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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 1465799" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p>Yeah, there was a local actor from my home town that kept going out to California every year or so to get into the industry.&nbsp; Every time he'd fail, run out of money, and come back home to his local radio announcing gig.&nbsp;&nbsp; His big break came in 1983 when he was cast on the show &quot;Goodnight Beantown&quot; starring Bill Bixby and Mariette Hartley.&nbsp; Unfortunately his part didn't begin until the 7th episode, and the show was canceled after the 6th aired, so the dozen or so that they filmed with him never aired.&nbsp; &nbsp; It was another decade until his next real gig, with Fox picked him up to host a short-lived morning talk show, which then got canceled after a few months, and he was back on the local radio yet again.&nbsp;&nbsp; The story has a happy ending thought, as in 1998 Whoppi Goldberg hired him to host Hollywood Squares and in 2001 he added &quot;America's Favorite Home Videos&quot;, so Tom Bergeron is finally a success.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 1465799, member: 8530"] Yeah, there was a local actor from my home town that kept going out to California every year or so to get into the industry. Every time he'd fail, run out of money, and come back home to his local radio announcing gig. His big break came in 1983 when he was cast on the show "Goodnight Beantown" starring Bill Bixby and Mariette Hartley. Unfortunately his part didn't begin until the 7th episode, and the show was canceled after the 6th aired, so the dozen or so that they filmed with him never aired. It was another decade until his next real gig, with Fox picked him up to host a short-lived morning talk show, which then got canceled after a few months, and he was back on the local radio yet again. The story has a happy ending thought, as in 1998 Whoppi Goldberg hired him to host Hollywood Squares and in 2001 he added "America's Favorite Home Videos", so Tom Bergeron is finally a success. [/QUOTE]

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