And one thing I enjoyed about that is how clear he was about the rules of each game, and the implications involved in those rules (as on one show that had Shell Game, with a Filipino [I think he was] named Joselito playing it; Tom explained everything involved in that game in a clear, concise, no-bull manner (objective [find the shell that had the ball by marking it with a chip], method of winning chips [correct higher/lower guesses on the prices of small prizes], and determining the result after all chips were placed [Joselito had three shells marked, and won the camper/trailer he was playing for]). Here is that show, and you can watch and listen to how well Tom conducted that session of Shell Game on that show: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bsx3ktuT1cnQgmw.html

right just amazing he was almost 90 when he did this interview

He lived a good life.

Wow, I'll be damned, and if I had my pick on which game show he kicked ass on, I would have to say Password Plus when he replaced Allen Ludden!!!

Now he's 93 years old!

Tom's 92 here? Wow, he seems to be doing well for his age.

Rest In Peace Mr. Tom Kennedy!!!

@@lmedford77 So indeed-- he will not only RIP, but will live on through KZfaq, among other means.

No, Tom's sister, Mary Lovett ("Lovey" to her friends) was married to Dr. Armand Jules Scully, a very prominent Orthopaedic Surgeon in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both were lovely, gregarious, warm and loving people.

Bill Cullen was married to Jack's wife's sister.

".. As to that very last comment by Tom, I wonder if the game show he is talking about but won't mention is Catch 21 .." From what he said here, I believe he was referring to Card Sharks, insofar as that had a rule (at least the NBC one did until late 1980) that any pair (whether in front or on the Money Cards) was an incorrect answer (which could rear its ugly head in a number of ways, like, for instance, on Sudden Death in the front game, where, say, you were behind 1-nil in the second game of the match, and the cards were passed to you, and your card was a 2; naturally, you'd call that higher, but because of that rule, you could have another 2, and it was hit the road, Jack, through no fault of your own; that's why Tom Kennedy said he didn't want it [basically, he didn't want to have to say goodbye to anyone who lost for that cause, from what I'm hearing]).

In the current intro of Jeopardy ! Alex Trebek is honored by having Johnny Gilbert announces " From the Alex Trebek Sound Stage at Sony Studios, this is Jeopardy ! "

He also should've hosted the 1989 revival of Now You See It and the 1990 NBC revival of To Tell The Truth. They may have been short lived but Tom would've been better to take the hosting position of Now You See It from his brother Jack Narz and it would've been easier for NBC to have him host To Tell The Truth rather than go through 3 different people (even though the third host Alex Trebek was pretty good).

Oh geez I didn't know he passed away this week.

Yeah, I can't believe it. At least Tom gets to be reunited with his brother Jack Narz (of Dotto, Beat the Clock, Now You See It and Concentration fame).

So sad., but he lived a great life..I only hope my mind would be that sharp now, let alone at 92. Rest in peace.🙏🙏🙏💕💕😪😪😪

Did they say what his cause of death was and where he was burried?

He must have changed his thoughts on that later if that's the case. He was a celeb player once and looked like he was having a blast.

It makes the most sense because he said he was offered to replace the host who was leaving (meaning Woolery)

@@rg8152 He couldn't have though could he? He was doing Password Plus at the time already. I contend to this day as has been said elsewhere already here, it's Card Sharks (possibly replacing Bill Rafferty in syndication), with the flaw being that duplicate cards in the main game were an automatic loss of control/loss of game depending on circumstance, despite not being allowed to call them. Never have liked that rule, always felt unfair.

@@ajk But he played in the Card Sharks MC Turnabout Tournament during the original (Jim Perry) run.

@@steve760 True he did...but maybe he still didn't like the setup? Hard to say, and will never know now for sure.

Don't forget "SPLIT SECOND" !!!!!

It’s probably just age spots

If that's true, I completely agree with him. I would presume he meant the fact that in the main game a person could win or lose based on a duplicated card appearing, despite there being no option to call them as such, only being able to call higher or lower. I've never liked that, and it's something my friend and I have discussed a few times over the years. It is a huge flaw.

@@ajk I would consider such wins and losses part of the challenge of the game (or a consequence) rather than a flaw.

@@Mario500NOW How so? You really hold no control over things at that point. The only control you have hypothetically is to be able to freeze and change a card if you got control on the next question if you feel a duplicate is coming, but for one really who really would think to do that to begin with on 2's and Ace's for example, and for two in sudden death that becomes a wash too after the first card in the row.

That sounds more like Family Feud

@@ajk the odds of a duplicate though.....no one would ever call for the same.