Radio After his military service, Narz attended the Don Martin School of Radio Arts in
Hollywood, where he received his broadcasting diploma in June 1947. He worked as an announcer at California radio stations
KXO-AM, El Centro; KWIK-FM, Burbank;
KIEV, Glendale; and
KLAC-AM, Los Angeles. In 1955, as he did on radio, Narz served as the announcer-sidekick of bandleader
Bob Crosby on
The Bob Crosby Show on daytime TV. That same year, he also worked as announcer on
Place the Face, a game show hosted by
Bill Cullen and earlier by
Jack Bailey. By the end of 1957, Narz's success led him to relocate with his family from
Southern California to the suburbs of
New York City.
Dotto In January 1958, Narz began hosting his own game show, presiding over CBS's
Dotto. Within a brief time the show became very popular, with
Dotto running five days a week on CBS and, beginning in the summer of 1958, weekly in prime time on NBC.
Dotto was later part of the
1950s quiz show scandals and was the first popular quiz show to be abruptly cancelled as a result. Narz was not involved in the deception and cheating on
Dotto, and was immediately absolved of any responsibility when the story broke.
Game-show host Narz soon went on to host
Dotto replacement,
Top Dollar, succeeding its first host, Warren Hull, as part of an arrangement made with CBS and the ad agency representing the Colgate-Palmolive Company and General Mills, with whom Narz was under contract at the time. In 1960, he guest-hosted for a month on
The Price Is Right, while regular host Bill Cullen took a vacation. Later that year, he was the host of
Video Village, but asked producers to let him leave the show for personal reasons;
Monty Hall succeeded him. After relocating to Los Angeles, Narz hosted
Seven Keys, which started as a local show, but then moved to ABC (1961–1964). It later returned as a local show on
KTLA in Los Angeles until January 1965. It was followed by a 13-week run on a new NBC game show titled ''
I'll Bet. In 1969, Narz began an association with Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions that lasted the remainder of his career. That year, Narz began hosting the syndicated revival of Beat the Clock'', doing so until 1972 when the show's announcer,
Gene Wood, replaced him. In 1973, Narz started hosting
Concentration. It aired in syndication until 1978 and was his longest-running job as host. He also emceed
Now You See It on CBS from 1974 to 1975. In 1979, Narz served as the announcer and an associate producer for the CBS revival of
Beat the Clock which was hosted by
Monty Hall. Narz also was used as a sub-announcer for
Gene Wood on the NBC version of
Card Sharks. His final game show work was hosting ''You've Got to Be Kidding'', which was broadcast in the Los Angeles/metropolitan area on station
KDOC-TV in
Anaheim, California during the 1987–1988 season.
Joint appearances , 1968 While Narz and his brother
Tom Kennedy forged successful individual careers as broadcasters and hosts, they also made occasional joint appearances. Kennedy guest-starred on Narz's
Beat the Clock, and Narz appeared on Kennedy's ''
You Don't Say! during its NBC run, and on the syndicated It's Your Bet. Narz also appeared on the Password Plus panel while Kennedy was hosting, and even switched with his brother to host for half of an episode. On the March 5, 1982, episode of Password Plus'', Narz appeared as a celebrity guest for the week, along with
Steven Ford; following a discussion between Kennedy and Narz about how easy it is to be unable to recall good clues under pressure, Narz offered to switch places with Kennedy, which (with the contestants' permission, as Kennedy had not been informed of the clues beforehand) they did for the remainder of the episode. Both brothers also appeared on
To Tell the Truth as celebrity panelists.
Singing Narz occasionally sang on
The Bob Crosby Show while serving as its announcer. He also recorded an album,
Sing the Folk Hits With Jack Narz (Dot Records DLP-3244 (monaural)/Dot DLPS-25244 (stereophonic), which was released in 1959. ==Personal life==