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rooted desire to help poeple,
something which is as
natural to him as breathing.
Hall's mother, Rose
Halperin (Halperin is the
family name), also was a per-
former. She influenced her
son's choice of career as well
as his dedication to
humanitarian causes.
"My mother was a national
vice president of Hadassah
and she was also the national
chairman of Youth Aliyah. So
in my family, at a very early
age, we were very much in-
volved in charity work. It was
a natural for me to get into it
when I was a very young man
in Winnipeg, Canada.
"From that I moved to
Toronto and continued my
work in all forms of charity.
And by the time I got to
Hollywood and I had a
greater reputation (in show
business), people came to me
to do more things. And the
more they asked the more I
did and the more I did the
more they asked. Then all of
a sudden I was involved in
every disease and every chari-
ty, and that's been my life. My
life has been 70 percent work-
ing in the charity field and 30
in the television field?'
Hall was not only inspired
by his singer-actress mother,
but by his father, Maurice.
"My father always said to me
`Be a mentsh.' A mentsh
means more than just being a
decent fellow, it means doing
something for your fellow
man."
As to religion, Hall says,
"we were a very traditional
family. And still are!'
What Hall enjoys most
about performing, whether or
not it's for charity, is human
contact.
"I'm a people person. 'Let's
Make a Deal' was a people
show. And all my charity is
hands-on, touching —
touching people, touching
children. Being with them
and being involved. I don't
care what the show is, as long
as I can have some kind of
rapport with people.
"The shows I don't like to do
is when I'm distanced from
them. That's why I'm not
crazy about acting jobs
because it's not a personal
relationship thing. Whereas
those human interest shows
and the game shows and so on
were with people!"
Hall did not begin his
career as a game-show host.
He worked as an actor, singer,
comedian and a sportscaster
before turning to game shows.
"It was a pretty tough
struggle!' he recalls. "I think
I had to make my own breaks,
just by persevering. Show
business to a great extent is
not only to the talented but to
the survival of those talented
people. Because there are so
many dead ends in show
business. You have to be very,
very lucky to get the few jobs
that are available. And you do
it not only by having talent,
but by exhibiting enough
courage to keep on plugging
until it's recognized!'
Hall will no doubt draw on
his sportcasting days for
material on Monday. He
broadcast soccer, boxing,
wrestling and hockey on the
radio in the 50's. Although
Hall broadcast New York
Ranger hockey games from
1958-1960, during which time
he became friendly with Red
Wing star Gordie Howe, he
could not break into the more
"I'm a people
person. 'Let's
Make a Deal' was
a people show.
And all my charity
is hands on,
touching people."
popular sports, such as
baseball or football. So he
made a change. "I wanted
sports!' he says, "but the
openings weren't there. So I
went into the quiz shows and
didn't regret it?'
Hall began "Let's Make a
Deal" in 1964. It ran through
1986.
"It was a great success!'
says Hall. "And I had a lot of
fun with it. It was wild and
woolly but it was an enter-
tainment show. People just
loved it. The people who went
down to the studio loved it .. .
It was so successful because
people of all walks of life en-
joyed it!'
The "wild and woolly" ele-
ment of the show was its
noisy, frenzied crowd which
seemed in permanent Hallo-
ween spirit. The crowd was
wild for two reasons, explains
Hall.
"First is that we never pre-
selected anybody, any contes-
tant. So they were very ex-
cited and nervous waiting to
see who would be picked and
that involves people very
much.
"The second one was when
they started dressing up on
the show, although it wasn't
a requirement. People become
different when they dress in-
to costume. Like any costume
party you've ever been to. If a
guy (who is) an accountant in
real life puts on pirate suit, he
becomes a pirate. They play
the role of the costume and
then all inhibitions are gone?'
The dressing up started ear-
ly in the show's run, as poten-
tial contestants battled for
Hall's attention. First they
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made signs, then funny hats,
then full costumes. "We didn't
discourage them," Hall says.
What show business project
is Hall working on today?
"Right now, absolutely
nothing," he says, sounding
perfectly content.
"My cup's full. For 25 years
it runneth over. Now it's just
full. Maybe it'll start running
over again. If I find the right
show that I like!"
Hall's success allows him to
be choosy. "The shows that
are being offered to me, it's
like deja vu, I've been there.
I've done all that before. I
want some new challenges. If
a new challenge comes along
that I like then I'll be back in
harness again!'
Hall's family, however, is
busy. His wife, Marilyn, a pro-
ducer who has worked on TV
films such as A Woman Call-
ed Golda, and the award win-
ning Do You Remember Love?
She also is working on a mini-
series. Daughter Joanna
Gleason won the rIbny Award
as best actress in a - musical
this year, for Into the Woods.
"She's just finished a movie
for 'Masterpiece Theater' and
is going to start on the new
Woody Allen movie," reports
her father.
A son, Richard, is a
documentary producer in San
Francisco while his other
daughter, Sharon, is in
charge of development for a
production company.
"I guess they were inspired
by growing up in that kind of
a family," says Hall of his
children. "But I never
discouraged them. Do your
own thing, I would say to
them, but whatever it is, do it
well!'
Hall should be quite at
home in the sporting at-
mosphere on Monday. In ad-
dition to his sportscasting
background, he remains a
sports fan. He is excited that
his hometown Los Angeles
Kings hockey team traded for
superstar Wayne Gretzky this
summer.
But when hockey-fan Hall
hits the stage on Monday, he
will not be skating on thin
ice. The veteran speaker will
be well-prepared. "I'll pro-
bably write a monologue!' he
says. "Some kind of a sports-
political monologue. I'll be in
Warren, Ohio, two days before
that where I will deliver a
speech for the UJA which will
be more of a serious speech.
And then I'll just change my
hat and go to Detroit and
make it more of a humorous
event. And that's what I like
to do. I like to go from serious
to the humorous and put on
whatever hat is necessary for
that event?'
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