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"NOW...YOU...SEE...IT! Now You See It! And the star of our show, now you see him..."
JACK NARZ!
Now You See It was a television show that had words connected to one another. The answers were obviously right infront of you, and all you had to do was find the answers. This show went through two different formats. This was the way they went:
for a few moments, then turn off the board. Then, each player could secretly write down a word they saw. Then, the outside players had to turn
away. Narz would ask a question, and whichever team buzzed in first
would say the line in which the answer was. If the correct line was answered, their partner would turn around
and give the position and answer. If correct, they
received points. Points were determined by the lit numbers. Say your answer was on line 3, and the answer was in position 7. 7 and 3 make 10 points. Halfway through the round, the players would switch places and after commercial, they'd again write a secret answer. When the round ends, the team with the most points advances on while the team behind leaves with consolation prizes. Now about the secret answers, if the answer that was answered was what someone had
written, they'd receive 10 extra points to their score. Unfortunately, answers can only be answered once. So once an answer was passed, they can't return to it. Therefore if the bonus answer passes by, the contestant who had written it must show their answer.
letter at a time, with clues building on coupling words. The contestant who got 4 words correct would meet the champion in the finals.
as the first round, except when someone buzzed in, they have to give the line and the position and answer. Bonus answers also apply here. Person in the lead at the end of the game won the game and went to the solo game.
them. Each correct answer earns $100, and 10 wins the jackpot. Every day a jackpot is not hit, it grows by $1,000 until it's won (it stopped completely at $25,000, due to CBS's $25,000 limit). Anytime someone wins the jackpot, they retire and the contender they defeated in the finals round would return as the new champion.
Now, only 3 players compete. Two new challengers play the quarterfinals "line" game. First to 5 words
wins the game to play against the champion. The champion and challenger then play with a board of 4x14, and getting to 50 points for one player means the point values double from then on out. First to 100
points wins the game, and plays the solo game (same rules as above).
"This is Johnny Olsen speaking for Now You See It, a..."
"...Production!"
-Jack Narz and Johnny Olsen were teammed up when Narz hosted Concentration.
-On June 13th, 1975, the show ended, and had TWO solo wins, one for $6,000 and one for $5,000. Jack mentioned that the show went 13 months, 13 days, and it all ended on Friday the 13th, and mentioned, "I think someone's trying to tell me something!"
-On the first few weeks of shows when the first format with the 5 contestants was on, the 10-point bonus was not initiated
-Jack Narz was also host of Dotto, a rigged game show which he didn't know was rigged. He also hosted the 70s incantation of Concentration for 5 years from 1973 to 1978, and also hosted Beat the Clock, guest-hosted for Bill Cullen on The Price is Right in 1960, and had more great television moments. He was the older brother of Tom Kennedy, and was married to Mary Lou Roemfeld, and then married a lady named Dolores after his divorce with Mary Lou.
-Jack Narz died of a stroke on October 15th, 2008 at the age of 85.
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