SQUARE'S" MEMORIES AND A LOOK AT WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD.
TOM: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE MET.
NO, I SAW YOU, I CAME IN AND YOU WERE HAVING DINNER IN THE STUDIO
SOMEWHERE BECAUSE I HAD BEEN TO A TAPING OF DONNIE AND MARIE.
AND YOU WERE OUT -- NO, WE MET, WE MET VERY BRIEFLY, I'M AMAZED
YOU DIDN'T REMEMBER IT AT ALL, NOT A BIG MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU WERE HAVING DINNER.
TOM: THIS IS GOING WELL.
AUDREY: JOHN DAVIDSON AND TOM BERGERON, THEY BOTH HAVE
ENTERTAINED AUDIENCES FOR DECADES.
ON THIS DAY BY A POND IN SANDWICH, NEW HAMPSHIRE,
BERGERON AND DAVIDSON MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME, AT LEAST THAT'S
WHAT TOM BERGERON THOUGHT.
TOM: DO I LOOK FAMILIAR AT ALL TO YOU?
JOHN: VAGUELY.
AUDREY: PERHAPS THIS COULD JOG TOM'S MEMORY.
ENTERTAINER JOHN DAVIDSON HOSTED "HOLLYWOOD SQUARE" FROM
1986-1989.
TOM BERGERON PICKED UP THAT MANTLE IN 1998.
>> THE MAN IS TRYING TO WIN THE GAME!
>> BOTH MEN PRAISED ORIGINAL HOST PETER MARSHALL.
TOM DESCRIBED FOR US HIS RECENT BIRTHDAY DAY GREETING FOR
MARSHALL WHO JUST TURNED 95 YEARS OLD, IN THE VOICE OF
FORMER "HOLLYWOOD SQUARE'S" REGULAR GILBERT GODFREY.
>> I DID IT AS IF I WAS DOING HOLLYWOOD SQUARES, I SAID,
GILBERT, THIS QUESTION FOR YOU, WHO IS THE BEST HOST OF THE
"HOLLYWOOD SQUARE"S.
THE BEST HOST OF "HOLLYWOOD SQUARE"S, IT WASN'T YOU,
BERGERON!
IT WAS PETER MARSHALL!
DID A LOT OF SQUARES GUESTING, WHEN I GOT SQUARES, MAYBE YOU
DIDN'T DO THIS.
I WAS DOING MY PETER MARSHALL IMPRESSION, BUT I DON'T DO
IMPRESSES AS WELL AS YOU DO.
SO NOBODY KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING.
I GUESS WHEN YOU WERE STARTED, YOU WERE DOING YOUR JOHN
DAVIDSON.
>> OF COURSE.
>> YOU WERE DOING PETER MARSHALL OR TOM BERGERON.
>> PRETTY MUCH MYSELF, IT'S WORKED SO FAR.
>> WHAT BRINGS TOM BERGERON TO SANDWICH WHERE JOHN NOW LIVES?
IT'S ANOTHER GUEST ROLE, NO, NOT THE RUN TOM HAS BEEN HINTING AT
LATELY, TOM TAPED AN INTRODUCTION FOR JOHN'S NEW
MUSIC VENUE.
IT'S CALLED CLUB SANDWICH.
>> "DANCING WITH THE STARS" AMERICA'S FUNNIEST VIDEOS?
>> NEVER HEARD OF IT.
>> I CALLED HIM AND I SAID I'M DOING THIS PLACE CALLED CLUB
SANDWICH IN SANDWICH.
HE SAID IS IT A DELI?
NO, IT'S NOT A DELI, IT'S A PERFORMANCE PLACE.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYONE WHO I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE ME MORE,
WELL, OTHER PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE, AND I THOUGHT
COULD YOU INTRODUCE ME AT CLUB SANDWICH?
>> TOM'S GOOD FRIEND AND WELL KNOWN RADIO HOST GREG OF GREG IN
THE MORNING BUZZ PITCH INDEED FOR THIS HASTILY WELL PUT
TOGETHER IMPROV.
IT GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS -- >> EXCUSE ME, I'M LOOKING FOR
CLUB SANDWICH.
>> DO I KNOW YOU?
>> PROBABLY.
I'M TOM BERGERON.
>> YEAH, NO.
>> "DANCING WITH THE STARS"?
>> NEVER HEARD OF IT.
>> AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> "HOLLYWOOD SQUARE"S.
>> JOHN DAVIDSON WAS THE HOST OF "HOLLYWOOD SQUARE"S.
>> JOHN DAVIDSON.
WELL, WHERE IS JOHN DAVIDSON?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FORMER HOST OF "HOLLYWOOD SQUARE"S,
JOHN DAVIDSON.
>> AFTER THEY NAILED DOWN JOHN'S NEW INTRO, WE SAT DOWN WHERE THE
TWO MEN SWAPPED STORIES, HAD A FEW LAUGHS AND SHARED THEIR
MUTUAL LOVE FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE, A PERFECT SETTING, DESPITE THE
PESKY BLACK FLIES.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION, AND FOLKS, YOU AT HOME, I DON'T KNOW
HOW CLOSE THE SHOT IS, HOW COME ALL OF THE BLACK FLIES ARE ON ME
AND NOTHING IS TOUCHING MR.
DIMPLES OVER HERE?
>> BECAUSE, I'M PURE AS THE DRIVEN SNOW.
>> BETWEEN TOM'S QUICK WIT AND JOHN'S SELF-DEPRECATING SENSE OF
HUMOR, THIS IS A MATCH MADE IN "HOLLYWOOD SQUARE'S" HEAVEN.
>> I MADE A LOT OF MAKES IN MY CAREER.
I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR MISTAKES AS WELL.
>> I THINK TODAY MIGHT BE ONE.
[LAUGHTER] >> WORKING WITH ME, THIS IS
GOING TO BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR YEAR, NOT THAT YOU'RE OFF
OF "DANCING WITH THE STARS." >> OH!
>> WHAT THEY DO AGREE ON, WHAT MAKES A GOOD HOST.
>> I THINK IMPROV SKILLS ARE IMPORTANT.
I THINK THE ABILITY TO ROLL WITH THINGS.
>> YEAH.
>> IT'S ALSO AN ATTITUDE THAT MERV GRIFFIN HAD.
THEY SAID MERV MAKES THE STARS SHINE.
IT WAS HARD FOR ME AS BEING AN ENTERTAINER TO COME TO THAT
POSITION, IT'S NOT ABOUT ME, IT'S ABOUT SETTING THEM UP TO
SCORE, RIGHT.
YOU DO THAT SO WELL.
>> CARSON DID THAT.
DOING CARSON WAS WEIRD BECAUSE IF YOU TRIED TO TOUCH CARSON,
I'M TOUCHING YOUR FACE NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT --
>> YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AWAY FROM THIS.
[LAUGHTER] >> BUT YOU COULD NEVER DO THIS.
>> YOU CAN'T DO IT DURING COVID STILL!
>> I GOT ALL MY SHOTS.
>> ME, TOO.
>> YOU COULD NEVER TOUCH CARSON BECAUSE HE WAS A VERY SHY MAN
REALLY.
I JUST WANTED TO DO THAT.
>> AND WHILE JOHN LOVES ENTERTAINING LIVE AUDIENCES
WHICH HE WILL SOON BE DOING AT HIS NEW CLUB, TOM'S FORTE IS
LIVE TELEVISION WHICH IS WHAT HE ENJOYED ABOUT "DANCING WITH THE
STARS." >> LIVE TELEVISION IS WHAT I
LOVE AND WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT FORMAT OR ANY OTHER ONE,
IT'S THAT UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF IT AND IT'S THE KNOWLEDGE
THAT YOU'VE GOT ONE SHOT AT THIS, WHICH I FIND ENERGIZING.
I REALLY LIKE THAT.
>> AND WITH JOHN OPENING HIS NEW CLUB, HE TRIED OUT SOME NEW
MATERIAL ON TOM.
>> WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JURASIC PARK AND SANDWICH, NEW
HAMPSHIRE?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> ONE OF THEM IS WHERE DINOSAURS GO IT DIE AND THE
OTHER IS A MOVIE.
[LAUGHTER] >> DO YOU REMEMBER THE JOKE?
>> ONE IS A PLACE WHERE DINOSAURS GO TO DIE --
>> AND THE OTHER ONE IS A MOVIE!
HEY!
>> THOUGH THEY MAY NOT AGREE ON WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY MET SOME
YEARS AGO, THEY HAVE NO DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THEIR ADOPTED
HOME STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS AS YOU DRIVE ALONG
COUNTRY ROADS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ALSO, I THINK FOR ME BACK IN
THE 1980'S WHEN I WAS WORKING IN PORTSMITH RADIO, IT'S WHERE I
FIRST REALLY EMBRACED BROADCASTING.
>> THE DAY ENDED WITH A NEW FRIENDSHIP AND PLANS FOR ANOTHER
VISIT.
>> I'LL BE WATCHING YOU.
>> YES, WE'LL BE BACK.
>> I CAN SEE THE SHOW.
>> IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO SEE YOU TO COME TO MY LIVING ROOM.
>> WAIT, IS THIS HOW FAMOUS DUOS GOT THEIR START LIKE MARTIN AND
LEWIS?
>> DAVIDSON, BERGERON, AND BLACK FLIES.
SO REMEMBER, CLUB SANDWICH IN SANDWICH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
>> WE'LL BE RIGHT