On Saturday, March 24, 2012 1:48:41 PM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote: > > My own Olby moment came when he was still the sports guy at KCBS. One > > night in the middle of winter, without explanation, he gave a whole > > day's worth of baseball scores. From that moment on, he had me. > > > > --Dave Sikula > > Wasn't that a part of the odd pranking that went on amongst the local > LA stations at the time? I remember when Fritz Coleman issued a > tornado warning for Burbank on KNBC. And Dr. George Fishbeck (KABC's > longtime meteorologist) began dispensing medical advice. > > Merv Griffin has said that he was inspired to hire Pat Sajak for "Wheel of Fortune" after seeing a joke Sajak pulled on the air when he was the KNBC weatherman. Sajak was delivering his weather report with a band-aid on one cheek; the director cut to video footage, and when they cut back to Sajak, the band-aid was on the other cheek. -Tim
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