Pat McCormick (mutumi na talabijin)

Pat McCormick (an haife shi a kusan 1933) tsohon ɗan wasan talabijin ne na Amurka kuma mai wasan ƙwallo wanda ya yi aiki a KGO-TV na San Francisco, da kuma tashar KTVU ta Oakland ta 2, inda daga cikin ayyuka da yawa shi ne mai ba da labari na dare, ya ɗauki nauyin shirin fim ɗin Dialing for Dollars na tsakar rana, kuma ya haɗa kai da mai gabatar da shirin Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon na gida.

"Charley da Humphrey"

An haifi McCormick a garin Myrtle Creek da ke kudancin Oregon. A lokacin da yake aiki a ABC-TV da ke Los Angeles, McCormick ya gabatar da shirin yara ga wani kamfanin CBS da ke Fresno, California, kuma ya fara watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin a can a lokacin bazara na 1959 tare da Charley (wanda aka yi wahayi zuwa gare shi daga halin Dennis Weaver Chester a Gunsmoke ) da kuma abokin wasansa Humphrey. Charley doki ne wanda ke sanye da hular kyaftin na teku, kuma Humphrey Hambone jarumi ne. Bayan lokaci, ya ƙara wasu haruffa, "Sneezer," "Shagnasty Bear," da "Pussyfoot," babban mage mai kunna piano wanda ke sanye da tabarau. Waɗannan haruffan sun bi McCormick lokacin da ya sanya hannu tare da KGO-TV na San Francisco a 1961, kuma a ƙarshe zuwa KTVU inda suka fito a cikin "The Charley and Humphrey Show" daga 1972 zuwa 1976 kuma sun zama abin koyi a PSAs na rana. Daga ƙarshe Humphrey ya saka rigar Oakland Raiders mai alamar kasuwanci da Sonny Barger na Oakland Hells Angels ya aika wa McCormick.

A wata hira da aka yi da shi a shekarar 2008, McCormick ya yarda cewa wasan kwaikwayo na "Charley da Humphrey" su ne abin da ya fi so a aikin talabijin: "Duk sauran abubuwan da na yi a talabijin ayyuka ne kawai. Aikina ne. Akasin haka Charley da Humphrey su ne abin da nake sha'awa. Su ne ni. Ina kewar yin aiki da su fiye da yadda zan iya bayyanawa."

A shekarar 2021, an sanar da cewa sabon mawallafin Acme Ink zai buga jerin littattafan barkwanci bisa ga haruffan a watan Janairun 2022.

Wasu shirye-shiryen "Charley da Humphrey"

• Kudan zuma
• Tsaron Kwale-kwale
• Aron kuɗi ba tare da tambaya ba
• Yi Tunani Da Kanka
• Wurin shakatawa
• Motsa Jiki
• Katsewa
• Ƙiyayya
• 'Yar kyanwa
• Laburare

Kira don Daloli

McCormick ya kuma shirya wani shiri a shekarun 1970 mai suna Dialing for Dollars inda aka kira mutanen Bay Area bazuwar kuma aka nemi su yi hasashen "Ƙidaya da Adadin". An yi amfani da "ƙidaya" don tantance wane mutum za a kira. Mai masaukin zai ɗauki takardar takarda daga ganga mai ɗauke da shafuka daga littattafan wayar gida da aka yanka zuwa girma masu dacewa. A farkon wasan kwaikwayon, ana tantance ƙidayar ta hanyar juya ƙafafun biyu, ɗaya daga cikinsu ya haifar da lamba ɗayan kuma a "sama" ko "ƙasa". Idan ƙidayar ta kasance, misali, 3/sama, mai masaukin zai fara daga saman takardar wayar kuma ya ƙidaya lambobi uku daga sama sannan ya kira lambar da ta biyo baya. "Adadin" shine adadin kuɗin da za a ci. Zai fara daga $100 kuma ya ƙaru da adadi mai ƙayyadadden yawa tare da kowane kira da bai yi nasara ba. Ana yin kiran ne a lokacin hutun kasuwanci yayin da ake nuna fim ɗin rana.