"We've Got Your Number" pilot w/ Jack Barry

[DoorNumberFour]

DUrng one of my free-time extravaganzas (extravaganzi?), I slowed down the credit roll of the Jack Barry "We've Got Your Number" pilot (the one with the big electronic dice), and I saw this:

CREATED BY
JACK BARRY
WILLIAM T. NAUD
and
RICH JEFFRIES

Can anyone explain the story behind this?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' date=\'Mar 7 2006, 03:56 PM\']CREATED BY
JACK BARRY
WILLIAM T. NAUD
and
RICH JEFFRIES

Can anyone explain the story behind this?

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Somebody named Rich Jeffries, who may or may not have been the same person as the announcer, came up with the idea for We've Got Your Number?

[DoorNumberFour]

Well, figured that. Wondering if anyone knew if it, in fact, WAS the announcer named Rich Jeffries who came up with the idea for We've Got Your Number.

[ilb4ever2000]

[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' date=\'Mar 7 2006, 07:23 PM\']Well, figured that. Wondering if anyone knew if it, in fact, WAS the announcer named Rich Jeffries who came up with the idea for We've Got Your Number.

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The announcer was Rich Jefferies. Notice the different spellings.

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' date=\'Mar 7 2006, 06:56 PM\']CREATED BY
JACK BARRY
WILLIAM T. NAUD
and
RICH JEFFRIES
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Though that pretty much confirms who was behind Rhyme and Reason.

Name coincidences are nothing new.

[davemackey]

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Mar 10 2006, 03:57 AM\'][quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' date=\'Mar 7 2006, 06:56 PM\']CREATED BY
JACK BARRY
WILLIAM T. NAUD
and
RICH JEFFRIES
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Though that pretty much confirms who was behind Rhyme and Reason.

Name coincidences are nothing new.

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I think I had read somewhere that Rich Jeffries (not the announcer) was involved with the old Vincent Price "ESP" show, which sort of earned him a creator credit for "Blank Check" without any actual involvement - sort of like Jan Murray "creating" the Chuck Barris "Treasure Hunt" (which, in a way, he did, but without the goofy stunts of Tom Pedi, Mike and Ellen Metzger, and Steve Friedman).

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'davemackey\' date=\'Mar 10 2006, 06:34 AM\'][quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Mar 10 2006, 03:57 AM\'][quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' date=\'Mar 7 2006, 06:56 PM\']CREATED BY
JACK BARRY
WILLIAM T. NAUD
and
RICH JEFFRIES
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Though that pretty much confirms who was behind Rhyme and Reason.

Name coincidences are nothing new.

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I think I had read somewhere that Rich Jeffries (not the announcer) was involved with the old Vincent Price "ESP" show, which sort of earned him a creator credit for "Blank Check" without any actual involvement - sort of like Jan Murray "creating" the Chuck Barris "Treasure Hunt" (which, in a way, he did, but without the goofy stunts of Tom Pedi, Mike and Ellen Metzger, and Steve Friedman).

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Seems to me that Mr. Jeffries (no relation) was also credited as an AP on "Blank Check" (and was credited as co-creator with William T. Naud in a "based on an idea by" credit).  However, I also realize that Howard Merrill got a "Creative Supervision" credit on "IGAS" all throughout Allan Sherman's stint as producer, despite the fact that he dropped out of the show after he and Sherman sold the show to G-T, so just because a person's name is on the credits it doesn't necessarily mean they're actually involved with the program.

[Jimmy Owen]

Not sure if these names are coincidental, or if these are the game show personages, but a William T. Naud produced and directed a 1972 AIP movie entitled "Wild in the Sky," that listed a Ralph Andrews as executive producer, a Richard Gautier and Peter Marshall as writers and Gautier and a Larry Hovis in the cast.

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Mar 10 2006, 02:53 PM\']Not sure if these names are coincidental, or if these are the game show personages, but a William T. Naud produced and directed a 1972 AIP movie entitled "Wild in the Sky," that listed a Ralph Andrews as executive producer, a Richard Gautier and Peter Marshall as writers and Gautier and a Larry Hovis in the cast.

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With Larry Hovis and Ralph Andrews' names together, they almost have to be the same people.