RIGHT
RIGHT NOW! [ LAUGHTER ]
>> THE MAN WHO SAID YES, SIR
WHEN NICHOLAS MADE THAT PUTT ON
17, AND HE HAS WRITTEN THIS
GREAT NEW BOOK, CALLED PLAY BY
PLAY.
PLAY.
PLAY. THIS IS ABOUT HIS LIFE, HOW YOU
GOT THERE AND ALL THE STUFF YOU
D IT'S A FANTASTIC BOOK.
>> THANK YOU, TOM.
>> SO TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
YOU HAD BEEN BROADCASTING FOR
QUITE SOME TIME.
BUT YOU WERE THRUST INTO A
MOMENT, AND SOMETIMES MOMENTS
GROWING IN RETROSPECT.
>> IT IS STILL ONE OF MY
FAVORITE SCENES IN ALL OF 50
YEARS PLUS, AND THAT WAS MY
FIRST YEAR ON 17.
AND TO THIS DAY, THE MEMORIES
OF THAT AFTERNOON IN AUGUSTA
JUST ECHO IN MY MIND.
JACK NICHOLAS PUT UP WITH OF
THE MOST AMAZING OF GOLF
PROMINENCE EVER, AND I COULD
ALMOST RECITE EVERY SHOT, BUT
I WON'T.
I WON'T.
I WON'T. WHEN HE CAME TO 17, 46 YEARS OF
AGE, HADN'T WON IN TWO YEARS,
PEOPLE HAD WRITTEN HIM OFF.
AND SAID HE PUT IT IN THE WATER
-- SO JACK HIT HIS SECOND SHOT,
12 FEET FROM THE HOLE, AND I
THOUGHT TO MYSELF AS HE WAS
WALKING UP, KEEP IT SIMPLE AND
GET OUT OF THE WAY.
THIS IS JACK NICHOLAS.
>> JUST LIKE THE DOCTOR, DO NO
HARM.
HARM.
HARM. >>
HARM. >> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. >> YOU LEARN SO MUCH IN THE
BOOK, THAT BEN WRIGHT SAID THE
SAME THING TWO HOLES EARLIER.
HE HAD THE SAME WORD, SAME
SITUATION ALMOST.
SITUATION ALMOST. >> JACK -- THERE ARE SO MANY
STORIES, BUT BEN WAS AT 15, AND
JACK HIT -- HE WAS STANDING
OVER HIS -- JACKIE JUNIOR WAS
GETTING READY TO HAPPENED HIM
THE CLUB.
THE CLUB.
THE CLUB. AND JACK WAS LOOKING DOWN AT
THE GROUND, AND SAID I WONDER
WHAT A 3 WOULD DO.
AND JUNIOR SAID DAD, IT'S TOO
MUCH CLUB, IT WILL GO IN THE
POND.
POND.
POND. AND
POND. AND JACK SAID, NO, I'M THINKING
ABOUT --
ABOUT --
ABOUT -- >> A 3 ON PAR 5.
>> SO HE PUT IT 15 FEET, AND I
JUST FORGOT ABOUT THE FACT THAT
JACK, I MEAN, BEN, IN A MORE
SUBDUED WAY WHEN THE BALL WENT
IN SAID YES, SIR.
I CAN'T DO THE BRITISH ACCENT,
AND THEN SOMEHOW, MAYBE
SUBCONSCIOUS --
SUBCONSCIOUS -- >> IT WORKED FOR BOTH OF YOU.
YOURS WAS THE ONE THAT EVERYONE
PULLS OUT FIRST.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW
IT BEGAN FOR YOU.
YOU ENDED UP FALL INTO
BROADCASTING IN SOME WAYS, BUT
THERE WAS A PIVOTAL POINT WITH
THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION,
WHICH PLAYED A ROLE IN YOUR
BROADCAST LIFE.
BROADCAST LIFE. >>> WELL, I STILL DESCRIBE
MYSELF AS AN ACCIDENTAL
BROADCASTER.
BROADCASTER. I SPENT ONE MISS SPENT YEAR
AFTER GRADUATION OF COLLEGE AT
A STUDENT AT THE LUTHERAN
SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY.
REALIZED ABOUT A MONTH IN, I
DON'T BELONG HERE.
I DO HAVE 6 HOURS OF GREEK.
>> GOOD.
>> GOOD.
>> GOOD. THAT'S HANDY.
THAT'S HANDY. I GOT A SUMMER JOB AT KDVC IN
AUSTIN, AUDITIONED FOR THE
SPORTS JOB.
SPORTS JOB. WAS TOLD WE WILL MAKE YOU THE
WEEKEND ANCHOR.
WEEKEND ANCHOR. YOU WILL FILL IN THE REST OF
THE WEEK WITH A RADIO DJ SHOW,
AND PERIODICALLY, YOU NEED TO
COME IN AND WORK THE BOARD.
YOU REMEMBER THESE DAYS?
AND IT'S A CONSOLE, AND YOU PUT
THE MICS ON AND OFF THE AIR,
AND WE CALLED THEM THE POTS,
AND THAT ROTATED, ADJUSTED THE
SOUND.
SOUND.
SOUND. SO
SOUND. SO ON THIS DAY, NOVEMBER 22,
'63, I WAS WORKING THE BOARD,
AND A CLASSMATE OF MINE, HER
DAD WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER AT
THE STATION, AND SHE CALLED TO
TELL ME THAT HER FATHER HAD
GIVEN ME THE NIGHT OFF SO I
COULD BE HER ESCORT TO HEAR
PRESIDENT KENNEDY SPEAK, AND
12:27, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I'M
ON THE PHONE WITH HER AND
NEWSMAN NAMED HAL NELSON WALKED
IN.
IN.
IN. HE
IN. HE SAID PUT ME ON THE AIR
IMMEDIATELY, PRESIDENT KENNEDY
HAS BEEN SHOT IN DALLAS.
WELL, I SAID GOOD-BYE TO
LOUISE, AND WITHIN 30 MINUTES
OF THAT DAY, OUR TELEVISION
STUDIO WAS FILLED WITH SECRET
SERVICE.
SERVICE.
SERVICE. THEY WERE AT HE HAVE ENTRANCE
AND EXIT -- EVERY ENTRANCE AND
EXIT, NOBODY KNEW IF IT WAS A
COO.
COO.
COO. IT
COO. IT WAS NOT, BUT THERE WAS
SERIOUS THOUGHT THEY GOD TO THE
STATION RIGHT -- GOT TO THE
STATION RIGHT AWAY.
>> WHEN YOU THINK OF HAPPY
GILMORE, CHRIS LATNER, JACKIE
SMITH DROPPING THE BALL IN THE
END ZONE, OR THE GREAT GOLF
CALLS, I THINK OF YOU.
IT'S IN THIS BOOK.
VERN WILL BE SIGNING THE BOOK
AT THE TATTERED COVER.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE
BOOK, READ SOME GREAT STORIES,
AND MEET VERN.
IT'S ALWAYS A TREAT TO HAVE YOU
VISIT.
VISIT.
VISIT. WE
VISIT. WE LOVE HAVING YOU DOWN FROM
STEAMBOAT.
STEAMBOAT. THAT'S WHERE YOU LIVE NOW DAYS,
AND