Fun Fact: my Mom went to high school with Alex Trebek in Sudbury.
On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 4:33 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 4:21 PM, Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> wow. had no idea he was still alive, and I even forgot about him. >> >> In Sudbury Ontario (4 hrs north of Toronto, 4 hrs east of Sault Ste >> Marie, MI) there is an annual Christmas telethon on TV on a Saturday night >> in Nov or December. When I was 10, it had already been on forever (in >> years). Apparently it started in 1951. >> http://www.ctvlionstelethon.ca/default.aspx and history here >> http://www.ctvlionstelethon.ca/TelethonHistory/TelethonHistory.aspx >> >> <http://www.ctvlionstelethon.ca/TelethonHistory/TelethonHistory.aspx> >> >> Anyway, back to my story..... every year it was a local gathering of kids >> that dance, sing, and adults that try to do the same thing. Local TV >> personalities are the hosts, along with other city or club dignitaries. >> One year, circa 1977 Marty Allen (I'm 95% sure it was him) was the featured >> Guest Host that year. I've got no idea what they paid him to get him to >> our neck of the woods, or if his presence increased pledges. But I do >> recall hearing my Dad say "look at that. Jerry Lewis gets all the stars >> and we get a washed-up Marty Allen". >> > > Fun fact: Marty Allen went to the same high school as me (Allderdice) in > Pittsburgh. Another fun fact: Wiz Khalifa also went there. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
