[Mr. Mojo]

Bowling for Dollars bump.

LOL....Man was that weird when I first saw Chick doing that horrible show (wasn't it around '77 or '78?). Chick was easy to read, and I could tell he wasn't enjoying that gig one bit.

[BluesDuke]

LOL....Man was that weird when I first saw Chick doing that horrible show (wasn't it around '77 or '78?).

Weirder: Vin Scully hosting a game show - NBC's It Takes Two, 1969-71. Classic moment: A black sedan that was used as a film prop (a mob rubout scene featuring George Raft) was rolled on stage, with Scully to open the trunk and find the correct answer to a question on bootlegging. Aided and abetted by members of the Laugh-In cast, who worked in the same studios in Burbank, Scully opened the trunk at the apportioned time - the trunk wasn't visible to the studio audience - and practically lost all colour when a nude redhead featured in a recent Playboy appeared in the trunk when he opened it. "Vin," said a TV Guide story about the prank, "was speechless. His first impulse was to remove his coat and cover the lady, which, you must admit, is a knightly enough thought; but he realised this would stir suspicion among the audience. Nervously, he lifted the answer from the trunk and closed it. The plotters watching from the wings roared.

Scully did the show (and an even shorter-lived talk show) because he got an itch to see what he could do beyond baseball. Thankfully, the itch dissipated within two years.

[SoCal Pubbie]

I believe Chick took the Bowling for Dollars gig to keep his mind off the death of his son. He and Marge lost both their kids over the years.