I was checking out this site in tribute to Sale of the Century this morning, and happened upon a clip of a huge Tim Hollerin victory. While watching the clip, I was kinda dumbfounded by what I saw . . . I could've sworn that, when Tim won the $90,000 jackpot and Jim Perry invited friends and family on stage to give him a hug, that one of the people present on stage was Kevin Nealon from SNL fame. Am I crazy? He even hugs Summer Bartholomew toward the end of it. Maybe I'm seeing things, but I swear it's him . . .

If it's not Kevin Nealon, he could be his stand-in and no one would ever know the difference . . .

I apologize if this has been covered on the boards before, as I'm new here and didn't find anything when doing a search here. Check it out and tell me if I'm crazy - the link is under the third pic on this page, look for Tim Hollerin's "powerhouse win":

Is this Kevin Nealon or am I smoking something??

Thanks, looking forward to your take on this . . .

Doncha remember the comedy team of Nealon and Hollerin?

Of course. They used to open for Suzanne Somers.
Back to topic, we're smokin' the same stuff cuz I thought the same thing, res.

I think we're all smoking the same thing.

I, too, thought that man bore quite the resemblance to Kevin Nealon when I first saw the clip as well.

I can't go into great detail, but it is indeed Kevin Nealon.

And if you look really close, one of the women who rushes the stage is Jan Hooks.

No kidding.

Curt

Wow! Yeah, I see both of them. Though Kevin made the right decision to cut his hair.

I checked the clip in question----wow. Wonder how Tim knew Kevin.

That is Kevin Nealon! As Curt confirmed. Very nice win too, the best I've seen on $otC.

(OT: I'd really love to get that win music, if anyone has :) )

The fact that Phil Hartman was the announcer for The Pop 'n' Rocker Game is now the second oddest SNL connection to game shows.

I'm glad to know I wasn't crazy . . . .

And yes, I noticed Jan Hooks when I watched it again just a couple of minutes ago.

I wonder if they just needed some people to come on to stage so it didn't look like Tim was by himself, or if there's a connection to Tim, or what? Unusual, but very cool.

The one SOTC clip I'd REALLY like to have in the clear (and I mean CLEAR) is the fanfare played when a money card was hit on the Fame Game board.

I always liked the camera work when that happened, too..

Bob Staub, if you're reading this, bring plenty of SOTC tapes to my GSC, because I'm sure in the mood for it now...

Educated Speculation:

Since Kevin Nealon and Jan Hooks were both members of the Groundlings before they were on SNL, it would be pretty safe to assume that Tim Hollerin had some capacity with them as well. I can't find a credit for him, so either he was backstage or he used a stage name.


--Mike

Aaron, m'boy, wait till you see my next collection update in a wk... ;-)

Re: Chris's request, on the ep w/Helaine's big win, there's a nearly-clean cut of the fanfare when Summer turns over the unrevealed money cards after the 3rd FG...unfortunately, I don't have the capabilities to convert the clip in question to MP3, but someone else around here might be able to help you.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

Well I got two sounds here, not the best clarity but they are good.

The Big Win Cue

The Money Card fanfare

There ya are.

I certainly will be sure to bring a few of my Sale tapes to the GSC, Including this one.

Strangely enough, I happened to get this episode in a trade this past summer and didnt even notice Nealon or Jan Hooks, although Nealon is certinly more recognizable. (at least to me at 504 am)

.WAV is fine. I can do the rest of the work. Dustman's, while appreciated, is edited a little closer than I would like.

I looked at the picture and that is Kevin Nealon for sure. Couldn't see the other pics well enough to see Jan Hooks.

That predates Nealon and Hooks' involvement with SNL; they both joined the cast in September 1986. Neither of them were nationally known prior to that point, so they were just anonymous folks who came up on stage to congratulate a big game show winner, just like 70% of the people on TPIR.

Some say that Nealon and Hooks were romantically involved at one point as well.

The first time I ever saw Jan Hooks was on a show called "Tush," (hosted by Bill Tush of CNN fame) which was on TBS in the early '80s (they may have not had national distribution at that point.) Bonnie and Terry Turner, who went on to write for "Third Rock From the Sun" among other shows also appeared on-camera in that one.

Wasn't Tim's win brought up one time on a SNL Weekend update by Cajunman?

Syn-di-ca-TION....Sen-sa-TION...Tim Holl-er-ON...Dom-in-a-TION...Cham-pi-ON...Kevin Nea-LON...En-joy-IN...Cel-e-bra-TION...

Oops, didn't phrase that too well...I don't have capabilities to convert it to any computer sound format, but wanted to let you know that a reasonably clean off-air clip does exist, and I'm sure one of our more technologically advanced members can help you out.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

It was seen on the national TBS (since national and Atlanta were one and the same back then).

Bill Tush was a Turner Broadcasting lifer who'd started out back in the pre-superstation days of WTCG, doing a wacky overnight newscast. Later, he worked at CNN and did the weekend edition of the original "Showbiz Today" for years. A few years after Time Warner took over Turner and they decided to close down most of the entertainment news staff, he got dumped by the new Time Warner management. Not the way to treat someone who'd spent most of his career at the same place.

One of those other shows, incidentally: SNL.

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