shows "Wingo" and "Window Shopping".
Jack is so personable. He was great.
Jack Clark subbing for Allen Ludden on Password is much like Johnny Gilbert subbing for Bill Cullen during the ABC run of Price. (Jack Clark announced at least one season of Password.)
I thought Jack Clark played right field for the Cardinals…lol
I remember hearing Jack Clark on Wheel of fortune as a kid.
He replaced Charlie O'Donnell who came back after M.G. Kelly (Jack's replacement) left
Jack Clark was also in a National Geographic World Magazine Commercial before he passed away.
Jack Clark was a super awesome game show host, R.I.P. Jack Clark!!
I had no idea Jack did NOW YOU SEE IT!!! Very, very good!!!! :) :) :) :)
It was a pilot that went unsold, too bad he was terrific on it.
Jack Clark should've hosted the 1989 Now You See It revival.
He passed away from a heart attack in 1988, otherwise he might have.
DTB1997 I wasn't sure when he passed away. I thought it wad in the 1990s.
You’re right. I was under the impression it was a sudden, I must have been thinking of someone else.
1988 was when he died, earlier that year he was diagnosed with bone cancer (Sam was right about that), But continued announcing on wheel of fortune as long as he physically could. When he was forced to leave the show, he requested that Charlie O' Donnell be brought back to replace him, but they couldn't get him due to his commitments to Chuck Barris, so M.G. Kelly took over on a temporary basis until 1989 when Charlie O was available.
Another reason the second version of know you see it failed it replaced the popular Card sharks.
R.I.P. Jack Clark
Still waiting for Peter Tomarken, Jim Peck, Bob Goen, Jim Lang and Peter Marshal.
I Even Remembered That He Even Hosted "The $10,000 Sweep"
To me, Jack Clark should have hosted The Face Is Familiar and not Jack Whittaker, God rest his soul. JW was too stiff to be a game show host, while JC did it justice.
Network influence, they wanted Jack Whittaker cause he was a bigger name. 😔
Boston Blackie on To Tell The Truth, talk about a contradiction in terms ;-)
R.I.P Jack Clark
100 Grand may have been Jack's ticket to a regular game show gig, but it was cancelled after 3 weeks on the air (9/15/63-9/29/63)
Kelly02895 viewers were not ready for a show like that after the quiz show scandal.
I didn’t see 100 Grand, but apparently critics said it was boring. The two experts spent the show writing each other’s questions.