Earlier this A.M., I posted links to two videos from the 1986 Emmy Awards. The first was a musical number in which various TV stars pop out of doors to say their signature lines (i.e., catch phrases) and as I noted, one star didn't get on. A dancer opened the wrong door or the timing was off or something…but one star was glimpsed only for a fraction of a second and wasn't able to say his line.
People are sending me guesses that I'm sure are wrong but what would be right? The moment occurs about 1:42 into the video. You see a smidgen of a slender, dark-haired man who may also be dark-skinned…but maybe not. Anyone got a theory as to who it is? I'm thinking Ricardo Montalban and the line he would have said was "Smiles, smiles, everyone." But I'm not confident of this, especially since they'd already had Hervé Villechaize from Fantasy Island and the rule of this production number seems to be one catch phrase per show. (And if they did have two, I think they'd have put them back-to-back. They did go from Jack Paar to the guy who always introduced Johnny Carson.)
Anyone have a better guess than Montalban?