PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

[Verne_Frantz]

Bruce,
You mean a really big shuuue!
I'm trying to remember who else was on that I got to meet. Definitely Jorgie Jessel, Pete Fountain, Leana Horne (she was really young then), maybe Al Hirt and some guy spinning plates on tall sticks. Oh, and maybe Topo Gigio.....

After taping, all the stars got together on stage while the audience was still there (kind of like Saturday Night Live, but no one at home one saw it). We were out there too and I remember Jorgie Jessel giving me a big hug, like a grandfather, and we exchanged a few words. He impressed me as a geniune kind man. It was an experience that deserves the

Verne