Gene Rayburn

New Years morning found me staying in bed most of the day. I slept some, and then I watched some old game shows. One was Match Game, with Gene Rayburn. There is a story I have about Gene Rayburn and here it is.

In the first few months, I was seeing Jack, he took me to New York City. We stopped at the Twin Towers, but there was something inside me that made me shy away from them. I told Jack that if we could go to the Empire State Building I would go up there.

So, we went over to The Empire State Building, in all its glory, and took the elevator to the top. We were walking around on the observation deck when I saw Gene Rayburn! I told Jack, who immediately said that he wasn’t Gene Rayburn at all. So I made Jack a bet! If it was Gene Rayburn, then we would go and get one of those hokey pictures at the top of the Empire State Building in the photo booth. He accepted the challenge. Game on!

I went over and very quietly asked him if he was, in fact, Gene Rayburn. He smiled and looked down at several children that were with him.

“Yes I am,” he said. But he asked if I could not make a big deal, because he was there with his grandchildren. I smiled and said of course, and told him I’d just won my bet and would be getting a picture in the photo booth.

Score one for me!